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Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport

Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Brainerd, a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The airport is owned by the city and county. It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial airline.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 16,404 passenger boardings (enplanements) in 2010, and 22,233 in 2018. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

Facilities and aircraft
Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport covers an area of 2,597 acres (1,051 ha) at an elevation of 1,232 feet (376 m) above mean sea level. It has two active runways with concrete surfaces: 16/34 is 7,100 by 150 feet (2,164 x 46 m) and 5/23 is 6,512 by 150 feet (1,984 x 46 m). The airport also has one helipad designated H1 which measures 60 by 60 feet (18 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending June 15, 2022, the airport had 37,900 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 87% general aviation, 8% scheduled commercial, 4% air taxi and 1% military. In June 2022, there were 78 aircraft based at this airport: 59 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 4 jet and 12 helicopter.

History
In 2020 the airport received a $17,955,696 CARES Act award.

Accidents at BRD

 * On January 9, 1983, Republic Airlines Flight 927, a Convair 580, skidded off the runway during a nonprecision approach in sleet and snow showers. The aircraft skidded off the right side of the runway and the right propeller struck a snowbank and the propeller penetrated the cabin, killing one passenger and seriously injuring another. The aircraft was later repaired and placed back into service.

Other sources

 * Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2011-0135) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
 * Ninety Day Notice (July 15, 2011): of Mesaba Aviation, Inc. and Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. of termination of service at Brainerd, MN.
 * Order 2011-9-5 (September 13, 2011): prohibiting suspension of service and requesting proposals.
 * Order 2011-11-30 (November 23, 2011): selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide essential air service (EAS) at six communities at the following annual subsidy rates: Brainerd, Minnesota, $959,865; Fort Dodge, $1,798,693; Iron Mountain, $1,707,841; Mason City, $1,174,468; Thief River Falls, Minnesota, $1,881,815; and Watertown, $1,710,324, for the two-year period beginning when Great Lakes inaugurates full EAS at all six communities.
 * Order 2012-6-3 (June 6, 2012): extending the Essential Air Service obligation of the two wholly owned subsidiaries of Pinnacle Airlines Corporation—Mesaba Aviation, Inc. and Pinnacle Airlines, d/b/a Delta Connection at the eight communities listed below (Muscle Shoals, AL; Alpena, MI; Iron Mountain/Kingsford, MI; Brainerd, MN; International Falls, MN; Greenville, MS; Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS; Tupelo, MS) for 30 days, through, July 9, 2012.

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R403 road (Ireland)

The R403 road is a regional road in Ireland, linking the N4 at Lucan in County Dublin to Carbury in County Kildare.

It starts, heading west, at a roundabout on the Leixlip Road (R148) and crosses the M4 motorway past Weston Airport and into County Kildare.

It follows the Dublin Road to Celbridge where it crosses the River Liffey with the R405, then heads southwest along the Clane Road to Clane.

A 10 km stretch of ruler-straight road takes it west via Prosperous to Allenwood. Its final stretch westwards is through the Bog of Allen via Derrinturn to Carbury, where it terminates at the R402

The route is 43 km long.

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R445 road (Ireland)

The R445 road is a regional road in Ireland. The route is a non-motorway alternative route to the N7/M7 motorway between Naas and Limerick, and at 170 km it is one of the longest regional roads in Ireland (longer than most national roads). Indeed, much of the route comprises roads that were formerly part of the N7 between the cities, prior to motorway and other bypasses. Some of the R445 route also comprises local link roads to new N7/M7 route sections.

Route
The official description of the R445 from the Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012 reads:

 * R445: Naas, County Kildare — Portlaoise, County Laois — Roscrea, Nenagh, County Tipperary — Limerick — Crathloemoyle, County Clare (Part Old National Routes 7 and 18)

Between its junction with N7 at Maudlings in the county of Kildare and its junction with N80 at Stradbally Road in the town of Portlaoise in the county of Laois via Dublin Road, Poplar Square, Main Street and Limerick Road in the town of Naas: Newhall, Buckleys Cross: Liffey Bridge, Main Street and Edward Street in the town of Droichead Nua; and Ballymany Cross; Dublin Street and Claregate Street in the town of Kildare; Cherryville Cross, Mayfield (including link road to M7); Mooreabbey and Dublin Street in the town of Monasterevin; and Clogheen in the county of Kildare: Kilinure, Ballybrittas, Cappakeel, New Inn Cross, Greatheath, Ballydavis; Rathbrennan and Dublin Road in the town of Portlaoise in the county of Laois

and

between its junction with N80 at Abbeyleix Road in the town of Portlaoise and its junction with N62 at Benamore in the county of North Tipperary via Grattan Street in the town of Portlaoise; Clonboyne, Cloncourse; Portlaoise Road, Main Street, Market Square, Bridge Street and Patrick Street at Mountrath; Holy Cross, Moorefield Cross, Rush Hall, Derrin Cross, Borris-in-Ossory and Ballaghmore Lower in the county of Laois: and Cooleeshill in the county of Offaly

and

between its junction with the N62 at Parkmore in the county of North Tipperary and its junction with N52 at Tullahedy via Inane in the county of North Tipperary Ouris and Busherstown in the county of Offaly: Greenhills in the county of North Tipperary: Moneygall in the county of Offaly: Toomevara, Clashnevin, Lisbunny: Dublin Road, Thomas MacDonagh Street, Pearse Street, Kickham Street, Ashe Road and Clare Street in the town of Nenagh: and Springfort Cross in the county of North Tipperary

and

between its junction with N52 at Lissenhall in the county of North Tipperary and its junction with the N18 at Cratloemoyle in the county of Clare via Ballinteenoe, Kilmastulla, Gortybrigane and Birdhill in the county of North Tipperary: Dalys Cross, Mountshannon, Annacotty and Groody Bridge in the county of Limerick: Parkway Roundabout, Dublin Road, Clare Street, Lock Quay, Abbey River Bridge, Northern Relief Road, Castle Street, Thomond Bridge, High Road, Sexton Street North, Northern Ring Road, Ennis Road, Caherdavin Cross and Ennis Road in the city of Limerick: Lansdowne Bridge at the boundary between the city of Limerick and the County of Clare: and Meelick in the county of Clare.

Dublin to southwest of Newbridge
Ancillary roads constructed as part of the N7 Naas Road widening and junction separation scheme are classified as the R445. These offer local access to Johnstown and Kill. They connect to the existing R445 at Maudlin's Interchange (Junction 9 on the N7, start of the M7 motorway).

Here the R445 route follows the Dublin Road into Naas (this route was the N7 prior to the construction of the M7 in 1983). The route continues through Naas along Poplar Street and Main Street, before leaving the town along the Limerick Road. South of Naas, the R445 becomes a dual carriageway for 8 km and crosses the M7 motorway at Junction 10, continuing west to Newbridge along the town's Dublin Road, crossing the River Liffey via Liffey Bridge onto Main Street. The route continues along Edward Street, leaving the town as the Kildare Road. The R445 links to the M7 motorway at Junction 12, and crosses the Curragh beside the motorway before veering into Kildare Town. The route sections through Newbridge and Kildare formed the N7 until the extension of the M7 motorway between Junction 10 and Junction 13.

R445 through Kildare, Monasterevin and Portlaoise

The R445 continues on the Dublin Road east of Kildare. This runs through the town via Dublin Street, Claregate Street and the Limerick/Cork Road. The R445 meets Junction 14 of the M7 motorway at Mayfield. From here, the route continues west through Monasterevin via Mooreabbey and Dublin Street. The R445 passes through Ballybrittas on the way to Portlaoise, meeting the M7 motorway again at Junction 16. The Dublin Road brings the R445 into Portlaoise where it joins the N80. The R445 begins again where it leaves the N80 at the junction of Grattan Street and Abbeyleix Road, following the former street out of the town, to meet the M7/N7 at Junction 18. The R445 route from east of Kildare to west of Portlaoise consists of redesignated roads which formed part of the N7 route prior to the opening of the M7 Kildare Bypass (2003), Monasterevin Bypass (2004) and Portlaoise Bypass (1997).

R445 sections between Portlaoise and Limerick
In 2010 all of the old N7 route between Portlaoise and Limerick was replaced with motorway and was reclassified as R445. The first section through Mountrath, Castletown and Borris-in-Ossory was reclassified in May 2010 followed the opening of the M7/M8 tolled motorway.

Following the bypass of Nenagh in 2000, and resulting realignment of the N7, the old route through the town was reclassified as part of the R445. The R445 passes through Nenagh via the Dublin Road, Thomas MacDonagh Street, Pierce Street, Kickham Street, Ash Road and Clare Street. The route meets the N52 west of Nenagh. From the Carrigatogher Roundabout the R445 leaves the N52 road and continues along the old N7 route to Birdhill which was redesignated in April 2010. The route between Birdhill and Annacotty was redesignated as R445 in September 2010 following the opening of the Birdhill to Limerick section of the M7.

On 22 December 2010, following the opening of the M7 Castletown to Nenagh motorway project the old N7 route was reclassified as R445 from Borris-in-Ossory to Nenagh passing through the towns of Roscrea, Moneygall and Toomevara.

R445 through Limerick
Finally, the route through Limerick city, which formed the N7 prior to the opening of the Southern Ring Road in 2004, is also now the R445.

The route passes by Annacotty, and enters Limerick along the Dublin Road through Castletroy. The road crosses the Groody Bridge at the beginning of a new road section also opened in 2004 (also designated the N7 at the time). This brings the Dublin Road and R445 to the Parkway Roundabout, where it meets the Childers Road. The R445 continues as the Dublin Road, Clare Street and Lock Quay before crossing the Abbey Bridge across the Abbey River. The R445 passes through King's Island as the Northern Relief Road and Castle Street (passing by King John's Castle). The route crosses the River Shannon via Thomond Bridge and follows High Street, Sexton Street and the Northern Ring Road (past LIT). At Caherdavin Cross (Ivan's Cross) the route follows the Ennis Road west out of the city to meet the N18 in County Clare at the Coonagh Roundabout.

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Talk:Boost Mobile (United States)

(This is not an information page. It is all conversation) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heather Hartley91 (talk • contribs) 21:03, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Free advertising?
I don't get it... what distinguishes this sort of article from an advertisement? Ccoll 15:17, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Uh...because everything is a clearly-documented fact? It's hardly an advertisement for the service.  R ADICAL B ENDER  ★  16:57, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

 * So it doesn't matter that these "facts" are things like the market performance of the company and its advertising slogan? There are even links to the brand's web site. See here the limitations of the non-pov encyclopedic approach: puppetry for the status quo. Not so uh...radical, is it? Ccoll 16:09, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Uh, yeah, ok...whatever, dude. R ADICAL B ENDER ★  20:22, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

 * He's right. Let's set up the Cingular and T-mobile pages for a mass deletion. --Can Not 22:59, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

 * No, you guys are right. "Well known for edgy, bold and irreverent advertising, Boost continues to reflect this irreverent spirit and off-the-wall sense of humor in its advertising and commercials" with no citation, and listing Boost Mobile as being used in new hit movies and television shows like HOTEL FOR DOGS is the exact kind of article wikipedia should promote.  69.38.133.101 (talk) 20:57, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Well said 69.38.133.101. In over two years of editing wikipedia, this article is, without exaggeration, the worst case of blatant free advertising I have ever seen on wikipedia. I have recently removed section of text including "Boost, keeping its foot in its action sports heritage, still runs the popular..." Rest assured I'm adding this page to my watchlist so the absolute clowns who wrote that drivel won't be able to add it back. I have also requested citations for many plugs of different products and their list of people they sponsor. Freikorp (talk) 00:30, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Triple H Cameo?
I was watching the Travis Barker Boost Mobile commercial, and what caught my attention was that "Kid" Travis's trainer had long-ish hair. Keeping my eyes focused one the trainer, I though he looked like HHH, which would make sense, seeing as there are a lot of muscle bound WWE Wrestlers. So, could perhaps someone could see if that is indeed a HHH Cameo? 65.96.98.74 05:37, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah I'll get right on that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.64.55 (talk) 16:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

View from the Inside
!!!!!!VIEW FROM THE INSIDE!!!!!! Here you guys go, this is a view from the inside of Boost Mobile and some celarification to all things mentioned on this page.

When you are speaking to a "Boost Mobile" supervisor you are actually speaking with a regular care rep, not an actual supervisor. Actual Supervisors know nothing of the inner workings of Boost Mobile. You see Boost outsources their customer care to three companies Teleperformance USA (TPUSA), Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), and Accent. While Boost standardizes the training that reps get, the three companies are competitors and do not operate on the same page. Only ACS gives it's employee's proper training. At several sites, Supervisors have never even spoken to a boost mobile customer. The most knowledgeble people you can speak to are the care reps that answer the phone. As far as speaking to Boost Corporate is concerned, good luck, contact information is not provided to the three companies because the people at Boost Corporate, wouldn't know how to handle anything without contacting Customer Care themselves.

As for billing issues, it is impossible for Boost to confirm if someone uses the Walkie-Talkie service or not so "TOS" include that if the Walkie-Talkie is intiated both parties are charged $1....it is actually the cheapest way to go, lots of money saved. Ringtone downloads and other downloads are provided through 3rd party vendors and Boost is not at fault for their short comings. Alot of people dont understand the cell phone industry, alot of the charges that appear on your account are not from Boost Mobile, and care agents are not provided any contact info for third party companies.

Yes, Boost mobile does have it's downfalls, but coming from someone who has had years of experience in customer service and cellular technolgies, let me just say "learn everything you can about Boost Mobile" Why?? Because it really is the best pre-paid phone out there. just take time to understand what you are buying

 * I have Nextel and my plan has unlimited chirp.... When I first got it, I got chirps from all kinds of people I didn't know... No doubt because someone before me had the same walkie talkie number... (similar to if you get someone's old telephone number.)
 * Reason being, don't forget Nextel, Boost Mobile, SouthernLinc, or even Telus in Canada etc. etc. etc. Or- for that matter any company with an iDEN made phone by Motorola can chirp to one another.... It may cost you "International Rates" to some chirp numbers, or even local to others but none the less different iDEN carriers have different "area ID's" given out by Motorola and different "Network ID's" that the Carriers themselves hand out See the article on MOTO Talk for more information about the Motorola's "MOTO Talk" service(Which Nextel/Boost rebrands as the name "CHIRP"). CaribDigita 02:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I work for one of the support companies listed above. There's no phone number for the corporate office to register complaints, but you can leave feedback through the Boost website, or through the PO Box the agents give you when you call in. And yes, any time you use the chirp, you get charged, even if you're responding to someone else's alert. Plus, as CaribDigita pointed out, phone & walkie-talkie numbers do get recycled. It's especially bad on pay as you go carriers, as they have a higher turnover rate than standard phones.
 * I would step in to edit the article to be more neutral, but since I work their tech support there might be a conflict of interest issue. -- Kesh 23:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I am also an insider and I'd recommend calling until you get the Juarez, Mexico or Bakersfield, CA call centers, as they are #1 and #2 respectively for customer satisfaction.--66.126.39.50 12:26, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

 * As someone who works for Boost customer care, I can tell you without any doubt that the Juarez site is the absolute WORST. The people there are complete idiots.  Anyone working at any other center will tell you the same thing.  The Hot Springs, AR center is the best center to get.

I, too, work for one of the outsource companies listed above. I just thought I'd chime in with the fact that some people change their walkie talkie numbers multiple times, sometimes within the same day. Many of our customers give out their phone numbers or walkie talkie numbers to people and then, for one reason or another decide they don't want to talk to that person anymore and call to have the number changed. Then, they give out the new number and the endless cycle begins anew. THAT is why you get chirps from people you don't know, harassing you or hanging up on you. NOT because Boost is scamming you for money.

Edits
This article could use a lot of edits, both to be more neutral and more factual. I would do the edits myself, but I work for a company that handles some of Boost Mobile's technical support. By WP:COI, I don't think it'd be a good idea for me to edit the article myself.

Would someone be willing to take my suggested edits and apply them to the article? If so, I'll leave my suggestions here. -- Kesh 23:36, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Does anybody know where Boost Mobile products and refill cards can be purchased wholesale? I have a cellular store and have been unable to get any info from Boost on becoming a dealer... 71.233.108.48 01:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)Wireless USA
 * If you call customer care, they can provide you with information on who you need to get in contact with to become a dealer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.173.156 (talk) 12:41, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Try calling their customer service? LOL, I'd atleast give that a chance. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Can Not (talk • contribs) 22:35, 14 March 2007 (UTC).

I fail to understand the complaints of bias. Seems to be rather factual and fails to even mention significant favourable info like Boost Mobile is by far the largest pre-paid cellular provider in North America. I know of no factual basis for the statement "Boost will be adding postpaid options next year, which may threaten to put it in almost direct competition with Nextel."

ViajeroAmericano 23:28, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

"By far the largest pre-paid cellular provider in North America"? Really. How many subscribers do they have? How many does Virgin Mobile have? 65.124.139.139 15:44, 5 April 2007 (UTC)Paladin

In reply to the question of post paid phones, Boost just release this month the "Boost Unlimited" CDMA phone which is currently only available in Texas and California. It's a monthly plan phone that has no SIM card. It is currently only available in the c290 model. -CR

Financial Troubles
Does someone have sources about the recent financial problems linked to Boost Mobile? We need sources before it can be added to the article.

-- I can tell you from personal experience that Boost is having problems. The call center I work in is being shut down and they're laying off all 425 employees that work there. The reason we were given is the fact that the company is bleeding money on the Unlimited service and from what we're hearing, that particular service will be shut down by the end of this year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wwehurricane1 (talk • contribs) 04:19, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Sure 67.78.33.30 (talk) 23:28, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Looks like it was true. Wwehurricane1 (talk) 04:24, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Boost Mobile is growing rapidly, just look at a the published earnings report from Sprint Nextel (their parent company). . Boost has recently expanded their customer service team substantially with new call centers, but in the process has also closed down some smaller and under-performing centers. I figure this person was at one of the smaller centers, since 425 people is rather small for a large telecom call center that probably gets many hundreds of thousands of calls a month. His statement that "the reason we were given is the fact that the company is bleeding money," is obviously false, since even if this were true factually no company or its vendor would tell employees such. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.151.184.29 (talk) 00:37, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Marketing controversy
An IP editor added the sentence "The Media Watch report did not include a response from Boost Mobile and the report did not indicate that Media Watch had ever contacted Boost Mobile for comment." to the Marketing controversy section, using the 'Diagnosis Gullible' reference. I have contacted the Reliable sources noticeboard, who are in agreement with me that this sentence is not appropriate, as it is original research. You can currently find their comment on the WP:RSN main page; in the future you will be able to find it by searching for "Boost Mobile" in the RSN search function. Freikorp (talk) 01:43, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

 * Before the edits began, this section had several problems: the section was incorrectly titled, it was overly detailed per WP:UNDUE and it was lopsided per WP:NPOV.
 * "Controversy", which can be defined as "a discussion marked by the expression of opposing views" clearly is not appropriate here - there is neither discussion nor opposing views. The section has been retitled.
 * To expand on the point above, this section relies on statements gathered by one source, Media Watch, and all the statements made by Media Watch are negative, making the source material itself unbalanced. The report does not at any time offer any opposing views from Boost itself or anyone else. Basing an entire section on the opinion of only one source is clearly not a good editing practice, especially when that source only presents one side of the topic.
 * This section was unnecessarily detailed. At best this merits just a few sentences indicating that Boost initiated a viral marketing campaign but misrepresented academic research and that certain media outlets failed to identify the viral nature of the campaign and its fictional disorders.
 * If opposing views or additional critical commentary from other reliable sources can't be found, this information does merit inclusion in this article at all. Wikipedia is not the place to report ephemera per WP:INDISCRIMINATE 71.212.68.92 (talk) 05:31, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

 * Your gall is amazing. First you add your own original research, which I assumed good faith for, but when your original research was deemed by a neutral third party to not be worthy of inclusion, and was accordingly removed, your response was to add it back anyway, giving absolutely no reason for your actions. As if that wasn't enough, your next step was to delete the entire section, when you knew very well this bold move would have been contested.

 * I'm more than happy for the section to be shortened. I've made a minor change to your latest round of bold edits; as it stands I only have one concern with your changes - the section title. "Controversy" can be defined many ways. Boost clearly think their actions are appropriate, and Media Watch oppose this view, accordingly I'd say Boost's actions generated some controversy, even if it was only from one source. I think it would be appropriate to include either the word "controversy" or "criticism" in the section title; "Marketing criticism" seems the most appropriate to me.

 * You're being unrealistic about criticism on wikipedia. There is no rule about not being allowed to add criticism to wikipedia if the subject of said criticism has not responded to it, or if the criticism only came from one source. If there was I dare say you'd be able to remove criticism from hundreds of thousands of articles, including many featured ones. Justification for keeping criticism would be based on both the amount of criticism and the source it came from. In this case - yes there is currently only one source - but that source devotes an entire article that demonstrates in depth research of the issue. The source is an established one with a reputation for accuracy. I firmly believe this source holds enough weight to back up the three sentences that currently appear in the article, and I will be more than happy for someone to take the issue to one of wikipedia's dispute resolution processes for another neutral third opinion on the matter. Freikorp (talk) 07:52, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

 * It's not exactly serious criticism, but I've found a passing mention of the issue: this article in The Age states that the disorders "identified" by Boost are not real, and that they are a "ruse used in a press release ... to get the company's name mentioned in the media". Freikorp (talk) 08:29, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

 * Your characterization of another editor's behavior in the first paragraph of your response above is inappropriate. No one attacked or provoked you in any way, so there's no reason for you to act inappropriately. Please show more maturity as we continue to discuss the issue.

 * Regarding criticism on Wikipedia - Wikipedia does not record insubstantial events that have negligible long term effect on the subject or society. Put another way, Wikipedia is not a catalog of every event that has ever happened no matter how small. The issue we are discussing was a one time marketing campaign that had zero negative effects on consumers and only one critic. According to the Media Watch report, nothing bad happened: no one was injured or killed, no one was defrauded or lost any money and no one suffered psychological trauma. Further, the regulators did not get involved and no politicians called for an investigation. Did the Advertising Standards Bureau take any action? (In the three month period of June - August 2010 I found no ASB reports filed by anyone on any issue against Boost Mobile. If this is such a critical issue, shouldn't at least one person have been upset enough to file a complaint?) If Media Watch makes critical statements and nobody else shows any interest, perhaps the criticism isn't noteworthy? If the criticism is not notable, why is it included in the article? Just because Media Watch put a lot of work into something doesn't make it a significant event (which it clearly isn't since no one else took up the cause).

 * Controversy means that there is debate or discussion or disagreement. Controversy is not an appropriate characterization because there is only one view presented from one critic.

 * It's fair to ask, why is it important to include this? What is the context? Has Boost Mobile Australia done this several times and each time knowingly engaged in questionable behaviour or incompetence (such as mis-representing academic research)? Does Boost Mobile Australia have a demonstrable history of marketing behaviour that harms consumers? Is this part of a pattern? If this is just a one-time thing, a blip on the radar, why was it being given such prominence before the major recent edit? What is it about this that justifies a long, multi-paragraph, solely negative record of events, in detail, from a single critic? 71.212.64.231 (talk) 07:41, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

 * Do you honestly think that reverting another users explained edits, without giving any explanation for your actions, is not an act of provocation? Ignoring other users arguments shows a severe lack of respect, and now you've accused me of being immature for criticising your actions. Amazing.

 * I already said, I had no problems with the section being shortened, in retrospect the section was previously given too much weight. Why was the section so large to begin with? I added it to the article over two years ago, when the incident had just happened, and when I was less experienced at giving incidents an appropriate amount of weight in an article. Please read WP:Assume good faith. I'm actually quite pleased with your last edit which shortened the section, that was a fair edit.

 * Why is it important to include this? As this is a neutral article, I think it's fair to mention to the reader what this company is willing to do to make a dollar. I'm not suggesting anybody was killed by this incident, I certainly don't think it is a huge scandal, but I think it's fair to mention that this company is willing to deceive the media with fictional psychological disorders just to get their name mentioned, and is willing to misrepresent academic research in the process. Some companies don't have to be so deceptive just to sell their products.

 * Have a look at the rest of the article: the article devotes 12 sentences to sports events that Boost sponsors. Not only is there not a single reference to support these 12 sentences, some of them have been requesting a citation for over two years. There are also 14 unreferenced sentences in the US "Marketing" section. Why is it important to name all 61 phones Boost offers? Especially since there is no references for that section either. This article is in the category "Mobile virtual network operators". Of the 90 companies listed in that category, Boost is one of of only seven to have a bullet-point list of phones offered. Five of the other six companies with a list of phones offered have around 10 or less in their lists (giving the impression only popular or current phones were listed), and the last one has 23, compared to Boosts 61. Boost are clearly not the largest company in the list. Do you think that is undue weight? It's fair to ask, if your concern is actually removing undue weight from this article, why are you so focused on removing the only criticism in the article, 3 sentences with a reference, when there are clearly much bigger cases of undue weight within the article, that have no references at all.

 * When I had a problem with one of your edits, I took the issue to a neutral third party. I disagree with your wishes to completely remove the section. I suggest you contact one of wikipedia's dispute resolution processes for a third opinion. Unlike you, I will take a third opinion into consideration, rather than completely ignoring it. Freikorp (talk) 09:55, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

So if there are no further comments I will remove the neutrality tag and change the sub-section title to reflect what the section actually contains - 'Marketing criticism'. Freikorp (talk) 22:26, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. Freikorp (talk) 01:54, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Phones
As noted in my comments in the section above: This Boost article lists 61 phones offered. More than twice as many as the next highest number for articles in the category 'Mobile virtual network operators', and literally 10 times as many as most other operators.

Firstly this section contains no references. Secondly I find it extremely hard to believe that if I walked into a Boost store I would find all 61 phones currently available for purchase. I would propose that the section is divided into current and former phones however this solution does not take into account issues of undue weight and the lack of references. I am not sure of which phones are currently offered and which are not. I suggest somebody who does know drastically shorten the list to the more popular phones that Boost currently offers (I'd suggest to a maximum of around 20 phones). If this is not done I propose deleting the entire section. Freikorp (talk) 23:32, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

 * Section removed as there have been no objections to my after proposal after one week of waiting. I am not against adding a small phones section back, however, please do not do so without a reference for each phone. Freikorp (talk) 01:58, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

disambig needed
"Boost Mobile" is also the name of an episode of the USA television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, in which the phone company is parodized. Nicole Sharp (talk) 00:48, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

Boost has been assigned Virgin Mobile's customers and phone numbers.
Sprint has apparently decided to phase out the Virgin Mobile name and beginning in February, 2020, has assigned their accounts to Boost, described as Virgin’s sister network. My number has already been transferred over with no difference in phone, telephone number, price, service or terms that I can discern, at least so far. I hope it remains that way. Maybe someone can add this new development to the article as I'm not very tech capable, alas. (I didn't even know that Sprint apparently owned Virgin Mobile USA until I read this article, nor had I even heard of Boost Mobile.) Thanks.HistoryBuff14 (talk) 18:23, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * That’s interesting, but the talk pages are used to discuss improvements to the article, not the subject itself. ShadowCyclone   talk  19:46, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

 * @ShadowCyclone I find your comment to be puzzling. If you read this article, you'll see that it contains a company history and this recent development will fit in perfectly as it mentions Sprint's acquisition of both Boost and Virgin USA.  It can be added at the bottom of the history section and will fit in very nicely.HistoryBuff14 (talk) 20:11, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

 * Sorry, I didn’t see that part of your sentence. I will add it. ShadowCyclone   talk  20:26, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

 * On the contrary, thank you! BestHistoryBuff14 (talk) 20:33, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Section move proposal
I propose that Boost Mobile Australia be merged with Optus its parent company article, or that Boost Mobile USA be merged with Dish Network their parent company’s article

My reason behind this proposed merge is due to many factors the important ones being that:

 * Boost Mobile in Australia is no longer associated with the Boost Mobile USA and has not been since 2012.

 * The Boost Mobile Page is to long and needs to be shortened the most obvious way to shortened the article is for one of the two sections to merge with its parent company's article (either Boost Mobile Australia with Optus or Boost Mobile USA with Dish Network).

 * it is confusing to have two different corporations that are not associated with each other sharing a page. It’s not practical and just does not make sense.

In conclusion I think it makes sense and works best that we merge one of the sections with its parent company article either Boost Mobile Australia with Optus or Boost Mobile USA with Dish Network. BigRed606 (talk) 17:58, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Merge BMA with Optus Similar brand names but different corporations warrant their own article separate from each other, that’s like if I put Sky UK and SKY Brasil under the same page. I think the Boost Mobile USA section has enough notability to stay on this page, but the Australia corporation should be merged into Optus. ShadowCyclone  talk  20:10, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * That (Shadow's input) sounds like a reasonable compromise. I'm for that.  Thank you.HistoryBuff14 (talk) 21:35, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

I totally agree with you guys as I said before I think it makes more sense for one of these sections to be merged into the parent company’s article. Thank you very much for all of you responding and your thoughts. Ps I think it makes sense as well for the Boost Mobile Australia section to be merged to its parent company (Optus),  article as well. BigRed606 (talk) 22:31, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Update  after doing some research I discovered that the Boost Mobile in Australia is not owned by Optus, moreover it seems that the more appropriate way to resolve this situation is to merge the Boost Mobile USA section with its parent companies article Dish Network. To make the Boost Mobile in Australia be enough to be it’s on stand alone article I will expand that section before I merge the Boost Mobile USA section with Dish Network. If all you agree. BigRed606 (talk) 16:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Sounds reasonable and okay with me. Thanks for asking for my input! Best regardsHistoryBuff14 (talk) 19:09, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Split I believe the page should be split into to two articles, one for the United States and one for Australia. There's enough material for Boost Mobile to be its own page. Boost Mobile USA has been under different owners, which were Nextel, Sprint, and now Dish, so it wouldn't make sense to merge the article with Dish. Dash9Z (talk) 04:10, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Split I also agree with a split. This page should likely be turned into a disambiguation page leading to the US and Australian articles. I further think Dish Wireless should be split from Dish Network and then US Boost Mobile could be merged into that (along with Ting Mobile and possibly Republic Wireless). —Uzume (talk) 14:36, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

"Update tag" and speculation about internal divisions at Boost
I have just restored the previous version, removing the tag that the article needs to be updated. This was the edit summary:

Completely Random Guy (talk | contribs | block)    rollback: 1 edit

(Boost now has a postpaid service called "Boost Infinite" suggesting 2 divisions within the Boost company, one postpaid and one prepaid. Furthermore In earlier versions of Apple's operating system iOS, pre-iOS 17 versions, it was labeled as "Boost Mobile", starting with iOS 17 it has been shorted to simply Boost, further supporting the idea that Boost has 2 divisions within it's company. I will update and add to this article relating to it at a future date.) BCorr | Брайен 22:59, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

 * Hello all! Boost recently, (not sure how long ago as I didn't hear about Boost Infinite until last week) fully launched a new service called Boost Infinite. The difference being Infinite is a postpaid service and Boost Mobile remains prepaid. Furthermore I will try to find the link and post it here, but I came across a reddit screenshot, of someone claiming to being using Boost Infinite, on iOS 17, and whereas previous versions of iOS no matter the Boost service, whether Mobile or Infinite, called it "Boost Mobile". Now it appears according to the screenshot that in newer software versions of at least one operating system, it will be shortened to just "Boost". It seems as if the MVNO is taking a foray into the postpaid industry, basically giving Boost two different divisions. Prepaid known as Boost Mobile, and Postpaid known as Boost Infinite. I have actually called Boost Infinite as I bought a SIM card from them to try out the service, and was asking them questions about Boost Mobile. They then wanted to transfer me to a what they called "Boost Mobile rep", suggesting to me that it is a different service or offering under the same company.
 * My proposal is as follows, at some point in the near future when I have time, I'll contribute to this article about the Boost Infinite service and expand this page. But for now, I propose, or at least after I complete my additions; changing the name of the article from "Boost Mobile" to something like "Boost (mobile network). Completely Random Guy (talk) 00:23, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Can we get an article created for mobilex owned by peter adderton
https://walmart.mymobilex.com 199.58.183.162 (talk) 06:35, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

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Mabel Albertson

Mabel Ida Albertson (July 24, 1901 – September 28, 1982) was an American actress of television, stage, radio and film who portrayed Phyllis Stephens in the TV sitcom Bewitched.

Early years
Mabel Ida Albertson was born on July 24, 1901, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Flora (Craft) and Leopold Albertson, who were Russian-born Jewish immigrants. Her younger brother was actor Jack Albertson, who played Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Their mother, a stock actress, supported the family by working in a shoe factory.

Albertson graduated from the New England School of Speech and Expression.

Albertson traced her show business career back to age 13, when she was paid $5 per performance to play piano behind palm trees for a reader. She later moved to California and became involved with the Pasadena Playhouse.

She "moved directly into professional stage work in stock, vaudeville, and night clubs, appearing with Jimmy Durante."

Film and television
Albertson portrayed Phyllis Stephens, Darrin's neurotic, interfering mother, on the television sitcom Bewitched, who invariably ended her stays at the Stephens' home by saying to her husband, "Frank, take me home. I have a sick headache." She also played the mother of Jack Benny (seven years her senior) on several episodes of his television series. During 1972–1973, she played Mabel, the mother-in-law of Paul Lynde on The Paul Lynde Show. She appeared in at least one episode of the courtroom drama series Perry Mason: as Carrie Wilson in the Season 6, 1962 episode titled "The Case of the Hateful Hero". Albertson also guest-starred as the mother of Marilyn Munster's would-be suitor in the first broadcast episode of The Munsters, "Munster Masquerade". Dragnet 1967 "The Bullet" Albertson played Jessie Gaynor, and she played the mother of Barbara and Margaret Whiting in Those Whiting Girls. She also played the dean of a women's college in an episode of The Tab Hunter Show, Susannah's mother in Accidental Family, Alice's mother in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Donald Hollinger's mother on That Girl, Irene Brady in The Tom Ewell Show, Howard Sprague's mother on The Andy Griffith Show, Miss Ramsey on Hazel, Mrs. White on The Lucy Show episode "Lucy and the Missing Stamp", Eileen Ruby, Harry Ruby's wife, in Make Room For Daddy episode "Danny Goes On USO Tour", Dick Van Dyke's mother on The New Dick Van Dyke Show, and Ethel Kendricks on the Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs", Gertrude Mills on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 24 as Kalla, Gypsy Queen. In the 1957 episode of Gunsmoke, "Cows and Cribs", she played Ma Smalley, a kindly boarding house owner. In the 1963 episode of Gunsmoke, "Kate Heller", she played the title character, as well as "Gody Baines" in a 1961 episode (Long, Long Trail). In 1966 she played Madam Adella in the Bonanza episode "A Dollar's Worth of Trouble". In Season 1 (1952/53) of Adventures of Superman, she played Kate White, Perry White's sister in the episode "Drums of Death" originally aired January 16, 1953. A memorable early film role for Albertson was as a proper banker's wife who is repulsed by the bucolic title characters in Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955). She was also seen in She's Back on Broadway, So This Is Love, About Mrs. Leslie, Forever, Darling, The Long, Hot Summer, Don't Give Up the Ship, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and as Mrs. Van Hoskins, a wealthy woman whose jewels are stolen, in the screwball comedy film What's Up, Doc? (1972).

Other works
Albertson was heard on Dress Rehearsal, Joe Rines' Dress Rehearsal, and the Phil Baker Show. She was also a writer for radio programs. Albertson's Broadway credits include The Egg (1962) and Xmas in Las Vegas (1965).

Death
According to her former daughter-in-law, Cloris Leachman, Mabel Albertson died on September 28, 1982, of Alzheimer's disease at St. John's Hospital, after suffering seven years of poor health in Santa Monica, California at age 81. Her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

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Classical Nahuatl

Classical Nahuatl (also known simply as Aztec or Nahuatl) is any of the variants of Nahuatl spoken in the Valley of Mexico and central Mexico as a lingua franca at the time of the 16th-century Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. During the subsequent centuries, it was largely displaced by Spanish and evolved into some of the modern Nahuan languages in use today (other modern dialects descend more directly from other 16th-century variants). Although classified as an extinct language, Classical Nahuatl has survived through a multitude of written sources transcribed by Nahua peoples and Spaniards in the Latin script.

Classification
Classical Nahuatl is one of the Nahuan languages within the Uto-Aztecan family. It is classified as a central dialect and is most closely related to the modern dialects of Nahuatl spoken in the valley of Mexico in colonial and modern times. It is probable that the Classical Nahuatl documented by 16th- and 17th-century written sources represents a particularly prestigious sociolect. That is to say, the variety of Nahuatl recorded in these documents is most likely to be more particularly representative of the speech of Aztec nobles (pīpiltin), while the commoners (mācēhualtin) spoke a somewhat different variety.

Accent
Stress generally falls on the penultimate syllable. The one exception is the vocative suffix (used by men) -é, which is added to the end of a word and is always stressed, e.g. Cuāuhtli quetz qui (a name, meaning "Eagle Warrior"), but Cuāuhtliquetz qué  "O Cuauhtliquetzqui!"

When women use the vocative, the stress is shifted to the final syllable without adding any suffix. Oquichtli means "man", and oquichtlí means "O man!"

Phonotactics
Maximally complex Nahuatl syllables are of the form CVC; that is, there can be at most one consonant at the beginning and end of every syllable. In contrast, English, for example, allows up to three consonants syllable-initially and up to four consonants to occur at the end of syllables (e.g.  str e ngths ) (ngths = ). Consonant clusters are only allowed word-medially, Nahuatl uses processes of both epenthesis (usually of ) and deletion to deal with this constraint.

For such purposes, tl, like all other affricates, is treated as a single sound, and not all consonants can occur in both syllable-initial and syllable-final position.

The consonants and  are devoiced in syllable-final position. Likewise, is also devoiced and merged into  in syllable-final position.

Writing system
At the time of the Spanish conquest, Aztec writing used mostly pictograms supplemented with a few ideograms. When needed, it also used syllabic equivalences; Diego Durán recorded how the tlacuilos could render a prayer in Latin using this system but it was difficult to use. The writing system was adequate for keeping such records as genealogies, astronomical information, and tribute lists, but it could not represent a full vocabulary of spoken language in the way that the writing systems of the Old World or the Maya civilization's script could.

The Spanish introduced the Latin script, which was then used to record a large body of Aztec prose and poetry, which somewhat diminished the devastating loss caused by the burning of thousands of Aztec codices by the Spanish authorities.

Literature
Nahuatl literature is extensive (probably the most extensive of all Indigenous languages of the Americas), including a relatively large corpus of poetry (see also Nezahualcoyotl). The Huei tlamahuiçoltica is an early sample of literary Nahuatl.

A bilingual dictionary with Spanish, Vocabulario manual de las lenguas castellana y mexicana, was first published in 1611 and is "the most important and most frequently reprinted Spanish work on Nahuatl," according to the World Digital Library.

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Engelsberg Ironworks

Engelsberg Ironworks (Engelsbergs bruk) is an ironworks in Ängelsberg, a village in Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden. It was built in 1681 by Per Larsson Gyllenhöök (1645-1706) and developed into one of the world's most modern ironworks in the period 1700–1800. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.

Name
Engelsberg Ironworks is named after Englika. Englika, who was born in Germany, began producing iron in Engelsberg in the 14th century.

History
The history of iron production in the region dates back to at least 13th century. The local peasants both mined the ore and produced the iron using primitive furnaces.

In the end of the 16th century more modern production methods were introduced in Engelsberg and production volumes increased substantially in the following decades.

The mill, which historically belonged to the Västervåla parish and Norberg, was built in 1681 by the county sheriff Per Larsson Höök (1645–1706). By then, ironworking had already been carried out on the site for a long time by miners.

Description
The preserved buildings include a manor house, the inspector's house and the smelting house with a blast furnace.

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Engelsberg Ironworks is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was added to the list in 1993. The UNESCO comments were:

Sweden's production of superior grades of iron made it a leader in this field in the 17th and 18th centuries. This site is the best-preserved and most complete example of this type of Swedish ironworks.

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Alan Wheatley

Alan Wheatley (19 April 1907 – 30 August 1991) was an English actor. He was a well known stage actor in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, appeared in forty films between 1931 and 1965 and was a frequent broadcaster on radio from the 1930s to the 1990s, and on television from 1938 to 1964. His most prominent television role was the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1950s TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood, with Richard Greene as Robin Hood; Wheatley played the sheriff in 54 episodes between 1955 and 1959. Earlier, he had played Sherlock Holmes in the first television series featuring the great detective.

In addition to acting, Wheatley was a radio announcer during the Second World War, broadcasting to occupied Europe, where he became a well known voice. Poetry was another of his interests: he translated the poetry of Federico García Lorca and was a frequent reader of poems on air. In his later years he worked mainly in radio, as a narrator, a verse-reader and an actor.

Early years
Wheatley was born in Tolworth, Surrey, on 19 April 1907, the son of William Henry Wheatley and his wife Rose Eva (née Towers). He was educated at Tiffin School, and was then employed in industrial psychology. He made his first appearance on the stage at the Festival Theatre, Cambridge in October 1928, as Randall Utterword in Heartbreak House, after which he was a member of the repertory company at that theatre and later in Hull. In 1930 he toured as Sir Roger Fairfax in Sweet Nell of Old Drury with Fred Terry, and in 1931 in The Quaker Girl.

In November 1931 Wheatley performed in London at the Embassy and St Martin's theatres, as the Journalist in Britannia of Billingsgate. In other London productions in 1932–33 he played the Guide in Miracle at Verdun, Master Klaus in The Witch and Godfrey Perry in Wild Justice. He appeared at the Malvern Festival in August 1933, before returning to the West End, where his roles included Edgar in King Lear to the Lear of William Devlin.

For nine months in 1934–35 Wheatley was leading man at the Croydon Repertory Theatre, and in 1936 he made his first appearance with the Old Vic company. He made his Broadway debut in the same year, in the Old Vic's production of St Helena, playing Las Cases to the Bonaparte of Maurice Evans. He subsequently toured in Scandinavia and adjoining countries, as Major Petkoff in Arms and the Man and Arnold Champion-Cheney in The Circle.

After returning to London, Wheatley's last stage roles of the 1930s were Disraeli in Mr Gladstone, with Devlin; Mosca in Volpone, with Donald Wolfit,; Frank Harris in Oscar Wilde with Francis L. Sullivan; Sebastian in Walk in the Sun, with Terence de Marney; and Sir Patrick Cullen in The Doctor's Dilemma, with Clifford Evans. He appeared in several films in the 1930s (see Filmography below), and, already a frequent broadcaster on BBC radio, he made his first television appearance in August 1938, playing Lane in The Importance of Being Earnest. In the same year he played Sam Weller in Bardell against Pickwick, adapted from The Pickwick Papers.

War and post-war
In September 1939 at the time of the outbreak of the Second World War Wheatley joined the BBC Drama Repertory Company. From May to September 1940 he was an announcer on the BBC Overseas Service and then until March 1945 he was principal announcer and newsreader for the BBC European Service. The Times said of him, "His clarity of diction and balanced speaking voice became well known in war-time Europe, where people in occupied countries turned to the BBC for information".

While serving with the European Service Wheatley met Rafael Nadal, a friend of Federico García Lorca, and developed an interest in the poet's works. He made English translations of several of them; "Lament on the Death of a Bullfighter" was the first to be completed, and was broadcast by the BBC in 1946. He recorded nine of his translations for the gramophone in 1953, released in Britain on the Argo label and in the US by Westminster Records.

When BBC television resumed after its suspension during the war, Wheatley played a wide range of characters, from Sam Weller again (1946), to the humorously cynical schoolmaster Rupert Billings in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1949) and the tragic king in Richard II (1950). The Manchester Guardian called the last "a brilliant performance: television acting at its best". Wheatley's film credits in the 1940s include Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), The Rake's Progress (1945), Appointment with Crime (1946), Brighton Rock (1947) and Calling Paul Temple (1948).

In 1945 Wheatley rejoined the Old Vic company, touring as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. At the end of the year he joined the company at the Mercury Theatre, London, where his roles included the Greek and Tegeus in a double bill of W. B. Yeats's The Resurrection and Christopher Fry's A Phoenix Too Frequent, Julian in Ronald Duncan's This Way to the Tomb (which the cast also played at the Studio Champs-Elysées in Paris and the Garrick Theatre, London), and Harry in T. S. Eliot's The Family Reunion. In 1949 he played the title role in Hamlet at the Richmond Theatre. The reviewer in The Stage thought Wheatley displayed "a good voice and presence" in the role but was "rather lightweight".

1950s
In 1951 Wheatley played Sherlock Holmes in a series of six televised dramatisations of Conan Doyle stories. Holmes had been played on television before, in one-off adaptations, but this was the first series to feature him. Wheatley's co-stars were Raymond Francis as Dr Watson and Bill Owen as Inspector Lestrade. The Times commented that as Holmes, Wheatley "catches the essential character. He is a figure, not merely of wonder or of fun, but of romantic possibility". No audio or video recordings of the productions are known to exist.

Between 1955 and 1959 Wheatley is recorded by the British Film Institute as appearing in 54 episodes of the ABC television series The Adventures of Robin Hood as the Sheriff of Nottingham, the perpetual adversary of Robin (Richard Greene). He played the role "with many a villainous smile", as The Times said, but eventually withdrew from it. His colleague Peter Cotes said that the part made him into a well known "personality", and although he was regarded by colleagues as "the best high comedy actor in Britain", and "daring", "haunting" and "moving" in various roles, nonetheless, after the Robin Hood series he was, in the words of an obituarist, "more inclined to be cast as a suave villain than as a hero". Concurrently with some of the Robin Hood series, Wheatley played Pontius Pilate in a BBC television religious drama series, Jesus of Nazareth first shown in 1956. His other television roles of the 1950s included Rupert Cadell in Rope (1953) and the murderous Jonathan Brewster in the comedy Arsenic and Old Lace (1958). His film roles included Inspector Braddock in The Limping Man (1953) and Inspector MacLennan in The House Across the Lake (1954).

Wheatley's entry in Who's Who in the Theatre records no stage appearances by him between 1952 and 1959. In February 1959 he played Edgar Marr in an American thriller, House Without Windows. In December of the same year he played Abanazar in Aladdin, a lavish show at the London Coliseum, with songs by Cole Porter, production and choreography by Robert Helpmann, and co-starring Bob Monkhouse, Ian Wallace and Ronald Shiner.

Later years
In the 1960s, Wheatley continued to broadcast frequently on television and radio. He played Richard D'Oyly Carte in a three-part BBC television series Gilbert and Sullivan: The Immortal Jesters (1961), and appeared in episodes of Maigret (1962 and 1963), Doctor Who, where his character was the first ever to be seen being killed by a dalek and Compact, both in 1964. In the same year he played Prince Rohat, Minister of the Interior, in Victor Canning's six-part drama The Midnight Men. His last cinema role listed by the British Film Institute was Major Ronald Grey-Simmons in Clash by Night (1965).

In later years, Wheatley worked mostly on radio, as narrator and poetry-reader as well as actor. In 1975, he played Judas Iscariot in the 12-part cycle The Man Born to be King by Dorothy L. Sayers. He acted in adaptations of plays by writers including Noël Coward and Somerset Maugham, and of novels by Alexandre Dumas, James Hilton, Anthony Powell and C. P. Snow among others. He made his final appearance in 1991 in a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of A Day by the Sea, with Wendy Hiller and Michael Hordern, both old friends of his.

Wheatley died of a heart attack in Westminster, London on 30 August 1991, aged 84.

Filmography
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Dana Bash

Dana Ruth Bash (née Schwartz; born June 15, 1971) is an American journalist, news anchor, host of Inside Politics and co-anchor of State of the Union on CNN.

Early life and education
Bash was born Dana Ruth Schwartz in Manhattan into a Jewish family, to Frances (née Weinman) Schwartz, an author and educator in Jewish studies, and Stuart Schwartz, an ABC News producer who served as the senior broadcast producer for Good Morning America. Bash's maternal grandmother, Teri Vidor Weinman, and her family were Hungarian Jews. Weinman escaped to the U.S. with her husband in October 1941, but her parents and sister were murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp after the occupation of Hungary in 1944.

Bash grew up living in Washington, D.C., and New Jersey. Bash attended Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey. She graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in political communications from George Washington University. While at college, she interned at NBC, CBS, and CNN. On May 12, 2018, Bash received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire.

Career
After college, Bash joined CNN as a producer of their weekend programs such as Late Edition, Evans & Novak, and Inside Politics (later occasionally filling in for regular host John King). Later, she began producing programming specializing in coverage of the United States Senate where she would eventually become CNN's Chief Congressional Correspondent.

Bash was one of the women honored at Elle magazine's 2014 "Women in Washington Power List" event.

Bash was host of the 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate where Kamala Harris was noted for making her "that little girl was me" statement to Joe Biden.

In 2021, Bash joined Jake Tapper to become co-host of CNN's Sunday morning show State of The Union.

In April 2023, CNN announced that Bash would succeed John King as solo anchor of Inside Politics.

In 2024, she co-moderated a Republican Primary Debate in Iowa alongside Jake Tapper between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. She also co-moderated the 2024 presidential election debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden alongside Jake Tapper.

Personal life
From 1998 to 2007, Bash was married to Jeremy Bash, who would become CIA chief of staff and Department of Defense chief of staff under President Barack Obama. In 2008, she married fellow CNN correspondent John King. Bash gave birth to a son in 2011; she and King divorced in 2012.

In 2011, she resigned as a trustee of Jewish Women International under pressure over its abortion-rights advocacy. A number of conservative blogs had highlighted the group's position on abortion after Bash accepted the trustee position.

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Basque Roads

Basque Roads, sometimes referred to as Aix Roads, is a roadstead (a sheltered bay) on the Biscay shore of the Charente-Maritime département of France, bounded by the Île d'Oléron to the west and the Île de Ré to the north. The port of La Rochelle stands at the northeast corner of the roads, and the town of Rochefort is near the mouth of the river Charente to the south.

It was the location of a failed British attack on Rochefort in 1757 during the Seven Years' War, of an attack by HMS Unicorn and HMS St Fiorenzo on a Spanish squadron on 2 July 1799, and of the final surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte on HMS Bellerophon on 15 July 1815. It was also the site of the British naval victory over a French fleet at the 1809 Battle of Basque Roads.

A further engagement took place on 13 February 1810, when Lieutenant Gardiner Henry Guion was put in command of eight boats from HMS Christian VII under Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, HMS Armide under Captain Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, and HMS Seine under Captain David Atkins, to attack nine French gun-boats in the Basque Roads, capturing one.

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Rey Valera

Reynaldo Valera Guardiano, better known as Rey Valera (born 4 May 1954), is a Filipino singer, songwriter, music director, film scorer and television host. He wrote and produced songs that were recorded by various singers, most notably Sharon Cuneta. Regarded as one of the pillars and icons of Original Pilipino Music (OPM). He was a judge of the singing contest Sing Galing!. He was a former head judge of the singing contest segment "Tawag ng Tanghalan" in a variety noontime show It's Showtime. He is a cousin of former Abra Governor Vicente Valera.

Career
Valera started his recording career in 1977 after becoming a band member from a group called Electric Hair Band for seven years. He waxed his first single as a solo singer – songwriter with the song "Ako si Superman", which he wrote supposedly for Rico J. Puno. His former boss at Vicor Records gave him the opportunity to sing his song and at the same time hired him as one of Vicor's in-house producers. Valera wrote the song "Mr. D.J." and "Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok Ko" for Sharon Cuneta as part of the album DJ's Pet, released in 1978.

Valera also made songs for other artists such as Rico Puno's "Sorry Na, Pwede Ba", "Daigdig Ng Ala-ala"; Geraldine's "Pangako"; Pol Enriquez' "Ayoko na Sa 'Yo" and many more. While he made songs for his peers, he made albums for himself such as Naaalala Ka, Rey Valera Vol. 2, Walang Kapalit, Hello, The Rey Valera Christmas Album, Gabay Mo Ako, Rey Valera's Greatest Hits Vol. 1, Rey Valera's Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Pirapirasong Ala-ala, Sa Kabila Ng Lahat, Kung Sakaling Iibig Muli, FM Ka, AM Ako, Home Sweet Home, Ang Mahalaga, etc. Most of these albums made golds and platinums.

Recently, Vicor Music Corporation compiled Valera's recorded songs in their library in a 4-disc album entitled, Walang Kapalit, as part of Vicor's 40th anniversary.

He was finally inducted to the Philippines Eastwood City Walk of Fame in 2009.

He won the MYX Magna Award 2015 in the recent 2015 MYX Music Awards.

Mr. DJ and Sharon Cuneta
One of his initial projects as a request from Tito Sotto who was the vice president of the Vicor Music Corporation at that time was to make a song for a twelve-year-old mayor's daughter named Sharon Cuneta. It was a daunting challenge, as Rey initially could not figure out what kind song would be fitting for her; she was too young to be taken seriously to be given a love song, and a bit too old to be given a nursery rhyme.

It dawned upon Rey to write a song about the people who were responsible for playing songs on the radio; the DJs. Wherever radio station the song would be submitted in, it was almost always guaranteed that it would be played as it was their song. The song, Mr. DJ, made remarkable sales on the chart.

Sharon stated in a recent interview by Deborah Kan in Star News Asia, that she has been always thankful for and grateful to Rey, for writing her first hit song. "Mr. DJ".

The two have been friends ever since, and in 1992, Sharon paid tribute to her favorite composer when she recorded Sharon Sings Valera.

When Sharon Cuneta and her then husband Gabby Concepcion separated, Rey composed the song, "Kahit Wala Ka Na" (Even When You're Gone). When Sharon and Rey met at Cinema Audio, she asked why he was not writing songs for her anymore. Rey replied that he did write one for her and submitted the song to VIVA for it to be an inspiration or a battleground for Sharon. Both of them found out that the song has been shelved for two years at VIVA. Sharon immediately recorded the song and used it in her movie, "Single Mother"(former title). It was retitled to "Kahit Wala Ka Na".

Sharon's biggest blockbuster movies were lifted from popular songs of Rey, thus Sharon singing Valera has been an always-winning chemistry.

Rey Valera's impostor
In 1983, Rey faced one of the worst challenges of both his career, and personal life; an impostor was using his name and was committing crimes, among them were car-napping and rape. The list even extended to marrying numerous women, and even petty crimes like "borrowing" money and personal items, all under Rey Valera's name. Rey made numerous newspaper statements announcing that there is an imposter posing as him. Rey also wrote and released a song entitled, "My Fans Are in Trouble" to warn his fans through the medium of music, with the lyrics depicting his helplessness to stop this impostor. What Rey feared most was not the money, but the physical harm people the impostor had fooled might do to him. Ultimately in 1984, Rey decided to quit show business at the peak of his career to protect his fans and also to make up for the time he lost with his family during his fame. When Rey made a comeback in 1988, he wore his hair long so that his impostor (who had kinky hair), would have a harder time posing as him if the impostor ever resurfaced. The impostor has never been heard from ever since.

Valera now talks about the impostor topic on less serious, even humorous tone, to help forget the traumatic experience it had caused. Looking back, he even dubbed his impostor "Rey Bolero" (Rey the Deceiver / Smooth Talker) when he talks about it to his friends and interviews, which was also mentioned on the "Na-Scam Ka Na Ba" interview on the Filipino television channel QTV 11 which aired around September 2006.

Bubble Gang parody
In May 2008, a friendlier, funnier impostor had emerged on the Filipino television show Bubble Gang, in the persona of comedian/parodist Michael V. He even used "Rey Bolero" as his screen name. A segment of the show featured Michael V. as Rey Bolero, singing Mas Tanga 'ko Sa'yo ( I'm Dumber Than You Are ) – A parody of one of Rey Valera's well known songs, Pangako Sa'yo ( I Promise To You ). His costume was even patterned after Rey Valera's late 1970s attire.

The idea proved to be a hit, and a second Rey Valera song was soon used on the same show and segment, also by Michael V. himself. The song, "Kung Kailangan Mo Ako" ( If You Need Me ), was parodied into Kung Kailangan Mo Bato ( If You Need A Stone / To Get Stoned—a slang use of the word "stone", as in illegal substance / getting high )

On 31 October of the same year, Rey Valera, and Michael V. as Rey Bolero (now mimicking Valera's clothes and hairstyle at the time) performed a duet and was one of the highlights of the heavily promoted, "taped as live", two-part Bubble Gang 13th Anniversary special. A narration was heard before the two artists entered the stage; "Do the singers that Michael V. impersonate ever get angry?" – (translated from Filipino). They sang a medley of the two previously mentioned parodied songs. The segment ended with Valera mock-swinging his guitar at Michael V., and the former mock-chasing the latter towards the backstage.

Theme songs for soap operas
Valera's songs are also favorite titles and theme songs of soap operas like Ula, Batang Gubat ("Malayo Pa Ang Umaga"), Sa Sandaling Kailangan Mo Ako ("Kung Kailangan Mo Ako"), Pangako Sa 'Yo ("Pangako") of ABS-CBN.

Recently, Valera's song's have been revived as theme songs for soap operas such as ABS-CBN's Maging Sino Ka Man (which has spawned a second book, Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik), Walang Kapalit, Tayong Dalawa, Agua Bendita, and Juan Dela Cruz. All of these shows have turned into a massive hit, making them top-rating and be part of every Filipino's lives.

Writing music and songs for movies
Valera was film scoring movies during his singing career, but after the trouble his impostor has caused, Rey focused on his musical directing career. He particularly liked scoring music for action films, giving fight scenes and chase sequences fast paced, rock-themed music, which reflects his roots as a rock band member.

Rey's songs made marks also as theme songs and movie titles. These include several Sharon Cuneta movies such as Maging Sino Ka Man, Pangako sa 'Yo, Kahit Wala Ka Na, Tayong Dalawa; Sinasamba Kita, Romansa, Hiwalay; Carnap King, Barumbado, and Baby Ama; Pasong Tirad, The Gregorio del Pilar Story, Tampisaw.

There are very few people are aware that Rey wrote music for movies, even fewer are aware that he also wrote music for R-18 "Bold" films. He accepted making music for movies and considered it an opportunity, as these projects usually pitted his songwriting skills to follow fresh and often unusual themes and topics, often deviating from pop love songs which he was usually typecast into.

The theme song "Ambon" (Raindrop) from the film Tampisaw emphasizes on the singer's hunger and deprivation of love, and that a single "raindrop" of love would be enough for her to live on.

The theme song "Nagpapanggap" (Pretending/Deceiving) from the film Kerida (The Mistress) depicts a person's awareness that her lover is only pretending to love her, and yet she has this pragmatic acceptance and is even thankful that she was loved, no matter how false that love may be.

The theme song "Sa Gitna ng Buhay Ko" (In The Middle of My Life) from the film Naglalayag (Silent Passage) follows the movie's theme of a middle-aged woman falling in love with a man half her age. The song relates to her life as the times of the day, asking questions such as, "why did love arrive at only NOON?"

The Greatest Hitmakers
In 2002, Rey reunited with his contemporaries Rico J. Puno and Hajji Alejandro in a series of concerts called "Greatest Hits", highlighting the music of their own time. They also launched a VCD recording of their concert. Nonoy Zuñiga and Marco Sison joined the group in the following year. The group continues to perform both locally and internationally

Although they were formally named "The Greatest Hits", the group felt that using the name "The Greatest Hitmakers" was more proper, as the former referred to the 'songs' and not the group members themselves. The group has successfully performed even with the absence of one or two members, usually concentrating on a core trio group ( e.g. Rey, Hajji, Rico / Rey, Hajji, Marco / Rey, Rico, Marco ) and varies between concert to concert, depending on each member's availability. This flexibility of the group's roster combined with miscommunication with the each show's promoter and other reasons has often led to various names for the group such as "The Hitmakers", "The Greatest Hits", "The Great Hitmakers" "GH5", "GH4" and such.

Saling Ket
In July 2005, Valera released the music album "Panghabangbuhay", with his children's band called "Saling Ket". Whenever possible, Rey has been performing with them in almost all of his performances and still continues to do so.

Induction to Bulacan's Walk of Fame
On 9 November 2006, Valera was inducted to Bulacan's own "Walk of Fame", in the "Hardin ng Mga Bayani at Sining" ( The Garden of the Heroes and Arts/Artists), Malolos City, Bulacan.

Rey was among the few Bulakeños who was given the title of "Alagad ng Sining at Kultura ng Bulacan", loosely translated as "Disciple of the Arts and Culture of Bulacan", or simply put, Great Artist of Bulacan.

An inductee was given a tile with his/her name on it, and a small pile of a then wet cement to leave a hand print. The names on the Walk of Fame embody the Bulakeños who have brought pride to Bulacan in the fields of arts and culture.

Philippines Eastwood City Walk of Fame Inductee Winner
In December 2009, Valera is finally inducted to the Philippines Eastwood City Walk of Fame for contributing his singing & composing songs. Philippines Eastwood City Walk of Fame is similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California, USA.

First Asean IKon Champion – "Pangako"
On 17 August 2007, Sharon Magdayao won the First Asean IKon Champion with her interpretation of Valera's hit song, "Pangako". The song was used as a theme song for ABS-CBN's soap opera TV series, Pangako Sa 'Yo (2000) and its 2015 remake, which was also sung by Morales.

The Legends of OPM
Rey once again performed with Rico J. Puno, and Nonoy Zuñiga, along with Claire dela Fuente, Eva Eugenio and Joey Albert at the Philippine International Convention Center under the name, Legends of OPM. Like its predecessor group, "The Greatest Hitmakers", the concept proved to be a hit, and a repeat performance was done on 5 March of the following year.

MYX Magna Award 2015 Winner
He won as the MYX Magna Award 2015 Winner for contributing his success as a composer, guitarist, musical director & singer and also a performer.

Movie musical directions and theme songs
Legend:

music score only

(   * ) music score and theme song

(  ** ) theme song only

( *** ) movie title and theme song

( **** ) music score, movie title, theme song (song title same as movie title)

Studio albums

 * Gabay Mo Ako
 * Hello
 * Sa Kabila Ng Lahat
 * Walang Kapalit
 * The Rey Valera's Christmas Album
 * Naaalala Ka
 * Rey Valera
 * Kung Sakaling Iibig Muli
 * FM Ka, AM Ako
 * Pira-Pirasong Ala-Ala

Compilation albums

 * Rey Valera's Greatest Hits Vol. 1
 * Rey Valera's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
 * Once Again... with Rico J. Puno, Marco Sison and Rey Valera Vol. 1 (with Rico J. Puno & Marco Sison) (2003, Vicor)
 * 18 Greatest Hits: Rey Valera (2009, Vicor)

Compilation appearances

 * 18 Inspirational Love Songs (2009, Viva Records)

Singles

 * "Maging Sino Ka Man" (also covered by Sharon Cuneta, Erik Santos, Martin Nievera & used in a former ABS CBN Action Fantaserye "Juan Dela Cruz" in 2013 & Kim Molina)
 * "Tayong Dalawa" (also covered by Gary V. & Kiko Machine)
 * "Kung Kailangan Mo Ako"
 * "Ako Si Superman"
 * "Naaalala Ka"
 * "Malayo Pa Ang Umaga" (Originally by Verde & Clarino in 1979)
 * "Pangako" (also covered by Vina Morales)
 * "Sinasamba Kita" (also covered by Ogie Alcasid)
 * "Walang Kapalit" (also covered by Piolo Pascual & later also covered by Gary V. & also used as a theme song of "FPJ's Batang Quiapo" in 2023)
 * "Kung Sakaling Iibigin Muli"
 * "Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo" (also covered by Gary V in 2010)
 * "Kamusta Ka" (also covered by Blue Ketchup Band in 2010)

Music videos

 * Kung Sakaling Iibigin Muli (shot entirely in San Francisco California & also directed by Dandin Ranillo)

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Adrian Dantley

Adrian Delano Dantley (born February 28, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player and coach who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Dantley is a six-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA selection and a two-time NBA scoring champion. Dantley finished ninth on the all-time NBA scoring list at the time of his retirement and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. He served as an assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA from 2003 to 2011. He played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Early years
Dantley attended DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he played under Hall of Fame coach Morgan Wootten and assistant Terry Truax.

College career
Dantley accepted a basketball scholarship from the University of Notre Dame. He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1974–75 and 1975–76. He ranks second on Notre Dame's career scoring list with 2,223 points and holds the school record for free throws made (615) and free throws attempted (769).

Dantley had a stellar collegiate career for the Fighting Irish. As a freshman, he played an important role in one of the biggest games in college basketball history, Notre Dame's 1974 upset to end UCLA's record 88-game winning streak. That UCLA team, coached by John Wooden, featured Bill Walton, Jamaal Wilkes (then known as Keith Wilkes), and Dave Meyers.

Dantley led Notre Dame in scoring in 1974–75 (30.4 points per game) and 1975–76 (28.6 points per game), while also leading the team in rebounding those two seasons with marks of 10.2 and 10.1 rebounds per game, respectively. He was also the leading scorer on the 1976 US Olympic team that captured the gold medal in Montreal.

Dantley declared for the 1976 NBA draft after his junior season at Notre Dame. He eventually graduated from Notre Dame with a degree in economics in August 1978.

Buffalo Braves
Dantley was selected by the Buffalo Braves sixth overall of the 1976 NBA draft. He was named a starter at small forward, averaging 20.3 points per game and became the third Buffalo player in five years to receive the NBA Rookie of the Year Award when he won it after the 1977 season.

On September 1, 1977, he was traded to the Indiana Pacers along with forward Mike Bantom, in exchange for shooting guard Billy Knight, who was the league's second‐best scorer during the 1976–77 NBA season. Dantley was the first NBA Rookie of the Year to be traded following his rookie season.

Indiana Pacers
In the 1977–78 NBA season, he appeared in 23 games and ranked third in the league in scoring with a 26.6 average. On December 13, 1977, with the Pacers needing a bigger presence at center, he was traded along with undersized center Dave Robisch to the Los Angeles Lakers, in exchange for center James Edwards, shooting guard Earl Tatum and cash considerations.

Los Angeles Lakers
In the 1977–78 season, he appeared in 56 games at small forward, finishing second in team scoring behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with an average of 19.4 points, to go along with 7.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per contest.

In the 1978–79 season, he was hampered by injuries, allowing small forward Jamaal Wilkes to showcase his skills. Dantley still managed to play in 60 games, averaging 17.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists. He also displayed an uncanny knack for drawing fouls, leading the league in free throws made with 541 out of 680 attempts.

On September 13, 1979, the team gambled on the talents of the 26-year-old Wilkes, trading the 23-year-old Dantley to the Utah Jazz before the start of the Lakers' championship season, in exchange for the 31-year-old power forward Spencer Haywood.

Utah Jazz
In Utah, Dantley reached his peak establishing his reputation as a prolific scorer, twice leading the league in scoring (in 1981 and 1984). He averaged over 30 points per game each season between 1981 and 1984, during which he achieved his single game scoring record: 57 points in a 131–124 win over the Bulls on December 4, 1982. Dantley missed 60 games in 1983 after tearing ligaments in his right wrist. In 1984, Dantley recorded his postseason career high in single game scoring, 46 points in a Western Conference Semifinals Game 5 win over the Suns. However, the Jazz would go on to lose the series. That offseason, he was named the NBA Comeback Player of the Year.

In his seven years with the Jazz, Dantley picked up all six of his All-Star appearances and two All-NBA second-team honors. During the 1980 NBA All-Star Game, Dantley was the first Utah Jazz player (since the team moved from New Orleans) to play in an All-Star game, and led the West in scoring with 23 points during a 144–136 loss. The total would also be the highest amount Dantley would score in his six All-Star games. Dantley's 1980–1984 seasons include two of the top three and four of the top seven spots in true shooting percentage for players averaging at least 30 points per game. By 1985, Dantley's relationship with head coach Frank Layden began to deteriorate. Dantley would be forced to miss the entire first round of the 1986 NBA Playoffs due to muscle spasms in his lower back to Layden's dismay, causing him to look for trade destinations for Dantley. In his absence, the Jazz would lose in 4 games to the Dallas Mavericks.

On August 21, 1986, after dispute over his contract negotiations with Layden, he was traded with second-round draft choices in 1987 (#38-Norris Coleman) and 1990 (#49-Phil Henderson) to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for shooting guard Kelly Tripucka and center Kent Benson.

Detroit Pistons
In the 1986–87 season, Dantley was still an effective scorer but did not get as many shots with Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Vinnie Johnson, and Bill Laimbeer all averaging at least 10 points per game. Dantley was knocked unconscious while diving for a loose ball in Game 7 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals.

By starting the season with the 1988–89 Pistons, he is considered to be part of one of the top 10 teams in NBA history. On February 15, 1989, midway through the season he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks along with a 1991 first round draft pick (#19-LaBradford Smith), in exchange for Mark Aguirre, due to what Dantley maintained were conflicts with Thomas, but also reflected Dantley's clashes with head coach Chuck Daly and general manager Jack McCloskey over his demand for a focal point role on offense and more minutes than Dennis Rodman.

Final years and retirement
In the 1989–90 season, he averaged 14.7 points in 45 games with the Dallas Mavericks, before missing the final two months with a broken leg. On April 2, 1990, he was released after playing in two seasons (76 games).

On April 2, 1991, after being out of basketball for most of the season, he signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks, where he played 13 games (3 in the playoffs).

On September 18, 1991, Dantley signed with Italian team Breeze Arese for the 1991–92 season. He averaged 26.7 points per game.

Player profile
Although listed as a small forward due to his size, Dantley played primarily in the low post, similar to a power forward. Dantley finished his NBA career with an average of 24.3 points per game. He scored his points with a mix of flat-footed mid-range jump shots, high-percentage opportunities close to the basket, and frequent trips to the free throw line. For his career, he shot .540 from the floor—16th in NBA history—and .818 from the free throw line. He led the league in free throws six times and ranks ninth all-time in that category. He shares the record with Wilt Chamberlain for most free throws made in a regular-season NBA game with 28.

One of the all-time great free throw shooters, he had a set routine of four two-handed dribbles and two spins of the ball before every free throw. In addition, "prior to each free throw, he would recite his mantra from junior high that adept lip readers couldn’t mistake: “Over the front rim, backspin, follow through.” Fundamentals were not lip service but a way of life for Dantley.

His ability to score in the low post was even more remarkable considering one of his legs is significantly shorter than the other. To compensate for the nearly 2 inch difference in leg length, he wore custom-made inserts in his shoes.

Honors
Utah retired Dantley's uniform number (#4) on April 11, 2007.

Dantley enjoyed outstanding success at every level of basketball, including high school, college, Olympics, and the NBA. On April 7, 2008, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Coaching
Dantley was an assistant basketball coach at then-Towson State from August 1993 to 1996. Dantley had played for Towson head coach Terry Truax in high school.

Dantley later worked for the Denver Nuggets as an assistant coach for eight seasons. He briefly served as the team's head coach during the 2009–10 NBA season, filling in for George Karl, who was fighting cancer.

In addition to playing professionally, in his spare time, Dantley coaches basketball to aspiring players in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Personal life
Dantley's son, Cameron Dantley, was the starting quarterback for the Syracuse Orange during the 2008 season.

Dantley works as a referee for high school and recreational league games in the DC area. In 2013 it was reported that Dantley also worked as a crossing guard at Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dantley was quoted saying he 'got bored sitting around the house' and took the job helping school children safely cross the street.

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Be Here Now (book)

Be Here Now, or Remember, Be Here Now, is a 1971 book on spirituality, yoga, and meditation by the American yogi and spiritual teacher Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert). The core book was first printed in 1970 as From Bindu to Ojas and its current title comes from a statement his guide, Bhagavan Das, made during Ram Dass's journeys in India. The cover features a mandala incorporating the title, a chair, radial lines, and the word "Remember" repeated four times.

Be Here Now has been described by multiple reviewers as "seminal",   and helped popularize Eastern spirituality and yoga with the baby boomer generation in the West.

Summary
The book is divided into four sections:
 * Journey: The Transformation: Dr. Richard Alpert, Ph.D., into Baba Ram Dass
 * From Bindu to Ojas: The Core Book
 * Cookbook for a Sacred Life: A Manual for Conscious Being
 * Painted Cakes (Do Not Satisfy Hunger): Books

The first section is a short autobiography, describing Alpert's successes as a psychologist, his research with Timothy Leary into psychedelics at Harvard, and his subsequent anxiety when this research did not resolve his spiritual questions. He then describes his first journey to India and his initiation into a Guru-chela relationship with Neem Karoli Baba, and spiritual renaming as "Baba Ram Dass", or "servant of god". Ram Dass closes the first section of the book with this passage:

"Now, though I am a beginner on the path, I have returned to the West for a time to work out karma or unfulfilled commitment. Part of this commitment is to share what I have learned with those of you who are on a similar journey. One can share a message through telling "our-story" as I have just done, or through the teaching methods of yoga, or singing, or making love. Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom. For me, this story is but a vehicle for sharing with you the true message ... the living faith in what is possible. --OM--"

The second section, the largest, is a free-form collection of metaphysical, spiritual, and religious reflections accompanied by illustrations. The narrative flow, in the form of a continuous free-verse poem, addresses the reader directly, with Dass's insights gained through different spiritual traditions.

The third section is a manual for starting on a spiritual path, and includes various techniques for yoga, pranayama, and meditation, as well as quotations from respected teachers of many spiritual traditions.

The last section, "Painted Cakes Do Not Satisfy Hunger" (a Zen commentary on liturgy), contains a list of recommended books on religion, spirituality, and consciousness. The book lists are divided into "Books to hang out with", "Books to visit with now & then", and "Books it's useful to have met".

Publishing history
The book has remained in print since its initial publication in 1971, with more than two million copies sold. The work was originally distributed in pamphlet form by the Lama Foundation, then published as a book in 1971. Its original title was From Bindu to Ojas, with illustrations by Lama community residents. In 1971, when Be Here Now was first published by the Lama Foundation in New Mexico, some preliminary copies were sent to India. That original edition underwent several revisions as noted later by Ram Dass in Be Love Now (2010): "When it was read to Maharaj-ji, he told me to change some of the parts about Baba Hari Dass, who had been my sadhana tutor..." Those changes, introduced after "Hari Dass was no longer involved in the intense physical work and management of the Nainital temples", were presented without a critical revision.

In 1977, the Lama Foundation gave the copyright and half the proceeds from the book to the Hanuman Foundation in support of its spiritual and humanitarian projects.

The book is currently published by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of Random House.

Sequels
Ram Dass wrote two sequels to Be Here Now. The first was Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying (2000), and the second was Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart (2010).

Cultural impact
Be Here Now is one of the first guides for those not born Hindu to becoming a yogi. For its influence on the hippie movement and subsequent spiritual movements, it has been described as a "countercultural bible" and "seminal" to the era. In addition to introducing its title phrase into common use, Be Here Now has influenced numerous other writers and yoga practitioners, including the industrialist Steve Jobs, the self-help author Wayne Dyer, and the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

The first section of the book inspired the lyrics to George Harrison's song "Be Here Now", written in 1971 and released on his 1973 album Living in the Material World.

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Crow Sit on Blood Tree

Crow Sit on Blood Tree is the third solo album by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, released in 2001. Notably, it is perhaps the darkest and quietest of Coxon's albums, containing mournful ballads ("All Has Gone", "A Place for Grief"), folky tracks ("Too Uptight", "Thank God for the Rain") and Coxon's signature overdriven rock songs ("Burn it Down", "Empty Word").

Track listing
All tracks written by Graham Coxon.

There is a hidden track of a low guitar-humming sound at the end of "A Place for Grief".

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Sultan Qaboos University

Sultan Qaboos University is a public university located in al-Seeb, Oman. Established in 1986, it is one of the two public universities in the country and is named after Qaboos bin Said al-Said, the Sultan of Oman from 1970 until 2020.

Most students entering the university are selected based on their performance in high school final examinations. Student enrollment has grown from 500 in 1986 to more than 10,000 in 2005. More than half of the students live off campus due to space constraints. It currently has around 15,357 students of which 7,942 are female students and 7,415 are male students.

Colleges
The university contains 9 colleges which are:

 * Agricultural and Marine Sciences
 * Art and Social Sciences
 * Economics and Political Science
 * Education
 * Engineering
 * Law
 * Nursing
 * Medicine and Health Science
 * Science

Notable faculty

 * Dawn Chatty, anthropologist, associate professor from 1988 to 1994
 * Jokha al-Harthi, writer
 * Abdul Jerri, mathematician
 * Jackie Spinner, journalist, worked for The Washington Post from 1995 to 2009
 * Stanisław Świerczkowski, mathematician, 1986 to 1997

Notable alumni

 * Abdullah Nasser bin Khalifa al-Harrasi, is an Omani Minister of Information.
 * Ahmed Al-Harrasi, is an Omani scientist and a professor of organic chemistry.
 * Azza Al Ismaili, is an Omani politician and entrepreneur.
 * Aisha bint Khalfan bin Jameel, is regarded as the first woman minister of Oman.
 * Rumaitha Al Busaidi, is an Omani climate change activist.
 * Lujaina Mohsin Darwish, is an Omani politician.

Ranking
Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) is ranked number 1 in Oman. SQU is ranked at number 379 in the world's top universities ranking by the London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

The university is also ranked number 10 in the QS Arab Region 2019 ranking, and also placed in the 151-200 bracket in the QS Subject Matter Ranking.

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