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Crack-Up (1946 film)

Crack-Up is a 1946 American film noir starring Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, and Herbert Marshall. It was directed by Irving Reis, remembered for directing many "Falcon" movies of the early 1940s including The Falcon Takes Over. The drama is based on "Madman's Holiday", a short story written by mystery writer Fredric Brown.

Plot
Running berserk, populist art critic and public lecturer George Steele (Pat O'Brien) breaks into the Manhattan Museum of art. Apprehended by a patrolman, he claims that he was in a train wreck. Police Lieutenant Cochrane (Wallace Ford), however, finds no recent accidents. Steele, unsure himself what happened, relates the bizarre events leading up to the present:

After giving an enthusiastically received lecture on art, Steele had been reprimanded by Museum director Barton (Erskine Sanford) over his sensational style, and denied access to X-ray equipment to demonstrate a forgery detection method on a masterpiece that had recently been exhibited by the museum, Dürer's Adoration of the Kings. Afterward, while having a drink with his girlfriend, magazine writer Terry Cordell (Claire Trevor), Steele had received an urgent telephone call informing him that his mother had been taken to a hospital. He rushed to Grand Central Station and caught the last train. About 40 minutes later, he watched helplessly as another train crashed head on into his.

Hearing Steele's claims, Cochrane reveals that Steele's mother was fine and had never been taken to the hospital.

Anxious to avoid a scandal, Barton pleads with Cochrane not to arrest Steele. Stevenson, the curator and Steele's friend, and Dr. Lowell (Ray Collins), a member of the museum's board of directors, vouch for his character. In private, Traybin (Herbert Marshall), a British art expert who, like Steele, had served several years during and after World War II authenticating stolen artwork so that it could be returned to its rightful owners, tells Cochrane he wants Steele freed, but given a discreet tail. Traybin is hopeful Steele can lead him to those behind possible art fraud he'd been sent to the United States to investigate. Steele is released, but his contentious lectures are canceled by Barton at the direction of the museum board, and he is suspended from work because of his evident mental instability.

Determined to exonerate himself, Steele sets out to re-enact the train trip. He learns that a drunk had been taken off at the next station after his imagined crash by two men and believes it had been him, sapped and kidnapped. He informs Stevenson of his discovery. Steele begins to suspect that a Gainsborough that had been loaned to the museum and lost in a fire at sea during its return trip to England was actually a fake. Later, Stevenson calls Steele to tell him he has discovered that the fire was not an accident and to meet him as soon as possible in the museum vault. When Steele arrives he finds Stevenson dead. Seen standing over the body by a watchman, he flees. Although both Traybin and Terry plead with him to turn himself in, Steele remains determined to do things his own way.

He coerces Barton to meet him and confirms that the Gainsborough had indeed been a forgery and was destroyed to conceal the theft of the original. Steele follows Barton to a party given by a museum board member, where he learns that the shipment of the Dürer back to London has been unexpectedly advanced. He sneaks aboard the ship, finds the painting, and is able to cut it from its frame just before it could be consumed in a fire. Though locked in the cargo hold by the arsonist, he is able to escape when the ship's crew arrives, followed by Traybin and Cochcrane. Spotted, Steele slips off the ship and is picked up by a conveniently passing Terry and whisked safely away. Steel persuades Barton's secretary, Mary (Mary Ware), to arrange for him to X-ray the painting, which he confirms is a copy. However, as the threesome are leaving, he is knocked out and Mary pulls a gun on Terry. Terry and the punchy Steele are taken to the estate of Dr. Lowell, who is behind the thefts. He explains to Terry that as a frustrated art lover he could never have acquired such fabulous works legitimately. Before killing his captives, Lowell uses narcosynthesis on Steele to confirm that Steele had not told the police of his discovery, the same drug he had used to make Steele believe he was in a train wreck. Traybin and Cochrane burst in just in time to save the pair, shooting Lowell dead. Traybin, an undercover Scotland Yard inspector, had all along been investigating the suspicious Gainsborough loss, and seeking to ensure the safe return of the Dürer.

Hoping to save herself from being charged as an accessory to the crimes, Mary shows him where Lowell had hidden the stolen artworks.

Cast

 * Pat O'Brien as George Steele
 * Claire Trevor as Terry Cordell
 * Herbert Marshall as Traybin
 * Ray Collins as Dr. Lowell
 * Wallace Ford as Lt. Cochrane

 * Dean Harens as Reynolds
 * Damian O'Flynn as Stevenson
 * Erskine Sanford as Barton
 * Mary Ware as Mary

Critical reception
Bosley Crowther, film critic for The New York Times, panned the film, especially the screenplay and direction of the drama. He wrote, "Since Pat O'Brien's noggin suffers a blow which blacks out his memory as the story starts, there probably wouldn't be much sense taking the authors to task for the fantastic events which ensue ... This explosive and promising action sets in motion a chain of circumstances which, no doubt, must have baffled the script writers, too, for they never do give it a logical explanation ... All of the aforementioned principals turn in competent performances, and the mystery is how they managed to get through the picture without becoming hopelessly confused. They certainly were one up on us there. Played at breakneck pace, Crack-Up might have succeeded in covering up its confusion through sheer physical action, but Irving Reis elected to direct in waltz tempo. This gives one time to think about the curious motivation, and when you start thinking about a picture such as Crack-Up you are overwhelmed by its inadequacies."

In 2002 critic Dennis Schwartz wrote for Ozus Reviews, "The film takes a populist stand by promoting 'art for the masses' and takes a negative view of the art elitists (art critics and collectors) who favor such art styles as surrealism. That kind of art is considered subversive by George and is not as tame as is the classical style of Gainsborough. The art lesson didn't register, but as a thriller Crack-Up was right on track. The shadowy photography by Robert de Grasse was done in stylish chiaroscuro shadings, giving the film an uncanny feel. O'Brien was convincing as the pig-headed unconscious American who has modern technology work for him and against him, as the inventions from the war are now shared by both criminals and scientists."

In 2008 Time Out Film Guide called the film a "[m]arginally intriguing [film] for its view of art (pro-populist, anti-élitist stuff like surrealism), it's made as a thriller by the excellent supporting cast and fine, noir-ish camerawork from Robert de Grasse.

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Talk:Thermal printing

Concerning historical background, I might cite US Patent 3,161,457, "Thermal Printing Units" Dec. 15, 1964, Schroeder et al. The comment below is interesting, because in the course of that development in the NCR Research Division several of us visited with Jack Kilby, trying to see whether thermal print heads could be made in silicon. Ultimately a glass substrate (as illusteated in the Patent) was chosen and produced by John L Janning, Dayton, OH.

Schroede (talk) 02:35, 31 January 2014 (UTC) Hans Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, Milwaukee School of Engineering.

One thing missing from the article on Wikipedia article on thermal printers is historical background. I have read that Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments co-invented the world's first thermal printer, presumably some time in the 1970s. . . but do not know exactly when or who the other co-inventor is.

Tim Newfields Tokyo University, Tokyo

Isn't there a type of thermal printer that doesn't need special paper? I think I've seen it before. It just burns the printout onto regular paper.

advantage
what is the advantage of thermal printer?

The old thermal printers did not require ink or toner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.166.156.204 (talk) 07:14, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

False Statement
"Thermal printing is notable for being the only[verification needed] form of (non-embossing) printing which involves no ink."

Spark printing is another form of inkless printing. 65.207.11.228 (talk) 04:08, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

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User:SameerKhan

I'm Sameer ud Dowla Khan, associate professor of linguistics at Reed College. My main interests lie in linguistics, languages, transportation, and urban planning.

As a linguist, I am most interested in phonetics and phonological phenomena such as intonation, phonation, reduplication, etc., especially in South Asian languages such as Bengali, Gujarati, and Marathi, among others. I am also very interested in the orthographic systems of many languages.

I am also known as SameerKhan on Wiktionary and সামীরুদ্দৌলা on Bengali Wikipedia.

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User:Tbsmith

Todd Smith, a mathematician and creator of ExampleProblems.com.

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Simona Peycheva

Simona Peycheva (Симона Пейчева, born 14 May 1985, in Sofia) is a rhythmic gymnast who represented Bulgaria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. She is a vice-World all-around champion from 2001 Madrid and a World champion with hoop, ball and clubs as well as a vice-champion with rope.

Career
Peycheva started rhythmic gymnastics in 1991 under coach Marietta Dukova.

She won three gold medals (hoop, ball, and clubs), two silver medals (all-around and rope), and one bronze medal (team) at the 2001 World Championships. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she placed 6th in the final with a total score of 101.050 (hoop 25.375, ball 25.675, clubs 25.600, ribbon 24.400). At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, she finished 10th.

Personal life
Peycheva is married to Goran Petrov and has a son named Aleksey.

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Asperö

Asperö is a small island and a locality situated in Göteborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 402 inhabitants in 2010. It lies in the Southern Göteborg Archipelago.

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Master Thief Garrett

Master Thief Garrett
final (38/7/2) ending 07:37 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Master Thief Garrett leapt into Wikipedia, boots and all, in April 2005 and has since made a laudable 3500 edits. He’s clearly a fan of The Legend of Zelda, and many of his article edits have related to this and similar video games (but please don’t hold that against him!). However, much of his most important work is beyond the sphere of the article space, prowling and patrolling the vfd pages and nabbing more than a few vandalist-created pages. On vfd, you will find him saving and condemning articles equally - he is neither inclusionist not deletist. A self confessed mergist, MTG prefers myriad shards of stubs collated together into meatier articles. He has shown himself to be adept at handling criticism - even abusive criticism from some of Wikipedia’s less tolerant denizens - and performs janitorial work admirably. Grutness...  wha?  07:38, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I wholeheartedly accept. What can I say about me that hasn't already been said? :) Basically I've already been acting like a pseudo-admin for a couple of months, and having the proper little functions to do everything with will just make it easier.
 * In recent weeks I've kind of gone "off" my normal procedures of monitoring things for admins to deal with, as often my good-intentioned excavation results in speedies and potential Vfds piling up. This way it'll be a lot more streamlined, so I hope I'll feel more interested in these things once more.
 * Oh, and this: if you're going to vote against me, at least have the decency to say why. Linking to your admin pre-stated requirements (rather than saying they exist) would be sufficient for this.
 * If you have a specific question to ask, please feel free to add it to the list. Now after eating up about a meg of bandwidth with the preview button I think it's time I saved this! I hope I've covered everything... GarrettTalk 08:04, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Mais bien sûr! Grutness...  wha?  07:39, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) support Looks like a solid candidate. Microtonal 07:45, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) I'll trust that Master Thief will accept (I see no record of it on his or Grutness' talk page), and I know how good he is as taking care of vandals. Support. Harro5 07:47, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * I said I'd nominate him if he reminded me in mid-July. Hence This. Grutness...  wha?
 * 1) Carnildo 08:09, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Absolutely. Radiant_ >|< 08:30, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support, seems to be a very dedicated user, and devoted to fighting vandalism. Columbia 08:32, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) j'ai un grand crayon. and I intend to use it. Seriously, with all the work that I have seen Master Thief Garrett do, I was under the impression that he was an admin already. Good and well thought out edits and comments.  Support.  ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  08:44, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support. Not an admin already? This one's "no big deal." -- Essjay ·  Talk 08:46, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support. I've been waiting until the Master Thief had been here long enough so I could nominate without being thrown into a cell with Graham Capill.-gadfium 08:56, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support. An excellent enthusiastic user, and I really like the humor. :-) Sjakkalle (Check!)  09:10, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, yes. Phil s 11:43, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Definitely Support. Will be a good sysop. --Exir Kamalabadi | Contributions 12:30, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) 'Support - doesn't seem likely to go on a vandalism spree, seems familiar enough with policy.  Guettarda 13:06, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support.Another great user has drawn me out from my policy not to vote. Howabout1 Talk to me! 14:27, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support. Active on the village pump and in the community. Great admin material. --Dmcdevit·t 20:13, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support, good work all around. Phoenix2 23:30, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support, definately worthy to take charge of another mop and bucket, I think he would make good use of the tools if given to him. Jtkiefer 00:38, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support, definitely. An excellent contributor. Sarge Baldy 00:57, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support. -- DS1953 02:58, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support. JuntungWu 04:07, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) El_C 04:13, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support Stewart Adcock 16:32, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) That's hot. Mike H (Talking is hot) 20:35, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support. Great contributor to the Legend of Zelda articles. Should make a good admin. Thunderbrand 01:38, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support. -- the wub  "?/!"  13:59, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support.  Grue   18:04, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support Good contributor, no reason that user cannot be trusted with key to janitor's closet. Y0u (Y0ur talk page) (Y0ur contributions) 23:25, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) M e r o v i n g i a n  (t) (c) 11:32, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support You show great restraint in dealing with vulgarities and have a number of valuable contributions.  -- JamesTeterenko 05:04, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support. Good article-space and VfD contributor. A и D я 01D  TALK  EMAIL  13:17, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support. Thryduulf 15:48, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Supprt. Bluemoose 21:21, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Andre ( talk ) 22:51, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Strong support. A solid contributor. -- BD2412 talk 01:14, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Support; good candidate. I like what I see.  Antandrus  (talk) 04:32, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Strong Support I don't always agree with Garrett (example: the Pokeprosal), but his work on VfD has generally been great, and overall he's intelligent, stable, and thoughtful. No reason to believe he won't make a great admin. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  22:01, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) As strong as it gets. Garrett is one of the best Wikipedians I've met.  smoddy 22:33, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Support I wanna be the last guy to vote ;- )Redwolf24 (Talk) 05:26, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Oppose. Three months is not enough for me. Dmn / Դմն 12:49, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * ...aaaaand your goal would be... six maybe? Just askin'... :) GarrettTalk 12:58, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * My standards can be found at Requests_for_adminship/Standards. Dmn / Դմն 15:22, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, of course. Thank you. GarrettTalk 01:19, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose Great work.  Just keep it up for another few months without burning out or flipping out and I'll change my vote to support then. For now, three months is insufficient. siafu 14:06, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose--Boothy443 | comhrÚ 21:10, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Opppose. 3500 edits is quite commendable but he is still a little too green.  Once he is re-nominated I will change my vote if he keeps on the same track.  —RaD Man (talk) 16:43, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Oppose. Three months or so is far too early for a nomination. I recommend withdrawal and reconsideration in early September. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 23:45, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Oppose. Has made a negative impression. No, I won't provide evidence. Supporters are not asked for diffs. Grace Note 00:42, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) *This is very vague... I'm dying to know which situation(s) you're drawing from. Could you at least provide one little example, pretty please? *gives puppy-dog eyes* :) GarrettTalk 01:55, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Oppose. three months...? 28 support votes.... freestylefrappe 00:55, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

Neutral
 * 1) Neutral. Although he has acted quite commendably in the three months he's been contributing to Wikipedia, it's still only three months. Before I can support him, I wish to see him contribute for another six months.  Denelson83  09:16, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutral Great contributor but I would prefer a few more weeks under the belt. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:46, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. Generic and boring tasks. Monitoring new pages and recent changes, rollback, speedying... basically nothing "new" from what I've been doing except I'll do it myself instead of listing it somewhere and waiting (while the list builds up, like as not).
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. Definitely BS Zelda: Kodai no Sekiban. This was my fledgling effort and is still the most thorough article I have written here. When I first came here it merely redirected to BS Zelda; that vast shortcoming in what was otherwise an impressive resource inspired me to try out this weird "wiki" system and write something about it. And now look at it! Besides a few things I've recently discovered, that covers everything the western world knows about this elusive game.
 * I have also worked on various stub-consolidation projects such as The Legend of Zelda series enemies and Pokeprosal, and hope to do similar with other cruft. I've dedicated an entire section of my otherwise utilitarian user page to a list of other such pages I've worked on, but these are definitely the standouts.
 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * A. I've been trying to think of the answer to this one but I just fall short. Certainly I've disagreed with edits (or editors) but I wouldn't call it "stress", I reserve that word for exams! It's also due to the fact that I haven't been editing many really controversial articles, since my university studies don't allow me much time for extracurricular research, hence my edits to "simple" things like games.


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User talk:Krishna.Bandi

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Talk:Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Fact-checking
Some info in the article is obviously incorrect. As UNESCO pointed out, the world's "most massive" volcano (what is this?) and the most active volcanoes are found in Kamchatka. --Ghirlandajo 07:40, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm pretty sure the "most massive" quote is correct. Since Mauna Loa starts at the bottom of the ocean, it's actually about 10,000 m tall.  I don't know about the most active, but Kilauea has been erupting for about 160 of the last 200 years.  What's the UNESCO reference?  KarlM 08:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

 * The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's website says this about Kilauea:
 * "'The caldera was the site of nearly continuous activity during the 19th century and the early part of this century. Since 1952 there have been 34 eruptions, and since January 1983 eruptive activity has been continuous along the east rift zone. All told, Kilauea ranks among the world's most active volcanoes and may even top the list.'."

 * Also, note that the current Wikipedia article doesn't claim that Kilauea is the most active volcano on earth, it only says that it is "one of the world's most active volcanoes."

 * As for Mauna Loa, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has this to say: "'Rising gradually to more than 4 km above sea level, Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on our planet. Its long submarine flanks descend to the sea floor an additional 5 km, and the sea floor in turn is depressed by Mauna Loa's great mass another 8 km. This makes the volcano's summit about 17 km (56,000 ft) above its base! The enormous volcano covers half of the Island of Hawai`i and by itself amounts to about 85 percent of all the other Hawaiian Islands combined.'"
 * However, I'm curious as to what UNESCO says, too. 青い(Aoi) 01:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Non-unique information
Almost all of the text here is cribbed directly from. Granted, as a government site the information is in the public domain, but can't we do better than that? A mention of the Mark Twain house would be nice. —Wrathchild (talk) 20:22, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

What's the Mark Twain house? I have volunteered in the Park and know of no structure by that name. HawaiiOne (talk) 07:26, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe they're thinking about the one down near Waiohinu? Not exactly in the park.  KarlM (talk) 17:31, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps "Mark Twain House" might mean the fact that he (and other notables) stayed in the Volcano House which I did an article on a few months ago? But agreed, this article needs work on wording, and expansion. W Nowicki (talk) 23:41, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Legend
Removed the following:
 * ==Legends==
 * It is said in legend that if any volcanic rock or black sand is taken from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (or anywhere in Hawaii) that the person that took it will be cursed by the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele until it is returned. While purportedly an ancient Hawaiian belief, historians can trace this legend only to the mid-twentieth century, and it is widely believed to have been invented by park rangers to keep visitors from taking rocks. Nevertheless, the lobby of Kīlauea Military Camp (now a vacation area for military personnel) has a cabinet displaying rocks returned by people attempting to atone for the bad luck that has befallen them, and letters describing their predicaments.

 * Russ Apple may have been the originator of this myth; as National Park Service Pacific historian and 30 year veteran of the NPS, Apple was instrumental in restoring Hawaiian cultural resources in Kīlauea and Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park in Kailua Kona, Hawaii.

Needs a valid WP:RS source and chopping of weasel It is said... bit. The Chicken Soup book given as partial ref via a google search doesn't cut it. Vsmith (talk) 00:47, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Actually Russ Apple might be notable enough to merit his own bio article some day. He wrote many articles on history of the area, and got the NRHP listings approved, for example. W Nowicki (talk) 23:31, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

you people shold write what you guys do .. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.130.74.209 (talk) 22:22, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

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This is not helpful. Please do not keep adding the US Locator Blank image to Hawaii articles. Viriditas (talk) 05:01, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Hawaiian National Park Language Correction Act of 2000
The introduction is a bit confusing. The Hawaiian National Park Language Correction Act of 2000, which was written to officially insert the okina into the spelling, did not actually pass. If officially the name does not contain the okina, then why does the NPS web site contain it? My assumption is that some other action took place that put the okina in. That being the case, why do we mention that the bill failed to pass when the name clearly contains the okina? — howcheng  {chat} 05:04, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
 * As no one has an explanation, I removed that sentence. — howcheng  {chat} 23:28, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Hawai’i volcanoes
I love it 12.39.51.212 (talk) 14:33, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

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Association scheme

The theory of association schemes arose in statistics, in the theory of experimental design for the analysis of variance. In mathematics, association schemes belong to both algebra and combinatorics. In algebraic combinatorics, association schemes provide a unified approach to many topics, for example combinatorial designs and the theory of error-correcting codes. In algebra, association schemes generalize groups, and the theory of association schemes generalizes the character theory of linear representations of groups.

Definition
An n-class association scheme consists of a set X together with a partition S of X × X into n + 1 binary relations, R0, R1, ..., Rn which satisfy:

 * $$R_{0} = \{(x,x) : x \in X\}$$; it is called the identity relation.
 * Defining $$ R^* := \{(x,y) : (y,x) \in R\}$$, if R in S, then R* in S.
 * If $$(x,y) \in R_{k}$$, the number of $$z \in X$$ such that $$(x,z) \in R_{i}$$ and $$(z,y) \in R_{j}$$ is a constant $$p^k_{ij}$$ depending on $$i$$, $$j$$, $$k$$ but not on the particular choice of $$x$$ and $$y$$.

An association scheme is commutative if $$p_{ij}^k = p_{ji}^k$$ for all $$i$$, $$j$$ and $$k$$. Most authors assume this property. Note, however, that while the notion of an association scheme generalizes the notion of a group, the notion of a commutative association scheme only generalizes the notion of a commutative group.

A symmetric association scheme is one in which each $$R_i$$ is a symmetric relation. That is:

Every symmetric association scheme is commutative.
 * if (x, y) ∈ Ri, then (y, x) ∈ Ri. (Or equivalently, R* = R.)

Two points x and y are called i th associates if $$(x,y) \in R_i$$. The definition states that if x and y are i th associates then so are y and x. Every pair of points are i th associates for exactly one $$i$$. Each point is its own zeroth associate while distinct points are never zeroth associates. If x and y are k th associates then the number of points $$z$$ which are both i th associates of $$x$$ and j th associates of $$y$$ is a constant $$p^k_{ij}$$.

Graph interpretation and adjacency matrices
A symmetric association scheme can be visualized as a complete graph with labeled edges. The graph has $$v$$ vertices, one for each point of $$X$$, and the edge joining vertices $$x$$ and $$y$$ is labeled $$i$$ if $$x$$ and $$y$$ are $$i$$ th associates. Each edge has a unique label, and the number of triangles with a fixed base labeled $$k$$ having the other edges labeled $$i$$ and $$j$$ is a constant $$p^k_{ij}$$, depending on $$i,j,k$$ but not on the choice of the base. In particular, each vertex is incident with exactly $$p^0_{ii}=v_{i}$$ edges labeled $$i$$; $$v_{i}$$ is the valency of the relation $$R_{i}$$. There are also loops labeled $$0$$ at each vertex $$x$$, corresponding to $$R_{0}$$.

The relations are described by their adjacency matrices. $$A_i$$ is the adjacency matrix of $$R_{i}$$ for $$i=0,\ldots,n$$ and is a v × v matrix with rows and columns labeled by the points of $$X$$.
 * $$\left( A_i \right)_{x,y} = \begin{cases}

1, & \mbox{if } (x,y) \in R_{i},\\ 0, & \mbox{otherwise.} \end{cases}\qquad (1)$$

The definition of a symmetric association scheme is equivalent to saying that the $$A_i$$ are v × v (0,1)-matrices which satisfy
 * I. $$A_i$$ is symmetric,
 * II. $$\sum_{i=0}^n A_i = J$$ (the all-ones matrix),
 * III. $$A_0 = I$$,
 * IV. $$A_i A_j = \sum_{k=0}^n p^k_{ij}A_k = A_j A_i, i,j=0,\ldots,n$$.

The (x, y)-th entry of the left side of (IV) is the number of paths of length two between x and y with labels i and j in the graph. Note that the rows and columns of $$A_{i}$$ contain $$v_{i}$$ $$1$$'s:

 * $$A_{i} J=J A_{i}=v_{i} J. \qquad(2)$$

Terminology

 * The numbers $$p_{ij}^k$$ are called the parameters of the scheme. They are also referred to as the structural constants.

History
The term association scheme is due to but the concept is already inherent in. These authors were studying what statisticians have called partially balanced incomplete block designs (PBIBDs). The subject became an object of algebraic interest with the publication of and the introduction of the Bose–Mesner algebra. The most important contribution to the theory was the thesis of P. Delsarte who recognized and fully used the connections with coding theory and design theory. Generalizations have been studied by D. G. Higman (coherent configurations) and B. Weisfeiler (distance regular graphs).

Basic facts

 * $$p_{00}^0 = 1$$, i.e., if $$(x,y) \in R_0$$ then $$x = y$$ and the only $$z$$ such that $$(x,z) \in R_0$$ is $$z=x$$.
 * $$\sum_{i=0}^{k} p_{ii}^0 = |X|$$; this is because the $$R_i$$ partition $$X$$.

The Bose–Mesner algebra
The adjacency matrices $$A_i$$ of the graphs $$\left(X,R_{i}\right)$$ generate a commutative and associative algebra $$\mathcal{A}$$ (over the real or complex numbers) both for the matrix product and the pointwise product. This associative, commutative algebra is called the Bose–Mesner algebra of the association scheme.

Since the matrices in $$\mathcal{A}$$ are symmetric and commute with each other, they can be diagonalized simultaneously. Therefore, $$\mathcal{A}$$ is semi-simple and has a unique basis of primitive idempotents $$J_{0},\ldots,J_{n}$$.

There is another algebra of $$(n+1)\times(n+1)$$ matrices which is isomorphic to $$\mathcal{A}$$, and is often easier to work with.

Examples

 * The Johnson scheme, denoted by J(v, k), is defined as follows. Let S be a set with v elements.  The points of the scheme J(v, k) are the $${v \choose k}$$ subsets of S with k elements.  Two k-element subsets A, B of S are i th associates when their intersection has size k − i.
 * The Hamming scheme, denoted by H(n, q), is defined as follows. The points of H(n, q) are the qn ordered n-tuples over a set of size q.  Two n-tuples x, y are said to be i th associates if they disagree in exactly i coordinates.  E.g., if x = (1,0,1,1), y = (1,1,1,1), z = (0,0,1,1), then x and y are 1st associates, x and z are 1st associates and y and z are 2nd associates in H(4,2).
 * A distance-regular graph, G, forms an association scheme by defining two vertices to be i th associates if their distance is i.
 * A finite group G yields an association scheme on $$X=G$$, with a class Rg for each group element, as follows: for each $$g \in G$$ let $$R_g = \{(x,y) \mid x=g*y\}$$ where $$*$$ is the group operation. The class of the group identity is R0.  This association scheme is commutative if and only if G is abelian.
 * A specific 3-class association scheme:
 * Let A(3) be the following association scheme with three associate classes on the set X = {1,2,3,4,5,6}. The (i, j ) entry is s if elements i and j are in relation Rs.

Coding theory
The Hamming scheme and the Johnson scheme are of major significance in classical coding theory.

In coding theory, association scheme theory is mainly concerned with the distance of a code. The linear programming method produces upper bounds for the size of a code with given minimum distance, and lower bounds for the size of a design with a given strength. The most specific results are obtained in the case where the underlying association scheme satisfies certain polynomial properties; this leads one into the realm of orthogonal polynomials. In particular, some universal bounds are derived for codes and designs in polynomial-type association schemes.

In classical coding theory, dealing with codes in a Hamming scheme, the MacWilliams transform involves a family of orthogonal polynomials known as the Krawtchouk polynomials. These polynomials give the eigenvalues of the distance relation matrices of the Hamming scheme.

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Talk:US West

Significant Contributions
I lived in Denver from 1981 until 2000 and twice in my time there, worked for either US West as a small business sales consultant and for US West Cellular as a technician. If anyone notices or cares, I've added a significant amount of content that I learned both from personal experience and from keeping an extremely (almost neurotic)eye on the company throughout its sometimes tumultuous history. I also added a lot of it because I felt that some of the information was either inaccurate or extremely vague. For example, US West was hostiley taken over by Qwest even though Qwest now denies this. . Also Qwest had been having SIGNIFICANT problems obtaining cooperation from U S West in various enter-to-market business dealings and Qwest and other carries complained loudly during much of hte late 1990s about this to the FCC and in the press. There was definitely a lot of corporate mudslinging that went on afterwards and questionable professionalism when the change-over happened. I am open to responding to anything I've written in this talk page.

Also, I think this page should be moved to US West Communications

It has been 5 years since I wrote this article and now after having been involved in the wiki community for as long as I have; I acknowledge this article is horribly written and not at all up to wiki standards. Julienpdx (talk) 22:46, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

From Someone else

 * I corrected the text on USW's all electronic switching network. The last analog switch (a 1AESS) was cutover in Lewiston, ID in 2001 or 2002. The 1990 date must refer to replacement of mechanical switching systems ("Project Avalanche" in PNB area), which were SXS (No. 355 CDOs or like).
 * Criticisms section could use fleshing out, particularly on "Reengineering" and its internal & external problems (the customer service & state issues mentioned), USW's Great Leap Forward (with all the success of the original) to change many aspects of itself, including consolidation of support services to "Megacenters", computerization of records, changing how work was done, and reducing staffing levels, all at the same time.
 * After the split of MediaOne and USWC, USW dropped "Communications" from its name and branded itself as US West.

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was move. — Nightst a  llion  (?) 08:57, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

name
Why is this page US West (phone company) not US West? I can't think of any reason that it needs (phone company) in the title, especially since the exact name (US West) redirects here. Cacophony 18:17, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This is a standard reflexive redirect that needs to be fixed by an admin. Since this is a non-controversial move, I am not creating a voting section - if anyone opposes, please discuss first! --Lox (t,c) 21:48, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

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I realy don't appreciate these commands from people using wiki codes to make them sound so official. This article needs to stay where it is, redirecting it to Qwest is misleading and inapprporiate. I did not spend hours writing this article to have people continue to change its direction. At the top of this article, it says the new company is Qwest and it says so even in the body of the article. YOU please do not modify!--Julien Deveraux 05:06, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Requested move
no move performed, consensus. Teke ( talk ) 05:54, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

US West → U S West — The correct legal name of the company was U S West, not US West as the title of the article implies. This article already exists; however, it redirects to the US West article; however, all content on that article should be moved to U S West. KansasCity 05:41, 25 February 2007 (UTC) copied from WP:RM Bobblehead 06:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Survey

 * Add  # Support   or   # Oppose   on a new line in the appropriate section followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~ .  Please remember that this survey is not a vote, and please provide an explanation for your recommendation.

Survey - in opposition to the move

 * 1) Oppose - U S West may be the legal name (Actually, it's U S West Inc), but the common name for the company was US West. --Bobblehead 06:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose - smells awfully like a "stylized typography" to me. Chris cheese whine 00:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose - US west is what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize.

Discussion

 * Add any additional comments:

Serious problems
This article has some serious issues that need work. Among them I see: Now, of course, the examples given certainly aren't the only instances of each problem (just examples). I'll try to help when I can. /Blaxthos 03:40, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Copyediting, especially for diction consistant with the tone, diction, and structure of encyclopedic articles
 * Their lead in this push became one that many other Regional Bell Operating Companies had to scramble to keep up with.
 * Grammar and punctuation errors.
 * Original research
 * Much of US West's success in this endeavor was for multiple reasons
 * Courts were slow to do much about this because at the time, the full "letter of the law" of the 1996 Act had no precedence.
 * Unattributed statements of questionable accuracy
 * While the company often cited that subscriber demands were oftentimes greater than their abilities to fulfill orders, many critics pointed to their high profit margins, spending on bring-to-market technology and lackluster investment in customer support as evidence to the contrary and accused the company of monopoly-like practices.
 * (They were the first communications provider to use this strategy now called beta-testing).
 * Not adhering to neutral point of view
 * As a result of its rapid "bring-to-market" abilities and continued success in the advances in technology
 * In business-to-business matters, US West also had a rather sullied reputation shortly before its demise.

Qwest/U. S. West Merger
In a recent edit, an editor made the statement "U S WEST was never renamed Qwest; it was legally absorbed into Qwest". At the time of the Qwest Communications International Inc./US West, Inc. merger, the surviving legal entity was US West, Inc. Qwest Communications International Inc. was dissolved as a legal entity, then US West, Inc. immediately filed documents with the Delaware Corporation Commission to change its name to Qwest Communications International, Inc. Pre merger, Qwest was traded on the NASDAQ and USW was traded on the NYSE. By keeping USW as the surviving legal entity, the merged company could keep its NYSE listing. (In addition to changing its name, USW changed it's NYSE stock ticker to "Q", something it couldn't have done if QCII had survived as a legal entity because all NASDAQ tickers are four characters.) If the editor's statement quoted above were true (that "USW was legally absorbed into Qwest") then the merged company would have had to keep pre-merger Qwest's NASDAQ listing and its NASDAQ stock ticker of QWST. If U S West, Inc. had legally ceased to exist, the NYSE listing would have gone away with it. Ch Th Jo (talk) 19:32, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Global Crossing
There is no article on the effort to merge Global Crossing with USWest.

That effort was even more scandalous in hindsight than the loaning of money to Qwest to "merge" with USWest.

The stock valuation history tells part of the story.

One party has since endeavoured to be indentified as a philanthropist using monies gained through the "merger" which left stockholders empty-handed.

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Michael Fried

Michael Martin Fried (born April 12, 1939 in New York City) is a modernist art critic and art historian. He studied at Princeton University and Harvard University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford. He is the J.R. Herbert Boone Professor Emeritus of Humanities and Art History at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Fried's contribution to art historical discourse involved the debate over the origins and development of modernism. Along with Fried, this debate's interlocutors include other theorists and critics such as Clement Greenberg, T. J. Clark, and Rosalind Krauss. Since the early 1960s, he has also been close to philosopher Stanley Cavell.

Fried was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1985 and the American Philosophical Society in 2003.

Early career
Fried describes his early career in the introduction to Art and Objecthood: Essays and Reviews (1998), an anthology of his art criticism in the 60s and 70s. Although he majored in English at Princeton it was there that he became interested in writing art criticism. While at Princeton he met the artist Frank Stella and through him Walter Darby Bannard. In 1958, he wrote a letter to Clement Greenberg expressing his admiration for his writing and first met him in the Spring of that year. In September 1958, he moved to Oxford, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, and then to London, England, in 1961–62, where he studied philosophy part-time at University College London (UCL), under Stuart Hampshire and Richard Wollheim. In 1961 Hilton Kramer offered him the post of London correspondent for the journal Arts. In the fall of 1961, Fried began his friendship with the sculptor Anthony Caro, who invited him to write the introduction to his Whitechapel Art Gallery exhibition in 1963.

In 1962 Fried had a short collection of eight poems ("In Other Hands") published by Fantasy Press in Oxford, the first of others to come. In the late summer of that year, he returned to the U.S, where he combined studying for a Ph.D in art history at Harvard with writing art criticism, initially for Art International. In 1965 he curated the exhibition "Three American painters: Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Frank Stella" at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum.

"Art and Objecthood"
In his essay, "Art and Objecthood," published in 1967, Fried argued that Minimalism's focus on the viewer's experience, rather than the relational properties of the work of art exemplified by modernism, made the work of art indistinguishable from one's general experience of the world. Minimalism (or "literalism" as Fried called it) offered an experience of "theatricality" or "presence" rather than "presentness" (a condition that required continual renewal). The essay inadvertently opened the door to establishing a theoretical basis for Minimalism as a movement based in a conflicting mode of phenomenological experience than the one offered by Fried.

Absorption and Theatricality
In "Art and Objecthood" Fried criticized the "theatricality" of Minimalist art. He introduced the opposing term "absorption" in his 1980 book, Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and Beholder in the Age of Diderot. Drawing on Diderot's criticism, Fried argues that whenever a self-consciousness of viewing exists, absorption is compromised, and theatricality results. As well as applying the distinction to 18th-century painting, Fried employs related categories in his art criticism of post-1945 American painting and sculpture. Fried rejects the effort by some critics to conflate his art-critical and art-historical writing.

Fried revisited some of these concerns in Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before (London and New Haven 2008). In a reading of works by prominent art photographers of the last 20 years (Bernd and Hilla Becher, Jeff Wall, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Demand among others) Fried asserted that concerns of anti-theatricality and absorption are central to the turn by contemporary photographers towards large-scale works "for the wall."

Selected bibliography
In more recent years, Fried has written several long and complex histories of modern art, most famously on Édouard Manet, Gustave Courbet, Adolph Menzel, and painting in the late 18th century.

Fried is also a poet, having written The Next Bend in the Road, Powers, To the Center of the Earth, and Promesse du Bonheur.
 * Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and Beholder in the Age of Diderot Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. Awarded 1980 Gottschalk Prize.
 * Realism, Writing, Disfiguration: On Thomas Eakins and Stephen Crane Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1987. Awarded 1990 Charles C. Eldredge Prize.
 * Courbet's Realism Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
 * Manet's Modernism Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1996. French translation awarded 2000 Prix Littéraire Etats-Unis.
 * Art and Objecthood: Essays and Reviews Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998.
 * Menzel's Realism: Art and Embodiment in Nineteenth-Century Berlin London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.
 * Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.
 * The Moment of Caravaggio Princeton University Press, 2010.
 * Four Honest Outlaws: Sala, Ray, Marioni, Gordon London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.
 * Flaubert's "Gueuloir": On Madame Bovary and Salammbô London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012.
 * Another Light: Jacques-Louis David to Thomas Demand London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014.
 * After Caravaggio London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016.
 * What Was Literary Impressionism? Cambridge, Mass. and London: Harvard University Press, 2018.
 * Painting with Demons London: Reaktion, 2021.
 * French Suite: A Book of Essays London: Reaktion, 2022.

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Presented the Daytime show on ITV
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George Brown Goode

George Brown Goode (February 13, 1851 – September 6, 1896), was an American ichthyologist and museum administrator.

Early life and family
George Brown Goode was born February 13, 1851, in New Albany, Indiana, to Francis Collier Goode and Sarah Woodruff Crane Goode. He spent his childhood in Cincinnati, Ohio and Amenia, New York. He married Sarah Ford Judd on November 29, 1877. She was the daughter of Orange Judd, a prominent agricultural writer. Together, they had four children: Margaret Judd, Kenneth Mackarness, Francis Collier, and Philip Burwell. He graduated from Wesleyan University and studied at Harvard University.

In addition to his scientific publications, Goode wrote Virginia Cousins: A Study of the Ancestry and Posterity of John Goode of Whitbywhere he traced his ancestry back to John Goode, a 17th-century colonist from Whitby.

Career
In 1872, Goode started working with Spencer Baird, soon becoming his trusted assistant. While working with Baird, Goode led research sponsored by the United States Fish Commission, and oversaw many Smithsonian displays and exhibitions, for the museum itself and for expositions around the world; Goode's first of these were the preparations for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, for which the Smithsonian was responsible for all the government displays. He also served as the assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in charge of the United States National Museum.

Goode effectively ran both the fish research program of the U.S. Fish Commission and the Smithsonian Institution from 1873 to 1887. He was the United States Commissioner for Fish and Fisheries from 1887 to 1888. He authored many books and monographs and wrote more than 100 scientific reports and notes.

Goode was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He received from the Queen Regent of Spain the decoration of Commander in the Order of Isabella the Catholic. He also was awarded the degree of Ph.D. from Indiana University and that of LL.D. from Wesleyan University. In 1893, he served as president of the Philosophical Society of Washington. He died at Lanier Heights in Washington, D.C., on September 6, 1896, at the age of only 45, after a bout with pneumonia. He had been at work on a history of the Smithsonian's first fifty years, which were being celebrated in 1896. The then head of the Smithsonian, Samuel Pierpont Langley, completed the volume and wrote a memorial to Goode, published in 1901. He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

Eponymy
The genus Goodea of splitfins was named in his honour by David Starr Jordan in 1880; this in turn gave his name to the family Goodeidae.

Species named after him include:
 * Bluefin killifish, Lucania goodei Jordan, 1880
 * Southern eagle ray, Myliobatis goodei Garman, 1885
 * Goode croaker, Paralonchurus goodei Gilbert, 1898
 * Goode's desert horned lizard, Phrynosoma goodei Stejneger, 1893
 * Quillfish, Ptilichthys goodei Bean, 1881
 * Chilipepper, Sebastes goodei (C.H. Eigenmann & R.S. Eigenmann, 1890)
 * Palometa, Trachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann, 1896

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lisa's Birthday

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The result of the debate was Speedied by Dunc. A и D я 01D TALK  EMAIL  13:37, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

Lisa's Birthday
Should have been speedied but author is stubborn and there seems to be a lack of admins so here's my last option. Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 07:43, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * I suggest any voters look at the page history to see what's been going on. Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 07:52, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * Anonymous user created an article about her own birthday. She constantly keeps removing speedy delete notices and whining about how she can make herself encyclopedic. The answer is: by actually doing something notable. Wikipedia is not a gateway to notability. Strong delete.   — J I P | Talk 07:44, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy, as per only true author's request, plus article is now contentless. Dcarrano 08:56, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, then redirect to The Simpsons (it's an episode title) and protect. Radiant_ >|< 09:01, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as vanity then redirect to The Simpsons per Radiant!. - Mgm|(talk) 09:03, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * By the way, it's nearly impossible to speedy something if the tag keeps getting removed. - Mgm|(talk) 09:05, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Scheiße. --Malathion 10:37, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xavier Lozano

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The result of the debate was delete. - Mgm|(talk) 12:45, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

Xavier Lozano
This page is believed to be a vanity page, and according to Wikipedia guidelines Vanity_page does not belong on the Wikipedia. In addition parts of the entry is fiction. (Sorry, X, better luck with your next article) GSchjetne 07:44, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Got to this just before i did =) Delete as a leader of a micronation. Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 07:49, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * BJAODN... yikes. Dcarrano 08:42, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, I don't find it particularly bjaodn-worthy. Radiant_ >|< 09:01, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as vanity and likely hoax. How can a country be "semi-ficticious"? - Mgm|(talk) 09:05, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity/joke. --Etacar11 22:40, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity hoax. JamesBurns 04:40, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, but per Sasquatch, not for any other reason. Micronations are seldom notable, especially when they're political exercises done in the context of a school. Haikupoet 03:56, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
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Styrsö

Styrsö is a small island and a locality situated in Göteborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,304 inhabitants in 2010.

It lies in the Southern Göteborg Archipelago of Sweden with about 1,400 inhabitants. Regular ferries connect the island to Gothenburg and a bridge links Styrsö with Donsö. The main type of land transport on the island is a three-wheeled moped, called a flakmoped in Swedish. (The locals call it lastmoppe). Regular cars are not allowed on the Island.

On Styrsö there are four small communities with different characters. The oldest is the Village, called "Byn" with the church from 1752, farms and old cultivated land. "Styrsö Tången" (Seaweed) is the traditional fishing village with dense buildings and winding narrow roads. In "Halsvik", the well-ordered seacaptains made their mark on the buildings and "Bratten" got the nice summer guests. Recent years Styrsö Sandvik has become a popular guest harbour for sailors.

History
People were living on the island as far back as the stone-age, who collected fish and shellfish from the rich coastal supply. Remains can be found from the bronze-age, including the Stora Rös on the southern part of the island.

In the 16th century the Swedish king Gustav Vasa supported the establishment of a farming/fishing society on the island, who could deliver fish to people living further up the river Göta Älv. The rich herring periods in the centuries to come brought temporary economic boosts, but otherwise, the circumstances for the islanders were economically challenging.

Stora Rös
Stora Rös is the archipelago's highest point with its bronze-age cairn. On clear days you can see Bohuslän in the north, Gothenburg in the east, Halland to the south and the silhouette of Vinga against the horizon in the west. At Brännholmsviken lies the Vikingakyrkogården and the bronze-age settlement.

Bratten
In the beginning of the 1800s the Öberg family took over the herring salting factory which was situated by the sea and established an inn – Café Öbergska today. Öbergs House from 1812 can also be seen. In the end of that century a spa company was formed, while wealthy people built fancy summer houses nearby.

The Arbores Society are active today and are responsible for planting trees in the nearby park for recreational purposes and organizing the traditional Midsummer festivities on Bratten. Today there are a pub and a traditional café as well as a guest harbour and a beach 200 meters further to north.

Bye (The Village)
The earliest village is situated around the present church. Craftsmen gathered here and shops were established. Southwest of the Village (Kyrkbyn) is where the Large Meadow is situated, where the villagers farmed, cultivated crops and kept animals. Lambs continue to graze there today. One of three larger garden centres was established here in the 18th century. There is a local History Museum near the church with a vast collection of old fishing equipment.

Halsvik
Southwest of the island, the freight skippers built their somewhat fancier villas, which are easy to recognize even today. On the road down to the harbour lies the oldest house on Styrsö: a red painted front chamber cottage on the left side.

Tången
Years ago, Tången was a separate part of the island, where the houses were built very close to each other, like in many other fishing communities in Bohuslän. The fishing trawlers which crowded the old port moved to the new port of Sandvik in 1960, where traditional fishing methods continue to operate. The guest harbour in Sandvik is well equipped with a new petrol station and is well protected from heavy sea.

Famous People from Styrsö
Director Ruben Östlund was born on Styrsö in 1974 and grew up on the Island.

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Merge?
Perhaps this entry should be merged with or at least bidirectionally linked with Mothman, since both crypid names seem to describe the same sort of creature. Thorne 07:45, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * No I don't think they should be merged because there's no evidence that they're the same thing. They look different, are known by different names, and were seen in different decades on opposite sides of the world. JW 13:50, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree. The only similarities reported were the eyes and the wings, there is nothing to indicate the two are connected in any way other than being topics under the main Cryptozoology article. Drago 19:05, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

It deserves a single entry. Mixing it with Mothman(!) would suggest a link that there's no actual evidence of. There are plenty of more obscure American crypids with their own page - and no-one's suggesting deleting or merging. Please have some respect for British Folklore...regardless of it's age.

NPOV tag
Added because this article is insufficiently neutral as to whether or not creature actually exists. -- Beland 08:25, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Howso? It specifically and immediately says that it is a cryptozoological creature; So immediately we know the existence of the creature is disputed. And at the bottom of the article it also mentions that the most straightforward theory concerning it is that it was a type of owl that the witnesses misidentified.  Granted, the bit about the prehistoric sites and earth energy along ley lines is a bit over the top but I see nothing to warrant an NPOV tag. Drago 19:05, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * I think Beland's point was that the way the entire article is written, it takes the girls' claims as truthful - "The Owlman then flew up into the air, revealing black pincer-like claws.", for instance, phrases the matter in such a way that the reader would theoretically be led to think that whatever they claim to have seen did fly. It also certainly needs to be reorganized... I might get to it myself. Zeppocity 23:50, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

O RLY...Hah Ha :|

Feral Child
Why remove the piece about the owlman being a feral child ? There are lots of known cases of animals raising human children.

 * As it says at the bottom : "Content must .... be based on verifiable sources." If it's true there shouldn't be a problem with providing a weblink to it but after a google I can find no reference to either a Professor Neil Clay and I know for a fact that there is no such University as Cheam so I'll remain sceptical about it until a reference has been supplied. Valenciano 15:02, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

So if I create a web page about it then that makes it true, interesting. If only you had remained sceptical about some of the other 'facts' in this story. A 6ft owl indeed, very funny but unfortunately untrue.

 * As I added the bit about it probably being an escaped aviary owl I quite clearly am to say the least sceptical. If you consider your edit to be funny by the way then I wouldn't give up your day job. For now it comes under the heading of vandalism and I'd knock that on the head if I were you if you want to continue editing wikipedia - just a friendly word of advice. Valenciano 18:20, 17 July 2006

Seriously, escaped owls are not 6ft tall with glowing red eyes. What does making comments about my edit being funny or otherwise have to do with anything ? I'm afraid your unprofessional behaviour may have to be reported. BTW I have a number of log ons on wikepedia.

Truly Paranormal?
Owlman has been sighted at least three times, one of them he ended up DEAD! So, as one like myself would guess, Owlman is not a paranormal sighting, but in truth, a new species of animal. How this apparent "species" could have come about, I have no clue. But still, if one's dead and there are more sightings, one could say that these Owlmen were an entirly new race, opinions? ~VNinja~ 00:28, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The dead one was 50 years before the others and might not be connected (it could have simply been a vagrant bird of prey). As for a living species, it still seems confined to the Mawnan church area. I think a man-sized real flying creature with glowing eyes would be seen there every week. Personally I think this is some kind of paranormal entity (even though I wrote all that stuff about eagle owls). This case may never have a definite conclusion. Totnesmartin 10:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, you might be right, yet still you can't doubt that with one "owlman" ending up dead, no one being able to identify it, and more appearences, some people might say this is an entirly new race. 206.176.109.44 22:58, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

P.S. This is a cool discussion, even though only two people have posted in it.
 * It certainly is. Meanwhile, in the absence of that body, or a photograph of it, there can be no certainties. Either of us could be right - or both wrong. Totnesmartin 23:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes without any details of the other find it could be anything (some large bird o prey escaping from a private zoo?). Owlman has paranormal aspects to it or at least the stories related do. Quite a few undiscovered animals can accumulate such lore through misunderstandings, tall stories, etc. or it could be a supernatural beastie or it could be a hoax (Doc Shiels has always done thigs firmyl tongue in cheek and it is never clear when he is seriou or not - if he knows, when you get in deep the dividing line gets very blurred). There are certainly solid parallels with Mothman, of course it could be, as Nickells suggests a misunderstood sighting of a known species too. So lots of possibilities some parannormal, some a new species and some known species (and the differnt sightings may have different explanations - getting lumped together over time). The truth may be out there but it can't really be resolved at this distace in time. Resolving a modern case may not reflect too strongly on the older ones (unless you can find unequivocal links). (Emperor 23:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC))
 * Okay then, if it is a large bird of prey escaping from a private zoo, wouldn't the zoo report a missing bird of prey? If they did, then it should be in the article. And yes, it could be a mix-up of species, or maybe a prankster scaring people after the first "owlman" ended up dead. Of course, as stated above by Totnesmartin, we all could be wrong, or one of us could be right, you never know. ~VNinja~ 00:47, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the dead bird report was from 1926. for any follow-up on that story, you'd have to wade through back numbers of Cornish newspapers. The source in this article isn't even the original newspaper, but a book mentioning the newspaper. And of course, the bird might not have escaped from anywhere - it could have been a wild vagrant, such as the Short-toed Eagle which turned up in the area a few years ago... We'll all just have to accept that we'll never know. Totnesmartin 14:38, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Notability
At present there appear to be no references to this creature in independent mainstream sources. All of the sources in the article are apparently specifically cryptozoological publications, which makes them bad for establishing notability. Nor can I find any third party reliable sources via a google search. Does anyone know of any to establish notability? Locke9k (talk) 23:03, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Although most of the current sources are crypto sites, the Owlman was extensively reported in regular newspapers, BBC etc. at the time that the events are meant to have occurred. Someone more dedicated than me could probably microfiche that sort of thing? There is currently a 'retrospective' article in BBC country file mag: http://www.bbccountryfilemagazine.com/feature/discover/spectred-isle-owlman-mawnan-wood —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.145.252.66 (talk) 14:56, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

 * I find this reasoning used to call notability into question rather alarming. Simple thought experiment: please provide at least one source for differentiable manifold that is not a specifically mathematical publication! See the problem? The reference list includes at least four books. So because they are written by cryptozoologists they are not acceptable? Seriously, Wikipedia is becoming more depressing every day :( Nude Amazon (talk) 09:29, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Please do NOT delete the Owlman entry. It's British folklore and deserves a notation on Wikipedia. Does age and depth of tradition matter? If people look for Owlman and don't find anything on Wikipedia, well, that's dumb... deletion is a silly idea; especially when you consider some of the more obscure topics on this site! So, what's the harm in leaving it be, when it serves an obvious use? Owlman IS a recognised topic within British Cryptozoological circles. Surely the purpose of Wikipedia is to represent topics, no matter how "obscure" they strike some people as being. It's called "depth".

Interesting
This article (http://www.cfz.org.uk/beta/resources/features/owlman.htm), claims that the girls involved in the second sighting were already aware of the story of the owlman. This would certainly make them more likely to believe that they too had seen the cryptid. I feel this could really throw a spanner in the works of the whole theory that an owlman exists. Angrybeerman (talk) 10:56, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Tone
Now, I'm not much of a believer in such creatures, but as this place does purport to be an encyclopedia, it probably should not be allowed to pass that a section of the article is placed under a sarcastic ("um, an owl?") heading. Not very encyclopedic, though not surprising, either.--172.191.102.219 (talk) 03:59, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Expansion
A lot of the details in this article goes into the that it might be a hoax or misidentification. This is completely unbalanced as regards to other theories on Owlman on whether or not he is real (flesh in blood or supernatural entity), something that several other cryptids have as well. There should be more complete coverage discussing BOTH sides of the argument as well as the events that transpired (if any folklore existed on Owlman before the encounter) and the strange behavior of animals in the area during the time of the sightings. Hopefully this issue is taken care of so that it meets Wikipiedia's guidelines and standards of a well developed and properly balanced article.--Paleface Jack (talk) 20:31, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

 * First of all, what sources would you propose using to expand the article? Bear in mind, in matters of supernatural/paranormal/Forteana, Wikipedia is not neutral with regard to fringe ideas. It's actually biased toward sources that are independent of the fringe claims. We don't present both fringe and non-fringe as equally valid. - LuckyLouie (talk) 16:26, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

That is kind of sad considering that Wikipiedia is suppose to be encyclopedic reporting of information, which by definition is neutral. (sighs) Oh well.--Paleface Jack (talk) 17:29, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Gareth Medway Misquote
I'd just like to point out that somebody appears to have deliberately misquoted Gareth Medway, perhaps in an attempt to make this very minor hoax seem worthy of a wikipedia entry. The somewhat mangled source material is an article he wrote for Magonia magazine issue 76 in November 2001, entitled "Monstrous Tales". The full quote, which refers not to Owlman at all but to Doc Shiel's previous, more successful cryptid hoax, is as follows:

"Altogether there were about twenty two known sightings of Morgawr. It would be tedious to list them all here, but it is worth noting there was a definite pattern to them: the witnesses were either Doc Shiels, or friends of Doc Shiels, or relatives of Doc Shiels, or reported their sightings to Doc Shiels (and to no one else), or else wrote letters describing what they had seen to newspapers and were never interviewed by anyone. Since a letter to a paper might have been written by someone other than the ostensible sender (say, by Doc Shiels), all of this proves either the existence of an acausal connecting principle, or the centrality of Doc Shiels to the saga."

Later in the same article he discusses Owlman, saying:

"This entity was even more selective in his appearances than Morgawr: he showed himself only to adolescent girls on holiday, who afterwards would chance to meet Doc Shiels, tell him their stories, and never be seen again."

If this is enough to qualify Owlman as notable, what about the Brentford Griffin, which is equally likely to actually exist, and funnier? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.163.194 (talk) 20:58, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Not sure what the issue is since the Medway quote specifically mentions Owlman and is definitely not taken out of context, however I have copy edited the text for clarity. Also the article cites a number of other sources which supports the topic’s notability, it’s not just dependent on Medway. - LuckyLouie (talk) 21:19, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * The way it was originally phrased, the Medway quote about Morgawr seemed to refer to Owlman, falsely implying that quite a large number of people claimed to have seen it, thus making it seem fairly notable, even if all the witnesses appeared to be suspiciously closely connected with Doc Shiels. In fact, in the original article Medway mentioned only five Owlman witnesses, including three untraceable schoolgirls who could have been and probably were invented by Doc Shiels, and an equally untraceable American who never gave evidence in person, only by letter, and whose address and employment details turned out to be false.
 * That leaves a grand total of one man who came forward after the story appeared in the local paper and said he too had seen it decades ago when he was a child. It seems that he did exist and he wasn't Doc Shiels, but by himself he hardly amounted to a flood of confirmatory evidence. Debunkers (and Lionel Fanthorpe, who isn't a particularly reliable source of information about anything) seem to think numerous people claimed, apparently in good faith, to have seen Owlman, therefore some sort of explanation is needed, such as a misidentified eagle owl, the presence of which in Cornwall would be remarkable even if it didn't give rise to legends of a British version of Mothman. But were there really enough alleged witnesses, even during the brief and very localised flurry of media interest, to require an explanation any more elaborate than "Doc Shiels made it all up"?
 * Whether Owlman actually exists or not is beside the point. If a considerable number of people have claimed over the years to have seen it, then it's notable. If hardly anybody has ever claimed to have seen it, especially if most of those who supposedly did cannot be proven to exist outside the imagination of a man whose hobby is hoaxing monster legends, then it isn't. Is there an accurate figure, or even a fairly good estimate, for the number of witnesses, however tongue-in-cheek, who were definitely real people not called Doc Shiels? Because if it's supposed to be of any use, this article needs to make it clear how notable even the locals, let alone anybody else, ever considered Owlman to be. But what I'm getting from the article as it is now is a vague implication that enough people have seen it over the years for it to qualify as an unsolved mystery, but no actual numbers.
 * Which makes me suspect that if those numbers could be quoted from a reliable source, they'd be so small that poor old Owlman would fail the notability test and be deleted. Then again, if the figures are unexpectedly large, then it's a significant and very interesting example of modern folklore that deserves a proper article.
 * By the way, the links to some of the sources appear to be dead. 81.152.163.194 (talk) 09:39, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Whether Owlman actually exists or not is beside the point. If a considerable number of people have claimed over the years to have seen it, then it's notable. If hardly anybody has ever claimed to have seen it, especially if most of those who supposedly did cannot be proven to exist outside the imagination of a man whose hobby is hoaxing monster legends, then it isn't. Wikipedia has its own editorial policies to help define what is notable enough for inclusion in the encyclopedia (here: WP:N) and the number of people who claim to have seen something is not part of that definition. On Wikipedia, notability is determined by the amount and quality of published reliable and independent third party sources that have discussed the topic. If you aren't familiar with Wikipedia policies, it's an easy mistake to make, so no harm. Cheers, - LuckyLouie (talk) 17:48, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Recent sighting
My mate saw the owlman near Grogley Halt a few months ago. Tewdar (talk) 00:04, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

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Debbie Stoller

Debbie Stoller is a New York Times best-selling American author, publisher, feminist commentator and knitting expert whose work includes magazines as well as books. She lives in Brooklyn, New York City. Stoller is the co-founder, co-owner and editor-in-chief of the culture magazine BUST, which she and Marcelle Karp launched in 1993.

Education
Stoller holds a master's degree in psychobiology and a Ph.D in the psychology of women, both from Yale University.

Career
Stoller has been credited with being one of the founders of "girlie feminism", a third-wave feminist strategy in which traditional feminine activities and traits—especially those rejected by second wave feminists of the 1970s as being oppressive—are re-evaluated and often embraced.

In 1993, Stoller (using the alias "Celina Hex") and Karp (using the alias "Betty Boob") co-founded BUST magazine. Bust was a self-funded part-time project for seven years, before being sold to RSub in 2000, enabling Stoller to work on Bust full time. After 9/11, the magazine went out of business temporarily. Costs to recover the business for raised with the help of the magazine's supporters.

In 1999, Stoller and Karp co-edited The BUST Guide to the New Girl Order, which was a compilation of the best writing from BUST magazine to that point. In 1999, Stoller formed a Stitch 'n Bitch group in New York City's East Village to teach and encourage others to knit, and began writing about her hobby and her group in BUST magazine. In 2003, Stoller authored Stitch 'N Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook, the first of the best-selling Stitch'n Bitch series of knitting books, calendars and journals. It was followed by Stitch 'n Bitch Nation, which also made the New York Times Best Seller list, Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker, Son of Stitch 'n Bitch, and Stitch 'n Bitch Superstar Knitting. She hosts and teaches on Stitch 'n Beach cruises and Stitch 'n Bitch Tuscany. Stoller encourages her readers to take on the "feminine" activity of knitting and organize their own Stitch 'N Bitch sessions in their communities. In 2010, Stoller teamed with Red Heart to launch a yarn line, Stitch Nation by Debbie Stoller.

Stoller has been described in Vogue Knitting as on "a quest to rehabilitate so-called women's work". She has said "Since I started knitting and discovered all the sexism and stigma connected with it because of its association with women, I really wanted to make an effort to get as many people as possible interested in this to help elevate its cultural image".

Guest appearances
Stoller has appeared on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Roseanne Show, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and NPR’s All Things Considered. Stoller has appeared as special guest at the Dutch Stitch 'n Bitch Dag in Rotterdam each year since 2006. She made her debut appearance at a UK knitting show on November 10, 2007, as special guest for I Knit London's UK Stitch 'n Bitch Day 2007 where she hosted a workshop, fashion parade and booklaunch for the fourth in her Stitch 'n Bitch book series: Son of Stitch 'n Bitch.

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ROF Elstow

Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Elstow was one of sixteen UK Ministry of Supply, World War II, Filling Factories. It was a medium-sized filling factory, Filling Factory No. 16, which filled and packed munitions. It was located south of the town of Bedford, between the villages of Elstow and Wilstead in Bedfordshire. It was bounded on the northeast by the A6 and on the west by a railway line. Hostels were built nearby to accommodate the workers who were mostly female.

It was built with the Ministry of Works acting as Agents; building work started in November 1940 and was completed by August 1941. It was managed as an "Agency Factory" by J. Lyons on behalf of the Ministry of Supply as, by then, the Ministry of Supply was overstretched as regards recruiting and managing the workers needed to staff these munitions factories.

It had 250 buildings and the site does not appear on Ordnance Survey maps made during wartime or in the postwar period.

Railway system
There were 15 miles of standard gauge railway lines which were linked to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (former Midland Railway) line running between London and Bedford. The junction was controlled from a signal box called Wilshamstead Junction. On the site a small platform called "Wilshamstead" was built to accommodate workmen's trains which ran from Bedford from 6 August 1941 (and Luton from 6 October 1941) until May 1946.

Wartime production
ROF Elstow started filling munitions in February 1942.

It was divided into a number of different filling Groups (see Filling Factories) which occupied different areas of the site. The Groups filled cartridges, high-explosive (HE) and 4,000-pound bombs and shells. Later larger 8,000-pound, 12,000-pound and 22,000-pound bombs were also filled.

The Cordite Group opened in June 1942 and closed in May 1943; it was then employed to recondition shells. The Pellet Group also closed in 1943. After 1943 Elstow was used to store surplus ammunition components and machine tools.

Closure
ROF Elstow closed in 1946. The CEGB took over the site in 1969 with the intention of building a power station but this never came to fruition.

In the early 1980s Elstow was proposed as a site for a UK nuclear waste repository. In 2007 work began on the new town of Wixams on the site. In the process of applying for planning permission for the Wixams development, a survey of the site was carried out which included interviews with former workers. The report, with site maps and annotated photographs, was published in 2009.

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Vargö

Vargö is a small island, one of the westmost in the Southern Göteborg Archipelago of Sweden. Facing the open sea, it is an almost completely barren island, and a nature reserve.

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User talk:MarkMcB

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Request for arbitration
I have listed a request for arbitration in which you are an involved party here. uriah923(talk) 20:41, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
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