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Talk:Space Place at Carter Observatory

VFD
trolling nomnationa for vfd at Votes for deletion/Carter Observatory #Dunc|☺ 18:28, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Merger
I propose that the information contained in the Ruth Crisp article be merged into the Facilities section of this article. The info on the Ruth Crisp facility would fit well into the Carter Observatory article, and the Ruth Crisp article can be used for information about Ruth Crisp the person, should they be notable and wikiworthy. Anyone agree? - Gobeirne 02:00, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
 * STRONGLY DISAGREE until further significant discussion. The article has its own talk page for such discussion prior to making this move. There is much that can be done to that article prior to any such reductionist action, how about changing this cut and paste energy into research and article improvement. Notability and worthyness are already clearly established to a number of us real world humans, maybe not wikipedians, and therefore the need to verify that information is also clear. Why not pursue that line of activity? It would probably require some alterations to mental set and setting, some emails, maybe some phone calls, or visits to your public library to search through newspapers, all harder than cutting, but true to the spirit of this space. The Carter article could also do with a huge amount of positive contribution by some editors and researchers, how about that as well?moza 07:15, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Discussion should take place here, as per Merging_and_moving_pages. However, some additional comments appear at the Ruth Crisp talk page. - Gobeirne 21:08, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree. I quite like the idea of merging the two articles, on the grounds that the Ruth Crisp telescope is administered by the Carter Observatory (even within the main building), and it's generally seen as part of Carter by most people who I know. (Even when it was at Black Birch, it was still a Carter outpost.)  My own preference in Wikipedia is to see a smaller number of detailed articles that can be really well written and informative to read, rather than a greater number of short articles that tend to thin out.  I think that Ruth Crisp might deserve its own section in the Carter article, though, rather than just putting it into the Facilities section.  With the section headings removed, all the text of the existing article could be refactored to make a nicely informative section in the carter article.  If the information about it grows to stand out enough in the future, it might warrant splitting it back into its own article at a later date, though it should still have a summarised section in the Carter article regardless.  My two cents. Izogi 05:43, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree, The Thomas King Observatory (and material in Thomas King (New Zealand) ) should also be merged in. I think I good sized article about the carter could be created with sections on Thomas King and Ruth Cusp. - SimonLyall 05:46, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Well I've just attempted to port some of the text over to see how it might go, and personally I prefer it in the Carter article. I was also windering if the gallery has to be at the end of the article? It'd make more sense to put the gallery over in Wikimedia Commons, and then put a commons template link in the Carter article (such as the one I've put above this paragraph). That's exactly what Wikimedia Commons is for, whereas Wikipedia isn't really. Izogi 04:37, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The new section reads well there. In general, I like the galleries scattered through Wikipedia, and Mozasaur's photos are great. Eight photos is probably the upper limit, though. One tactic might be to leave four really good images in the gallery, and have a link to Commons for more. - Gobeirne 06:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That would be fine as far as I'm concerned.  I guess the main concern I have is the text of the article getting flooded out by too many images, which just overflow everywhere... particularly for people with smaller browser windows.  Ideally they should be there to enhance the text, imho, and be as relevant as possible to what the nearby text is describing.   Otherwise the readability doesn't flow quite so well.  ie. The text is describing the Thomas King telescope, so wham -- there's a photo of the Thomas King telescope.  Something like a photo of Saturn taken through the Thomas King telescope isn't really directly relevant, unless the text is specifically talking about taking photos of Saturn through it. Izogi 07:02, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting into this Izogi. The pics can be reduced in size and quantity of course. I dont like the gallery much, but I'm letting it sit with me for a while to see if that changes. I like the simple right hand side thumbnails. There were no pics before I came along and if a pic is worth a thousand words then thats a good thing now. Youre correct, the pic should have some referring text, but its very hard to talk about that Saturn pic, as its supposed to be published and verifiable. That there are no other pics of what it looks like through a telescope at Carter is the reason those exist. I know that it is possible to produce infinitely better pics, but i havent the gear or the funding to spend that amount of time doing it. Perhaps another editor can contribute relevant text about the pics. This article could easily blow out into a huge work if the appropriate information was brought here, making it ok for there to be sub-articles about each facility, my intent was such forward planning. I am of the belief that making this article look good in its minimalised state is a waste of effort, such effort could be applied to expansion by gathering the information available. I have copies of the newspaper articles for instance, but again its just a matter of time and energy and therefore motivation. looking at the history this article was barely existing when i came along, how bizarre for me to watch it be shrivelled back to that state.
 * Hi Moza. Thanks for the efforts that you've gone to so far -- it really is great having some pictures to match with the article, and I'm not sure people have been removing your contributions as much as you make out.  Comparing the current article with this one shortly after you'd edited it in Feb, for instance, I really don't see it having shrivelled back into the pre-moza state at all.  You've clearly had a strong influence in the current article, and I don't think it's something to be concerned about.  What's happened is that people have come along and refactored some text, removed text that wasn't really relevant to the observatory, picked out the pictures that best match the text, and just generally kept on editing in the same way that happens all over Wikipedia.  It's writing practice that would probably come out of most writing courses, and it's what results in articles all over Wikipedia that people use as references to find information on all kinds of abstract things.  The whole point is that articles should really be presentable at any state of their development, irrespective of the amount of information.  It's supposed to be an encyclopedic article that provides objective information... not a flyer, not a newsletter.  This doesn't mean that it has to be in such a form immediately, but if it's not like that, it's grounds for someone to drop in and fix it.  That's how I see it, anyway.
 * Irrespective of whether the sibling articles are redirected to the Carter article (or whatever), I really do think that this article is a whole lot better for including their information. I'm not of the belief that it's wasted effort to make this article look good in a minimalised state.  It doesn't take a lot of effort, particularly for people who aren't in a good position to search for new information.  I've yet to actually see all of this extra information, and I don't think it's necessary to wait for it before fixing what's here now, because there will always be space for more.  I'm sure it'll become available eventually because someone (you, me, whoever) will provide it, but meanwhile I'd just like it to be a good article to read.
 * I'm not sure about the Saturn pictures. They're definitely interesting, but Carter isn't exactly known for astrophotography (as far as I know), so I'm not sure how to get it to fit cleanly as part of an article about Carter -- unless it were a specific section about astrophotography at Carter.  It's up for debate, but to me, simply including it because it's possible to include it would seem a bit like editing the Helen Clark article to include details about what she had for lunch yesterday.  Personally I'd have thought that this was exactly what Wikimedia Commons was for -- media that people want to make available for use when someone wants/needs to use it, but which might not be directly applicable in a Wikipedia article context right now.  Two more cents. Izogi 08:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * all good, i know i can get myopic at times. Nice to have someone giving good sense perspectives for me to think hard about. The Saturn pic is hardly a good astro photo in many ways, although best effort on my part. It seemed odd to me for an article on an astronomical observatory to exist without some representation of what can actually be seen through one of the telescopes, and an authentic image from one of their instruments, as opposed to any old astro pic from somewhere else. I try and think of the articles as a standalone work; something that can be printed and taken away for reading perhaps, but certainly with a sense of completeness. Imagine someone discovering Carter and Astronomy for the first time, and NOT getting any quick idea of what you can see through a telescope there. I know the images flow differently for different users and thats a concern, but thats possibly best fixed with smaller pics all on the right.

I ran across some articles tonight that have been stubs for 3 years, and it provokes me into thinking about the seemingly endless editing of some articles versus the massive need for adding to stubs that are often more than a year old. Our highest waterfall for instance, Sutherland Falls, 8th best in the world perhaps, and Rock_and_Pillar_Range, dunno what more you could do for that article though. Really all i'm saying is that less isnt always more; that that itself is actually a point of view, and endlessly debatable. I asked for discussion prior to moving, i thought consensus was the idea, but also boldness means we can actually do anything. It's really quite a mixture of seemingly conflicting attitudes and behaviours, and quite difficult to understand and work with, but i continue to try and learn what it really is. For all that I think I now undestand it better than most. There seems to be some sort of 'feel good factor' from using whatever is here in wikipedia, ripping it down and re-constituting it as many times as seems necessary, and thats SO easy for anyone to do and get the feeling. A real encyclopedia is built by bringing many external and verified sources together in one mix, and that takes a significantly greater effort. The info on Ruth Crisp is most likely held at Carter, Ive been told it is and I can have access, but thats harder than just poking fun at her possible non-notability. The info on Carter is also available to build a fantastic wikipedia article, with or without my pics, but thats also a very much bigger energy and time consumer. So please correct me if I'm wrong, but how can we make wikipedia better by ignoring the need for more information about the article subject? by improving its minimilistic readability? well i guess thats an improvement, and generates some feel good points, but the real issue is bypassed; a useful and complete article about the subject. Isnt that the only real purpose here? so what about the recent work at Carter on Pluto occultation, anyone got the time, enery and inclination to bring it here? There is simply a MASSIVE amount of material to add, and the apparent pre-occupation with having a perfect little article is bewildering.moza 15:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

wiki pictures and visitor screen sizes
As for screen sizes, I regularly look at the visitor returns and consider the changes over the years. one of the reasons behind creating a Ben Hana fan site was just that; to study the wikipedia traffic that cant be studied externally. The visitors are relatively stable at 600+ per month, with 78% coming from en.wikipedia. here is screen size breakdown. personally, i havent used less than 1280 screens for two years, but i have browsers open at the equivalent of 800 and 1024 to give me space for rapid access of other stuff, although with spreadsheets and mapmaking I'm using two screens with 1280x2 for the entire window. Designing for the lowest common denominator sucks, what about a consensus for viewing size? 3 or 4 of us hardly make a consensus, but yes it is an important issue to have some understanding of. Anyone can surf the following data at source, at any time: june visitors - data source

screensize, uniquevisitors, %share
 * 1024x768 	159  	50.96%
 * 1280x1024 	84 	26.92%
 * 800x600 	31 	9.94%
 * 1152x864 	19 	6.09%
 * Other 	       8 	5.77%
 * 1600x1200 	1 	0.32%

The main point, as I see it, is the diversity of skins and screens, and the relative unpredicability of what the user sees, but thats the same challenge for all web publishing.moza 04:21, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Nov 2008 situation changed now!
 * 1280x1024 192 48.61% +42%
 * 1024x768 111 28.10% -22%
 * Other 63 15.95%
 * 1152x864 19 4.81%
 * 800x600 7 1.77%
 * 1600x1200 3 0.76%

Paul Moss (talk) 00:50, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

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Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page

Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page is an extended play by American indie rock band Bright Eyes released in 2000, exclusively in Japan and the United Kingdom. The tracklist contains the four Bright Eyes songs that appear on their 2001 split EP with Son, Ambulance, Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes, as well as two additional songs.

While the CD is unavailable in most countries, the vinyl record of this album was included in the Bright Eyes Vinyl Box Set.

The track "Mirrors and Fevers" was used as the intro to 2006's rarities compilation, Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998-2005). The track "I Won't Ever Be Happy Again" can also be found on the split EP with Son, Ambulance, Insound Tour Support Series No. 12. However, on this release it is a different, cleaner recording with drums and a full band, whereas the other was a more lo-fi recording with just acoustic guitar and other acoustic instruments, as well as some lyrical changes.

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Vaigai River

The Vaigai is a river in the Tamil Nadu state of southern India; it passes through the towns of Theni, Madurai and Ramanathapuram. It originates in Varusanadu Hills, the Periyar Plateau of the Western Ghats range, and flows northeast through the Kambam Valley, which lies between the Palani Hills to the north and the Varushanad Hills to the south. The Vattaparai Falls are located on this river. As it rounds the eastern corner of the Varushanad Hills, the river turns southeast, running through the region of Pandya Nadu. Madurai, the largest city in the Pandya Nadu region and its ancient capital, lies on the Vaigai. The river empties into the Palk Bay near Alagankulam, close to Pamban Bridge in Ramanathapuram District.

The Vaigai is 258 km long, with a drainage basin 7031 km2 large. This river flows through 5 districts namely Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivagangai and Ramanathapuram and this river Serves as a Lifeline for 6 districts namely Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivagangai, Virudhunagar and Ramanathapuram as farmers of all these districts are greatly depends on this river water.

Vaigai in literature
Sangam literature (circa 300 BCE to 300 CE ) has paid many tributes to Vaigai, extolling it as 'the river that brings water when one touches it', viz the etymology Vai (Earth) + yai (sky) = Vaiyai.

The following story is told about the birth of the river Vaigai. Koodal Purana details the origin of Vaigai river flowing through Madurai. It is believed that Vishnu stood up as Trivikrama, with one of his feet rising to the skies and the foot reached Brahmaloka, the abode of Brahma. Brahma was pleased to perform ablution to the raised foot and the water is believed to have emerged as a rivulet called Krithimala. As the river came from the sky and fell into Earth it is called Vai which means Vaiyam (Earth) and Yai means coming down hence, the name Vaiyai and later changed into vaigai. It is mentioned as Vaiyai in Paripatal and not Vaigai. A large number of banana trees sprang up in the place and it came to be known as Kadhalivana, a forest of banana trees. It also is mentioned as the Sanskrit name Krithamal by a Pandya king in the following story. Satyavrata, a ruler of Madurai was a staunch devotee of Vishnu. It is believed that once Vishnu came out of the river Krithimala as a fish (Matsya avatar, one of the avatars of Vishnu) to teach Vedas to the ruler. From then on, the Pandyas started using fish as the symbol of the kingdom.

Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Vaigai are Siruliar, Theniar, Varaha Nadi, and Mangalar. Vaigai Dam is the major dam in this river which is present in Theni district.

Vaigai gets major feed from the Periyar Dam in Kumili, Kerala. Water from the Periyar River in Kerala is diverted into the Vaigai River in Tamil Nadu via a tunnel through the Western Ghats. In summers, the Vaigai river ends up dry very often. The water never reaches Madurai, let alone flowing into places past Madurai.

Dams
The Vaigai Dam is built across the river in Periyakulam taluk, in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu. It provides water for irrigation for the Theni District, Dindigul District, Madurai district, Sivagangai District, Ramanathapuram District and indirectly serves Virudhunagar District through Irrigation canals from Sivagangai District. It also provides drinking water to Madurai and Andipatti. Near the dam, the Government of Tamil Nadu has constructed an Agricultural Research Station for researching the growing of a variety of crops, including rice, sorghum, blackgram, cowpea and cotton.

The Periyar Dam was built in 1895 by John Pennycuick, who implemented a plan proposed over a century earlier by Pradani Muthirulappa Pillai of Ramnad. The dam was built by the British Army Engineering corps for the Travancore kingdom. The first dam was washed away by floods, and a second masonry dam was constructed in 1895.

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Chagrin

Chagrin may refer to:

 * Shagreen or chagrin, a type of rawhide consisting of rough untanned skin
 * Chagrin (surname), a Hebrew-language surname
 * Chagrin River, a tributary of Lake Erie

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Talk:Gifford Observatory

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Taeniidae

The Taeniidae are a family of tapeworms. It is the largest family representing the order Cyclophyllidea. It includes many species of medical and veterinary importance, as Taenia solium (pork tapeworm), Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm), and Echinococcus granulosus. The Taeniidae are parasites of mammals and many are infectious to humans.

Taxonomy
The family includes four genera:
 * Echinococcus Rudolphi, 1801
 * Hydatigera Lamarck, 1816
 * Taenia Linnaeus, 1758
 * Versteria Nakao, Lavikainen, Iwaki, Haukisalmi, Konyaev, Oku, Okamoto & Ito, 2013

Life cycle
Taeniidae parasites are distinguished by their terrestrial lifecycles, which include a dormant stage called a metacestode. These develop in the intermediate host's tissue when eggs are consumed. The eggs hatch into an oncosphere, which passes through the intestinal wall and forms the metacestode. An example is either cysticercoid, cysticercus, or a hydatid cyst. The definitive host is infected when the metacestode is consumed.

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Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes

Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes is a split EP by Son, Ambulance and Bright Eyes, released in 2001 by Saddle Creek Records. All of the songs by Bright Eyes on the EP can also be found on their EP Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page.

This album is the 34th release of Saddle Creek Records.

Reception
In a review of the EP, Will Hermes of Spin wrote that Son, Amulance's Joe Knapp and Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst combine "their indiepop sensitivity with a passive-aggressiveness even rap-rockers might appreciate", adding: "Oberst shines brightest [...] But the two yin-yang nicely".


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Casa Del Vento

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

The result of the debate was speedy delete. – ABCD✉ 21:27, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Casa del Vento
The content is a redirect to iftself Xrm0 18:34, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Couldn't these self-referencing pages be caught by an automated tool? Just wondering. Was there anything in the history? Maybe it had content that was expunged. :) — RJH 18:43, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * looks like it was caught by said tool. No vote from me :) -mysekurity 19:55, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedied. No meaningful history/redir to redlink target that was deleted as copyvio in March. Niteowlneils 01:59, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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Two COTWs
Hiya Falphin, I've gone ahead and created a page for having 2 COTWs, it's at Collaborations of the week - your improvements to the page are much desired! Cheers, Talrias (t | e | c) 22:03, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Lima
Hello, I just wanted to know what was your criteria behind some changes in the Lima article.

 * Why did you delete pictures such as that of the Torre Tagle Palace, and keep pictures such as the Lima City Walls one, which is much less important and less known by tourists than the Torre Tagle Palace?

 * Why did you put the infobox on top? Most articles about important cities (for example New York, Paris and Miami) first have an introduction with a picture of a descriptive tourist attraction/place, and the infobox is located below this. Besides, I've been using this standard format on all mayor Peruvian cities. Infoboxes right next to the intro look ugly. --Tuomas  hello 17:12, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick reply. What do you mean "so that everything fit"? All pics looked fine on my monitor. --Tuomas  hello 17:22, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * It's not necessary for all pics to be in the history section. They can be scattered all over the article since they are all about the same subject, which in this case is Lima. --Tuomas  hello 17:29, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * I plan to add much more info, though. The article will get bigger with time. --Tuomas  hello 17:33, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * It will be expanded really soon. Trust me.--Tuomas  hello 17:45, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

COTW nomination
Hiya Falphin, please note when making COTW nominations in future that there is a new template specifically for this purpose. Using this template will help in archiving and general administration of the COTW page. I've mentioned this to you as you nominated a new article after the nomination procedure had been changed, therefore you might not have noticed it. Cheers, Talrias (t | e | c) 19:40, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I have removed your submission, since you didn't use the templates - using the templates helps greatly in administration and now we've switched to them if a new cotw is added without using them it is rather confusing. Talrias (t | e | c) 23:15, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Hiya, in case you aren't watching my talk page, I have replied there. Cheers, Talrias (t | e | c) 23:20, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

RfA
Thank you for your support!  Grue  07:09, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

about history of painting
i voted for history of painting but i will not be able to help because i am doing exams at the minute, thats why i didnt vote for it in the first place--GregLoutsenko 12:50, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

RfA/RfC
Thanks for taking the time to participate in the RfA. The RfC that I initiated against RangerDude was withdrawn when he agreed to participate in mediation, which is now pending. Due to that I have not prepared a detailed response to RD's accusations. However, I have made a few comments to explain myself on the old RfC page, here: Requests_for_comment/Rangerdude. -Willmcw 20:40, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your support for my adminship. Your comment, "patient with all of the annons, and new users and discussed every issue brought up", was actually about the nicest thing anyone wrote. Cheers, -Willmcw June 28, 2005 18:59 (UTC)

Talk:Military of Pakistan
Would you be interested in discussions on this (Talk:Military of Pakistan) particular page?--PrinceA 00:09, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for the warm welcome. -- Rajesh 29 June 2005 22:29 (UTC)

Holiday World
Remember to take the edit template off the Holiday World article when you're done! Zpb52 July 2, 2005 02:54 (UTC)

BioCOTW Project
You voted for  Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, this weeks' Biography Collaboration of the weeks. Please come and help them become a featured-standard article.--Falphin 4 July 2005 01:05 (UTC)

66.176.67.116
One dumb kid on a static IP - you can safely block him a lot longer - please do.

lots of issues | leave me a message 6 July 2005 01:42 (UTC)

We can establish three things with certainty.

 * 1) He is recurrent -- he is on a static IP.
 * 2) On a Comcast (US cable Internet provider) IP -- he is not sharing the IP with anyone outside of the immediate household.
 * 3) He is a dumb kid.

Therefore there is little harm and much to gain for booting some little asshole breaking the summer ennui by vandlizing us.

Regards, lots of issues | leave me a message 6 July 2005 01:55 (UTC)

Indiana Wikipedians
Hello! Please consider adding yourself to Category:Indiana Wikipedians. Thanks! Kurt Weber 7 July 2005 02:50 (UTC)

Igeret Ya'acov?
I couldn't find the article, and your link didn't work. Which article is it? Jayjg (talk) 8 July 2005 21:45 (UTC)

AiG
As all the links are to the same website (just different articles) I think this verges on going against the External link policy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links regarding listing an overwhelming number external links supporting on POV. You also removed my reference to No Answers in Genesis Link and also the change I made to the 'atheist' reference of No AiG. Do you have objections to these being included too?

I do not wish to enter a revert war with you. Before I make further changes the the AiG website listing I would appreciate receiving your views on this. Cheers, Henry. --Maustrauser 9 July 2005 01:23 (UTC)

Talrias' RFA
Thanks for your supporting vote! Talrias (t | e | c) 9 July 2005 13:26 (UTC)

BioCOTW
No worries, I'm just glad MY name finally came up :) --JohnDBuell | Talk 00:38, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Archiving
Why would I archive what I didn't want anybody to plainly see? I mean, I know you can find it if you dig deep enough, but why would I advertise something I want to forget? Zpb52 05:00, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

Templates
SimonP spent hours yesterday removing all kinds of templates, he is not even moving them, but taking them off completely. He does that to illustrate his point and destroys work by others, it takes quite some time to identify articles that need to be expanded, cleaned up etc. I don't want to go into a revert war, so let's hope he stops, if not, we have a problem.--Fenice 07:59, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

I have spent some time trying to resolve this issue.

There is a poll discussing where templates belong recently created at Template locations, and a discussion at Template talk:Expansion. 13:54, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

BioCOTW Project
You voted for  Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, this weeks' Biography Collaboration of the weeks. Please come and help them become a featured-standard article.--Falphin 18:35, 10 July 2005 (UTC)


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Peter Talbot

Peter Talbot may refer to:

 * Peter Talbot (bishop) (1620–1680), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
 * Peter Talbot (politician) (1854–1919), former Canadian Senator

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Boston Blackie

Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle (1881–1928). Blackie, a jewel thief and safecracker in Boyle's stories, became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television—an "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend."

Actor Chester Morris played the character in 14 Columbia Pictures films (1941–1949) and in a 1944 NBC radio series.

Jack Boyle
Writer Jack Boyle was born in Oakland, California, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. While working as a newspaper editor in San Francisco, he became an opium addict and was drawn into crime to support his habit. He was sent to San Quentin for writing bad checks. Later convicted of robbery in Denver, Colorado, Boyle was serving time at the Colorado State Penitentiary when he created the character of Boston Blackie.

Books
The first four stories appeared in The American Magazine in 1914, with Boyle writing under the pen name "No. 6066". From 1917 to 1919, Boston Blackie stories appeared in The Red Book magazine, and from 1918 they were adapted for motion pictures.

When Boston Blackie began to find success on the screen, Boyle edited the Red Book magazine stories into a book, Boston Blackie (1919). He revised and rearranged the order of the stories to create a cohesive narrative—a common practice at the time known in publishing as a fixup. This was the only appearance of Boston Blackie in book form, but his adventures continued to appear in periodicals.

Films

The earliest Boston Blackie film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Columbia Pictures revived the property in 1941 with Meet Boston Blackie, a fast, 58-minute B movie starring Chester Morris. Although the running time was brief, Columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director, Robert Florey. The film was successful, and a series followed.

In the Columbia features, Boston Blackie is a reformed jewel thief who is always suspected when a daring crime is committed. In order to clear himself, he investigates personally and brings the actual culprit to justice, sometimes using disguises. An undercurrent of comedy runs throughout the action/detective series.

In one of these films, After Midnight with Boston Blackie, the character's real name was revealed to be Horatio Black.

Morris gave the Blackie character his own personal charm: he could be light and flippant or stern and dangerous, as the situation demanded. His sidekick, the Runt, was always on hand to help his old friend. George E. Stone played Runt in all but the first and last films. Charles Wagenheim and Sid Tomack, respectively, substituted for Stone when he was not available.

Blackie's friendly adversaries were Inspector Farraday of the police (played in all the films and the radio series by Richard Lane) and his assistant, Sergeant Matthews. Matthews was originally played as a hapless victim of circumstance by Walter Sande; he was replaced by Lyle Latell, who played it dumber, and then by comedian Frank Sully, who played it even dumber.

Blackie and Runt were often assisted in their endeavors by their friends: the cheerful but easily flustered millionaire Arthur Manleder (almost always played by Lloyd Corrigan; Harry Hayden and Harrison Greene each played the role once), and the streetwise pawnbroker Jumbo Madigan (played by Cy Kendall or Joseph Crehan). A variety of actresses including Rochelle Hudson, Harriet Hilliard, Adele Mara and Ann Savage took turns playing various gal Friday characters.

The films are highly typical of Columbia's B movies of the 1940s, with an assortment of veteran character actors (including Clarence Muse, Marvin Miller, George Lloyd, Byron Foulger), new faces on the way up (Larry Parks, Dorothy Malone, Nina Foch, Forrest Tucker, Lloyd Bridges) and stock-company players familiar from Columbia's features, serials, and short subjects (Kenneth MacDonald, George McKay, Eddie Laughton, John Tyrrell). The series was also a useful training ground for promising directors, including Edward Dmytryk, Oscar Boetticher, William Castle, and finally Seymour Friedman, who went on to work prolifically in Columbia's television department. The Boston Blackie series ran until 1949.

Radio
Concurrent with the Columbia Pictures films, a Boston Blackie radio series—also starring Chester Morris—aired on NBC June 23 – September 15, 1944, as a summer replacement for Amos 'n' Andy. Lesley Woods played Blackie's girlfriend Mary Wesley; Richard Lane played Inspector Farraday. Harlow Wilcox was the announcer for the 30-minute program.

A new incarnation of the Boston Blackie radio series aired April 11, 1945 – October 25, 1950, starring Richard Kollmar. Maurice Tarplin played Inspector Farraday; Jan Miner was Mary. More than 200 half-hour episodes were transcribed and syndicated by Frederick Ziv to Mutual and other network outlets.

Television
Kent Taylor starred in the Ziv-produced half-hour TV series The Adventures of Boston Blackie. Syndicated in September 1951, it ran for 58 episodes, lasting until 1953, continuing in repeats over the following decade. Lois Collier appeared as Mary Wesley and Frank Orth was Inspector Farraday. The series was set in Los Angeles; Mary and Blackie had a dog named Whitie, and comedy sometimes took precedence over crime.

Television historian Tim Brooks in The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present described Boston Blackie as "a memorable B-grade television series … The term 'B' is used in all the best senses: a certain vitality and sense of humor substituted more than adequately for the normal criteria of expensive production and famous stars."

Graphic novels
Scripter Stefan Petrucha and artist Kirk Van Wormer created the graphic novel Boston Blackie (Moonstone Books, 2002) with a cover by Tim Seelig. A jewel heist at a costume ball goes horribly wrong, and the five-year-old son of the wealthy Greene family disappears and is presumed dead; the body is never found. The main suspect is Boston Blackie, who is still haunted seven years later by what happened that night. Drawn back into the case, he finds that the truth of what happened that night is awash in a watery grave. A sequel to the graphic novel was published years later.

In popular culture

 * In the 1955 film Tight Spot, Ginger Rogers exclaims "Well, aren't we the real life-size Boston Blackies."
 * In a 1957 song Searchin by The Coasters, there is a reference to "Sergeant Friday, Charlie Chan and Boston Blackie."
 * A 1957 Daffy Duck cartoon, Boston Quackie, is a direct parody of the television serial, with Daffy as the detective – who needs everyone else's help to solve his case.
 * Jimmy Buffett's song "Pencil Thin Mustache" references Boston Blackie, as do some versions of "The Wabash Cannonball".
 * Boston Blackie's Restaurant was a bar and grill with locations in Chicago and Deerfield, Illinois.
 * In a 1967 episode of Bewitched ("Samantha's Thanksgiving to Remember", Season 4, Episode 12), "Boston Blackie" is mentioned in fond remembrance by Aunt Clara (Marion Lorne), who confuses him as attending the First Thanksgiving with famous Pilgrims.
 * In Errol Morris' 1988 documentary The Thin Blue Line, interviewee Emily Miller cites Boston Blackie as an inspiration for wanting to become a "detective, or the wife of a detective." The film's score by Philip Glass also has a cue titled "Boston Blackie."
 * In Chuck E. Weiss's 2014 release, Red Beans and Weiss, track 3 is entitled "Boston Blackie" and comprises four verses, sandwiching three repetitions of the chorus; the chorus lyrics include "I'm just like Boston Blackie, yes I am", and, derived from the original stories, "Friends to those who have no friends".
 * In a 2007 television episode of Mad Men, when talking about John F. Kennedy as a potential opponent for 1960 presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon, character Bert Cooper says, "It's going to be Kennedy. 'Boston Blackie' won West Virginia."
 * In chapter 7 of the 2007 novel Now and Then by Robert B. Parker, Hawk refers to Spenser as 'Boston Blackie' after Spenser directs him to "Follow that car."

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User talk:WolvenRose

dog images
Thanks for already contributing to various dog articles. As you can see, there's still lots of room for additional info on many breeds. About all those images you're uploading, though--Wikipedia requires that the source of the image be listed on the photo's description page and also under what license it is released to Wikipedia. WP can use only those specifically placed into the public domain or licensed under GFDL; all others need to be removed. If you're the photographer, can you please add that fact & date & place taken and whatever other info you have to the photos as well as its license; if they're all just photos that you uploaded from somewhere else without permission, not completely understanding the photo policy before this, let me know and I can remove them again. Thanks. Elf | Talk 23:03, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

 * No problem--not everyone understands the photo policy the first time around. Elf | Talk 02:24, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, I took them off. You can label photos that you took yourself with a specific licensing tag, like this: for the GFDL license, or  if you're releasing it into the public domain.  To add those notations, or to otherwise change the photo description info, you can just go to the photo's page (e.g., Image:Bulldog2f.jpg) and click Edit this page just like any other page.  Looking forward to seeing more of your own photos. !!!!

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Andrejs Štolcers

Andrejs Štolcers (born 8 July 1974) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career
Born in Riga, Latvia, Štolcers started his career for Olimpija Rīga. He played there for two years from 1992 to 1994, making 53 league appearances and scoring 22 goals. In 1996, he was taken to Skonto Riga, where he showed his high scoring ability, scoring 15 goals in one season.

In 1997, he started his career abroad, joining the Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk, where he spent three years, playing 48 matches and scoring 14 goals. In July 2000, he left and joined yet another big club – this time the Russian team Spartak Moscow. He quickly scored five goals in 12 games and in December of the same year was signed by the English club Fulham. Štolcers joined Fulham when they were still in the second tier of English football. However, Fulham's victorious 2000–01 Division One campaign in his first season at the club got them promoted to the Premier League, and Štolcers scored two goals in the process against West Bromwich Albion (on his debut) and Watford. These were his only two league goals for the club, and he failed to score in the Premier League, making just ten appearances over three full seasons at the top level. He did however score twice in a League Cup tie against Bury in November 2002. In 2004, he joined Yeovil Town, playing 36 league matches and scoring 7 goals in all competitions. In 2005, he left England and signed a contract in Azerbaijan with FK Baku. He only played ten games for them and scored four goals.

In 2006, he returned to his native Latvia, rejoining Skonto Riga. In the upcoming season he scored three goals in 16 matches for them and was released. In 2007, he joined JFK Olimps Rīga as the only experienced player in the team to help youngsters with their development. He played 22 matches and scored five goals from 2007 to 2009.

In 2009, he once again left Latvia, unsuccessfully trying to get into the Yeovil Town squad after being on trial, and later joining Bath City. He scored one goal in eight matches for them, and in 2010, Štolcers joined Hayes & Yeading United, where he retired from playing football with one goal in nine matches in his final season.

International career
Štolcers's international debut for the Latvia national team came in a 0–0 draw against Denmark on 26 August 1992. He represented his country 81 times and scored seven goals. He played in the 2004 European Championships, held in Portugal.

Managerial career
After being released from Hayes and Yeading United in May 2010, Štolcers started his coaching career. Štolcers took part in an international project called Concept4Football, helping youngsters who are not older than 16 years to develop their football abilities.

On 29 May 2011, Štolcers took part in the London Legends tournament held at Craven Cottage. In the semi-final match against Chelsea legends, he scored a goal from the penalty spot, but that did not save Fulham from losing 5–1.

In 2015, Štolcers was head coach for Stevenage FC, coaching U18's.

In 2016, Štolcers was appointed his first senior professional coaching role as head coach in Lisbon for FC G.S. De Loures.

Between 2016 and 2019 Štolcers was Head Coach for U14's and U16's in Fulham FC Foundation.

On 14 February 2019, Štolcers was appointed to his second senior professional coaching role as the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. He was also named the club's Technical Director. He left the club on 1 June 2020 after his contract expired.

In November 2020, he began teaching at Glyn School.

He is now teaching at The Beacon School, Banstead.

International

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

Honors
Skonto FC
 * Virslīga: 1996

Fulham
 * Football League First Division: 2000–01

FC Baku
 * Azerbaijan Top League: 2005–06

Individual
 * Latvian League best midfielder: 1993

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There Is No Beginning to the Story

There Is No Beginning to the Story is the third EP by Bright Eyes. The songs on it are fairly varied, with "From a Balance Beam" and "Loose Leaves" having more electronic qualities, while "Messenger Bird's Song" and "We Are Free Men" are more rooted in acoustic. The 12" vinyl edition includes 2 extra songs: "Amy in the White Coat" and a Neil Young cover, "Out on the Weekend".

This album is the 45th release of Saddle Creek Records.

Track listing

 * 1) "From a Balance Beam"
 * 2) "Messenger Bird's Song"
 * 3) "We Are Free Men"
 * 4) "Loose Leaves"
 * 5) "Amy in the White Coat" (vinyl release only)
 * 6) "Out on the Weekend" (Neil Young) (vinyl release only)

Personnel

 * Todd Baechle - voice
 * Kriss Brooks - piano
 * Stefanie Drootin - organ
 * Orenda Fink - trumpet, voice
 * Margret Fish - bassoon
 * Jason Flatowicz - trombone
 * Simon Joyner - voice, good advice
 * Jiha Lee - flute, voice
 * Andy LeMaster - electric guitars, voice
 * Clay Leverett - voice
 * Matt Maginn - bass, pylons
 * Roslyn Maginn - percussion
 * Mike Mogis - hammered dulcimer, vibraphone, glockenspiel, mandolin, dobro, banjo, bells, electric guitars
 * Conor Oberst - guitars, Rhodes, piano, voice
 * Casey Scott - bass, percussion
 * Maria Taylor - piano, voice

Drum Corps
 * Clark Baechle
 * Matt Focht
 * Clay Leverett
 * Clint Schnase
 * Mike Sweeney

Production
 * Mike Mogis - Recording, mixing
 * Andy LeMaster - Recording
 * Doug Van Sloun - Mastering
 * Zack Nipper - Diorama, layout
 * Matt Maginn - Layout

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Corporal Clegg

"Corporal Clegg" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd and is featured on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). It was written by Roger Waters and features David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright sharing the lead vocals, which is the only Floyd song to do so. The song also features a kazoo.

The Pink Floyd website credits the brass parts to "The Stanley Myers Orchestra".

Lyrics
The song is about a shell-shocked soldier who lost his leg in World War II. He is described as having a medal of "orange, red and blue", which may be a reference to the Burma Star. It is the first mention of war in a Pink Floyd song, something that would become a common theme in Roger Waters' lyrics, Roger having lost his father thus in 1944. Waters told Mojo magazine that this song is autobiographical. He explained: "Corporal Clegg is about my father and his sacrifice in World War II. It's somewhat sarcastic—the idea of the wooden leg being something you won in the war, like a trophy." This can be seen as rather lighter in tone than Pink Floyd's later tackling of the subject, though, despite the irony (Clegg "won" his wooden leg in the war) and darkness behind the lyrics; indeed, among the cacophony of voices towards the end we hear an officer telling his one-legged man: "Clegg! Been meaning to speak to you. About that leg of yours! You're excused parade from now on!" and members of the band actually corpsing in the chorus. It is possible that the main character got his name after Thaddeus von Clegg, a German clockmaker, who invented the kazoo in the 1840s.

Music videos
Although the song was never performed live, two videos of the song exist. The first one was shot on 19 or 20 February 1968 for Belgian RTB TV's Tienerklanken  show, and features the band miming to a work-in-progress version of the song with a different ending. The second one was shot on 22 July 1969 for the West-German SDR TV and broadcast on 21 September that year. The video takes place in a room with a dining table covered with exquisite food, and all four band members, wearing helmets, officer's caps, and Roger Waters wearing a trench coat, are there enjoying the food. An accidental spillage of wine triggers a full scale food fight, resulting in the room getting completely trashed and all four band members covered in food (even the cameraman gets dragged into it), whilst the Dove of Peace (an actual white dove) is caught in the "crossfire". Interspersed throughout the video is footage of war and the band performing the song.

Reception
In a negative review for A Saucerful of Secrets, Jim Miller of Rolling Stone described "Corporal Clegg" as having "the virtue of brevity, as well as not sounding like it was written in a drugged stupor". Continuing, Miller described the song's "unoriginal melody" as being "much too Beatley for these post-Sgt. Pepper days".

Personnel
with:
 * David Gilmour – electric guitars, lead vocals (verses and bridges), kazoo
 * Nick Mason – drums, percussion, lead vocals (verses)
 * Rick Wright – Farfisa organ, Hammond organ, lead vocals (choruses), backing vocals
 * Roger Waters – bass, backing vocals
 * Norman Smith – voice
 * The Stanley Myers Orchestra – brass

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Bottleneck (engineering)

In engineering, a bottleneck is a phenomenon by which the performance or capacity of an entire system is severely limited by a single component. The component is sometimes called a bottleneck point. The term is metaphorically derived from the neck of a bottle, where the flow speed of the liquid is limited by its neck.

Formally, a bottleneck lies on a system's critical path and provides the lowest throughput. Bottlenecks are usually avoided by system designers, also a great amount of effort is directed at locating and tuning them. Bottleneck may be for example a processor, a communication link, a data processing software, etc.

Bottlenecks in software
In computer programming, tracking down bottlenecks (sometimes known as "hot spots" - sections of the code that execute most frequently - i.e. have the highest execution count) is called performance analysis. Reduction is usually achieved with the help of specialized tools, known as performance analyzers or profilers. The objective being to make those particular sections of code perform as fast as possible to improve overall algorithmic efficiency.

Bottlenecks in max-min fairness
In a communication network, sometimes a max-min fairness of the network is desired, usually opposed to the basic first-come first-served policy. With max-min fairness, data flow between any two nodes is maximized, but only at the cost of more or equally expensive data flows. To put it another way, in case of network congestion any data flow is only impacted by smaller or equal flows.

In such context, a bottleneck link for a given data flow is a link that is fully utilized (is saturated) and of all the flows sharing this link, the given data flow achieves maximum data rate network-wide. Note that this definition is substantially different from a common meaning of a bottleneck. Also note, that this definition does not forbid a single link to be a bottleneck for multiple flows.

A data rate allocation is max-min fair if and only if a data flow between any two nodes has at least one bottleneck link.

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Talk:Brian McKnight

Who is he?
not knowing who this is, and after reading the text, I'm still left with bewilderment. As is, this article does not really indicate anything other than (1) this is a talented guy (2) some irrelevent family info and (3) some obscured career info. What's his biggest hit? Why is he so beloved? Where have i heard him? That's what the opening of thios article needs; if I knew, I'd add it. 70.17.135.67 09:40, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Brian is generally considered one of the best R&B vocalists of his generation. He is often referred to as the Marvin Gaye and/or the Luther Vandross of his era. HIs hits "Back At One' and "Anytime" have been staples at weddings since their release in the 1990's.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by EncinoGirl (talk • contribs) 04:19, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

A bit of Controversy
Well, I would say that his biggest hit or breakout hit if you will is Anytime. But, ther eis a bit of controversy to that song. It has been known for years that the song either samples or the melody is the same as a song by Meshell Ndegeocello called Outside Your Door off her Plantation Lullabye CD.

She is best known for If that was your boyfriend (He wasn't last night). Now nothing has been settled in lawsuits or anything, but this has sparked a debate or two. I don't have a credible source to put this on this page but I'm sure someone can help on this... 66.118.236.226 18:50, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Seventh-day Adventist?
Is McKnight a Seventh-day Adventist, or a former one? One of the categories Category:Seventh-day Adventists or Category:Former Seventh-day Adventists would be appropriate. Colin MacLaurin 18:56, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Playgirl
It was rumored (and confirmed) that Brian was in talks to pose for Playgirl. The info used to be here, but now it is gone? What happened? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.83.231.100 (talk) 19:09, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

School
Didn't he go to school at Sweet Home High School?--Cartman005 02:47, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Life has changed album
Hi

In August 2008, it was advertised on this wiki that McKnight had launched an album call Life Has Changed. I no longer see this. Is this declared null and void now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.243.218.244 (talk) 09:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Brian McKnight's Sons
Brian's two sons, BJ & Niko, have formed their own rock band titled BRKN RBTZ ( pronounced Broken Robotz) They began performing in LA in April 2011 with a show at the Roxy on Sunset. They will join their father & uncle on select dates of the Just Me Tour staring in Phoenix May 12th.

Youporn Anthem.
How about some coverage of his Youporn party Anthem? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.133.195.82 (talk) 12:35, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PythonMOO 1

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

The result of the debate was Delete --Allen3 talk 18:12, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

PythonMOO
Non-notable web site spam. Oddly enough, may even be copyvio at the same time RoySmith 18:42, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn, spam, peacock term, accordingly, it should be deleted. -mysekurity 19:57, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Dcarrano 23:28, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, recommend speedy delete for others like this. 140.247.60.206 07:28, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand, consider making it non-bias, however I feel it contains notable information regarding current MOOs. Kipper2258 17:44, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Note, kipper2258 is the owner of the web site this article is about. RoySmith 17:38, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Note, This article is not about a web site, so maybe this shows that some (serious) rewording is needed. 172.212.145.160 17:53, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
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Großenhain

Großenhain (also written as Grossenhain; Wulki Hojn, ) is a Große Kreisstadt (German for major district town) in the district of Meissen, Saxony, Germany. It was originally known as Hayne. The current name simply means "big Hayne".

History
Großenhain was originally a Sorbian settlement, and remains an area where this language is spoken.

It was first mentioned in 1205. It was for a time occupied by the Bohemians, by whom it was strongly fortified. It afterwards came into the possession of the margraves of Meissen, from whom it was taken in 1312 by the margraves of Brandenburg. In the middle-ages, Großenhain was one of the most powerful towns in Saxony.

It suffered considerably in all the great German wars, and in 1744 was nearly destroyed by fire. The fire destroyed the church which was then replaced by the current Marienkirche, which echoes internally echoes the Frauenkirche in nearby Dresden.

On May 16, 1813, a battle took place here between the French (Napoleon's army) and the Russians.

A military airfield was created near the town, opening in February 1914. From 1945 to 1993, this served as an air base of the Soviet Air Force, complete with a secret facility storing nuclear weapons.

Kulturzentrum Grossenhain (the culture centre) was recently created, cleverly converting the ruined fragments of Schloss Grossenhain into a modern building.

On May 24, 2010, Großenhain was hit by a rain-wrapped F3 tornado which killed 1 and injured 40 others. This event made sirens sound for 60 seconds in and around Großenhain. The fatality was a 6-year-old girl who was killed by a falling tree.

Geography
Großenhain is located on the river Röder, 30 km northwest of Dresden, and 17 km east of Riesa. It is also situated on Via Regia from Görlitz to Santiago de Compostela.

Divisions
The town Großenhain consists of Großenhain proper and the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:

 * Bauda
 * Colmnitz
 * Folbern
 * Görzig
 * Nasseböhla (incl. Stroga)
 * Skassa
 * Skäßchen (incl. Krauschütz, Skaup and Uebigau)
 * Strauch
 * Walda-Kleinthiemig
 * Weßnitz-Rostig
 * Wildenhain
 * Zabeltitz (incl. Treugeböhla)

These Ortschaften correspond with former municipalities or their divisions, that were absorbed into Großenhain between 1994 and 2010. The localities Großraschütz, Kleinraschütz, Mülbitz, Naundorf, Zschauitz and Zschieschen are former municipalities that were absorbed into Großenhain between 1913 and 1961.

Infrastructure
There are two train stations in Großenhain. The Großenhain Berliner Bahnhof had been out of service since 2002, leaving only the Großenhain Cottbusser Bahnhof, served by trains from Dresden to Elsterwerda, Cottbus and Hoyerswerda.

Großenhain is accessible by car via Bundesstraße 98 and Bundesstraße 101.

Famous people

 * Martin Blochwich (1602-1629): German physician, born here
 * Lucas Krzikalla (born 1994): German handball player, born here
 * Karl Benjamin Preusker (1786–1871): Founder of the first public library in Germany (1828)
 * Manfred von Richthofen (1892–1918): German fighter pilot known as The Red Baron, was trained as observer at the local airport
 * Corinna Harfouch (born 1954): German actress, passed her childhood here
 * Benjamin Hedericus (1675-1748): Lexicographer
 * Heino (born 1938): German schlager artist, passed his childhood here
 * Carlo Mierendorff (1897-1943), representatives of the SPD, a member of the German Reichstag and resistance fighter against Nazism
 * Frederick Traugott Pursh (1774-1820), actually  Friedrich Pursch , botanist
 * Helmut H. Schaefer (1925-2005), mathematician, professor at the University of Halle (Saale), at the University of Tübingen, at the California Institute of Technology and other US universities
 * Ingo Senftleben (born 1974), German politician (CDU)
 * Valentin Weigel (1533-1588), theologian and philosopher
 * Frieder Zschoch (1932–2016), musicologist

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Johnny Murphy

John Joseph Murphy (July 14, 1908 – January 14, 1970) was an American All-Star right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball (1932, 1934–1943, 1946–1947) who later became a front office executive in the game.

Yankees' relief ace
After attending Fordham University in his native New York City, the 6 ft, 190 lb Murphy signed a professional contract with the New York Yankees in 1929. In 1934, his first full season with the Yankees, Murphy started 20 games (completing 10); for the remaining 11 years of his major league career, he would start only 20 games more, as he became one of the top bullpen specialists of his day. Moreover, his Yankees were one of the most powerful teams of all time, winning consecutive World Series championships from 1936 to 1939, and again in 1941 and 1943. Murphy's teammates included Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, Red Ruffing, Lefty Gomez—and, through 1934, Babe Ruth. Murphy spent his final year in the American League with the 1947 Boston Red Sox.

Overall, he appeared in 415 games, 383 as a Yankee, winning 93, losing 53 (for a winning percentage of .637) with an earned run average of 3.50. He led the AL in wins for a relief pitcher seven times. While the save was not then an official statistic, Murphy four times led the AL in that category, and he was the first pitcher to reach 100 career saves, finishing with 107. In 1,045 career innings pitched, he allowed more bases on balls (444) than strikeouts (378), and 985 hits. His career WHIP was 1.367.

In eight World Series games and $16 1/3$ innings (spread over six different Series), Murphy won two games, lost none, saved four, and posted an ERA of 1.10. Nicknamed "Fordham Johnny", "Fireman" and "Grandma" (either for his rocking-chair pitching motion, or his fastidious nature ), Murphy was on seven World Series winning teams, the most of any pitcher in history.

Executive with Red Sox and Mets
When his playing days ended, Murphy briefly scouted for the Red Sox, then entered the Boston front office when owner Tom Yawkey appointed him Director of Minor League Operations. Murphy spent 13 seasons running the Red Sox' farm and scouting systems until his dismissal following the 1960 season. In 1961, he joined former Yankees farm director and general manager George Weiss in the front office of Gotham's National League expansion team, the New York Mets.

Rising to the position of vice president, Murphy briefly donned a uniform and joined the Mets' coaching staff for the final 11 games of the campaign during Salty Parker's term as acting manager. Then, following that season, Murphy returned to the Met front office and took over the general manager responsibilities when Bing Devine rejoined his longtime employers, the St. Louis Cardinals. As one of his final tasks, Devine secured the services of manager Gil Hodges, under contract to the Washington Senators, by sending Washington $100,000 and pitcher Bill Denehy on November 27, 1967, as compensation.

Front-office boss of "Miracle Mets"
Murphy's promotion to the GM role coincided with the Mets' unveiling of some of the best young pitching talent of the era—including Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Jerry Koosman, Tug McGraw, and others. The 1968 club posted 73 victories, best in their seven-season history, and finished out of the NL basement for only the second time.

Then, with Hodges in command—and with the contributions of Murphy acquisitions Tommie Agee, Donn Clendenon and Al Weis—the 1969 Miracle Mets stunned the baseball community by winning the National League East, sweeping Atlanta in the NLCS, then defeating a heavily favored Baltimore Orioles squad in five World Series games. The Sporting News named Murphy the 1969 winner of its Executive of the Year Award.

Death
However, only 2 $1⁄2$ months after the World Series, on December 30, Murphy was hospitalized after he suffered a heart attack. He died at age 61 early on January 14, 1970, in New York's Roosevelt Hospital. He was succeeded by Bob Scheffing. Murphy was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx.

His older brother Thomas was a federal prosecutor and judge.

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Thomas Tessier

Thomas Tessier (born May 10, 1947) is an American writer of horror novels and short stories. He has also written poetry and drama.

Overview
Tessier was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, attended University College Dublin and lived in London in the United Kingdom for several years (where he was the managing director of Millington Books) before returning to the United States, where he lives still. His three published books of poetry are How We Died (New Writers Press, Dublin 1970), In Sight of Chaos (Turret Books, London 1971) and Abandoned Homes (Gallery Press, Dublin 1971). His plays have been produced, but not published.

His first book, The Fates (1978), is an episodic hybrid of horror and science fiction, about a mysterious force which causes death and destruction in an American town. One of the characters speculates that the Earth is revenging itself on humanity, but at the end of the book the mystery has not been solved and the destruction has not stopped.

Tessier's next book was The Nightwalker (1979), the brief, terse story of a young American Vietnam veteran adrift in London who seems possessed by an uncontrollable urge to inflict mutilation and death and may, in fact, be a werewolf. In Shockwaves (1982), a young woman achieves an ambition out of romantic fiction when an up-and-coming lawyer asks her to marry him; but her life is overshadowed by the presence of an apparently supernatural murderer known only as The Blade. Phantom (1982) deals with a young boy's confrontations with death, starting with his mother's dangerous asthma attack and ending with a disturbing vision of the afterlife.

Besides works of supernatural horror, Tessier has also written non-supernatural stories such as Rapture (1987), about a psychopathic stalker, and Secret Strangers (1990), about a teenage girl whose father's sudden disappearance prompts her to an amoral rebellion which leads to the discovery of a suburban child abuse ring.

Tessier's other novels include Finishing Touches (1986), about a young doctor (again, an American alone in London) drawn into the sadistic world of a megalomaniac plastic surgeon; Fog Heart (1997), about the involvement of two married couples with a suicidal young medium; and Father Panic's Opera Macabre (2001), in which a writer of bland historical fiction is suddenly confronted with the atrocities which occurred in Croatia during the Second World War.

A short novel, Wicked Things, was published in 2007, accompanied by a novella, "Scramburg, USA".

Tessier's short fiction has been collected in Ghost Music and Other Tales (2000) and Remorseless: Tales of Cruelty (2013), World of Hurt (2019), and featured in Night Visions.

Tessier is married to the former Alice Audietis. They have one son and one daughter.

Critical Reception
In a review of Tessier's novel Phantom, Karl Edward Wagner stated "What does make Phantom an effective chiller is its terrifying portrayal of the isolation of childhood fears." In the same article, Wagner also praised Tessier's novel Nightwalker as "the best werewolf novel of the last fifty years."

Bram Stoker Award

 * Fog Heart (1998) - finalist

International Horror Guild Award

 * Fog Heart (1998) - winner
 * Ghost Music (2000) - winner
 * Father Panic's Opera Macabre (2001) - finalist
 * "The Goddess of Cruelty" (2003) - finalist

World Fantasy Award

 * Phantom (1983) - finalist

Poetry collections

 * How We Died (1970)
 * In Sight of Chaos (1971)
 * Abandoned Homes (1971)

Novels

 * The Fates (1978)
 * The Nightwalker (1979)
 * Shockwaves (1982)
 * Phantom (1982)
 * Finishing Touches (1986)
 * Rapture (1987)
 * Secret Strangers (1990)
 * Fog Heart (1997)
 * Father Panic's Opera Macabre (2001)
 * Wicked Things (2007)

Short story collections
Ghost Music and Other Tales (2000)

Includes the following stories: Remorseless: Tales of Cruelty (2013)
 * "Food"
 * "Blanca"
 * "The Banshee"
 * "Evelyn Grace"
 * "In Praise of Folly"
 * "A Grub Street Tale"
 * "Infidel"
 * "La Mourante"
 * "I Remember Me"
 * "The Last Crossing"
 * "The Dreams of Dr. Ladybank"
 * "Lie Down With Us"
 * "Wax"
 * "Curing Hitler"
 * "Ghost Music"
 * "Lulu"
 * "Nightsuite"
 * "Figures in Scrimshaw"
 * "In the Desert of Deserts"
 * "Nocturne"

Remorseless: Tales of Cruelty (2013)

Includes the following stories:
 * "Back In My Arms, I Want You"
 * "Premature Noxia"
 * "The Inn of Distant Sorrows"
 * "In the Sand Hills"
 * "For No One"
 * "If You See Me, Say Hello"
 * "Goo Girl"
 * "Club Saudade"
 * "Something Small and Gray, and Quick"
 * "The Woman in the Club Car"
 * "The God Thing"
 * "Fine, Until You Called"
 * "The Ventriloquist"
 * "10-31-2001"
 * "The Infestation at Ralls"

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Baragon

Baragon (バラゴン) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, which first appeared in Ishirō Honda's 1965 film Frankenstein vs. Baragon, produced and distributed by Toho. Depicted as a burrowing, four-legged, horned dinosaur-like creature with large ears, Baragon appeared alongside Godzilla and other monster characters in films in the Godzilla franchise, also produced by Toho, including Destroy All Monsters (1968) and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001).

Showa series
In the film Frankenstein vs. Baragon, Baragon is depicted as a kaiju that evolved from the fictional dinosaur Baranosdragon and burrowed underground to escape the extinction of the dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. It adapted and survived over the years but when the sounds of a nearby factory disturb and awaken him during the events of the film, Baragon emerges from underground and attacks the factory. It later attacks and destroys a village and eats all of a farm's livestock. As Baragon was not sighted in the attacks, the mutant human Frankenstein was blamed for them until a survivor of the factory attack came forward, citing a different monster attacked him. While searching for Frankenstein, a group of scientists set off explosives, which attracts Baragon. It attacks the scientists, but Frankenstein arrives to protect them. The two engage each other in battle, with the latter defeating Baragon by breaking its neck before a fissure opens and swallows both combatants.

In the film Destroy All Monsters, a different, smaller Baragon appears as one of several of Earth's monsters kept in captivity on Monster Island. They are later brainwashed by the alien Kilaaks and sent to destroy Earth's major cities as part of their invasion, but a group of human astronauts destroy the Kilaaks' control device. In retaliation, the aliens send King Ghidorah to kill Earth's monsters. Most of them engage and eventually kill the space dragon in combat, though Baragon did not take part in either. Following this, Earth's monsters returned to Monster Island to live in peace.

Millennium series
In the film Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Baragon is depicted as one of Japan's three ancient guardian monsters who were killed years prior by Japanese warriors, who prayed for them to return to save Japan. When Godzilla is revived by the vengeful souls of the people who died in World War II, Baragon and his fellow guardians Mothra and King Ghidorah are revived to confront him. While the three are ultimately killed in battle, they weaken Godzilla enough for Admiral Taizo Tachibana of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to kill it in turn.

Abilities
All incarnations of Baragon are adept burrowers, with the Millennium incarnation being referred to as the "God of the Earth". The aforementioned incarnation can also leap great distances. Additionally, the Showa version can breath fire or shoot a heat ray from its mouth; however, in the Atari games, the heat ray comes from its horn.

Films

 * Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
 * Destroy All Monsters (1968)
 * Aadi Yug (1978; stock footage cameo)
 * Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
 * Godzilla: Final Wars (2004; stock footage cameo)

Television

 * Godzilla Island (1997-1998)
 * Godziban (2019–present)
 * Godzilland (1992-1993)

Video games

 * Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (NES - 1988)
 * Godzilla / Godzilla-Kun: Kaijuu Daikessen (Game Boy - 1990)
 * Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters (NES - 1991)
 * Godzilla Trading Battle (PlayStation - 1998)
 * Godzilla: Save the Earth (Xbox, PS2 - 2004)
 * Godzilla: Unleashed (Wii - 2007)
 * Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash (NDS - 2007)
 * Godzilla: Unleashed (PS2 - 2007)
 * Godzilla Defense Force (2019)

Literature

 * Godzilla vs. the Robot Monsters (novel - 1998)
 * Godzilla: Ongoing (comic - 2012)
 * Godzilla: Rulers of Earth (comic - 2013-2015)
 * Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse (novel - 2017)
 * Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla (novel - 2018)

Cultural references

 * The costume used for Baragon was reused three times in the original Ultraman, the suit was used to make both the monsters Neronga, Magular and Gabora, as well as being used once for Pagos in Ultra Q.
 * Baragon appears via stock footage in the 1978 Indian B-movie Aadi Yug.
 * The Generation 1 Pokémon Nidoking is based on Baragon, and heavily resembles it.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerome Ben Aoues

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The result of the debate was Delte --Allen3 talk 17:24, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

Jerome Ben Aoues
Not notable. Should have been a speedy. -- RHaworth 18:44, 2005 July 10 (UTC)
 * Delete or Speedy. Certainly nonsense, perhaps patent nonsense. Pburka 19:28, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Vote withdrawn. The new article is no longer nonsense and appears to be verifiable. No comment on notability. Pburka 22:51, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy stupid nonsense, that is. -mysekurity 20:00, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn, nonsense. --Etacar11 02:44, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Retain as this type of extreme sport requires extreme talent and he has been featured on BBC and elsewhere. There may be a personal reason that the above individuals wish to have his page deleted. SKM (Unsigned vote by 195.229.241.187)
 * Comment The article is greatly improved from the nonsense it originally was, but still, to me, he isn't above the bar of notability. So my vote stays the same. --Etacar11 14:38, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete nonsense. JamesBurns 08:41, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
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 * Character's last name for people
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Okaukuejo

Okaukuejo is the administrative center for the Etosha National Park in Namibia. It is located approximately 650 km from the capital Windhoek. An average annual rainfall of around 350 mm is received, although in the 2010/2011 rainy season 676 mm were measured.

Originally the western end of the Red Line, a veterinary control demarcation established in 1896, and the site of a German fort built in 1901, Okaukuejo now houses the Etosha Ecological Institute, founded in 1974. The round watchtower is a remnant of the fort. A major attraction for tourists is the permanent waterhole, illuminated at night, which draws all types of wildlife, including elephants, lions and black rhinoceros, particularly during the lengthy dry season.

The Namibian National Park Service also maintains a tourist camp. There is a variety of resort facilities from camping sites to housekeeping cottages with braai facilities. There is also a swimming pool, a restaurant and a bar. There are two small stores. One store sells basic foods and firewood for a braai.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glosa Language

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The result of the debate was Speedy delete as broken redirect. --Allen3 talk 17:32, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

Glosa Language
The article is only a redirect to 'Glosa language' (the article doesn't exist) and no articles links to 'Glosa Language' Xrm0 18:45, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete - non existant redirect, deal with it accordingly. -mysekurity 19:58, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * YOU CAN'T VOTE ON REDIRECTS AT VFD. This must be discussed at Redirects for deletion - template is .      20:59, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually it's speedyable as a broken redirect. --Dmcdevit·t 00:40, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
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Spike Island, Bristol

Spike Island is an inner city and harbour area of the English port city of Bristol, adjoining the city centre. It comprises the strip of land between the Floating Harbour to the north and the tidal New Cut of the River Avon to the south, from the dock entrance to the west to Bathurst Basin in the east. The island forms part of Cabot ward. The area between the Docks and New cut to the east of Bathurst Basin is in the neighbourhoods of Redcliffe and St Philip's Marsh.

Spike Island was created by William Jessop in the early 19th century, when he constructed the New Cut and converted the former course of the River Avon into the Floating Harbour. Until the Second World War, a lock connected Bathurst Basin with the New Cut, and Spike Island was a genuine island surrounded on all sides by water. However, fears that an aerial attack on this lock at low tide could lead to a disastrous dewatering of the docks led to the lock being filled in.

Historically, Spike Island was the site of working quays, shipyards, warehousing and other associated dockside industry. The Bristol Harbour Railway runs the length of the island, and formerly connected these working areas with the railway network. With the redevelopment of the docks, the Island has become an area popular with developers looking to create prime dock side housing such as Baltic Wharf, The Point and Perretts Court. There are also a few restaurants and popular pubs such as The Orchard Inn and The Cottage.

Other formerly dock-related buildings have become cultural venues or museums. These include:
 * Spike Island Artspace, a collective of artists' studios located in a former tea-packing factory
 * M Shed, the museum of Bristol, on the site of the former Bristol Industrial Museum, in a former dockside transit shed
 * Bristol Archives in B Bond Warehouse, a former tobacco warehouse
 * Brunel's SS Great Britain, preserved in the dry dock in which she was built
 * CREATE Centre, also in B Bond Warehouse, an ecological art exhibition and Ecohome
 * Underfall Yard, a base for marine-related businesses plus an interactive visitor centre and café.
 * Puppet Place, a base for puppetry and animation-related businesses, and an artform support charity.

Other historic buildings have been converted into office space, housing small businesses and legal and financial companies such as Creditcall.

The path of the harbour railway across Spike Island is proposed for a £38 million rapid transit bus route from Ashton Vale to the city centre. The existing steam railway would be retained, but buses would gain a congestion-free journey into the city. Subject to planning permission and finances, work could start 2012 with services running 2014.

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Spike Island, Widnes

Spike Island is a park in Widnes, Halton, North West England. It is an artificial island between the Sankey Canal and the estuary of the River Mersey containing parkland, woodland, wetlands and footpaths. It is next to the Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, an interactive science and technology museum.

Spike Island was at the centre of the British chemical industry during the Industrial Revolution. In 1833, Widnes Dock, the world's first rail-to-ship dock, was built on the island. In 1848, John Hutchinson built the first chemical factory in Widnes on the island. The chemical industry in Widnes grew rapidly thereafter. By the 1970s no working chemical factories remained, and from 1975 onwards the island was cleaned up and turned over to public recreation.

A famous concert by the rock band the Stone Roses, subsequently the subject of an eponymous film (2012), took place on the island in May 1990.

History

Spike Island is an artificial island created in 1833 when the Sankey Canal was extended from Fiddler's Ferry power station to the River Mersey at Widnes. The extension separated a section of Widnes previously called Woodend from the remainder of the town. The canal passes from the West Bank Locks on Spike Island to Warrington and then into St. Helens town centre. The canal fell into disuse and closed in 1963. The canal footpath now forms part of the Trans Pennine Trail.

Widnes Dock, built in 1833, was the first rail-to-ship dock in the world. Uniquely the dock allowed goods, such as coal, to be taken off a train and deposited directly into a boat for transport along the River Mersey to other parts of the UK and abroad. Goods and raw materials could also be brought in by boat and deposited directly onto a train for onward travel to local factories. The dock was topped up with water from the nearby reservoir to prevent its level becoming too low when the River Mersey was at low tide. Widnes Dock was last used commercially in 1931 but the island remained in use as a railway sidings. The island had a network of interlinked railway lines which, being at the end of the line, were ideal for marshalling trains and freight storage. The railway lines became known as "Marsh Sidings". They were taken over by British Rail in 1948 and remained in use until 1968.

Large ships are unable to sail far up the River Mersey because the water level is too low. Consequently Widnes dock was accessed by Mersey flat boats which could transport goods downstream to the Port of Liverpool or along the canal network. The dock could hold up to 40 vessels, and have a single Mersey flat loaded with 70 tons of coal from a railway wagon, and en route to Liverpool in 40 minutes. The Mersey flats were small flat-bottomed sailing barges that originated on the Mersey but were later used on rivers elsewhere. They were a common sight in the 19th century. The wreck of a Mersey flat called the Eustace Carey can be seen at Spike Island at low tide.

Beginning in 1848, John Hutchinson built the first chemical factory in Widnes on Spike Island. It was called "Hutchinson's No 1 Works" and was constructed along the Sankey Canal near Widnes Dock. Thereafter chemical factories proliferated in the town. Around the year 1860 Hutchinson built Tower Building, which he used as the administrative headquarters of his chemical business. Later it became the head office of the Gossage soap company, which at one time was the largest soap company in the UK and handled half of the UK's soap exports. Today, Tower Building houses the Catalyst Science Discovery Centre. Hutchinson was described by his contemporaries as "the father of Widnes" because of his influence on the growth of the chemical industry in the town.

The island was at the centre of the British chemical industry during the 19th century and part of the Industrial Revolution. The chemical industry for the first time allowed the mass production of soap, bleaching powder, glass and fertilizer, amongst other products. The population of Widnes grew rapidly; however, the industry also brought exceptional levels of pollution. The town was described as one of the dirtiest and most dangerous places to work in England, and in 1905 as a "poisonous hell-town". In the 20th century, changes to the industry and new environmental laws led to the decline of the chemical industry. By the 1970s, Spike Island contained abandoned chemical factories, rail lines, disused canal and industrial dockage, and extensive chemical pollution. Between 1975 and 1982, the island was reclaimed and returned to green spaces. All of the chemical works were removed and only two former pyrite kilns remain.

Facilities

The island is maintained by Halton Borough Council, who describe the island as "Open parkland with items of industrial archaeological interest and a canal". There are footpaths, canal walks, cycle paths, woodland, wetlands, views of the River Mersey, views of the Mersey Gateway Bridge, birdlife, fishing, industrial heritage, picnic tables, car parking, a multi-purpose sports pitch, a children's play area and the Trans Pennine Trail passes through the parkland.

Mersey riverboats are moored in the Sankey Canal. The canal, although in water, is not navigable past the island. Halton Borough Council has the long-term aim of restoring the canal to use by watercraft and has committed to building a new swing bridge on the island and re-opening the slipway between the canal and Mersey. The council has also committed to finding an alternative water supply for the canal which has lost water formerly supplied by the now-closed Fiddler's Ferry power station.

The Catalyst Science Discovery Centre is a museum dedicated to science and in particular chemistry. It is next to the island and charts the history of Widnes and Spike Island, offering hands-on displays, static displays and live science lectures. There are 80 interactive exhibits and reconstructed scenes bringing science, maths, engineering and technology to life. Two teaching spaces host a range of workshops and there is a café. There is an observatory on the top floor accessed via a glass-walled lift. The observatory offers panoramic views of the river, Widnes and the Mersey Gateway Bridge, which was opened in 2017.

In popular culture
Spike Island was the site of a famous outdoor concert by the rock band the Stone Roses in May 1990. The support acts included DJs Dave Haslam, Paul Oakenfold and Frankie Bones, a Zimbabwean drum orchestra and the reggae artist Gary Clail. The NME wrote "Spike Island was to be the Roses' defining statement, a celebration of not only their own success, but of an entire youth culture" and also "It was a real moment in time; the beginning of a long hot summer that saw England nearly go all the way in the World Cup, the peak of a period when Manchester and the north-west felt like the centre of the universe." 30,000 people attended the concert; the organisation was described as "amateurish", and this increased the fame of the event. The police informed the organisers that the tide was so high that everyone might have to be taken off the island. As the Stone Roses took to the stage a cloud of red dust formed in front of the stage, triggering asthma attacks among some members of the crowd.

A film about the concert called Spike Island was released in 2012. The film is a comedy and coming-of-age drama that focuses on a "wannabee" band who idolise the Stone Roses and set out to deliver their demo tape personally to the Roses at the concert. Emma Dibdin of Digital Spy wrote that within its limited remit it is an affable watch, but the "domestic drama our heroes are running from never resonates". Dibdin added that the "performances are charming, and within the predictable tropes there are genuinely powerful moments."

The Pulp song "Sorted for E's & Wizz" is inspired by one girl's memories of the concert. Jarvis Cocker remarked that he'd spoken to the girl about the concert and she could remember virtually nothing apart from the drug taking. A tribute concert on the island by "the Clone Roses" was planned for May 2020, thirty years after the original concert. The event was rescheduled for 2021 as public gatherings were prohibited because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The music festival took place on 24 July 2021; it was called "Spike Island: The Resurrection" and was headlined by the Clone Roses, with other 1990s tribute bands such as Oas-is, Happy Mondaze and True Order also featuring.

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