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Lina Tsaldari

Lina Tsaldari (Λίνα Τσαλδάρη; 1887 – 17 October 1981) was a right-wing Greek politician. She became the first female minister in Greece in 1956, serving as the Minister for Social Welfare under Konstantinos Karamanlis' government.

Early life
Tsaldari was born Lina Lambrou (Λίνα Λάμπρου) in 1887 to Spyridon Lambros (b. 1851 - d. 1919), who succeeded Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos as Prime Minister of Greece, serving from October 1916 to February 1917. Tsaldari was of Aromanian descent, just like her father.

Political career
Tsaldari became the first woman to serve in the Government of Greece, serving as the Minister of Social Welfare. She was also an active suffragist. After serving in Parliament, she became Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations.

Personal life
Tsaldari married Panagis Tsaldaris (b. 1868 – d. 1936) in 1919, the same year that her father died in Skopelos. Like her father, her husband served as Prime Minister of Greece.

Death
Tsaldari died of a stroke on 17 October 1981. She was 94 years old.

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Nighthawk is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a member of the Squadron Supreme. There are actually several different Marvel incarnations of Nighthawk, one of whom was briefly a supervillain, but quickly became a hero. Nighthawk was created by Roy Thomas as part of an homage to the Justice League. All incarnations are essentially based on the DC Comics character Batman. Editors at DC were so impressed with Squadron Supreme that Thomas actually got to write stories for the Justice League comicbook later on.

Various incarnations of Nighthawk
There are four versions of Nighthawk from three different dimensions in the Marvel Universe, none of which come from the normal Marvel continuity, although Nighthawk II did come to reside in the normal Marvel Universe. The version of Nighthawk that arguably had the most development was the version who was a member of the Squadron Supreme (Nighthawk I), who was replaced by his adopted son Neil Richmond (Nighthawk III), after his death. The version of Nighthawk in the "Supreme Power" comic (Nighthawk IV) is a rebooted version of this character.

Unlike most other members of the Squadron Sinister, Nighthawk II was not evil and when he escaped into the normal Marvel dimension he joined the heroic Defenders. Although the Squadron Sinister Nighthawk (Nighthawk II) preceded the Squadron Supreme version (Nighthawk I) in appearance, the former is considered the original as the later was revealed to be a copy.

Nighthawk I and III (Squadron Supreme)
In Avengers #85-86 (March-April 1971), Thomas created the Squadron Supreme, a group of heroes from a parallel world who were a more direct homage of the Justice League than their Squadron Sinister predecessors. This group had its own version of Nighthawk, with a human secret identity of Kyle Richmond.

Nighthawk I of the Squadrom Supreme was similar to his counterpart, Nighthawk II, in the Squardron Sinister who later joined the Defenders in the mainstream Marvel continuity. However, this version was a closer analogue of his original inspiration, Batman. He did not, however, lose his parents to crime; they died of natural causes. Nevertheless, Richmond vowed to use his money and skills to fight evil. He became friends with his earth's champion, Hyperion, and the two of them were among the Squadron's founders.

When the Squadron (including Nighthawk) were brainwashed by the Over-Mind, Kyle Richmond became the President of the United States at the Over-Mind's behest. After the Defenders defeated the Over-Mind and freed the Squadron and their world, the Squadron began the Utopia Program, intending to become the leaders of the reconstructed Earth. Although Nighthawk was not alone among the Squadron members in his opposition to the plan, he was the only one to quit the team over it. He briefly considered shooting Hyperion with a bullet that he had carved from Argonite (analogous to Kryptonite), but couldn't make himself do it.

Nighthawk then formed a group called the Redeemers from unknown superhumans and former supervillains. Hyperion's nemesis Master Menace (a Lex Luthor analogue) supplied the Redeemers with a way to reverse the brainwashing technology that the Squadron had used on its captured foes, who had been allowed to join the Squadron after their brainwashing. The formerly brainwashed Squadron members remained in the Squadron as double agents until the Redeemers confronted the Squadron, at which point a battle broke out that resulted in the deaths of most of the Redeemers and several Squadron members. Nighthawk was one of the last to die, killed when the rotting power of Squadron infiltrator Foxfire was used on his heart. His death prompted Hyperion to surrender and formally disband the Squadron Supreme. To confuse matters, for a brief time both Nighthawks I and II switched worlds. So, Nighthawk I was also briefly a member of the Defenders.

Some time later, the new Nighthawk, Neil Richmond, was introduced. This Nighthawk was the adopted son of the original Nighthawk who had gone underground and assumed his father's identity after the death of the original. Neil Richmond was actually the biological son of Nighthawk's old nemesis, The Hukster. He joined the Squadron to fight the "New World Order" that had taken over following the dissolution of the Utopia Program.

At last note, Nighthawk III and a reformed Squadron were fighting to free their world from a global dictatorship which had taken it over while the team was stranded in the main Marvel Universe.

Powers and abilities
Both Nighthawk I and III had no superhuman abilities. Both Kyle and Neil Richmond were all around olympic level athletes, and were masters of many forms of martial arts. Both men were highly intelligent, specializing in forensic science and various forms of applied technological science. The original Nighthawk was a genius and his successor may have been as well. Both characters wore costumes that incorporated various hi-tech weaponry similar to that used by the DC character, Batman.

Nighthawk II (Defenders, Squadron Sinister)
As Kyle Richmond, he was an egotistical and wealthy playboy who, unlike comics' archetypical playboy Batman, actually drank and womanized too much. Indeed, his father had to pay hush money to protect Richmond's name after a drunk-driving accident that injured a woman.

Nighthawk began as a supervillain, a member of the Squadron Sinister, who fought the Avengers. Later he repented of his villainous ways and joined the super-team The Defenders. He was from an alternate reality that had been destroyed.

Unlike Nighthawk I of the Squadron Supreme, Nighthawk II actually had superhuman powers. He was also not as disciplined or intelligent as his alternate reality counterpart.

Despite his unusual powers and his leadership role in the Defenders, Nighthawk never found widespread popularity with comics readers. He did get his own self-titled series in 1998, but it didn't last very long. To confuse matters, for a brief time both Nighthawks I and II switched worlds. So, Nighthawk I was also briefly a member of the Defenders.

He was killed in an explosion in Defenders (vol.1) #106.

Powers and abilities
Nighthawk's main superhuman ability was superhuman strength, with the uncommon limitation that this strength remains only from sundown to sunup; he had the strength of a normal man who exercises regularly in the daytime. His strength was derived from a potion he discovered in a book on alchemy; the potion was meant to cure his weak heart, the super strength being only an unintended albeit very welcome side effect. He flew with the use of a jetpack concealed under artificial wings, and usually used some kind of projectile weapon under them as well.

Nighhawk IV (Supreme Power)
In Supreme Power, J. Michael Straczynski's update and revamp of the old Squadron Supreme characters in Marvel's mature line, MAX, Nighthawk (still Kyle Richmond) is an African American entrepreneur. Having lost both his parents in a hate crime at a young age, he takes revenge on criminals --- at least for the beginning of the series, however, solely on those criminals who prey on black victims. Like his inspiration, Batman, Nighthawk uses a combination of high-tech weaponry, stealth and fighting prowess to overcome his foes. Also like Batman (as depicted by most writers since Frank Miller's seminal The Dark Knight Returns), Nighthawk keeps his distance from and feels some disdain for the Squadron Supreme version of Superman, Hyperion.

Upcoming spin-off mini-series will be produced in September of 2005, featuring Nighthawk (written by Daniel Way).

Powers and abilities
Nighthawk IV has no superhuman abilities. He is an all around olympic level athlete, and a master of many forms of martial arts (probably he is one of the greatest hand-to-hand combatants on his Earth). His reflexes and agility represent the pinnacle of human physical ability. He is easily a genius, specializing in forensic science and various forms of applied technological science. He wears a costume that incorporates various hi-tech weaponry similar to that used by the DC character, Batman. One characteristic of his costume is night vision.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Psicanica

 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. Dmcdevit·t 03:18, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Psicanica
THERE IS NO COPYRIGHT VIOLATION. I am Thomas Powell, the author of the psicanica materials, owner of the website psicanica.com, and holder of all copyrights on the books and materials. I have placed that information on Wikipedia. If you wish to verify this, you may contact me by phone at 011 52 951 515 2149 or email me at tompowell@psicanica.com. I furthermore give anybody permission to use the articles I place on Wikipedia freely with condition that they cite the source as www.psicanica.com. I believe that all human knowledge belongs to the race and is the source of our progress -- a point of view, alas, not supported by our current copyright laws. But that is another issue.

I am new to Wikipedia and how it operates. However, looking over some of the comments here, it is interesting to see invalidations of what is very technical, philosophic and psychological material by people who, as far as I can see from their pages, have no background in the area at all, much less have even read the source books they are invalidating. (I have made it as non-technical and reader friendly as I can on Wikipedia, but the source materials are very technical.) I get the impression that for some, it is their hobby to just invalidate/delete whenever they can. The fact that some item of information should be beyond or outside of one's current level of knowledge or even contradict it, does not make it wrong or eligible for deletion. I thought that Wikipedia was a brilliant project, an attempt to gather up and catalog human knowledge. To see such trite remarks/reasons for deletion (other than copy vios, which I have answered above) and without any supporting arguments or discussion of the validity of the information--even if by people not in the field of philosophy--is disappointing.

Tinfoil hattery. Denni ☯ 00:16, 2005 July 21 (UTC)
 * Delete all the Google results are in Spanish, and may well be about something else entirely, but that doesn't matter much as there's only [59 Google hits] anyway. Delete this not-quite-patent-nonsense-but-still-regular-nonsense. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  00:28, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Actually should be deleted as a copyright violation. The entire article is Psicanica.com copied word for word--BirgitteSB 01:43, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Psicanica changed my life. However, delete.  Friday 01:53, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. POV, advocacy, advertisement, non-notable, copy-vio, etc. Binadot 01:55, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as copy/vio. Hamster Sandwich 03:21, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete copyvio. JamesBurns 08:51, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Either Delete or clean up majorly so that it's an article and not an advert/copyvio. The music on the website annoyed me, but that isn't the point. --Stevefarrell 00:12, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Pavel Vozenilek 23:28, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
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Dwyer Stadium

Dwyer Stadium is a 2,600 capacity stadium in Batavia, New York, situated in Genesee County. It opened in 1996 replacing the original stadium that was built in 1937, while the playing field is the original. The stadium is currently home to the Batavia Muckdogs of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league; the Genesee Community College Cougars of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA); and high school teams including the Notre Dame of Batavia Fighting Irish and Batavia Blue Devils.

History
The grandstand and surrounding structure of Dwyer Stadium may be new but the field and area hold over 80 years of professional baseball history. Originally built in 1939 the stadium underwent three names and stood until 1995 when being replaced by the new stadium, keeping the previous name.

State Street Park (1939–WWII)
State Street Park was built in 1939 and employed 17 local workers to construct. During the first season of play the stadium went unfinished and a snow fence had to be placed for each game to act as the outfield wall while chairs had to be borrowed from a local mortuary for seating. The works project continued through the first season but did not deter fans as 3,000, still a record for Batavia, attended the first game of professional baseball at State Street Park.

MacArthur Stadium (WWII–1972)
During World War II the name was changed to MacArthur Stadium after General Douglas MacArthur in an act of patriotism.

Dwyer Stadium (Original: 1973–1995)
Before the 1973 season the stadium found its final name, Dwyer Stadium, after Edward D. Dwyer, a long time team president that was instrumental in keeping the team in Batavia. The stadium was a wooden and covered grandstand that was famous in old time ballparks.

Dwyer Stadium (1996–present)
In 1995, it was officially announced Batavia would be getting a new $3 million stadium on the same location; the field would remain intact while the grandstand and seating would be torn down and replaced. Auburn and Batavia each got a stadium that was almost carbon copies of one another. The old Dwyer Stadium still has its place in the new stadium as the original Wall of Fame is still present behind the first base bleachers.

Usage
Dwyer Stadium is primarily used for baseball, though has also been home to area youth football as well throughout its history. Dwyer is the home field of the Batavia Muckdogs, a collegiate summer baseball team of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL). The Muckdogs were previously members of Minor League Baseball's New York–Penn League, which was affiliated with Major League Baseball teams. After the cancelled 2020 minor league season, Major League Baseball took direct control of Minor League Baseball and discontinued short-season play. The Muckdogs were not among the teams invited to remain in affiliated baseball. The city received offers to join collegiate summer baseball and semi-professional leagues. In January 2021, the team was purchased by CAN-USA Sports and joined PGCBL for the 2021 season.

The facility also hosts college games during the spring and fall for the Genesee Community College Cougars as well as local high school games in the spring.

Empire State Yankees
During the 2012 season the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees, were scheduled to play seven games at Dwyer Stadium as the Yankees home stadium PNC Field in Moosic, Pennsylvania underwent renovations. Before the scheduled games the New York Yankees made improvements to the infield and pitchers mound as well as the clubhouse. Due to weather conditions only four Triple-A games were played at Dwyer.

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Edurne Pasaban

Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar (born August 1, 1973) is a Basque Spanish mountaineer. On May 17, 2010, she became the first woman to climb all 14 of the eight-thousanders – and the 21st person to do so. Her first 8,000 peak had been achieved 9 years earlier, on May 23, 2001, when she reached the summit of Mount Everest. She has also completed the seven summits.

Life and career
Pasaban was born in Tolosa, in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain.

Climbing
She summited her ninth eight-thousander, Broad Peak, on July 12, 2007, together with the Austrian climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. On May 1, 2008, Pasaban summited Dhaulagiri, as did Kaltenbrunner the same day again. Both downplayed the aspect of a race between them for the first woman to climb all 14 eight-thousanders. On May 18, 2009, Pasaban climbed Kangchenjunga with, among others, Juanito Oiarzabal and the Polish climber Kinga Baranowska. With that she exceeded Kaltenbrunner and Nives Meroi and she became the first woman to climb twelve eight-thousanders. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner equaled her two days later when summited Lhotse. Nives Meroi, an Italian climber, then tried to reach the summit of Kangchenjunga, but was forced to abandon the climb when her husband and fellow climber, Romano Benet, began suffering health problems during the ascent.

On April 17, 2010, she added Annapurna to her record, and proceeded directly thereafter to climb Shishapangma, where she completed her quest on May 17.

Temporary Dispute Over 14 Peaks Record
On April 27, 2010, it was announced that Pasaban might have lost out on becoming the first woman to climb all 14 8,000 meter peaks to Korean climber Oh Eun-sun. However, Pasaban and other experts disputed Oh's summit of Kangchenjunga. Following a conversation between Elizabeth Hawley and Pasaban, Hawley announced that Oh's summit would be marked as "disputed" in future editions of her Himalayan database. On May 3, Oh had an hour long discussion with Hawley in Kathmandu, in which she asked Oh about the details of her Kangchenjunga climb. "Oh will be credited for her climb to Kangchenjunga but the ascent will be marked as disputed," Hawley later told the press. "Her account was completely different from Pasaban's so I really don't know who is right," she added. Hawley reportedly said the Kangchenjunga entry will be switched back to "successful" if the Spanish team withdraws its allegations. Rejecting Pasaban's claims, Oh added, "I believe that according to Pasaban, some Sherpas told her that I hadn't climbed Kangchenjunga. But no names of the Sherpas have been mentioned. Why?"

On May 4, 2010 Pasaban mentioned the names of the seven Sherpas involved: "Dawa Ongchu Sherpa, Pema Chiring Sherpa, Chheji Nurbu Sherpa, Dawa Sangge Sherpa, Ong Darchi Sherpa, Cuombi Sherpa and Phurdorchi Sherpa." She declined to give these names earlier as these Sherpas were still working for the Korean climber. Later Pasaban conceded that she was the second woman to climb the 14 highest peaks, but questioned whether the Korean climber had actually conquered them all.

However, on August 29, 2010, it was announced that the South Korean Hiking Federation, after examining the proofs presented by Oh, had refused to acknowledge her Kangchenjunga ascent, accepting the sherpas' version according to which Oh was not able to complete the ascent due to bad weather conditions. Oh later admitted that she had to stop a few hundred meters below the Kangchenjunga summit, and the mountaineering site ExplorersWeb considered on December 10, 2010 that Edurne Pasaban is the first woman that has climbed all fourteen peaks, settling the debate.

Eight-thousanders climbed

 * 2010, May 17 – Shishapangma
 * 2010, April 17 – Annapurna
 * 2009, May 18 – Kangchenjunga
 * 2008, October 5 – Manaslu
 * 2008, May 1 – Dhaulagiri
 * 2007, July 12 – Broad Peak
 * 2005, July 20 – Nanga Parbat
 * 2004, July 26 – K2
 * 2003, July 26 – Gasherbrum I
 * 2003, July 19 – Gasherbrum II
 * 2003, May 26 – Lhotse
 * 2002, October 5 – Cho Oyu
 * 2002, May 16 – Makalu
 * 2001, May 23 – Mount Everest

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mis-date in reference?
Reference #7 appears to be misdated based on the context of the cite. I believe it should be "July" not "June". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.110.134.19 (talk) 01:09, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

White House Staff?
Is there perhaps an infobox for present white house staff? It seems like it would be at least as useful to connect the man to has co-workers as to connect him with his predecessors.

"US didnt start the war"-tony snow
at this years conservative political action conference he said "we didnt create the war in iraq".... this deserves a mention on this page

Daily Show redux
Should the piece last night (well it was on last night in Australia, so perhaps last few days) be mentioned? Basically, it showed two different Tony Snow White House press conferences, one stating flat out that the firings by Alberto Gonzales were Performance based then the recent one where Mr. Snow is asked a question by a reporter referencing his recorded comments about the firings being based on performance and stating point blank that he has never claimed the firings were based on performance. Jon Stewart then played the comments back to back multiple times and accused Mr Snow of lying. Does this in some way go against Biographies of a Living Person, because if not I think it belongs here. WookMuff 10:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Here is a link to a column by Washingtonpost.com columnist Dan Froomkin, which discusses and quotes the Daily Show the piece. WookMuff 11:51, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

 * The video you describe seems like it would be important to add to the article. Why didn't the mainstream media bother reporting on this prevarication by the White House in any substantive way? Why, hmm? Cardinal Logan (talk) 19:30, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah Cardinal, that one's a real shocker. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.204.164.155 (talk) 11:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

The factor
Tony snow is now involved in 'The Radio Factor'. See this source for details:

Whatever a "permanent fill-in host" is.

Contralya (talk) 01:26, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

 * The Radio Factor and The O'Reilly Factor are two different medias. They are not interchangeable. Someone made that mistake in the article so I corrected it. Contralya (talk) 17:34, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Illness section too long?
The section on Snow's illness is now longer than the section detailing his stint as press secretary. This would make sense only if his terminal illness had been a foundational part of his public persona (e.g., Lou Gehrig). Any reason for not collapsing almost the entire illness section together with the death section in a much more concise and essential piece of text? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vaudedoc (talk • contribs) 15:06, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Illness section should be rolled into death section and reduced in size. There are much more important things to say about this man who worked for Fox News and then the Bush White House. Cardinal Logan (talk) 22:42, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

"Certain Civility"
"Certain civility" quote is by George H.W. Bush, not George W. Bush according to the cited source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.171.154.95 (talk) 20:01, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Calbaer clarified this in r225884379 Tyler Oderkirk (talk) 13:54, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Daily Show Redux Redux, and Media Matters
Now that Tony Snow no longer fits the category of "Biography of a Living Person" (and indeed such a category no longer exists) is it such an issue to include even a skerrick of criticism, which is surely more important than his ability to play six instruments? WookMuff (talk) 09:47, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

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Have another correction to make
Irwin Schiff was not convicted in 2004 for tax evasion. He was charged back then and is undergoing the trial right now.

From my memory of reading his book, he WAS convicted back in the 80's and served jail-time. But not in 2004. Please correct. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.127.124.134 (talk) 20:43, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

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Russell Diethrick Park

Russell E. Diethrick, Jr. Park is a stadium in Jamestown, New York. It opened in 1941 and holds 3,000 people. Primarily used for baseball, Diethrick Park was home to teams in the New York–Penn League, a short season minor league baseball league, from its opening until 2014. It is also home to the Jamestown Community College baseball team as well as Jamestown High School's baseball team. It also has hosted multiple Babe Ruth League World Series, most recently the 2023 13 Year-Old World Series.

History
Built in 1941, Jamestown Municipal Stadium was, at time of the NY-Penn League's departure, the second oldest ballpark in the league; the park replaced a park in Celoron that the NYPL had used in its first two seasons. The stadium is owned by the City of Jamestown. It hosted the Jamestown Falcons of the "Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League" (PONY League), which was later known as the NY-Penn League. The park was later unofficially known as "College Stadium" after Jamestown Community College relocated its campus right behind the park on Falconer Street in 1961.

On August 9, 1997, the park was renamed Russell E. Diethrick, Jr. Park in honor of Jamestown's "Mr. Baseball." It was dedicated to Mr. Diethrick, who has been player, manager, owner, supporter and friend of professional and youth baseball in Jamestown longer than most can remember. Mr. Diethrick is currently the Community Development Officer for Jamestown Savings Bank. He has been an important member of the voluntary Jamestown Jammers Executive Advisory Board. Mr. Diethrick also serves as the Host President of the Jamestown Babe Ruth World Series Committee and a member of the National Board of Directors for Babe Ruth, Inc.

The stadium has undergone numerous renovations in order to modernize. In 2006, a brand new scoreboard and sound system were installed and in 2010 the current press box was renovated.

The Jamestown Jammers took up residence in the city in 1994, immediately after the Montreal Expos moved the city's original NYPL team to Vermont. After 21 consecutive seasons, the NYPL moved the Jammers to Morgantown, West Virginia, at the end of the 2014 season, leaving the city without professional baseball.

The amateur Prospect League, a collegiate summer baseball league, took up residence in the ballpark in 2015; that team was also known as the Jamestown Jammers. The Jammers were replaced by a team in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League the next year, which played another three seasons before the team's owners abruptly shut the team down and left town in October 2018. A replacement team in the PGCBL, originally intended to keep the Jammers name and history, abruptly decided to rename the team the Jamestown Tarp Skunks (after an inside joke in the Jammers organization) prior to the start of the 2020 season.

In 1990, College Stadium was the site of a memorable large-scale stunt by the TV series Candid Camera, in which a catcher for the then-tenant Jamestown Expos was put up to calling pitches with nothing but incomprehensible signs.

Diethrick Park is almost exclusively used for baseball; other venues in Jamestown are better suited for other sports (Strider Field hosts football, and Northwest Arena handles concerts, ice hockey and other indoor events).

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M. R. Kayani

Malik Muhammad Rustam Khan Kayani, also known as M. R. Kayani or Justice Kayani, (18 October 1902 – 15 November 1962) was a distinguished Pakistani jurist who served as Chief Justice of West Pakistan from 1958 to 1962. He is noted for his opposition to the dictatorship of General Ayub Khan.

Life and career
He hailed from the village Shahpur located near Kohat, Pakistan, where he was born on 18 October 1902 to an ethnic Pashtun family in the home of Khan Bahadur Abdul Samad Khan Kayani. He passed the matriculation examination from Islamia High School Kohat and did his F.A. from Edwards college Peshawar. He earned his master's degree in English from Government College Lahore.

He started his career in civil service in Punjab, British India in 1927, and after having served for eight years on the executive side, he was transferred to the judiciary in 1938. He rose to become a judge of the Punjab High Court in 1949 and then the chief justice of the West Pakistan High Court in 1958. In 1956, he was elected president of the West Pakistan Branch of the CSP Association. In that capacity he strove to uphold the status of the Civil service of Pakistan. He was also the member of the famous Punjab Disturbances Court of Inquiry.

As a chief justice
Kayani retired in October 1962. He was not elevated to the Supreme Court of Pakistan because of his open criticism of the military regime. The citizens of Lahore arranged a farewell reception in his honor in which he was named as Lisan-e-Pakistan (Voice of Pakistan).

In one of his more memorable comments he wrote:
 * "There are quite a few thousand men who would rather have the freedom of speech than a new suit of clothes and it is these that form a nation, not the office hunters, the licenses even the tillers of the soil and drawers of the water."

One major Pakistani English newspaper comments about him, "Mr. Kayani was gifted with a keen sense of humour. He was satirical without being sarcastic, humorous without being offensive. Frail, lean and thin, he was very gentle and genial in conversation, yet firm and unshakable in conviction."

Last visit
In November 1962, he embarked upon a visit to East Pakistan where he was invited by the Bar Associations of Dhaka, Rajshahi and Chittagong. He died on 15 November 1962 in Chittagong Circuit House. His half-written speech was lying on the table beside his bed. The collections of his English and Urdu speeches entitled Not the Whole Truth, Some More Truth and Afkar-e-Pareeshan appeared posthumously.

Legacy
One of the six boarding hostels at the Cadet College, Kohat is named in his honour.

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2nd (Pomeranian) Cuirassier Regiment "Queen"

The Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2 (Kürassier-Regiment "Königin" (Pommersches) Nr. 2) was a Prussian cavalry regiment. Formed in 1717 as Dragoner-Regiment Nr.5 Bayreuth Dragoner it was originally a dragoon regiment and was part of the Prussian order of battle until 1918. The Bayreuth Dragoons achieved fame for their role in winning the Battle of Hohenfriedberg in 1745. In 1819 it was transformed into a cuirassier regiment.

Apart from short interruptions, the regimental garrison was Pasewalk in Western Pomerania from 1721 to 1919.

Pre-Napoleonic
The Prussian '''Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 5''' was formed by a royal order on 2 April 1717. The new formation was to be sponsored by Oberst Achaz von der Schulenburg and raised from recruits in the Duchies of Ansbach and Bayreuth. by 1 June the regiment was formed, with 44 officers and NCOs and 295 cavalry troopers, all aged between 20 and 40 years old. By 1718, the regiment had expanded to four squadrons comprising 689 men.

It was not until 1730 that the regiment reached its full size, ten squadrons, a total of 62 officers, 120 NCOS, standard bearers, 30 drummers and 1,320 cavalry troopers. On 7 August 1731 the regiment was granted the honor title Bayreuth Dragoner (Bayreuth Dragoons) and was redesignated '''Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 5 Bayreuth Dragoner'''.

The regiment wore the standard powder blue coat of the Prussian dragoons with crimson turnbacks and facings.

The regiment first saw action during the War of Austrian Succession. At the Battle of Mollwitz, six squadrons of the regiment were engaged on an attack on the Austrian's left wing. This attack caused the enemy to retreat and brought victory for the Prussian king, Frederick the Great.

At the Battle of Chotusitz, the regiment did not fare as well. During two cavalry attacks, the Bayreuth Dragoons failed to break through the enemy lines and suffered heavy losses including 14 officers, and three standards.

The regiment won its reputation at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg. The Austrian commander, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, was holding against repeated Prussian infantry attacks. The commander of the Bayreuth Dragoons, Generalleutnant Gessler, saw an opportunity to attack a large force of Austrian infantry attacking the exhausted Prussian infantry. The ten squadrons of the regiment formed into two columns and charged into the Austrians. In the fighting that followed, the Bayreuth Dragoons destroyed 20 Austrian and Saxon battalions, took 2,500 prisoners, and captured 67 regimental standards, losing only 6 officers and 28 men killed. Prinz Karl was forced to retreat in disarray, and the battle was won.

After the charge at Hohenfriedberg, the regiment was permitted to wear a golden 67 on their cartridge cases. They also received a diploma from Frederick the Great, naming all officers who took part in the charge and praising the regiment, as well as granting them their own regimental march, the Hohenfriedberger Marsch, composed by Frederick himself.

Although the regiment was present at the Battle of Soor, it did not see any action, arriving just before the Austrian defeat.

With the outbreak of the Seven Years' War in 1756, the regiment was in the vanguard of the Prussian advance into Saxony. At the Battle of Lobositz, the regiment was involved in the two failed cavalry charges against the Austrians on the Homolka-berg. The regiment performed as well as could be expected, with two squadrons rescuing the Gardes du Corps from annihilation.

The dragoons participated in the Siege of Pirna, and on 6 May 1757 took part in the bitterly fought Battle of Prague.

In the French Revolutionary Wars the regiment marched southwest in 1792 to fight in northern France in the Palatinate and Baden. In the battle of Jena-Auerstedt against Napoleon it was almost routed.

Coalition wars and onwards
In 1806, Queen consort Louise of Prussia became Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment. Subsequently, it was renamed to Königin-Dragoner (The Queen's Dragoons) per royal order on 5 March 1806. After the death of the Queen a royal order from 4 August 1810 declared that the regiment should forever bear the name "Regiment of the Queen" (Regiment der Königin). Thus it was called Regiment Königin-Dragoner until 5 November 1816. On 6 November 1816 it was renamed to 1. Dragoner Regiment (Königin) (1st Dragoon Regiment (Queen)). From 28 May 1819 on it was restructured into a cuirassier regiment and was then called '''2. Kürassier Regiment Königin'''. Its final name was awarded on 4 June 1860, '''Kürassier Regiment "Königin" (Pommersches) Nr. 2''' (Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2).

In the War of the Sixth Coalition, the Queen's Dragoons fought in the battle of Ligny, the battle of Waterloo and at Meaux in 1815/1816.

The regiment was mobilised in the Second Schleswig War and went to war but did not see considerable action.

In the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, the cuirassiers took part in the battle of Königgrätz amongst others.

During the Franco-Prussian war, the regiment fought at Colombey on 14 August and at Gravelotte on 18 August 1870. From 1 September to 29 October 1870 the regiment was part of the army that besieged Metz and Thionville. After that followed engagements near Beaume la Rolande, Monnaie, Danzé and on 6 and 7 January 1871 at St. Amand and Villechauvre-Villeprocher.

World War I
The regiment's campaigns in World War I were mostly in cooperation with the 2nd Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment No. 9 as part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade/6th Cavalry Division. Engagements and tasks include:

 * 1914: Advance through Belgium and subsequent fighting in northern France
 * 1915: Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes
 * 1916: Static warfare in the swamps of Polesia
 * 1917: Patrolling in Belgium and begin of infantry drill
 * 1918: Abandoning of the horses and restructuring into a mounted infantry regiment within 6th Mounted Infantry Division. Fighting in Flanders and at Cambrai.

After the ceasefire the regiment retreated home to Pomerania. It was formally disbanded in 1919.

Regimental Sponsors

 * Generalleutnant Achaz von der Schulenburg - (2 Apr 1717 - 7 Aug 1731)
 * Generalleutnant Markgraf Friedrich Erbprinz von Bayreuth (7 Aug 1731 - ? May 1763)
 * Generalleutnant Friedrich Christian Markgraf von Bayreuth (? May 1763 - 2 Aug 1769)
 * Generalleutnant Christian Friedrich Carl Alexander Markgraf von Ansbach und Bayreuth (2 Aug 1769 - 5 Mar 1806)
 * Major Queen consort Louise (5 Mar 1806 - 4 Aug 1810)

 * From 1810 onwards the regiment was sponsored by the Prussian Queen until 1918.


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A kaleidoscopic pattern made using a simple toy kaleidoscope tube.

Picture taken by myself 2005-07-20 --Rnbc 00:21, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

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Edward A. LeLacheur Park

Edward A. LeLacheur Park is a baseball park located on the banks of the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts. It is home to the UMass Lowell River Hawks baseball team, which competes in the America East Conference at the NCAA Division I level. It was home to the Lowell Spinners, previously the New York–Penn League Class A Short Season affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.

History
The park was built between a partnership with the city of Lowell and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The park was named for State Representative Edward A. LeLacheur, who led the initial redevelopment of Lowell, and opened in 1998. The park was built on the East Campus of UMass Lowell. Populous (formerly HOK Sport) designed the park. It offers views of the Aiken Street Bridge, Lawrence Mills, Fox Hall, and University Suites. The seating bowl is raised above the field. A concourse surrounds the top of the park where the refreshment, merchandise stands, and bathrooms are located. The design enables an open view while waiting in line.

Two seating expansions have been considered since the park opened. One plan would have added 600-1,000 seats on the third base side. The expansion would match how the first base side is angled towards the infield. The other proposal was to add a smaller version of the Green Monster with seating for approximately 200 people. This also would have shortened the field and raised the wall to 20 ft. Due to lack of funds, neither have been built.

The stadium also features the Giant Hood Milk Jug from Fenway Park and all Red Sox retired numbers.

The ballpark held its first concert on July 10, 2008, when Boston-based Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys played there with The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

The Lowell City Council voted on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, to sell Lelacheur Park to UMass Lowell for $1 million. UMass Lowell plans to invest $3 million to maintaining and renovating the park over 5 years.

Attendance
The Spinners have had several consecutive sold-out seasons at LeLacheur Park.

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Nick Patrick (actor)

Nick Patrick is a British actor, best known for playing the part of SRO (Station Reception Officer) Julian 'JT' Tavell, in the ITV police procedural The Bill from 2005 to 2006. He also played the killer, Hamish Endicott in Prime Suspect, Season 4 "Inner Circles".

Nick grew up in Whitstable, Kent. As a teenager he appeared in the short film Dead Cat directed by David Lewis and part funded by Derek Jarman, partly shot at Prospect Cottage, Dungeness, also starred Genesis P-Orridge with the soundtrack by Psychic TV. He played the lead in Bad Baby, written and directed by Duncan Roy at the Penny Theatre, Canterbury.

He trained at the Drama Centre London. His TV credits include Cadfael, Kavanagh QC, Rough Justice, Hollyoaks, The Courtroom and Emmerdale.

Theatre credits include The Grapes of Wrath directed by Michael Rudman at the Crucible Sheffield, Single Spies directed by Michael Simpson at the Watford Palace, and Jonathan Kemp's The Razorblade Cuckoo directed by Bob Wolstenholme at the Holborn Centre for Performing Arts.

Films include Loaded directed by Anna Campion, and Two Days Nine Lives directed by Simon Monjack. Nick has collaborated on two further shorts with Anna Campion, Inertia and Bipolar.

He recently completed Paul Kindersley's latest feature film "The Burning Baby" and is currently working on a film project "L'homme au Foyer", started 10 years ago, filming 2 weeks every summer.

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Eduardo Stein

Eduardo Stein Barillas (born 20 October 1946) is a Guatemalan diplomat who served as the Vice President of Guatemala from 14 January 2004 to 14 January 2008, serving a concurrent four-year mandate with President Óscar Berger. He is currently the Joint Special Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration for Venezuelan refugees and migrants.

Prior to his election, he held several positions with the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Development Programme, and the Organization of American States. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Álvaro Arzú from 14 January 1996 to 14 January 2000.

Eduardo Stein is a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that offers, discreetly and confidentially, a range of experienced advisors to political leaders facing difficult situations. Stein is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.

On 19 September 2018, Stein was appointed Joint Special Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration for Venezuelan refugees and migrants.

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Talk:SG-1

Should we put Lt. Tyler on the article as a one time member of SG-1? -- Ed Telerionus 00:20, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Referring to that alien in "The Fifth Man"? Umm, no, since he wasn't a member... -b 06:58, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Rewrote, expanded. Someone should write that "Brief history" part, it's always been my weak point. -b 03:04, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

I think that the persona the alien created for SG-1 to see WAS a member of the team. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.202.66.125 (talk) 23:03, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

New pic
Ok, that is an innacurate representation of the SG-1 patch, that is a commerical patch. Can this pic be used instead? http://www.stargateprops.com/shopping/images/sg-patch2.jpg

If not, can I use a screenshot from an episode of someone wearing the patch? Faris b 02:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

 * If you could find one, it would definitely look a lot better. I orginally got that off the SG-1 Wiki site.  Never really liked it but I thought it would be rad for the article. -b 19:04, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I found a screenshot from an episode and uploaded it. Is all the liscensing info correct?

Faris b 21:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

 * No. The orginal one is wrong.  It's fictional.  The television-screenshot template is more appropriate.  Please also note:
 * To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
 * Much better then the old one! -b 23:53, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Notable Accomplishments
I removed several entries from the "Notable Accomplishments" section because, though SG-1 was involved, they weren't actually their accomplishments.

Anubis was "defeated" (If the term could even be applied, since he still technically exists) by Oma, prior to her intervention he was about to destroy all life in the galaxy despite the best efforts of SG-1.

The Replicators in the Milky Way were defeated by the cooperation of Carter, Selmak, and Ba'al, who were all vital to the modification and use of the Dakara superweapon. It wasn't SG-1 alone and can not be listed as their personal victory.

The Jaffa Resistance was aided by all of the SGC, not just SG-1.

The sealing of the Ori Supergate was also assisted by McKay from Atlantis and the personnell of the Odyssey, again not their singular accomplishment.

I hope that covers everything. JBK405 03:27, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

episode not seen
we seen future worlds,we seen renaissance worlds,we seen alien worlds, but we have yet to see the sg-team go to a jurassic planet. to see the team in a sitution where technology will not help where tilk's staff weapon would do nothing but give a dinosaur a hot foot. where sg-1's weapons bounce off hard scales. the gate is trampled after the teem steps through and must stay alive tell they can be picked up by ship.I THINK it would be fun and entertaining an episode we havent seen.

sincerely, Dana Rowe D-Dog-666@hotmail.com

 * Please note that talk pages aren't intended for discussion of the subject of the article, but rather are for discussion of the article itself (see Talk page guidelines). This sort of thing should be put on a fan forum somewhere. If you have any suggestions about the Wikipedia article, though, we'd love to hear them. Bryan 08:05, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Death of Ra
I remove the accomplishment of defeating Ra. SG-1 did not defeat Ra, it was Col. O'Neill, his team, and Daniel Jackson who defeated Ra on Abydos during the first mission through the gate (in the movie). This was not SG-1. The SG teams were not commisioned till after Apophis' attack in the gate room of Cheyenne Mountain (before the creation of the SGC).Paulchwd

Beyond Season 10
While the movies aren't out yet, there is still a tiny glimpse of state of SG-1 after season 10 - we know from Atlantis that Carter left them, while Tealc (and at least one more member, since he says "we") stay in some way with SGC. Also, it's noticable that Tealc's temples still have grey hair, hence the timeline changed in "unending" still wasn't fixed (as I assume it will be in "continuum")

Do you think this information deserves to be here ? Maybe on Tealc's page ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.199.94.2 (talk) 12:25, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Merger with List of Stargate SG-1 characters
This article is just a plot retelling of what SG-1 achieved (WP:NOT). The structure of SG-1 (i.e. its members) are already summarized in List of Stargate SG-1 characters. I have already merged what I believe is the good content of SG-1, there, but I'll leave this official merge&redirect proposal up for a week just in case some unexpected opposition comes up. (A similar procedure happened with e.g. the Oceanic Six, which after an AfD now redirects to Characters of Lost.) – sgeureka t•c 05:56, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Merged. – sgeureka t•c 14:58, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

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Joseph L. Bruno Stadium

Joseph Bruno Stadium is a stadium located on the campus of Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York. It is the home field of the Tri-City ValleyCats minor league baseball team of the independent Frontier League and previously the New York–Penn League. Located in the center of the tri-city area of New York's Capital Region (Albany, Schenectady and Troy), it was named after former New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who helped secure the funds for the ballpark.

Attendance
In 2012, the ValleyCats set a new single-season attendance record for the 9th-consecutive year, drawing 159,966 fans. The record was bolstered by 17 sellout crowds, also a new franchise record.

The ValleyCats set attendance records in 2004 (110,497), 2005 (116,674), 2006 (129,126), 2007 (136,809), 2008 (140,631), 2009 (145,976), 2010 (155,315), 2011 (156,279) and yet again in 2012 (159,966). The 'Cats have drawn a grand total of 1,463,669 fans since their inception in 2002. They welcomed in their 1.5 millionth fan during the 2013 season.

2008 New York–Penn League All-Star Game
On August 19 "The Joe" hosted the 2008 New York–Penn League All-Star game, the fourth in league history. The game was won by the NL All-Stars with a walk off RBI by ValleyCats third baseman David Flores. This game was the second largest opening for "The Joe" in the 2008 season.

K.O. at the Joe
K.O. at the Joe was a series of amateur boxing matches held at the stadium. The first was in 2007 and was brought back in 2008 and 2009.

World Series Trophy viewing
On May 5, 2011, the San Francisco Giants World Series Trophy was on display for Capital Region fans. The stop in Troy was part of a public tour the team launched to celebrate its first World Series championship since 1954, and the first since moving from New York City to San Francisco. The franchise originally began in Troy, competing as the Troy Trojans from 1879–1882.

On August 3, 2018, the Houston Astros World Series trophy was on display at the Joe after Houston won its first championship.

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament
From May 24–27, 2012, the stadium hosted the 2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament, which was won by Manhattan.

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A Current Affair (Australian TV program)

A Current Affair (or ACA) is an Australian current affairs program airing weeknights and Saturday nights on the Nine Network. The program is currently hosted by Allison Langdon and Deborah Knight (Saturday).

1970s
A Current Affair was first broadcast on 22 November 1971, with Mike Willesee, screening on the Nine Network weeknights at 9:30pm, shifting to 7:00pm in 1972. For part of its early run, the comedian and actor Paul Hogan had a comic social commentary segment. Under Willesee, ACA was a Transmedia production for the Nine Network.

When Willesee left Nine in 1974 to move to the rival 0–10 Network (now known as Network 10), journalist Mike Minehan took over presenting ACA. Other hosts included Sue Smith, Kevin Sanders and Michael Schildberger.

The original A Current Affair was cancelled on 28 April 1978 due to strong competition in the 7:00pm timeslot from Willesee at Seven on Seven Network and Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks on the 0–10 Network.

In 1984, Willesee returned to the Nine Network to revive the format in a series titled Willesee, screening Monday to Thursday nights at 9:30pm. The following year, Willesee moved to the earlier 6:30p.m. timeslot and extended to five nights a week, running until 1988, when Willesee's production company, Transmedia, sold the rights to the program to the Nine Network.

1988 revival
When Willesee left the presenting role, former 60 Minutes presenter Jana Wendt took over on 18 January 1988 and the show once again became A Current Affair. This was the same week the Seven Network's soap opera Home and Away was introduced, and in Melbourne where Derryn Hinch debuted rival current affairs program Hinch at Seven.

The Seven Network introduced direct competition with Real Life, which later became Today Tonight. Jana Wendt left the program in November 1992, unhappy with an ACA story showing topless women.

In 1993, original ACA host Mike Willesee took over for the whole year. In February 1994, Ray Martin took over. Martin signed off at the end of November 1998.

From 1999 to 2002, Mike Munro hosted. When he left the program in 2002, he returned to This Is Your Life, 60 Minutes, and later National Nine News in Sydney.

After Mike Munro's departure, Ray Martin returned in February 2003, and signed off again at the start of December 2005. During the 2005/2006 holiday period, the Nine Network announced that ACA was to be "rested" for four weeks to enable a major revamp of the production to take place. On 30 January 2006, two weeks after the program's return, ACA was re-launched with new host Tracy Grimshaw. On September 5 2022, Grimshaw announced that she would step down as host in November 2022 after 16 years, with Allison Langdon to host from 2023.

Weeknights
Deborah Knight, Leila McKinnon and Sylvia Jeffreys are the main fill-in presenters when Langdon is on leave. Ben Fordham, Karl Stefanovic, Dimity Clancey, Brady Halls, Peter Overton and Eddie McGuire, among others, have also filled in.

In January 2022, Tracy Grimshaw scaled back to 4 days a week hosting from Monday to Thursday with Deborah Knight hosting on Friday.

Weekends
In March 2020, a Saturday edition was launched during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, hosted by Deborah Knight. It was made permanent in December 2020.

Reporters

 * Chris Allen (QLD reporter)
 * Neil Breen (NSW reporter)
 * Simon Bouda (crime editor)
 * Seb Costello (VIC reporter)
 * Sam Cucchiara (VIC reporter)
 * Reece D'alessandro (QLD reporter)
 * Alexis Daish (VIC reporter)
 * Ben Fordham (occasional reports)
 * Lauren Golman (NSW reporter)
 * Martin King (VIC reporter)
 * Penelope Liersch (VIC reporter)
 * Steve Marshall (NSW reporter)
 * Leila McKinnon (occasional reports)
 * Lizzie Pearl (NSW reporter)
 * Dan Nolan (QLD reporter)
 * Hannah Sinclair (NSW reporter)
 * Nat Wallace (NSW reporter)
 * Georgia Westgarth (VIC reporter)

State editions
Launching in 1991, QTQ-9 in Brisbane produced a local version of the program, titled Extra. It carried local stories including the lead up to its NRL Grand Finals. Despite its eighteen long years of popularity and ratings success, the local current affairs program was axed, due to a major schedule cleanup for making space for Nine's now-scrapped one-hour current affairs program, This Afternoon, hosted by Andrew Daddo, Katrina Blowers and Mark Ferguson from 4:30pm weekdays starting the following Monday after its final ever broadcast. The decision was part of a push to nationalise lead-in content for the network's struggling news bulletins. The game show Hot Seat was moved to replace Extra at 5.30pm.

In 2002, NWS-9 in Adelaide produced a local version of the program hosted by weekend news presenter Georgina McGuinness. It carried national stories, but featured more local stories including the lead up to the 2002 AFL Grand Final. The Adelaide edition was short lived due to the very heavy competition of the Seven Network Adelaide's Today Tonight.

In January 2008, WIN Corporation announced that a new local version of ACA would be produced in Western Australia to replace the east coast version hosted by Tracy Grimshaw. It was hosted by Louise Momber, with special investigators Peter van Onselen and Michael Southwell. The first state based edition since Adelaide in 2002, the Perth program's initial host, former news presenter Sonia Vinci, resigned prior to the show's commencement and was replaced by Louise Momber. The program was launched on 20 October 2008. A week later on 27 October, WIN launched an Adelaide version of the show on Nine Adelaide, with Adelaide's National Nine News reporter Kate Collins presenting. Both versions were short-lived – on 30 November 2009, WIN announced that Perth and Adelaide would return to the national format.

Brisbane (as Extra)

 * 2006–2008 – Jillian Whiting
 * 2009 – Heather Foord

In 2009, Extra was axed with the Nine Network investing money into other areas within the network. All Extra reporters were spread across the network in other reporting capacities from A Current Affair to Nine News.

Adelaide

 * 2002 – Georgina McGuinness
 * 2008–2009 – Kate Collins

Michael Smyth was a fill-in presenter for Kate Collins

Criticism
Like Today Tonight, the program's former rival on Seven, A Current Affair is often considered by media critics and the public at large to use sensationalist journalism – as depicted in the parody television show Frontline – and to deliberately present advertising as editorial content, as previously exposed on the ABC program Media Watch. Stories covered by ACA rotate around community issues i.e. diet fads, miracle cures, welfare cheats, shonky builders, negligent doctors, poorly run businesses and corrupt government officials.

Paxton controversy
In 1996, the show reported on the Paxton family from the impoverished Melbourne suburb of St Albans. The family were told that the show was about helping the family members to get jobs, but the version that aired claimed that the family were "dole bludgers" refusing reasonable offers of employment. After the story aired, the family received death threats.

Greg Hodge defamation
In September 2006 ACA was ordered to pay over $320,000 to former Australian swimming coach Greg Hodge in relation to indefensible defamatory allegations made in a 2003 story relating to Hodge's conduct towards a former swim student.

Peter Anthony Haertsch defamation
In March 2010 ACA was found to have defamed acclaimed plastic surgeon Peter Anthony Haertsch in allegations aired in a 2008 report about a Gold Coast woman's breast enlargement procedure, and ordered to pay $268,000 damages.

Lev Mizikovsky defamation
In June 2008 ACA broadcast a program about Queensland property developer Lev Mizikovsky. Mizikovsky sued ACA claiming he was defamed by the broadcast and in November 2011 a jury agreed, but found the defamatory meanings were defensible. Mizikovsky is now liable for costs, which are reported to exceed $2 million.

All-Asian mall controversy
On 7 November 2012, a segment was broadcast giving the impression that Asian people were taking over a shopping centre in Castle Hill, New South Wales. After numerous viewer complaints, the Australian Communications and Media Authority found the segment had breached the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice in three clauses, including "containing inaccurate factual material", "placing gratuitous emphasis on ethnic origin" and "likely to provoke intense dislike and serious contempt on the grounds of ethnic origin". Fill-in host Leila McKinnon made an on-air apology on 13 September 2013.


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Avista Stadium

Avista Stadium is a baseball park in the northwest United States, located in Spokane Valley, Washington. It is the home ballpark of the Spokane Indians, a minor league baseball team in the High-A Northwest League.

History
Built in less than four months at the Interstate Fairgrounds, the stadium opened in 1958 and has a seating capacity of 6,803 –large for Class A ballpark. The facility was built for Triple-A in the Pacific Coast League, which it hosted for 24 of its first 25 seasons. The parent club in 1958 was the Los Angeles Dodgers, who had just moved out west from Brooklyn and moved their PCL affiliate, the Los Angeles Angels, north to Spokane. They stayed for fourteen seasons, through 1971, then departed to New Mexico and became the Albuquerque Dukes.

After one year in the short-season Northwest League as a Dodger affiliate, the Triple-A PCL returned in 1973, from Portland, as the Texas Rangers' top affiliate. The Milwaukee Brewers became the Indians' parent club in 1976, the Seattle Mariners in 1979, and the California Angels in 1982. The Indians left for Las Vegas after the 1982 season and the NWL returned in 1983 and has remained for over three decades.

The natural grass field is aligned southeast (home plate to second base), at an approximate elevation of 1920 ft above sea level.

In 2023, the stadium finalized a plan to renovate the stadium and field to satisfy Major League Baseball (MLB) regulations by the deadline of Opening Day 2025. The $17 million project would be funded by Spokane County ($5.5 million up to $8 million), the City of Spokane Valley ($2.5 million), the State of Washington ($5.8 million), and other private funding ($3 million).

Earlier ballparks
The preceding minor league ballpark in Spokane was Ferris Field, which was about a mile (1½ km) west, on the west side of Playfair Race Course. Named for city attorney George M. Ferris, its original wooden grandstand was built in 1936. Ferris was a former player and manager for the Indians who secured funding from the Works Progress Administration to build it. A fire in October 1948 damaged most of the grandstands, and it was rebuilt using concrete and steel in the spring of 1949.

Earlier baseball venues in Spokane were Recreation Park (47.668°N, -117.368°W), Natatorium Park (47.673°N, -117.459°W), and the original Twickenham Park.

In 1954, four-year-old Memorial Stadium (later Joe Albi Stadium) was considered as a potential minor league baseball venue.

Other uses
For three seasons beginning in 2004, the Gonzaga Bulldogs used the stadium as its home venue while its current venue was being built. Their former ballpark was displaced by the new McCarthey Athletic Center.

In 2011, the Spokane Chiefs hosted the first outdoor game in Western Hockey League history at Avista Stadium on January 15; the home team routed the Kootenay Ice 11–2.

Stadium name
Naming rights were purchased in 1998 (and the stadium renamed after the 1999 season) by Avista, the Spokane-based utility founded in 1889 as Washington Water Power Company. The venue's first corporate name was Seafirst Stadium, from 1994 through 1999.

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Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England

Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, 546 U.S. 320 (2006), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving a facial challenge to New Hampshire's parental notification abortion law. The First Circuit had ruled that the law was unconstitutional and an injunction against its enforcement was proper. The Supreme Court vacated this judgment and remanded the case, but avoided a substantive ruling on the challenged law or a reconsideration of prior Supreme Court abortion precedent. Instead, the Court only addressed the issue of remedy, holding that invalidating a statute in its entirety "is not always necessary or justified, for lower courts may be able to render narrower declaratory and injunctive relief."

The opinion was delivered by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who had been significantly responsible for developing the Court's recent abortion jurisprudence. This decision was O'Connor's last opinion on the Court before her retirement on January 31, 2006.

Background
In June, 2003, the New Hampshire Parental Notification Prior to Abortion Act, "an act requiring parental notification before abortions may be performed on unemancipated minors," was narrowly passed by the New Hampshire General Court. It was signed into law on June 19, 2003, by Governor Craig Benson, who had lobbied heavily for the law, with an effective date of December 31, 2003.

District Court proceedings
On November 17, 2003, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Concord Feminist Health Center of Portsmouth, Feminist Health Center of Portsmouth, and Wayne Goldner, M.D. filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking a declaratory judgment that the Parental Notification Act was unconstitutional and a preliminary injunction to prevent its enforcement once it became effective. On December 29, 2003, Judge Joseph A. DiClerico, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire issued an order finding the Parental Notification Act unconstitutional and permanently enjoining its enforcement.

DiClerico found the Act unconstitutional on the following grounds:
 * the Act's lack of an explicit exception to protect the health of the pregnant minor, and
 * the narrowness of the Act's exception for abortions necessary to prevent the minor's death

DiClerico declined to rule on the plaintiffs' other claim, that the Act was unconstitutional for failing to provide specific protections for the confidentiality of a minor seeking a judicial waiver.

Court of Appeals decision
New Hampshire Attorney General Peter Heed appealed the district court's order to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Heed argued that the court should apply the "no set of circumstances" standard set forth in United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 (1987). A three judge panel composed of Chief Judge Michael Boudin, Circuit Judge Juan R. Torruella and District Judge Saris unanimously affirmed the judgment by Judge DiClerico for the same reasons he stated.

Opinion of the Court
Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, who replaced Heed in 2004, appealed the case to the Supreme Court of the United States over the objections of Benson's successor, Governor John Lynch. The Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the case, which was the first case challenging an abortion law that the Court had accepted in five years. Lynch subsequently submitted an amicus curiae brief in opposition to the Parental Notification Act.

The Court vacated the judgment of the First Circuit in a unanimous decision authored by Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The Court did not revisit any abortion precedents, such as its decision in Casey.

O'Connor's unanimous opinion
In its ruling the Court found that the following three propositions were established:
 * 1) "States have the right to require parental involvement when a minor considers terminating her pregnancy."
 * 2) "A State may not restrict access to abortions that are 'necessary, in appropriate medical judgment for preservation of the life or health of the mother.' Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U. S. 833, 879 (plurality opinion)."
 * 3) "New Hampshire has not taken issue with the case's factual basis: In a very small percentage of cases, pregnant minors need immediate abortions to avert serious and often irreversible damage to their health. New Hampshire has conceded that, under this Court's cases, it would be unconstitutional to apply the Act in a manner that subjects minors to significant health risks."

The Court considered under what circumstances federal courts can enjoin enforcement of abortion laws if in some cases such laws would have the effect of regulating abortion more strictly than is consistent with Supreme Court precedent, as the New Hampshire law did in some circumstances.

The Court ruled that in such circumstances facial invalidation of a statute would be inappropriate if the statute could be narrowed sufficiently by judicial interpretation. It raised the question of what the appropriate judicial remedy would be if a statute's enforcement would be unconstitutional in medical emergencies. The court ruled that "invalidating the statute entirely is not always necessary or justified, for lower courts may be able to render narrower declaratory and injunctive relief."

Subsequent developments
The New Hampshire law was repealed in 2007, making rehearing at the district court level moot.

The New Hampshire parental notification law was passed again in 2011 after the Republican-controlled House and Senate overrode then-Democratic governor John Lynch's veto.

Supreme Court filings
Respondent
 * Brief for petitioner
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 * ACLU's brief in opposition to Writ of Certiorari
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Tagboard

A tagboard is a small message board on a website also called a shoutbox.

Tagboard may also refer to:

 * Tagboard.com, a social media site that aggregates hashtagged posts
 * D-21 Tagboard, a reconnaissance drone aircraft
 * A form of paperboard
 * Terminal strips, used in early electronics
 * T.A.G., a DOS-based bulletin board system (BBS) software program, released from 1986 to 2000

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Double team Accu-weather

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

The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:17, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Double team Accu-weather
VFD: either needs significantly more information or is not appropriate. Devanjedi 00:23, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I'd say it needs significantly more notability. Denni ☯ 00:35, 2005 July 21 (UTC)
 * Delete. Totally unnotable. - Lucky 6.9 00:44, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unnotable --ThomasK 11:23, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * This nom was malformed and never added to a main VfD page until now. Completing nom.  No vote.  JYolkowski // talk 18:24, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. NN--inks 22:46, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
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Sister, Sister (TV series)

Sister, Sister is an American television sitcom starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers. It premiered on April 1, 1994, on ABC as part of its TGIF comedy lineup, and finished its run on The WB on May 23, 1999, airing 119 episodes over six seasons. The cast consisted of the Mowry sisters with Jackée Harry and Tim Reid costarring as their respective adoptive parents, alongside Marques Houston as their annoying neighbor Roger. RonReaco Lee and Deon Richmond later joined the cast in the fifth season.

The series was created by Kim Bass, Gary Gilbert, and Fred Shafferman, and produced by de Passe Entertainment and Paramount Network Television. The series was then picked up by The WB as a replacement for Muscle on its Wednesday night lineup, where it aired for an additional four seasons until May 1999. In 2018, a potential revival of Sister, Sister was confirmed, but was not pursued due to a lack of interest and copyright issues.

Overview
In the pilot, the twins are reunited during a chance encounter shopping at a clothing store at the mall with their adoptive parents.

Tia Landry (Tia Mowry) is the twin from inner city Detroit, where her adoptive mother, Lisa (Jackée Harry), works as a seamstress; Tamera Campbell (Tamera Mowry) is the twin from the suburbs, where her adoptive father, Ray (Tim Reid), owns a successful limousine service. After their unexpected reunion, Ray reluctantly allows Tia and Lisa to move in because Lisa was about to take a design job in St. Louis, which would have separated the girls again. The girls' neighbor is nerdy Roger Evans (Marques Houston), an annoying teenager who is infatuated with both of them. Tia and Tamera would often break the fourth wall and address the audience. In the final season when the girls go off to college, Roger ceases to appear in the series because he was still in high school, though he does return as a guest in the final episode. By the fifth season, Tia and Tamera ended up with steady boyfriends: Tia's is Tyreke Scott (RonReaco Lee) and Tamera's is Jordan Bennett (Deon Richmond).

Main

 * Tia Mowry as Tia Landry
 * Tamera Mowry as Tamera Campbell
 * Jackée Harry as Lisa Landry
 * Tim Reid as Ray Campbell
 * Marques Houston as Roger Evans
 * RonReaco Lee as Tyreke Scott
 * Deon Richmond as Jordan Bennett

Supporting

 * Brittany Murphy as Sarah (first season only, left before she starred in Clueless)
 * Dorien Wilson as Terrence
 * Victor Togunde as Steve
 * Bianca Lawson as Rhonda
 * Anna Slotky as Denise Mondello
 * Steve Monroe as Steve
 * Arvie Lowe, Jr. as Ernie
 * Sherman Hemsley as Jimmy "Soupy" Campbell
 * Fred Willard as Mr. Mitushka
 * David Strickland as Dave
 * Vernee Watson-Johnson as Patrice
 * Jamil Walker Smith as Mike
 * Aaron Lohr as Marlon
 * Christopher "Kid" Reid as Clark
 * Alexis Fields as Diavian Johnson
 * Senta Moses as Dot
 * Richard Lawson as Victor Sims
 * Rolonda Watts as Vivica Shaw
 * Chad Haywood as Steven
 * Gabrielle Union as Shawn
 * Rachael Harris as Simone Flosser
 * Greg Pitts as Chud McGraf
 * Tony Carreiro as Matt Sullivan
 * Eric Payne and Fitz Houston as Principal Gordon

Production
For the first five seasons, the series often had Tia and Tamera, either together or separately, break the fourth wall by talking directly to the viewer.

Theme song
The series' original theme song was written and composed by Tim Heintz, Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn and performed by En Vogue.

U.S. broadcast and cable syndication
The series formerly aired reruns on BET, Disney Channel, ABC Family, WGN America, Up (formerly GMC TV), Centric, Hub Network, Logo TV, VH1 (In early 2021), and Fuse. The series currently airs on MTV2 and Dabl.

As of 2021, the series is available to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Pluto TV and Paramount+ in the United States.

International syndication
In Australia and New Zealand, the series was aired on Network Ten and Nickelodeon; in the United Kingdom, Sister, Sister was aired on Nickelodeon, and on Channel 4 between 1995 and 2000 as the channel had the terrestrial rights to the show.

On October 5, 2020, the series began streaming on Netflix in a number of other countries.

Home media
CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount) released the first and second seasons of Sister, Sister on DVD in Region 1 in 2008 and 2009. As of September 2014, these releases have been discontinued and are out of print.

On May 4, 2015, it was announced that Visual Entertainment Inc. (VEI) had acquired the distribution rights to the series for Region 1 (encompassing the United States and Canada). It was subsequently announced on December 28, 2015, that VEI (through its deal with CBS Television Distribution) would release a complete DVD set of the series, Sister, Sister: The Complete Collection (which includes all six seasons), in Region 1 on January 19, 2016, the release date was then pushed back to March 18, 2016. The Mowry twins 2000 television film Seventeen Again is also included as a bonus disc on the Complete Collection set. On May 26, 2017, VEI released separate Seasons 1–3 and Seasons 4–6 sets of the series. Due to music copyright issues, these releases are heavily edited.

Awards and nominations

 * Emmy Awards
 * 1998 – Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series – George Spiro Dibie (Nominated)
 * 1997 – Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series – George Spiro Dibie (Nominated)
 * 1996 – Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series – George Spiro Dibie (Nominated)
 * 1995 – Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series – George Spiro Dibie (Won)

 * Image Awards
 * 2000 – Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series – Tia & Tamera Mowry (Won)
 * 2000 – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Jackée Harry (Won)
 * 2000 – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – Tim Reid (Nominated)
 * 1999 – Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series – Tia & Tamera Mowry (Won)
 * 1999 – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Jackée Harry (Won)
 * 1999 – Outstanding Comedy Series (Nominated)
 * 1998 – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – Tim Reid (Nominated)
 * 1996 – Outstanding Comedy Series (Nominated)
 * 1996 – Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress – Tia & Tamera Mowry (Nominated)

 * Kids' Choice Awards
 * 1998 – Favorite Television Actress – Tia & Tamera Mowry (Nominated)
 * 1998 – Favorite Television Show (Nominated)
 * 1997 – Favorite Television Actress – Tia & Tamera Mowry (Won)
 * 1996 – Favorite Television Actress – Tia & Tamera Mowry (Won)
 * 1996 – Favorite Television Show (Nominated)
 * 1995 – Favorite Television Actress – Tia & Tamera Mowry (Won)

 * Young Artist Awards
 * 1999 – Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor – Deon Richmond (Nominated)
 * 1997 – Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Guest Starring Young Performer – Verner, Robin Marie (Nominated)
 * 1997 – Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Leading Young Actress – Tia & Tamera Mowry (Nominated)
 * 1996 – Best Performance by a Young Actress: Guest Starring Role TV Series – Selico, Krista Sherre (Nominated)
 * 1996 – Best Performance by a Young Actress: TV Comedy Series – Tia & Tamera Mowry (Nominated)
 * 1995 – Best Youth Comedian in a TV Show – Marques Houston (Won)
 * 1995 – Best New Family Television Series (Nominated)
 * 1995 – Best Youth Comedian in a TV Show – Victor Togunde (Nominated)
 * 1995 – Best Youth Comedienne in a TV Show – Tia & Tamera Mowry (Nominated)

 * Teen Choice Awards
 * 2017 – Choice Throwback Tv Show – Sister Sister (Nominated)

Potential revival
In June 2012 interview with TV Guide, both Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry have said they would like to reunite the cast for a reunion film. They were thinking of doing a "Twins in the city" plot, like the twins in New York City.

In 2017, rumors started developing about a potential continuation of Sister, Sister, both Tia and Tamera have confirmed that talks are ongoing and that a sequel series is very close to happening.

In October 2017, Tia Mowry stated in an interview with Entertainment Tonight that a revival of the series was "definitely closer than ever" and that she is "getting excited" about the possibility. She also said that she believed Jackée Harry and Tim Reid would be a part of the revival if it were to take place.

On January 16, 2018, while appearing on Steve, Harry confirmed the revival, stating that "it's happening".

In 2019, the reboot was put on hold indefinitely. Tia commented, "To be honest with you, I hate to pop the balloon. [A revival of] Sister, Sister kind of looks dead right now," and cited rights issues as part of the reason for the reboot not moving forward.

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Yakima County Stadium

Yakima County Stadium is a baseball park in the northwest United States, located in Yakima, Washington. Opened in 1993, it succeeded Parker Field and was the home field of the Yakima Bears minor league team for twenty seasons. It is the current home of the Yakima Valley Pippins collegiate wood-bat team of the West Coast League and has a seating capacity of 2,800.

At the northwest corner of the Central Washington State Fairgrounds, it is north of the Yakima SunDome, separated by a parking lot. The elevation of the natural grass playing field is just under 1050 ft above sea level, and it is aligned (home plate to center field) north-northeast.

Singer Bob Dylan played the venue during his Never Ending Tour in 2010 on September 3.

In 2013, Pacific Baseball Ventures, LLC were granted ownership of the Yakima Valley Pippins baseball team of the West Coast League. In 2014, the Pippins will fund a $100,000+ renovation to the stadium.

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Hello my fellow banana are you there. This report could probably do with being regenerated as I found some article with about ten redirects but no article; then I lost it, sorry. Although probably not a big list and not extreamly urgent atleast one red link is howing up as a blue link making it much less likely to be written any time soon. MeltBanana 00:24, 21 July 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:United States (disambiguation)

Federal states
How many countries are federations of states?

Germany, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, ... ?

They do not all have the words "United States" in their names.

Are they all more recent than the USA, or was there a federation of states before 1789? (I have heard of arguments that the Indian tribes, or some of them, were federations) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.169.222.56 (talk) 00:25, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * There's a list on Federation. Not just states -- can also be provinces (Canada), cantons, regions, etc. –Hajor 00:49, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Mexico's constitution says: Estados Unidos Mexicanos — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.75.224.203 (talk) 22:48, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Route to this page
May I suggest that a search for United States takes you to this page, rather than a page about The United States of America. If you search for US you get the US (disambiguation) page. Mr Taz 10:22, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup
Cleanup is required - these aren't all known as "United States"! - maybe split the list of partial match countries into a list article? Widefox ; talk 09:14, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Should the meanings in "the united states are" and "the United States is" be considered two different meanings?
Originally, the term was considered a plural, and simply referred to the states that make up the republic. For example, the Declaration of Independence says "these united states are and of right ought to be..."

It didn't begin to refer to the union as whole, and take a singular verb ("is", rather than "are") until the Civil War.47.139.43.80 (talk) 03:43, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

 * No. The Civil War didn't result in a new country being formed. It's simply a change in grammar rules and perspective, not essence. - BilCat (talk) 08:04, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

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Shilluk people

The Shilluk (Shilluk: Chollo) is a major Luo Nilotic ethnic group that resides in the northeastern Upper Nile state of South Sudan on both banks of the Nile River in Malakal. Before the Second Sudanese Civil War, the Shilluk also lived in settlements on the northern bank of the Sobat River, close to where the Sobat joins the Nile.

The Shilluk are the third-largest ethnic group of southern Sudan, after the Dinka and Nuer.

Their language is called Dhøg Cøllø, dhøg being the Shilluk word for language and mouth. It belongs to the Luo branch of the Western Nilotic subfamily of the Nilotic languages.

History and culture
The Shilluk people formed today's Shilluk Kingdom in southern Sudan in 1454. Historically, it was a patriarchal monarchy led by a reth from the divine lineage of the culture hero Nyikang, who is believed to affect the nation's health. Their society was once somewhat hierarchical, with castes of royals, nobles, commoners, and enslaved people. Today, the Shilluk government is a democracy, with an elected headman voted in by a council of hamlet heads.

The Shilluk are closely related to the Anuak people and Luo Nilotic members. The Shilluk language shares many words with the Anuak language (the dha anywaa).

Most Shilluk are sedentary agriculturists. Like most Nilotic groups, cattle-raising is a large part of their economy; however, agriculture and fishing are more significant activities than usual. Both sexes engage in agricultural work.

Physique
The Shilluk, along with the Dinka, have been considered some of the tallest people in the world. In an investigation between 1953 and 1954, D. F. Robers reported that Dinka Ruweng males were, on average, 181.3 cm (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) tall, while Shilluk males averaged 182.6 cm (6 ft 0 in). General characteristics among the Nilotic people include long legs, narrow bodies, and short trunks, adaptations to South Sudan's hot climate.

However, in 1995, male Shilluk refugees in southwestern Ethiopia were, on average, 172.6 cm (5 ft 8 in) tall. The study suggests that Nilotic people "may attain greater height if privileged with favorable environmental conditions during early childhood and adolescence, allowing full expression of the genetic material." These refugees were displaced due to civil wars in their country from 1955 to the present.

Religion
Most Shilluk have converted to Christianity, while some still follow the traditional religion or a mixture of the two; a few have converted to Islam. The Episcopal Church of Sudan dates the event to the late 19th century, when the Church Mission Society first began to send missionaries.

Colonial policies and missionary movements have divided Shilluk into Catholic and Protestant denominations. The Catholic Church historically proselytized on the western bank of the Nile. It ran mission stations at Lul, Detwoc, Tonga, and Yoynyang. In contrast, the American Inland Mission ran a mission station at Doleib Hill, located south of Malakal on the eastern side of the Nile but situated on the Sobat River. The Shilluk were a minority in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) for most of the Second Sudanese Civil War, their number peaking in the late 1980s and the pre-ceasefire fighting in 2004.

Violence
During the summer of 2010, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), in an attempt to disarm the tribe and stop a local Shilluk rebellion, burned several villages and killed an untold number of civilians in South Sudan's Shilluk Kingdom. Over 10,000 people were displaced during the rainy season and sent fleeing into the forest, often naked, without bedding, shelter, or food. Many children died from hunger and cold.

Violence started again in April 2011 with an SPLA crackdown on rebel-controlled regions. The Shilluk and Nuba were the alleged victims.

Violence broke out again in late 2022.

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Everett Memorial Stadium

Everett Memorial Stadium is an outdoor sports complex in Everett, Washington, which includes a stadium for football and a ballpark for baseball. Opened in 1947, it has been the home field of the Everett AquaSox, a Minor League Baseball team in the High-A West, and its predecessor, the Everett Giants, since 1984. In 2019, the ballpark became known as Funko Field. The football stadium has been home to the Everett Reign, a women's football team, since 2013. The complex is owned by the Everett School District, whose schools use both stadiums for their athletic programs. It is also home to the Puget Sound Festival of Bands, an annual marching band competition. The facility was remodeled in 1998 to have a seating capacity of 3,682 people for baseball and 12,000 for football.

History
The stadium sits on land donated by the Everett Lodge of Elks 479 to the Everett School District in 1947, dedicated in memory of Everett citizens who died during military service in World War II. On July 9, 1967, a Canadian Football League preseason game between the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos was played at Memorial Stadium. It started 45 minutes late due to issues with Edmonton's aircraft prior to their arrival at Paine Field. The Lions won 7–2, with no touchdowns scored by either team, in front of 6,248 spectators.

The first professional team to play at the stadium was the Everett Giants, playing in the Northwest League of Class A baseball. The first Giants game held at the stadium was played against the Bellingham Mariners in front of a crowd of 3,527 on June 19, 1984. As the stadium itself dates to 1947, it is one of the oldest active ballparks in Minor League Baseball.

On June 17, 1987, with 3,122 fans watching, Ken Griffey Jr., playing for the Bellingham Mariners, hit his first professional home run over the left field wall, with the ball landing in the street approximately 387 ft from home plate. A plaque on the sidewalk marks the site just outside the left field wall.

The baseball stadium underwent extensive renovations in 1998, at a cost of $5 million. The upgrade increased capacity by 1,400 seats to the present 3,682 and added a larger concession area and new lighting. The renovation was funded by a motel-hotel tax approved by the Washington State Legislature in 1994. The Seattle University Redhawks baseball team played at Memorial Stadium in 2012 and 2013.

On October 17, 2017, citing the poor condition of the field's natural grass surface when the stadium was used by the Everett High School and Everett Community College baseball teams, which rendered the field near-unusable for games played by both schools, the natural grass field was switched to an artificial surface. Work began on October 31, 2017, and was completed in April 2018. At the time of the switch, it was one of three ballparks in the Northwest League to have an artificial turf field. The Eugene Emeralds' PK Park and the Hillsboro Hops' Ron Tonkin Field were the others.

On March 19, 2019, the Everett School Board approved a $1.1 million, eight-year sponsorship agreement with local toymaker Funko to brand the baseball field as Funko Field at Everett Memorial Stadium.

The stadium's parking lot was home to a temporary COVID-19 testing center during the COVID-19 pandemic. The testing center, operated by the Snohomish Health District, opened on March 23 and closed on April 16 after processing 2,500 people.

The track stadium was renovated in 2022 and reopened with a new surface and track. The county and city government approved the development of a feasibility study that would investigate whether a new multipurpose stadium could be built in Everett to replace Funko Field. The study was spurred by updated Minor League Baseball standards and the AquaSox moving to High-A with more games.

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Sister, Sister (1982 film)

Sister, Sister is a 1982 American drama television movie written by Maya Angelou and starring Diahann Carroll, Rosalind Cash, and Irene Cara. The film tells the story of three sisters who come together to decide the fate of their family home after the death of their revered father. Originally filmed in February 1979, the film was shelved for three years before debuting on June 7, 1982, on NBC.

Plot
The story starts out in a small North Carolina town with Carolyne Lovejoy (Carroll), a schoolteacher, singing in the choir at her church. It is later revealed that she is having an intense affair with the church's married pastor, Rev. Henderson (Dick Anthony Williams), who is also the state's senator-elect. Carolyne later comes home from church to find her younger, 20-year-old sister Sissy (Cara), who Carolyne raised after their parents died, with her boyfriend Tommy, much to Carolyne's disapproval. Sissy wants to become a professional ice skater, but Carolyne wants Sissy to be a schoolteacher like her.

Their battle continues throughout the movie. Later, their estranged sister Frieda (Cash), who has been living in inner-city Detroit for the last 13 years, shows up with her 12-year-old son Danny (Kristoff St. John). They decide to stay for a while because Danny has had some trouble with the law in Detroit and Frieda wants to give him a fresh start in a new environment. While the Lovejoy sisters try to co-exist in their family house (which their late father left to all three of them), their lives turn upside down. Frieda suggests selling the house since Sissy will be out on her own soon and Carolyne doesn't need all the extra space by herself.

Frieda emerges as the troubled black sheep of the family, while Carolyne is knocked off her martyr pedestal when Frieda seduces the reverend. Sissy learns that their father never wanted another daughter, but had hoped she would be the son that eluded him (their mother tried to abort her). After Frieda and Carolyne get into a vicious catfight, Frieda and Sissy both decide to leave. The movie ends with Sissy leaving for New York and Frieda deciding to stay in North Carolina and work things out with Carolyne.

Production
Although the movie was filmed in February 1979, NBC chose to withhold it until June 1982, when it aired during primetime. According to JET, Fred Silverman, who was the head executive of the network at the time, decided not to air the film because it did not match his preferred formats of "action-packed or comedy shows," and that the film's focus on the intense personal dramas of middle-class blacks would not appeal to white sensibilities of the late 1970s. After Silverman's resignation, the new network president, Grant Tinker, decided to make his mark on NBC's programming by debuting all of the productions that Silverman had shelved.

Though set in North Carolina, Sister, Sister was filmed on location in Montgomery, Alabama and Opelika, Alabama. The historic Old Ship A.M.E. Zion Church in Montgomery was used for the church scenes, and the interior and exterior of the Lovejoy house were filmed at the J.W. Darden House in Opelika.

Awards
The film won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Cara won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for her role in the film.

Cast

 * Diahann Carroll – Carolyne Lovejoy, the eldest sister, a schoolteacher
 * Rosalind Cash – Frieda Lovejoy-Burton, the middle sister
 * Irene Cara – Sisina "Sissy" Lovejoy, the youngest sister, an aspiring ice skater
 * Paul Winfield – Eddie Craven
 * Dick Anthony Williams – Rev. Richard Henderson, Carolyne's pastor
 * Kristoff St. John – Daniel "Danny" Burton, Frieda's son (credited as Christopher St. John)
 * Robert Hooks – Harry Burton, Frieda's estranged husband, a struggling musician
 * Diana Douglas – Pawnshop Proprietor
 * Lamont Johnson – Tommy, Sissy's boyfriend who Carolyne dislikes
 * Albert Popwell – Drunken Man
 * Frances Williams – Mother Bishop
 * Alvin Childress – Mister Jacobs
 * Gloria Edwards – Mrs. Henderson
 * Music Performed by Bobby Jones and the New Life Singers

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Kaoru Sugayama

Kaoru Sugayama (菅山かおる) is a Japanese volleyball player. Although her nickname is "yuu", Ai Otomo already had that nickname on the All-Japan women's Team, so she was given the new nickname "kaoru". Her nickname in television broadcasts is "koushuni kagayaku Kaoru-hime", (攻守に輝くカオル姫, translation: "Princess Kaoru who shines in offense and defense"). Also, she is sometimes known as "shiroi yousei" (白い妖精, translation: "White fairy") due in part to her fair skin. However, she is embarrassed to be called "Princess Kaoru" or "White fairy". She belongs to the volleyball team JT Marvelous of the V.League. In May 2008, she retired from the team and from organized volleyball.

She married volleyball player Koichi Nishimura in 2011.

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Yurlunggur

Yurlunggur is a genus of fossil snake in the extinct family Madtsoiidae containing the species Yurlunggur camfieldensis known from the Oligocene and Miocene of Australia.

Y. camfieldensis was a large apex predator that typically reached 4.5 - 6 m in length, with one vertebra from the Wyandotte Creek suggesting a maximum length of 7 - 8 m. It is closely related to Wonambi naracoortensis, present in Australia during the Pleistocene.

The name of the genus is derived from traditional name given by the people of Arnhem Land to the Rainbow serpent. They closely resemble Varanus (monitors) more than small burrowing lizards. John Scanlon has presented this as evidence of descent from the former, rather than burrowing ancestors that evolved into the elongate and legless snakes. The fossil material described by this species includes a rare example of a complete skull and mandible, often crushed in the fossilisation process, that was preserved in the soft limestone of a body of fresh water. This was found at the Riversleigh fossil site in northwest Queensland.

In 2018, researchers have suggested that this genus was a fossorial or semi-fossorial animal.

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