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Pate (instrument)

The Pātē is a Samoan percussion instrument of Tahitian origin, named after the Samoan word for "beat" or "clap" "pulse". It is one of many Samoan log drum variants and is of the slit drum family, and therefore is also of the idiophone percussion family. It is made from a hollowed-out log, usually of Miro wood and produces a distinctive and loud sound. Different sizes of log drums offer different pitches and volumes, as well as striking the log drum in the middle or near the ends.

Talipalau drums are a Samoan variant a little larger than a pate drum and somewhat smaller than the Lali log drum variant. The dimensions of some Talipalau are large as 1.5 m high and 3 m in length; these Talipalau are a distant cousin to the Fijian Lali drum which were larger in size. The smaller pate was said to be introduced to Samoa by inter-married Tahitians whom visited and settled in Samoa some 500 years ago. However, in recent times the pate is used together with the other lesser known traditional log drum variants as well as the Samoan fala as percussive musical instruments. Because of the widespread distribution of Samoan music through the great Polynesian expansion, the use of the Pātē has gained much popularity among other neighbouring Polynesian Islands such as Uvea and Futuna, Tokelau, Tuvalu and Niue.

There are five main Samoan wooden slit drum variants:

 * The logo, often carved straight from the carcass of giant felled trees, is the largest of the Samoan drum variants. Some of these drums were said to need upward of 70 men to carry them to the sea—such was the enormity of the drums that they could only be transported by flotation. When carved into a drum, the logo can only be played by being struck from the side, for instance by sliding the beater or very large log like playing stick across the top of the drum to hit the slit lip on the other side. The logo was used to announce the King of Samoa, High Chiefs and other monarchy in the past. The logo was also used to announce attacks and signals during war (see: Samoan Civil War, the Fijian Wars and also the Tongan Wars). Samoa also has recorded historical records of lesser known battles with the neighboring islands of Manono, Pukapuka, Tokelau, Tuamotu and Rarotonga, although these battles may be classed as independent isolated inter-island skirmishes between large familial clan groups.
 * Lali are large drums that are always played in pairs by two drummers. One of them beats the larger of the two, called the Tatasi. The other drummer plays the smaller Lali in the rhythmic pattern called the Talua. Both slit drums are played with sticks called Auta. The Lali were said to be introduced 700 years ago via Fiji.
 * The talipalau is a medium-sized Lali drum in between the normal-sized lali and the pate. The talipalau slit drum was introduced to Samoa via Tuamotu and Tahiti. It is now part of the island group now part of the French Polynesian Island chain. The archipelago of Samoa, Tahiti and Tuamotu developed inter-island familial bonded clans over the span of 800 years.
 * The pate was introduced via Tahiti 500 years ago. It is the most well-known of the drum variants simply because of its portability and easy-to-use size, as well as because of its various different tones and pitches.
 * The fa'aali'i-nafa is a smaller indigenous Samoan pate drum also made from Milo wood.

Tahitian warriors introduced intricate wooden log pate drumming to the Samoan Islands and the Cook Islands. In Rarotonga its origins have grown into deep spiritual roots that are still found in Cook Islands drumming today.

In Samoa log drums have traditionally been used in communicating over large distances in times of war and for signaling times of Sa, Chief and Village Meetings. Drums are also used in traditional song and dance.

In Tahiti the people have taken a more contemporary approach where drumming and dancing is used more for entertainment and tourism than traditional functions. For example, French Polynesia celebrates the annual Heiva i Tahiti festival where different tribes and island clan groups are able to compete against each other in a dance and drumming competition.

Construction Process
First a segment of a hardwood tree trunk or thick branch is taken and stripped of its bark. Holes are then bored into the log in a straight line, from one end to the other, optionally leaving some space at each end. What remains in between the holes is then chiseled out, forming the characteristic slit. After this, the log continues to be hollowed out through the slit. Both the shape of the slit and the extent that the log is gutted will affect the tone and pitch of the pate.

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Talk:Bianca Beauchamp

All Access
The article states that the movie "is slated for a wide release in North America on January 29, 2008". Shouldn't that be updated? Unfortunately I don't know anything about it. 84.182.82.66 (talk) 00:03, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Regarding expansion request
If someone would be so kind as to refer to Bianca's biographies and summarize them, that would be nice. Just do a google search. Here's a link to get anyone who is interested started on the right track: http://www.biancabeauchamp.com/bio.html. Thanks! -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. 04:32, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * How's that? Also, I'm thinking, the pic on the page isn't really representative - she's mostly known for modelling in latex, wouldn't it be more appropriate to have a pic of her in that? Magazine covers are fair use, she's been on plenty of those. BobThePirate 20:13, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Great job! As for the pic, if you can find a magazine cover, I would much rather use that than the image already on the page. Thanks! -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. Think out loud 01:10, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I found this one - http://latexlover.net/bianca/img/bianca_beauchamp_cover2.jpg - which is more "in character" and of a suitable type, but it's maybe just a little bit small at 200 wide. Might do though, what do you think? BobThePirate 16:09, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I found a larger one to the Marquis cover: http://www.biancabeauchamp.com/img/magazines/marquis32_med.jpg. If that doesn't cut it, here's an alternative: http://www.biancabeauchamp.com/img/magazines/sk2_med.jpg. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. Think out loud 21:13, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Done. I have to say, I only discovered Ms Beauchamp the other day whilst googling - but oh my god, she must surely be the hottest woman on the face of the Earth! I'm wondering if there is anything else that can go in the article... a list of magazine appearences, maybe? I don't know where you'd find that info though. BobThePirate 22:37, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

 * There's a list on her website, actually. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. Think out loud 11:50, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Somebody has chopped a load of stuff out of the article - why? Unless there's a reason, I think it should be reverted to the previous edit. BobThePirate 20:04, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

And now the same thing has been done by Ghosts&empties again, with the tag that s/he is "improving the flow". Improving the flow means rewording what's there to read better, not deleting several paragraphs worth of information. And the user seems reluctant to discuss his/her motives on this page for some reason. To revert or not to revert... BobThePirate 21:00, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Much of the information in earlier versions of this article were appropriate for her Website bio (i.e. her fan club) but not an encyclopedia article. Information like the fact that she wanted to be a veterinarian as a child and the age she began dating just don't belong in an encyclopedia.  The information on her choice of major/meeting her husband/school/internship was very choppy and confusing so I made it flow like a latex catsuit.

 * I disagree. The point is to describe her life, and that's what it did. I have restored some - not all - of the missing information, but by manually inserting it rather than reverting. Hopefully this will be a reasonable compromise? BobThePirate 18:49, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Looks good! However, you'll forgive me if I rant a little bit about sexual orientation. Though her site is not hardcore, she does things many men would certainly like to do with women, which, while not penetrative, have a sexual dimension. It's implying that hers is a case of unconsummated bisexual chic, or (not accusing anybody here) that being in a committed relationship with a man magically purges you of your previous sexual character. According to a friend of mine who's a married bi woman, women like her get that a lot! I'm sort of inclined to believe that if she says she's bi, then she is. What do you think? Emoticon 16:55, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

 * she is. trust me. i've seen.. err stuff. -- Mistress Selina Kyle  (  Α⇔Ω ¦  ⇒✉  )  17:37, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Alright then, I'll consider that a second and edit the main page. BTW, I was refering to the stuff about "she claims to be bisexual" and "soi disant bisexual." I think in an effort to compress my thoughts I left that out. Thanks Emoticon 21:09, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't understand how her sexuality can be a matter of controversy. She states that she is bisexual in her own biography on her website. Surely she's the only person on Earth who knows what gender(s) she is actually attracted to! How can anybody else possibly argue with it, it would be like saying they know what goes on in her head better than she does. I'm genuinely puzzled by that attitude! BobThePirate 15:36, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice to hear that somebody else is as offended by that as much as I am. I don't think it's really a 'controversy' per se, but some rogue wikipedian who hasn't seen the videos on her site :) Emoticon 20:03, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

I've tried to make this article seem a bit more professional by re-wording the hair colour Jackpot Den 20:39, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Reverted an IMHO senseless paragraph deletion and added some requested references. The last one I will hopefully be able to contribute soon too. Rikapt 10:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

It seems we yet again have people trying to make out she's not bisexual - removing the tags from the article on the basis that it's not mentioned there. She IS bisexual and says so openly. If you want to edit, add it to the article! In fact on further investigation the source code lists her as bisexual AND gives a reference for this (http://www.latexlair.com/diary/entry_march0999.html), but for some reason it won't show up in the article. I guess I don't know enough about templates to work out why not... anybody help? BobThePirate (talk) 18:32, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Fair use
I've removed the image as not fair use. The magazine appearance isn't covered in the article in a non-trivial way. brenneman {L} 06:33, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Sexual Photograph
I don't think that the current picture is appropriate for an encyclopedia. It is far too sexual and obviously intended to arouse. As a concerned mother of three, I feel that this far too sexual picture should be removed. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.240.77.169 (talk • contribs) 16:56, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not censored.--64.121.58.43 03:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

The web is a dangerous place, dont let your kids to surf the net if you have fear of a pair of breasts, they could kill'em.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.18.14.44 (talk) 20:43, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

plz sign your post--The real rj (talk) 02:58, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

 * I would like to remind you that Wikipedia is not censored for minors. --Eastlaw (talk) 04:22, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what picture you want us to use, give her name a quick google, almost all are sexual. She's an "erotic model," It'd be like posting an image of mister rogers without his sweater and sneaks on. Spacew00t (talk) 06:33, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

More images?
The article needs more images and more info. However it is very good, though why did the picture change? Why do people make changes without a good reason. Wiki is now being censored?--Margrave1206 17:28, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

No, Wiki is not censored. The photo change was made by the photographer himself. TheMindsEye 17:41, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

This article has been through several different images of Ms Beauchamp. They keep getting removed as being non fair use. I've long ago stopped bothering to try and work out what counts as fair use in the minds of wikipedians myself, so I just have fun watching them come and go lately. This one's lasted quite a while now! BobThePirate 17:47, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Also they took the link down to her official photographer. We people change things it would be nice to say why.--Margrave1206 19:53, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * ?!? The link to her official photographer is still there. TheMindsEye 20:04, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

 * You are right it is there, I remeber the older version on the page and it had more links, I looked into the history and it was gone. I am not sure why people keep taking links out.--Margrave1206 16:51, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

And the image goes once again. Wikipedia's image policy is truly laughable. Does anybody out there know how to have an image that *won't* get deleted? BobThePirate 17:41, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Piercings?
Ms. Beauchamp has a number of piercings that I believe are of note.

I believe there should be a list of her piercings cause they seem to have an effect on what type of posing she does.

She may exploit her nipple piercings in one photo set and her vaginal piercong in the next.

Anyway I think we should include the list. AD Double J 01:10, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Primary sources box
Who can remove the info box from requesting more primary sources? Is there an official process for it? Per SELFPUB for an established article, under further conditions, selfpublished sources are acceptable.Rikapt (talk) 01:35, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

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Chaos Magick

Chaos Magick may refer to:

 * Chaos magic, a postmodern magical tradition
 * Chaos Magick (album), a 2015 album by Saturnian Mist

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Talk:Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

Lack of sources
Some of the recent additions have been made with out sources (see Cite your sources). As per policy, I will move them to the talk page until they can be corroborated. --K. 04:32, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

ASIO major edit
I've had a go at rewriting and restructuring this article, as the existing one was surprisingly scant. Please have a look and update as you see fit - I think the tone could be a bit more neutral, so if anyone wants to improve this article from that respect, that'd be great.

The references I used are cited at the bottom of the page, so have a look and see if I've misinterpreted anything.

-- Canley 06:29, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Lack of References
Hiya,

I'm trying to make this article the best it can be. I'd appreciate some help sorting out references, as there aren't any to speak of. I'm adding them as quickly as I can sort through the text, but any help wouldn't go astray.

Thanks.

D.E.

Hey there, I found a new citation but looks like I'm bad with tools. can someone fix it?it's in the box.Louis Van Gogh (talk) 07:06, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:ASIO crest.svg
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FBI
No, anonymous editor, the FBI isn't the same as ASIO - it's the same as if ASIO and the AFP were one entity. However, the FBI is the closest comparable agency to ASIO in the US. We need this included in the article for completeness. But I agree that they are not directly equivalent. So seeing as how we are splitting hairs here, I've added the FBI National Security Branch to the 'oveseas counterparts' section. Hopefully you will find this to be more accurate.

DirectEdge 08:04, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

no haneef
no mention of haneef in the article whatsoever, when ASIO is responsible for the laws that detained him unfairly

political bias?? or just the editors on a holiday...i hope its latter.Jasewase 10:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Dr. Haneef was indeed detained under Federal anti-terrorism laws (as is evidenced by his arrest by the AFP) and it would be relatively safe to assume that during his detention he was questioned by ASIO intelligence officers. Indeed, the information leading to his arrest may have been uncovered during an ASIO investigation, but we as ordinary citizens do not know and could well never know. Furthermore, if Dr. Haneef was indeed detained under warrant issued pursuant to Division 3 of the ASIO Act 1979, the mere existence of the warrant is an official secret, with harsh penalties for revealing that a warrant does or did exist. Hence why the media, who must surely have suspected the possibility of there being a Division 3 warrant, was very careful to not mention ASIO in reporting the case. The line used was 'police and other intelligence agencies' as I remember. So thus, we cannot confirm for a number of reasons whether ASIO was or was not involved in the Haneef case, and thus anything we might say would purely be speculation or assumption. Remember, we are not into making assumptions here. Unless there is a verifiable source for information, we cannot possibly include it in the article if we are to adhere to the requirement that content be encyclopedic.DirectEdge 04:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

 * The points above are very relevant, and obviously belong in the main article IMHO. I tried to do this in a balanced way 23 March 08, but the changes were instantly revoked by Alex Bakharev.  I think that it is obvious that the Haneef case was one of the most visible and controvertial cases involving the Australian security services, and so it should be mentioned one way or the other.  The reason why it cannot be discussed is also very, very relevant.

 * If someone would like to have another go that would be great. I have included the proposed paragraph below.  And I also think that just reverting anyone's work without discussion on talk is rather rude.Tuntable (talk) 00:27, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

 * ===Arrest and deportation of Mohamed Haneef===

 * Haneef was a doctor that was arrested and deported in July 2007. There was much controversy as to whether this was justified, and it would be relatively safe to assume that ASIO would have had an significant role in this. However, if this was the case it would be illegal under Australian law to report it, so it has not been reported. Thus any association is with ASIO just conjecture. (Haneef eventually won his right to return to Australia, but has not chosen to do so.)

 * I stand by my earlier comments that connections between ASIO and the Haneef case, if any, are not in the public domain and therefore unverifiable. Conjecture and assumptions are not verifiable and therefore have no place in Wikipedia. DirectEdge (talk) 07:48, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I might add that my view is supported by Verifiability. DirectEdge (talk) 08:20, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Jack Roche
Is Jack Roche worth a mention? See, for eg, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22863386-28737,00.html Regards, Ben Aveling 09:53, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it is important to restrict the scope of this article to ASIO itself. Mentioning every person who has or claims to have been of interest to ASIO would not do much to improve the article. Only very significant cases should be mentioned, with details kept to the individual's article in other cases. DirectEdge (talk) 04:15, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

beyin okuma
ben yürkiyede yaşayan bir vatandaşım türkiyede uydu üzerinden beyin okuma insanı yönetme insan enerjisiyle oynama kalp atışlarıyla oynama bir hızlı bir yavaş attırma rüya takip etme insan beynine konuşma ve bunların hepsini evde arabada her yerde yapabiliyorlar ve görebiliyorlar ve insanı uydu üzerinden öldürme derecesine kadar geldiler ve beynimde sürekli konuşarak beni intihar derecesine getirdiler kalbimin atmasıyla oynayarak kalbimde artık ağrılar başladı ve bunların hepsini uydu üzerinden yapıyorlar bunlardan bir türlü kurtulamıyorum lütfen bana yardım edin birgün sizlerinde beynini okuyabilirler anlattıklarım yalan değil isterseniz kalbimi inceleye bilirsiniz adresim -türkiye -istanbul -kartal -topselvi mahallesi -karanfil sokak -no 13 -daire 1  tel 0538 709 36 65  anlatmadığım bir çok olay yapabiliyorlar uydudan  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.179.73.73 (talk) 11:45, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ? ? ? ? DirectEdge (talk) 04:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Hope Royal Commission
The National Archives of Australia has released the records of the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security under the 30 year rule. There is more than enough material to spin this off into a new article. 59.167.57.197 (talk) 08:44, 27 May 2008 (UTC) `why did you give us your address???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.175.203.119 (talk) 10:39, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Neutrality of ASIO Act analysis
I do not believe the section headed ASIO operations cloaked in secrecy is suitably neutral in its content. Whilst some of the analysis and criticisms levelled are indeed of mainstream concern, the wording of the section is not encyclopaedic and sounds like something straight out of a student union campaign leaflet. I would suggest that the criticisms adopt a more neutral tone and be incorporated into other sections of the article rather than inhabiting their own section. Lineface (talk) 00:29, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Asian surveillance
Need more information about ASIO involvement in asian crimes in Australia.--Korsentry 02:58, 20 April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KoreanSentry (talk • contribs)

ASIO isn't armed, but MI5 is.
The article (in it's current form) states that MI5 (ASIO's british equivalent) is not armed. This is sourced, but the sources relate to ASIO only. Anyhow, it doesn't take much digging around to find out that MI5 officers have access to firearms. I'm still looking for a source, but it's fairly common knowledge. 60.231.182.15 (talk) 08:29, 21 June 2009 (UTC) Having access to firearms is not the same as being armed though, British police have access to firearms but do not carry them except in exceptional circumstances (i.e. terrorism, manhunts etc) and are not regarded as being armed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.171.148.99 (talk) 08:50, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

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Source for article expansion
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Croatian Six trial
Should there be a reference to the trial of the Croatian Six? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.22.252.68 (talk) 19:37, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

add to article?
Asio finally admits it was infiltrated by Soviet spies in the 70s and 80s

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/26/asio-finally-admits-it-was-infiltrated-by-soviet-spies-in-the-70s-and-80s

The more things change.... the more things stay the same. 🤣 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:1FA0:4619:E51:0:65:462F:4201 (talk) 11:06, 31 January 2022 (UTC)


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English cricket team in Australia in 1986–87

The England cricket team toured Australia during the 1986–87 cricket season for a five-match Test series to contest The Ashes. While in Australia, England also played a number of tour matches against state and representative teams, and competed in two One-Day International (ODI) tournaments. Under the captaincy of Mike Gatting, England retained the Ashes with a 2–1 series win.

Lead-up to the series
Both England and Australia begun this series at a low ebb. England had lost 5–0 against the West Indies the previous year, then lost 2–0 and 1–0 to India and New Zealand respectively during the English summer. Australia, during the same period, had lost two series against New Zealand (2–1 and 1–0) and drew two series against India. While Australia had emerged with a drawn series from their tour of India, they had struggled against India at home the previous season and India had been unlucky not to have won the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.

Considering the losses that both teams had sustained, it was only natural that many felt this series was merely a battle for Test cricket's Wooden spoon. Australia had managed a tie in Madras and many commentators felt that Australia's batting had strengthened somewhat. The performances of Victorian batsmen Dean Jones and the new opening pair of David Boon and Geoff Marsh had been noted. Young NSW all-rounder, Stephen Waugh, was also beginning to make his presence felt, although certainly not to the level that many expected him. The bowling was still problematic, although Bruce Reid had begun to perform well.

England squad
The England squad that flew out to Australia on 9 October 1986 had a number of significant absentees from the previous series win; Graham Gooch was absent for personal reasons, while Tim Robinson and Richard Ellison had been dropped following poor performances against West Indies. More than half the players in the squad, including the appointed captain Mike Gatting, were on their first tour of Australia.

 * Mike Gatting (c) (Middlesex)
 * John Emburey (vc) (Middlesex)
 * Bill Athey (Gloucestershire)
 * Ian Botham (Somerset)
 * Chris Broad (Nottinghamshire)
 * Phillip DeFreitas (Leicestershire)
 * Graham Dilley (Kent)
 * Phil Edmonds (Middlesex)
 * Neil Foster (Essex)
 * Bruce French (wk) (Nottinghamshire)
 * David Gower (Leicestershire)
 * Allan Lamb (Northamptonshire)
 * Jack Richards (wk) (Surrey)
 * Wilf Slack (Middlesex)
 * Gladstone Small (Warwickshire)
 * James Whitaker (Leicestershire)

Support staff included Peter Lush (Tour manager), Micky Stewart (Team Manager), Laurie Brown (Physio) and Peter Austen (Scorer).

Tour matches
England began its tour at Brisbane in October 1986, losing the first game to Queensland by 5 wickets. Dirk Tazelaar, a tall, left arm bowler, took 4/34 in the first innings. England's batsmen were generally lacking form, though Ian Botham struck 86 off 67 balls, including eleven fours and four sixes – one six shattering a window at long-off. England's fielding was poor, with many catches dropped despite some effective bowling.

A morale boosting 5-wicket victory against South Australia followed. Allan Lamb and tour debutant James Whitaker hit centuries while spinner John Emburey found form. It also marked the end of a depressing run of fourteen losses for the England team (including Test and tour matches). Parkinson, another left-arm fast bowler, took 5/87 in England's first innings. Experts began to question England's vulnerability against left-arm fast bowling.

The next match, in Perth, resulted in an embarrassing performance against Western Australia. Rain ensured the match ended in a draw, but England would have easily lost had the rain stayed away. Five catches were dropped in the first innings as Australian opener Geoff Marsh scored 124 in 345 minutes. Two left-arm quicks, Chris Matthews and Bruce Reid, took four wickets each as England collapsed for 152. Marsh then batted 246 minutes for his 63 in the second innings as Western Australia looked for a declaration. The match ended with England 6 for 153. David Gower, a very important member of the England lineup, had been dismissed for a "duck" in both innings. Captain Mike Gatting, vice captain Allan Lamb and backup opener Wilf Slack had also been dismissed for zero once each during the match.

Australia therefore approached the first Test as clear favourites. Martin Johnson of The Independent wrote that the English team "had only three things wrong with them – can't bat, can't bowl, can't field". Australia selected two left-arm fast bowlers – Bruce Reid and Chris Matthews (both from Western Australia) – to take advantage of the clear problem the English batsmen had with this sort of bowling.

Benson & Hedges Perth Challenge
The Benson & Hedges Perth Challenge was a one-off one-day international tournament held at the WACA Ground, Perth in late December 1986 and early January 1987. It was part of the celebrations marking Australia's defence of the America's Cup yachting competition which was taking place simultaneously in nearby Fremantle.

Australia, England, Pakistan and the West Indies were the competitors. The games were played over a league basis and in coloured clothing, with Pakistan beating the West Indies in the first match under the new WACA floodlights. In England's victory over Australia, Ian Botham hit 26 runs off one over. England then inflicted a defeat over the then-dominant West Indies before beating Pakistan in a "dress rehearsal" of the final. Australia had a miserable tournament, losing all three games and being bowled out for a mere 91 in its game against the West Indies. Australian batsman Dean Jones did have a fine tournament, however, hitting back-to-back centuries. In the final, England comfortably beat Pakistan with 9.5 overs to spare.

World Series Cup
The 1987 World Series Cup triangular tournament featured Australia, England and the West Indies, with games played at five venues:
 * Melbourne
 * Sydney
 * Adelaide
 * Brisbane
 * Devonport

Each team played a total of eight games to reach the best of three final. Australia had a significantly better time than they had in the Perth Challenge, winning five of their eight qualifying games to top the group, ahead of England, with the West Indies eliminated. However, England rounded off their successful tour with a convincing 2–0 victory in the final series.

Historical context of the series
Despite his promising debut, Australian off-spinner Peter Taylor never dominated a Test match in the same way again. Apart from a score of 54 not out against Pakistan a few years later and 87 against New Zealand in 1990, Taylor's overall Test record was mediocre.

Chris Broad also suffered from lack of consistency after this series. Despite his wonderful run of centuries, he never again dominated a bowling attack the way he did during this tour. He scored 116 against Pakistan in the infamous December 1987 Test, then 139 against Australia again in the Bicentenary Test match. However, Broad eventually finished with just 1661 Test runs at an average of 39.54. His final Test was during the 1989 Ashes series, where he scored 18 and 20 at Lord's.

A number of other England players failed to live up to their potential from this series. Gladstone Small played only 17 Tests and took 55 wickets for an average of 34 runs. Young wicketkeeper Jack Richards found that the selectors preferred Bruce French when he returned to England. Richards retired before he turned 30, having played only 8 Tests. His 133 at Perth was his only Test century.

Philip DeFreitas, in his debut tour, eventually turned into an effective bowler for England, though he was never able to live up to the "Black Botham" tag that some had given him. Graham Dilley was another who served England well until his final Test in 1989.

A number of Australians were able to learn from this series and were able to transform themselves into better players as a result. David Boon's Test career was written off after this series. Dean Jones lived up to his promise, while Steve Waugh, after a long period of time, finally began to deliver on his ability and was one of Australia's most important players in the 1990s. Australia's bowlers, notably Geoff Lawson, Merv Hughes and Craig McDermott, all returned to form and were integral parts of future teams that defeated England in 1989, 1990–91, 1993, and 1994–95. Bruce Reid's performances improved markedly, but back injuries limited his Test career.

After this, England would not win an Ashes series for 18 years.


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Victor Marie du Pont

Victor Marie du Pont de Nemours (October 1, 1767 – January 30, 1827) was a French American diplomat, politician, and businessman. He was also a member of the Delaware General Assembly, the founder of the Du Pont, Bauduy & Co., wool manufacturers, and brother of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours Company.

Early life and family
Victor Marie du Pont was born October 1, 1767, in Paris, France. He was the son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and Nicole Charlotte Marie Louise le Dée. He married Gabrielle Joséphine de la Fite de Pelleport in 1794 and had five children: Amélie-Élisabeth (1796–1869), Samuel Francis (1799-1799), Charles Irénée (1797–1869), Samuel Francis (1803–1865), and Julia Sophie (1806–1882).

Professional career
After 1784, du Pont worked with his father in King Louis XVI's Bureau of Commerce. There he had opportunities to travel around Europe and meet visiting friends of his father. In 1788 he began four years of work with the French minister to the United States in both New York City and Philadelphia. During this time, he wrote letters to his father analyzing the U.S. Constitution and the prospects for its ratification. Returning to Paris in 1793, he married and soon went back to the United States, this time as French Consul at Charleston, South Carolina. He remained there until 1797 when he was named French Consul-General at Philadelphia. However, he returned to France after not being recognized in the position by President John Adams.

For the next two years, du Pont assisted his father by preparing his entire family to immigrate to the United States. They finally sailed on the American Eagle, arriving in Newport, Rhode Island, on January 1, 1800. From there the father, two brothers, wives, and children went to live at Goodstay, a house purchased for them in Bergen Point, New Jersey. Many prospective business ideas for the du Ponts were conceived in the coming year at Goodstay, including his brother, Eleuthère, beginning a gunpowder business. du Pont and his brother returned to France for a year in 1801 to seek investors for the gunpowder business and various other business ventures. He returned to New York, established a trading company, Victor du Pont de Nemours & Co., and acted as an agent for Louis Pichon, the French Consul-General and chargé d'affairs, provisioning French troops seeking to quell the rebellion then going on in Santo Domingo. This firm went into bankruptcy in 1808, as his many advances, including those to the French government, went unreimbursed. Next, du Pont tried his hand at farming and merchandising on the Genesee River valley of western New York.

In 1811, he moved with his family to Delaware and established residence at Louviers on the Brandywine Creek, across from the Eleutherian Mills of his brother. He established a woolen mill to manufacture cotton cloth. Eleuthère's partner, Pierre Bauduy and son-in-law, Ferdinand Bauduy, joined the business in 1813, and it became known as Du Pont, Bauduy & Co. Soon after arriving in Delaware, du Pont was elected to one of the New Castle County seats in the State House for the 1815, 1816, and 1817 sessions and later was elected to the State Senate for the 1821, 1822, and 1823 sessions.

Death and legacy
Victor Marie du Pont died in Philadelphia on January 30, 1827, and is buried in the du Pont family cemetery near Greenville, Delaware. du Pont was a man "whose friends were everywhere." His son Charles took over management of the wool manufacturing business upon his death, and his other son, Samuel Francis, was a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War.

Places with more information

 * Hagley Museum and Library website Barley Mill Road, Wilmington, Delaware (302) 658–2400.
 * University of Delaware Library website, 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831–2965
 * Delaware Historical Society website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161

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Rae Dalven

Rachel Dalven (25 April 1904, Preveza, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 27 July 1992, New York City), also known as Rae Dalven, was a Romaniote writer who came to the United States as a child. She is best known for her translations of Cavafy's works, poems by other Romaniote Jewish writers, and for her books and plays about the Jews of Ioannina.

Biography
Dalven's parents, Israel and Esther, moved to New York in 1909 with their two children, Joseph and Rachel, leaving their other daughter, Simcha (Sophie) with relatives in Greece due to an eye infection that would have prevented her admission to the U.S. Dalven went on to graduate from Hunter College and subsequently earned a doctorate in English at New York University. She was a professor of drama and English literature at Ladycliff College as well as the chair of the department. She published The Complete Poems of Cavafy in 1961, when the poet was largely unknown in the English-speaking world, with an introduction by W. H. Auden, who praised her translations in Modern Greek Poetry (1949) for "introducing a world of poetry which has been closed to us".

Dalven's career as a translator began with the poems of her nephew by marriage, Joseph Eliya [el], who died in 1931, after learning about him from a cousin that sparked their correspondence for the last three years of his life. In 1935, Eliya's mother requested that Dalven translate her son's poetry into English as his dying wish. She made trips to Ioannina, Eliya's hometown, in 1936 and 1937, prior to the destruction of the Jewish community there. The notes and impressions she recorded eventually became the foundation for her future books and plays about the Romaniote community of Ioannina. Her translations of Eliya's poems, published in 1944 by Anatolia Press in New York, were some of the earliest translations of modern Greek poetry published in the United States and outside of Greece. Her other notable translations include the poems of Yiannis Ritsos, a communist whose poems were banned during the Greek junta (1967-1974) - Dalven's translations were some of the first translations of his poetry following the end of the dictatorship.

Although Dalven is best known as a translator and historian, she was also a playwright and graduated from the Yale Drama School with an M.A. in 1941. She wrote four autobiographical plays: Marriages are Arranged in Heaven, Our Kind of People, A Matter of Survival, and Esther. However three of her plays survived only in fragmentary form. A fourth was considered lost until it was discovered in the US Copyright Office in 2017.

Dalven also served as the editor-in-chief of The Sephardic Scholar at Yeshiva University, the president of the American Society of Sephardic Studies, and was on the board of the American Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece. Towards the end of her life, she taught modern Modern Greek literature at New York University.

Dalven died at 87 years old in Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan. Her final book, Daughters of Sappho, an anthology of 25 female Greek poets in translation from the 1920s to the 1990s, was published posthumously in 1994. The anthology, with nearly two hundred poems, was the first comprehensive collection of contemporary Greek women's poetry in English. Poets in the anthology included Ioanna Tsatsou, née Seferiádou, the wife of Konstantinos Tsatsos and sister of Giorgos Seferis; Victoria Theodorou, who chronicled the Greek Civil War; and Nana Issaia, the Romaniote poet and painter who translated Sylvia Plath into Greek.

Personal life
In addition to her older siblings, seven other children were born after the family arrived in New York. Dalven was married to Jack Negrin, also a Romaniote Jew, but the marriage ended in divorce with no children. Her brother Joseph was the medical director of the Sephardic Home for the Aged for thirty five years.

Rae Dalven Prize
The Rae Dalven Prize was awarded for the first time in 1997. NYU's Alexander S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies requests submissions for the annual prize to acknowledge academic excellence in Hellenic Studies among students at New York University.

Recipients

 * 2021 - Aashish Khubchandani
 * 2020 - Stavroula Estee Spyropoulos
 * 2019 - Dinah Rokhinson
 * 2018 - Alexander Kyriakides
 * 2017 - Yannis Tsesmelis
 * 2016 - Madeleine Ball
 * 2015 - Vaia Trittas
 * 2013 - John Aldrich, Essay: "All Eyes on Greece: The Greek Government-debt Crisis through the Lens of the Left-wing Media."
 * 2012 - Rebecca Bruehlman
 * 2011 - Christos Mark Birkitt
 * 2010 - Afrodite Fountas, Essay: “Mark Douka’s Fool’s Gold: Traces of the Impact of the 1967 Coup on the Greek National Consciousness.”
 * 2009 - Anna E. Venetsanos
 * 2008 - Meredith Berger
 * 2007 - Eleni Mathioudakis
 * 2006 - Maria Katradis
 * 2004 - Georgia Giannoukakis
 * 2003 - Kaleroy Tzezailidis and Megan Manos
 * 2002 - Mariza Daras
 * 2001 - John Saragas, Essay: The Greek American Diaspora in the 20th Century
 * 2000 - Niki Kekos, Essay: "Intoxicated" by Death: The Civil War Poetry of Takis Sinopoulos
 * 1999 - Evelina Zarkh, Essay: Shadows in the Mirror: Transcendent Vision and the Presence of the Past in Ritsos' "The Dead House" and "Under the Shadow of the Mountain."
 * 1998 - Artemis Loi, Essay: Language and ideology in Karapanou's Kassandra and the Wolf
 * 1997 - Areti Serkizis, Essay: Classical allusion in Seferis' Mythistorema

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The TV Guide ads didn't show up, and I couldn't find them on the server, so I removed the image tags. I've placed them here, and when those images have been uploaded, go ahead and put them back in the article.

And according to CBS's website, Dan Rather did work for KTRK before joining KHOU, so I've updated the article accordingly.

- Hinto 04:39, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

"You're watching channel 13..."
Who was the guy who always did the opening announcements for Eyewitness News in the 70s and 80s? Does anybody know? Charles Harrison is listed as a station announcer, but I'm not sure if he's the same announcer who opened the news... Dwight "Shotgun" Cook was the voice on the opener. He had a recording studio in Houston and a great. Voice. Val Davis (me) replaced Charlie Harrison in 1987. I was the last fulltime "Booth Announcer" at KTRK.

--TServo2049 19:53, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

There are two fine Hispanic reporters missing from the Channel 13 KTRK-TV listing of notable alumni -- Carlos Agular and Greg Dumas.

Also missing are some of the key family members who built the station from a poor #3 position to the finest in Houston perhaps in the U. S. -- Ken Johnson, Jim Masucci, Charles Wolf, Claudette Sims, Cyndy Garza, Nancy O'Brien. (Note Walt Hawver and Paul Bures were key as well; however, they are already mentioned.)

A news person who deserves great credit for building and maintaining the news' excellence -- first as a consultant working with Hawver and then as the director -- was Jim Topping.

Another notable alumnus was (Judge) John Montgomery who produced the 7AM News -- a program whose performance was considered to be the best in the country at that hour. (It enjoyed greater audience than did either KHOU or KPRC with their 5PM newscasts.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by OldTraveler (talk • contribs) 18:02, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I also added Leslie Brinkley, who was the reporter who covered little Jessica McClure, who fell down a well and subsequently won a breaking news award. -ytsekirby

KXYZ-TV
After looking at the newspaper archives of both daily newspapers at the Downtown Houston Public Library, there is no evidence of KXYZ-TV. It has always been KTRK.

 * After a quick check online, I think you are correct, it has been KTRK since the day it went on the air. The confusion seems to stem from radio station KXYZ's attempt to get permission to telecast on UHF 13 several years prior.  Between the time KXYZ first applied and channel 13 actually going on air a consortium of owners was agreed upon and the call letters changed to KTRK by the time it first broadcast.  The blog Houston Radio History gives a fairly detailed timeline of the early years of Houston tv.  Perhaps someone else will check another source to verify this, and tidy up this error.  Jacksinterweb 05:13, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Travis Herzog -- Meteorologist
Travis is a meteorologist (not just a "weather anchor") -- having earned his BS in Meteorology from Texas A&M University.

12.206.112.177 02:13, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

DITTO, change him to METEOROLOGIST!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryancshearer (talk • contribs) 18:34, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

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Not the Same Larry Kane . ..
I noticed that The Larry Kane Show (1959–1971) was mentioned among KTRK's shows, albeit in the former on-air personalities section. There is one thing that must be noted: It was not the Philadelphia TV news legend (whose entry pops up when one clicks on his name), but a Houston disk jockey whose program was a teen dance music show a la American Bandstand (in fact, it was at first because of this Kane show that AB was not aired on KTRK at all from 1959 to 1984), and who died in the 1990s. If anyone has concrete, readily-referenced info on this Larry Kane, may I suggest a new entry be created for "Larry Kane (disk jockey)." –Wbwn (talk) 18:51, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Link removed, just an error. Postoak (talk) 19:45, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation

The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation is the second studio album by American metalcore band Zao, released on Tooth & Nail Records on April 1, 1997.

In 2020, the band repressed the album, alongside the follow-up album, Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest, to vinyl with both albums getting around 500 each and new artwork done by David Rankin.

Credits

 * ZAO
 * Shawn Jonas - vocals
 * Roy Goudy - guitar
 * Mic Cox - bass
 * Jesse Smith - drums

 * Production
 * Drew Mazurek - engineer, mixing, producer
 * Brian Gardner - mastering
 * Brandon Ebel - executive producer
 * Jefferson Steele - photography
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Metastability (electronics)

In electronics, metastability is the ability of a digital electronic system to persist for an unbounded time in an unstable equilibrium or metastable state. In digital logic circuits, a digital signal is required to be within certain voltage or current limits to represent a '0' or '1' logic level for correct circuit operation; if the signal is within a forbidden intermediate range it may cause faulty behavior in logic gates the signal is applied to. In metastable states, the circuit may be unable to settle into a stable '0' or '1' logic level within the time required for proper circuit operation. As a result, the circuit can act in unpredictable ways, and may lead to a system failure, sometimes referred to as a "glitch". Metastability is an instance of the Buridan's ass paradox.

Metastable states are inherent features of asynchronous digital systems, and of systems with more than one independent clock domain. In self-timed asynchronous systems, arbiters are designed to allow the system to proceed only after the metastability has resolved, so the metastability is a normal condition, not an error condition. In synchronous systems with asynchronous inputs, synchronizers are designed to make the probability of a synchronization failure acceptably small. Metastable states are avoidable in fully synchronous systems when the input setup and hold time requirements on flip-flops are satisfied.

Example

A simple example of metastability can be found in an SR NOR latch, when Set and Reset inputs are true (R=1 and S=1) and then both transition to false (R=0 and S=0) at about the same time. Both outputs Q and $s$ are initially held at 0 by the simultaneous Set and Reset inputs. After both Set and Reset inputs change to false, the flip-flop will (eventually) end up in one of two stable states, one of Q and $out$ true and the other false. The final state will depend on which of R or S returns to zero first, chronologically, but if both transition at about the same time, the resulting metastability, with intermediate or oscillatory output levels, can take arbitrarily long to resolve to a stable state.

Arbiters
In electronics, an arbiter is a circuit designed to determine which of several signals arrive first. Arbiters are used in asynchronous circuits to order computational activities for shared resources to prevent concurrent incorrect operations. Arbiters are used on the inputs of fully synchronous systems, and also between clock domains, as synchronizers for input signals. Although they can minimize the occurrence of metastability to very low probabilities, all arbiters nevertheless have metastable states, which are unavoidable at the boundaries of regions of the input state space resulting in different outputs.

Synchronous circuits
Synchronous circuit design techniques make digital circuits that are resistant to the failure modes that can be caused by metastability. A clock domain is defined as a group of flip-flops with a common clock. Such architectures can form a circuit guaranteed free of metastability (below a certain maximum clock frequency, above which first metastability, then outright failure occur), assuming a low-skew common clock. However, even then, if the system has a dependence on any continuous inputs then these are likely to be vulnerable to metastable states.

Synchronizer circuits are used to reduce the likelihood of metastability when receiving an asynchronous input or when transferring signals between different clock domains. Synchronizers may take the form of a cascade of D flip-flops (e.g. the shift register in Figure 3). Although each flip-flop stage adds an additional clock cycle of latency to the input data stream, each stage provides an opportunity to resolve metastability. Such synchronizers can be engineered to reduce metastability to a negligible but tolerable rate.

Schmitt triggers can also be used to reduce the likelihood of metastability, but as the researcher Chaney demonstrated in 1979, even Schmitt triggers may become metastable. He further argued that it is not possible to entirely remove the possibility of metastability from unsynchronized inputs within finite time and that "there is a great deal of theoretical and experimental evidence that a region of anomalous behavior exists for every device that has two stable states." In the face of this inevitability, hardware can only reduce the probability of metastability, and systems can try to gracefully handle the occasional metastable event.

Failure modes
Although metastability is well understood and architectural techniques to control it are known, it persists as a failure mode in equipment.

Serious computer and digital hardware bugs caused by metastability have a fascinating social history. Many engineers have refused to believe that a bistable device can enter into a state that is neither true nor false and has a positive probability that it will remain indefinite for any given period of time, albeit with exponentially decreasing probability over time. However, metastability is an inevitable result of any attempt to map a continuous domain to a discrete one. At the boundaries in the continuous domain between regions which map to different discrete outputs, points arbitrarily close together in the continuous domain map to different outputs, making a decision as to which output to select a difficult and potentially lengthy process. If the inputs to an arbiter or flip-flop arrive almost simultaneously, the circuit most likely will traverse a point of metastability. Metastability remains poorly understood in some circles, and various engineers have proposed their own circuits said to solve or filter out the metastability; typically these circuits simply shift the occurrence of metastability from one place to another. Chips using multiple clock sources are often tested with tester clocks that have fixed phase relationships, not the independent clocks drifting past each other that will be experienced during operation. This usually explicitly prevents the metastable failure mode that will occur in the field from being seen or reported. Proper testing for metastability frequently employs clocks of slightly different frequencies and ensuring correct circuit operation.

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Sbmeirow (talk) 08:56, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Polly Klass
I just re-inserted the Polly Klass line. Perhaps it isn't in the right spot, but I couldn't figure out why it has been deleted twice. Having lived in the town at the time it happened, I think it is an important part of the town's history. Perhaps there should be a history section?

Perhaps the point is that the vicious sex murder of an innocent little girl by a scum-of-the-earth killer is a much, much, MUCH more serious thing than the death by idiocy (aka drugs) of a nobody member of an ultra-ultra-ultra-minor local nobody band. Perhaps the other, virtually irrelevant matter should be removed?

floating map
this is a very poor graphic for lead image. i would vote to delete it or move to bottom. it is uninteresting besides being unreadable. what do others think? Anlace 17:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

 * It's not so horrible, it just doesn't give much info. It probably should not be the lead image. -Will Beback 21:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm at fault for moving it. I agree it is not very exciting.  I had just moved it because  its previous position was even worse.  Feel free to replace it with something more exciting.  (Please do keep the image somewhere, though.  Someone did take the time to make it after all).  Ke6jjj 16:18, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Sublime
It seems that there's a constant fight on this page for and against mentioning the Petaluma heroin overdose and eventual death of the lead singer of the band Sublime. The most recent battle seems to have been between an anonymous user (for) and Anlace (against). Anlace, your primary concern seems to be that the event didn't have a strong source and that it mentioned drug use. Am I understanding you correctly?

The event certainly did happen and Sublime is well known enough that their history with Petaluma is worth mentioning. If we could find a verifiable and trusted source for the exact details of the event, would your concerns be addressed?

— Ke6jjj 16:32, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * a source would quench my concern. Anlace 18:56, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Why is there so much emphasis on murder in Petaluma? Karr is a non-issue to Petaluma history; had had no affect on the town. The historical event the most influenced Petaluma was Lyman Byce's incubator in 1879. That's what Petaluma celebrates as its history. The fish hatchery should be added; perhaps also Casa's Academic Decathalon success. Petaluman 23:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC) Petaluman.

I fully agree with Petaluman, Karr lived in Petaluma for little more then 6-7 months at had no real impact on Petaluma, Casa Grande's Academic Decathalon Team is more worth while mentioning. --Alamody 04:54, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Genealogy
Is there a desire to see a genealogy section? I have been working on several families from Petaluma and all are referenced.
 * I would be interested. Some of my family had influence there, and I would be happy to see if they made your list.  Since you did not sign, I will try to find your comment through the history. CodeCarpenter 17:05, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I too have extensive Petaluma genealogy, and still have many relations who live there. At one time someone in the family said we were related to about 40% of the population of Petaluma. I lived in the city for about 8 years, 1983-1991. Would a genealogy be appropriate here? I have references to everything. Perhaps simply a section with links to genealogy resources? Coyotez 05:38, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Notable, notable, notable
I take back what I said in the edit history -- I guess Winona does need to be listed twice, if it was worth reverting my change. I also cleaned up Lynn Woolsey being pluralized, which was also reverted. Why, I have no idea. Dori 06:08, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

The list of songs about Petaluma should include AFI's "Days of the Phoenix". The Phoenix is an important piece of Petaluma culture.

Notable Facts
Is it really a notable fact about Petaluma that there is a winery and reseraunt that happen to have the same name in another country? Unless there is a connection to Petaluma, CA established, I don't think these facts should be listed in regard to Petaluma, CA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.68.128.254 (talk) 22:26, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Add Heroes to the filmography
I grew up in Petaluma a movie called Heroes can be added to the list. It was with Sally Field, Henry Winkler, and Harrison Ford. I was at the Petaluma race track when it was filmed.166.214.165.59 04:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)Kenneth Averett
 * I recall another movie that came in for the wrist wrestling championships (not the atrocious Stallone film that occurred elsewhere, there was another one around that time.) CodeCarpenter 17:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Charles Shultz
Of Peanuts fame was a big fan of the city, I recall. Did he own property there and would he be considered a resident at any point? I see that the Sonoma County Airport has been named after him, nice touch. CodeCarpenter 17:14, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Very glad you brought up this point. Charles Shultz was a good friend of Bill Soberanes, founder of the World Wristwrestling Championship, held in Petaluma. Bill Soberanes was a reporter for the Petaluma Argus-Courier and a "peopleologist" (his own invention). Soberanes was famous for taking pictures of himself with famous people. Schultz, for reasons unknown to me, gave Soberanes a big boost by sending Snoopy to Petaluma for the World Wristwrestling Championships. This information was given to me verbally by Bill Soberanes, a good friend of mine before his death in 2003. James C. March 13:59, 19 March 2007 (PST)
 * Thanks for the reply. A peopleologist sounds like the psychiatrist that rides the bus in Ray Bradbury's "The Man in the Rorschach Shirt". Sounds like a fun person.  Sorry for your loss.
 * BTW, are you a long-time resident, and were you around to see the shutting down of Hillcrest Hospital? I am a relative of Russell Feliz, who had a long family history in Petaluma, from before the annexation of California (or so I am told).  Do you recall anything about him?  Sorry to bombard, but yours is the first response I had gotten, and my curiousity is high.  Thanks, CodeCarpenter 22:45, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Egg-laying capital of the world?
As a child, I recall being told that Petaluma was the per-capita egg-laying capital of the world. Anyone have a reference to this, and is it still the case? CodeCarpenter 17:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Hi CodeCarpenter! You're right that Petaluma was at one time considered the egg capital of the world, and it was even known in pop culture (for example, it played a minor role in the movie "Harold and Maude").  But as a Petaluma resident, I can confidently say that we are unfortunately no longer considered as such.  But for a accurate and humorous account of Petaluma's rise and eventual decline in poultry fame, I would suggest the book Comrades and Chicken Ranchers, Kenneth L. Kann; Cornell University Press, 1993.  While the book's subject matter is concerned with describing the history of Jewish chicken farmers in Petaluma, it does an excellent job of documenting Petaluma's agricultural history from the mid-1800's to the 1980's, as a whole.

 * — Ke6jjj 07:53, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I will definitely look for the book. Sorry to hear they lost the title. :(.  CodeCarpenter 19:38, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

 * If Petaluma is "no longer" the egg capital of the world, what city is?
 * Also - can you provide any further info on this "minor role" Petaluma played in "Harold and Maude"? It is not listed as a filming location on imdb; do you mean a role in the movie itself?
 * Thanks -- 65.218.84.25 (talk) 17:52, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

OneHump 04:42, 7 September 2007 (UTC) In 1879, Lyman Bryce invented the first successful incubator for hatching eggs. Petaluma was once referred to as "The Egg Basket of the World". This is as significant to Petaluma's history and identity as any other single fact.

Elijah Wood
He did live in Petaluma, unfortunately people couldn't leave him alone so they moved back to Hollywood. His page makes no reference to Petaluma. How is he linked to the city? Just curious.... CodeCarpenter 22:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Agree, genealogy and more history for all famous people listed. Coyotez 05:38, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Readability Issues
Reading through the text it could be organized a little better. Also the language appears a bit rough perhaps a good editor can clean this all up. Coyotez 05:43, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Map
Does anoyone have a good map of the town to add to the page? Perhaps Petaluma Vistors Center has one. Coyotez 05:45, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Adding of David Jebe
I was recently researching philosophers for a school project and discovered that there was one from Petaluma named David Jebe. All I could find was that he was a large contributor to philosophy during the early to mid 80's during and after his schooling at UC Davis. I am hopeful that someone else will have more info on him at some point. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.161.216 (talk) 09:08, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Photos of downtown / town square?
Perhaps someone could take and upload some photos? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikip rhyre (talk • contribs) 01:25, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Pedophile capitol of the world, and To Catch a Predator
The article should probably mention that they filmed a 2 part episode of To Catch a Predator in Petaluma. It caught the most predators of all, which should make Petaluma (Pedo-luma) the pedophile capitol of the world —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.62.174.10 (talk) 02:04, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

 * Has the episode been covered by a reliable source not associated with the show? Or does your information come from original research or the TV show itself?  If there's been coverage in a reliable secondary source, it seems worth mentioning in the article.  --Stepheng3 (talk) 01:25, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

 * Petaluma and nearby Novato in Marin County is known for a fairly large community of pedophiles and child sex offenders, in fact the SF Bay Area is a magnet for such pedophile activity since the 1960's and the controversial organization, NAMBLA (the North American Men Boy Love Association) was founded in Marin City facing San Francisco back in 1976. I can see Petaluma is where a general social liberal attitude on tolerance in alternative lifestyles can be found (there is a LGBT community alike the whole SF Bay Area and somewhat a haven for paraphilia/sexual fetish types such as pregnancy fetishism or maiseiophilia thrives here and in San Francisco or San Jose areas), but pedophilia is NOT a legitimate thing and nobody in this or any other community wants that reputation, in addition to the Polly Klaas case took place in Petaluma. But there's a striking difference in morality: between a consenting pregnant woman in an affair with a secondary male sharing the same fascination with her pregnancy the woman voluntarily wants to express with him...versus an adult whom forcibly sexually harm a young child without those feelings towards back to the person committing a crime. 71.102.26.168 (talk) 02:25, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

This is blown out of proportion over the Polly Klaas case. I've Lived there. Safer than Most American cities. Just like painting Milpitas "all bad" over that teen murder. An Isolated Incident.Again No Statistics, No Numbers, No Data; just Opinions of those who never Lived there....70.162.46.94 (talk) 19:41, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

 * User IP 70.162*, like you stated on Petaluma, you are right on how safe it is and nearby Marin County is low-crime even the SF Bay area with a few exceptions (i.e. few parts of Oakland, California) where gentrification and a comparably robust economic profile reduced crime rates in the late half of the 1990s and 2000s. There is evidently higher criminal activity in places located 60-100 miles from San Francisco or the boundaries of the SF Bay Area, as well from Sacramento and the same applies to the city of L.A. or the L.A./Orange Counties' boundary in Southern California. The phenomenon of rural California have more crime, drug manfucaturing and parole relocation (serious felons, sex offenders and welfare cases) than in the cities themselves has made suburban areas and rural counties to oppose Sacramento made the parolee program by relocating released convicts, esp. pedophiles and drug dealers away from urban centers/areas and the "Left Coast" or Coastal California has politicians representing them more are dumping thousands of social deviants into "Red State" counties or small town America. Even the US-Mexican border areas: San Diego hasn't experienced the Mexican drug cartel problem due to the 20-foot border fence installed in the mid 1990s part of the California state's Operation Gatekeeper, but they popped up further east in Imperial Valley where illegal immigration continues with no end in sight. The ratio of child sex offenders per population is 184 in one desert resort city of Desert Hot Springs, California (population 25,000) in the Inland Empire, California region due to a belief the rehabiliatated pedophiles need to live somewhere but in heavily senior citizen populated areas, and more rural areas right on the 100-mile perimeter of the L.A. county line (the Morongo Basin in the Mojave Desert) is notorious in a rash of missing children's cases in the past 20-25 years. 71.102.3.122 (talk) 04:29, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Snow?
It didn't snow in 2001-2002. I Lived in Cotati from 1992-2002; 7  miles away from PetaHoma, and at 1,000 feet in altitude. There was the Usual 1/8" of Slush; no "snow". Neither did Petaluma, at 14' above sea level, and that sea breeze modification.Quote a US weather service link.70.162.46.94 (talk) 19:37, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, Petaluma did have snow fall overnight back in Feb. 2002; I was still awake at 3:30am in my childhood home of 24 years when it started. It persisted long enough for kids to have snowball fights & make "snowpersons" that morning, and as SFGate reported (with pics) school was canceled for the day. Don't forget, our climate is slightly different from Cotati's due to the Petaluma Gap & Petaluma Mountain, so one place can easily have snow while the other isn't in the right temperature/humidity range for it. —Xyzzy☥Avatar (talk) 02:59, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

LLWS
I'd like to make a section about the Petaluma All-Star team in the 2012 LLWS. Drop me a line if you'd like to collaborate. Electric Catfish 18:26, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

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Another Peanuts mention
I have a book of all the daily Peanuts comics from the 1960s, which includes the one where Snoopy goes to the National Armwrestling Championship. The reason I'm writing this is because in another later comic, Snoopy is training with "Peppermint" Patty to go to an ice skating competition in Oakland, which Charlie Brown mentions is 50 miles from Petaluma, and Snoopy reacts in a similar way to when he heard Petaluma before. --JH2006 (talk) 18:12, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

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