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David Li

Sir David Li Kwok-po GBM GBS OBE JP (born 13 March 1939, London, England) is a Hong Kong banker and politician. He is the executive chairman of the Bank of East Asia and pro-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and the Executive Council of Hong Kong in the 2000s.

Family background
The Li family with roots in Heshan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China has long had a prominent position in Hong Kong. David Li's great-grandfather, Li Shek-tang, made his fortune bringing rice to Hong Kong from Vietnam. In 1918, Li's grandfather, Li Koon-chun, along with his great-uncle, founded the Bank of East Asia, the first Chinese-owned bank in the territory. His father, Li Fook-shu, was a director of the Bank of East Asia, an Unofficial member of the Legislative Council and council member of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Li's younger brother is Arthur Li Kwok-cheung, former Secretary for Education and Manpower and Chairman of the Council of the University of Hong Kong. David's cousins include the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal's first Chief Justice Andrew Li Kwok-nang. One of his uncles is the late Simon Li Fook-sean, a senior judge who ran in the first election for chief executive in 1996, whose daughter is prominent democrat, barrister Gladys Li, and another the late Ronald Li Fook-siu, the disgraced former chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Education
Li was educated at Uppingham School in the United Kingdom. He studied mathematics at Imperial College London, and then studied economics and law at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge.

He received an honorary doctorate in law from the University of Warwick in July 1994 and another one from the University of Hong Kong in March 1996. In November 1996, he received an honorary doctorate of social sciences from Lingnan College. Li joined the Bank of East Asia in 1969, becoming Chief Executive in 1981 and Chairman in 1997.

Political and academic positions
Li was a member of the Legislative Council, elected unopposed in the Finance functional constituency in 2004 and 2008. From October 2005 until his resignation in February 2008, he was a member of the Executive Council, appointed after renouncing his British citizenship. He is currently Pro-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.

Board memberships
Li is also a director at several Hong Kong listed companies including fixed line phone carrier PCCW, SCMP Group and Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels. In addition, he is chairman of the Chinese Banks Association Ltd.

Dow Jones
On 1 May 2007, News Corporation made a public announcement of its bid for Dow Jones & Company. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission filed an initial complaint seven days later naming Wong Kan-king and his wife Charlotte, both residents of Hong Kong, as defendants after its investigation of suspicious share price movements in the run-up to the announcement. The SEC alleged that the couple purchased 415,000 shares through a Merrill Lynch Hong Kong account between 13 and 30 April, and had reaped a US$8.2 million profit on disposal following announcement of the bid.

The SEC later filed an amended complaint ("The First Amended Complaint") identifying the source of the information as David Li, who had obtained the information by being a board member of Dow Jones. The SEC alleged that Li had informed his close friend and business associate Michael Leung, who in turn told his daughter and son-in-law. The amended complaint added David Li and Michael Leung as co-defendants and details how Leung traded through the account of his daughter and son-in-law with their assistance.

At the end of January 2008, a settlement was reached where Li was ordered to pay an $8.1 million civil penalty, Leung to pay $8.1 million in disgorgement and an $8.1 million penalty; K. K. Wong would pay $40,000 in disgorgement plus prejudgment interest and a $40,000 civil penalty. Li would neither admit nor deny any wrongdoing.

Li's integrity is being questioned by Legislators, and corporate gadfly David Webb was the first to put Li under pressure to relinquish his position as a member of both the Legislative and the Executive Councils of Hong Kong because of his implication in the affair. Several other legislators added to the pressure for Li to relinquish his cabinet (Exco) position, although there are divergent views on his continued LegCo membership. On 17 February 2008, Li announced his resignation from Exco.

Donald Tsang Yam-kuen
In January 2017, prosecutors claimed that, in July 2010, Li had assisted the then Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (through Tsang's wife) in the latter's attempt to cover up an alleged corrupt deal to secure a super-luxury apartment in Shenzhen, by drawing a HK$350,000 cash cheque and passing the money to Tsang's wife.

Awards and recognition
Li was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1991 New Year Honours. In 2001, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the government of Hong Kong.

In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was made a Knight Bachelor by the United Kingdom for his contributions to British education. He also has honorary doctorates from the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Li was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2007.

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1854 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1854.

Explorations

 * Giovanni Battista de Rossi discovers the Catacomb of Callixtus in Rome.
 * Karl von Scherzer examines and writes a description of Quiriguá, a Maya site in Guatemala.
 * Thomas Wright investigates Kit's Coty House, the remains of a Neolithic chambered long barrow in Kent, England.

Finds

 * Coleraine Hoard in the north of Ireland.
 * Dalton Parlours Roman villa in Yorkshire, England.

Births

 * August 26 - Kate Bradbury Griffith, English Egyptologist (d. 1902)

Deaths

 * September 27 - Frederick Catherwood (b. 1799)

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Talk:Graniteville train crash

EPA image usage
Just to be sure of permission to reuse the images that I just added to this article, I emailed the EPA webmaster to ask. Below is my inquiry and the EPA's reply:

You can use, all that we ask is that you include "Courtesy of EPA". Thanks! Sherry L. Maddox, Web Services Team Leader OPM Web Master US EPA, Region 4 www.epa.gov/region4/ Original message Hello. I am an editor on the English language edition of Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org); my main focus is on railroad history, especially in the United States. My username on Wikipedia is Slambo, and you can view my own information page at < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Slambo>. An anonymous editor recently added a link in the Wikipedia article on the Graniteville accident ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graniteville_train_disaster) to a page at the EPA website that has photos of the accident's aftermath ( http://www.epa.gov/region4/graniteville/images.htm). It is my understanding that graphics created by agents of US Federal government are automatically released into the public domain; looking further around the EPA website's FAQ, I found a note that some images on the website might not be so covered but under private copyright. I would like to use one or more of the photos from the EPA page linked above in the Wikipedia article, but I need to be certain about the copyright status first. Are these images released in the public domain? Thank you in advance for your time.

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Avondale Mills business data recovery
While it may be notable to state that the mill was able to restore its business data quickly, the following text sounds more like an advertisement:

 * Avondale Mills Data Recovered by ActionFront.
 * The train wreck and chlorine spill could have threatened firms’ business continuity. Some negative economic effects of the wreck were ameliorated thanks to the quick thinking of Avondale employees and a very specialized service provider. See references section for more information.
 * * ActionFront Data Recovery Labs (February 24 2005), Avondale Mills Data Recovered. Retrieved September 26 2005.
 * * ActionFront Data Recovery Labs (February 24 2005), Avondale Mills Data Recovered. Retrieved September 26 2005.

While data recovery is important, this text needs better wording and possibly a reduction to a single sentence that can be merged into the text elsewhere in the article. slambo 17:13, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Inline Citations
This article may have enough references to qualify as "well-referenced", but the GA criteria has recently been changed, and somebody may have to convert them to inline for this article to still count as a GA. Just a heads up. Homestarmy 14:14, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Preferably sooner than later.... Homestarmy 03:05, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Done Slambo (Speak) 10:56, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh.....well....I guess it's fine then, thanks :) Homestarmy 13:04, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

WP:GA/R Article's Good Article status under review for delisting
See WP:GA/R. --Ling.Nut 01:10, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Delisted
This article has been delisted due to GA criterion 1. b. which clearly states an article should; "contain a succinct lead section summarising the topic". LuciferMorgan 21:43, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

How many fatalities?
The articles says ten people died from the accident, but later says nine. Which is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.226.198.24 (talk • contribs) 00:08, March 26, 2007

"The dead" vs. "List of fatalities"
I suggest changing the name of one section from "List of fatalities," which is rather bureaucratic, to "The dead," which is shorter and more vivid. Someone's changed it back, saying the original was "more neutral point of view." I disagree. Thoughts? PRRfan (talk) 18:57, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Seeing no argument, I've removed "fatalities." PRRfan (talk) 14:20, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * "Victims" is, I think, a better choice of words than "The dead" for the section title. Slambo (Speak) 14:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Edited
The April death was attributed to the incident by media sources only. From the NTSB debrief of the incident:

"The death of another Graniteville resident on April 19, 2005, was initially reported by media sources to have occurred as a result of exposure to the chlorine gas released in the accident. The final autopsy report for this individual listed the death as natural due to pulmonary thromboemboli. Regardless of the circumstances, this death would not have met the criteria for death reporting under 49 Code of Federal Regulations 830.2, because it did not occur within 30 days of the accident."

This should be fixed in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.111.69.215 (talk) 01:30, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Edited
Maybe something should be added about how sheriff Mike Hunt (that's honestly his real name) told the families to stay home until 3 o'clock in the afternoon Iamanadam (talk) 13:17, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

 * If you've got a reliable source which you can cite with the information, please do. Slambo (Speak) 14:11, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

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Evile

Evile are an English thrash metal band from Huddersfield, formed in 2004. They have experienced numerous line-up changes over the years, with drummer Ben Carter being the only member of the original line-up to have stayed consistently. The current line-up consists of Carter, lead guitarist and vocalist Ol Drake, bassist Joel Graham, and rhythm guitarist Adam Smith, who replaced Drake's older brother Matt in 2020.

Evile are notable for being part of the thrash metal resurgence movement of the mid-to-late 2000s, and they were highly praised by Kerrang! for "Carrying the genre's whole 'revival' on their shoulders." To date, the band has released six studio albums: Enter the Grave (2007), Infected Nations (2009), Five Serpent's Teeth (2011), Skull (2013), Hell Unleashed (2021) and The Unknown (2023).

Pre-Evile (1999–2004)
In 1999, former school friends Matt Drake and Ben Carter came together over a mutual love for thrash metal and heavy metal and formed a cover band named Metal Militia (primarily playing Metallica classics) Matt's brother, Ol Drake, joined as the lead guitarist, and after London-born bassist Mike Alexander responded to the band's advert in a local guitar store looking for a bassist influenced by bands such as Metallica, Sepultura and Testament, the lineup was complete.

At the band's first live show, at the Ukrainian Club in Halifax, an audience member had a brick thrown at their face by area locals.

Birth of Evile (2004–2006)
In 2004, the band ceased playing covers and dedicated their time to writing original material. Soon after, they independently recorded and released two EPs in limited quantities (250–500 units): All Hallows Eve EP (2004) and Hell Demo (2006). Evile toured extensively throughout the UK (2004–2006) and Netherlands (2006), played as the support act for Exodus and eventually signed to Earache Records. Though Earache had received the band's Hell Demo, it was after label head Digby Pearson witnessed Evile's set at Bloodstock Open Air in 2006 that he contacted the band and signed them to the label. In an interview Matt Drake said that the band was originally supposed to be called "Exile", but there were "a million other bands that called themself that" so the "X" in the band's name was changed to a "V," and the band became known as Evile.

Enter the Grave (2007–2009)
Prior to the album's recording, Matt Drake contacted producer Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica, Morbid Angel, Blind Guardian, Artillery) by doing a search for his name on Google and enquired as to whether or not he would like to hear Evile's material. Flemming responded positively, prompting Matt to send him some Evile mp3s via e-mail. Supposedly, Flemming never commented on the mp3s, causing Matt to presume that he "hated them", but when Earache Records contacted Flemming to request his skills as producer for Evile's debut, he swiftly accepted the offer.

In 2007, Evile recorded their debut album, Enter the Grave, at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen with producer Flemming Rasmussen and assistant engineer Anders H Mortensen. The album reached No. 33 on the UK rock album charts, and Kerrang! magazine awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars while dubbing Evile as "Carrying the genre's whole 'revival' on their shoulders". Generally, the album was received positively and received highly rated reviews, including those from Terrorizer Magazine (9/10), Metal Revolution (100/100) and Classic Rock (the 38th best album of 2007).

The band played many shows with class-acts such as Machine Head, and other bands such as Sabbat, Sanctity, Gama Bomb, Severe Torture and Desecration. On 11 December 2007, Evile participated in and won Metal Hammer's Get in the Ring 2, at the Kentish Town Forum, London. Four bands (Evile, Engel, Viking Skull and Goat the Head) performed thirty-minute sets inside a boxing ring and the public selected their favorite via SMS texts. The show was compered by Oderus Urungus of Gwar and the judges included Ville Valo of HIM. Valo commented that Evile were "really tight and rhythmic" but they were not his "cup of tea." The competition was rebroadcast on Rockworld TV on SKY Channel 368 throughout January and February 2008 and included an hour-long supplement dedicated to Evile's GITR2 set.

In February and March 2008, Evile supported thrash metal band Megadeth on the European leg of their Tour of Duty and the UK leg of their Gigantour, opening for American deathcore band Job for a Cowboy. The band was received warmly throughout the respective tours, and on the final date, they briefly joined Megadeth on stage at the Hugennottenhalle in Frankfurt to sing the heavy metal anthem "Peace Sells". In March 2008, Evile's track "Thrasher" was featured on the Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 video game Rock Band as downloadable content (part of the "Earache Thrash Pack"). In April 2008, the band embarked on a European tour alongside thrash veterans Exodus. During the tour, they allowed a 14-year-old fan to join them on stage to perform "Enter the Grave", and on a few occasions they joined Exodus in backing vocals on "The Toxic Waltz," which was followed by the members of Exodus handing their instruments over to Evile to close the set.

On 8 October the release of Evile's first official Music Video. The video was "Thrasher", a song from their debut album, and was directed by Dan Fernbach (who directed bands such as Bullet for My Valentine). Also on 8 October the re-release of Evile's Enter the Grave via Earache Records. Included in the package was a lengthy DVD, Evile guitar pick (with three alternate designs), A woven patch and three bonus tracks.

The band later announced they would provide support to Satyricon on their European "Tour of Nero" in November/December 2008. Unfortunately, On 19 November 2008, while on the tour, lead guitarist Ol Drake reportedly collapsed due to health issues. His jaw was fractured and the under-side of his chin was cut open. Evile were forced to cancel their appearances on the remainder of the tour. He then had to have his jaw wired shut for two weeks for healing.

Beginning in April 2009, Evile began the UK/Ireland "We Who Are About to Tour" tour along with UK death metal act Trigger the Bloodshed, and London Thrash band Mutant. Warpath, who were originally scheduled for the tour, pulled out two days prior to the start of the tour (though the unfortunate injury occurred a week before the tour ) leaving Evile two days to find a replacement band. Evile played two brand new songs which would be featured on their second album; one entitled "Demolition" and one without a title, which on a nightly basis was open to being named by the audience.

Infected Nations and the death of Mike Alexander (2009–2010)
In February 2009 Evile began the pre-production process for their second album with Russ Russell (who has worked with bands such as Napalm Death, The Exploited and Dimmu Borgir). May and June saw Evile enter Parlour Studios in Kettering with Russell to record the album. The band would post three video updates whilst in the studio,  and give fans a chance to "Ask Evile" questions via their Myspace blog. On an Evile studio tour hosted by Ben the working titles of songs to be on the album could be seen written on a whiteboard.

On 22 June, Evile revealed that the title of the second album would be Infected Nations, with artwork created by Michael Whelan (who also worked with the likes of Sepultura, Obituary and Stephen King). A video was posted online on the same day of Ol talking fans through the concept of the art, stood in front of a large poster print of the cover. The album was released on 21 September in Europe and 22 September in USA. Infected Nations jumped into the UK top 100 chart at number 91 following its first-day sales.

The band released three tracks publicly prior to the album's release. These tracks were "Infected Nation", "Now Demolition" and "Nosophoros". Evile released a music video for the track "Infected Nation" which, like "Thrasher" was directed by Dan Fernbach and Static Films once again. Also, like "Thrasher", displays the band playing a dynamically aggressive song in a very confined space.

In September 2009, Schmier of the German thrash metal classics Destruction asked lead guitarist, Ol Drake, to stand in for them on guitar. This was prompted by Destruction's guitarist, Mike Sifringer, breaking his fingers forcing them to find a temporary replacement.

On 5 October 2009, tragedy struck the band as their bass player, Mike Alexander, died whilst being rushed to hospital while the band were on tour in Luleå, Sweden. He died from a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot on the lungs. Evile unveiled a tribute site to their fallen member.

In early December 2009 the remaining members of Evile held two memorial nights for Mike. One was held in Leeds Rios and the other in the Camden Underworld, London. The night consisted of a covers set of some of Mike's favourite songs and bands, with members of the support bands (Gama Bomb, Mutant and Seregon) on the night stepping in on various instruments. Nick Barker (Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, Testament, Exodus) also took to the stage on both nights to play drums for several tracks. Both shows saw each remaining member of Evile take to the stage to read out messages of thanks from Mike's girlfriend, children and Mother. The Leeds show saw Mike's mother take to the stage and express her thanks to Evile's fans.

Evile were asked, by UK Magazine Metal Hammer, to cover a Pantera track for their Dimebag Darrell tribute Issue. The band chose to cover "Cemetery Gates" with it being their favourite Pantera track. The track would go on to receive positive feedback, be released via iTunes and get substantial airplay in the United States. This would unfortunately be the last track recorded with Mike Alexander. A raffle was also organized prior to the nights to raise funds for Mike's children and family. Evile and Mike's family were overwhelmed to receive support from people/bands such as Ozzy Osbourne & Sharon Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Machine Head, Exodus, Overkill, Trivium, Andy Sneap, Annihilator, Benediction, Hirax and more. The winners of the Raffle Prizes were announced via YouTube by Matt and Ol.

Evile started auditions for a new bass player in late November/December 2009. They then announced dates for a 2010 UK/Europe tour, with the bands The Fading and Warbringer. On 16 December it was reported that Joel Graham (formerly of Rise to Addiction) is the band's new bass player. In December Evile announced their first shows in USA/North America. One tour supporting Kreator alongside Voivod, Kataklysm and more. The other tour being in support to Overkill alongside Vader, God Dethroned and Warbringer.

In April 2010 Evile would pay tribute to their late bassist, Pantera and Dimebag Darrell by performing their cover of "Cemetery Gates" in the latter's birthplace of Dallas, Texas while on tour with Overkill in North America. Also in April 2010, it was announced that Evile would be returning to Bloodstock Open Air, playing main stage on Saturday 14 August. Evile will also be playing Hellfest, Wacken Open Air, Sonisphere and many more European Festivals.

Evile's track "Bathe in Blood" was used in the film Ondine by Neil Jordan and starring Colin Farrell.

From September 2010 to the end of December the band toured extensively throughout North America. The band had several headline dates as well as tours with veterans such as Overkill, D.R.I. and fellow thrash-band Gama Bomb. Also in February, Ol Drake took part in a "Game with Fame" session via Xbox Live, inviting gamers to play the videogame Rockband 3 with him. The event was advertised on the Xbox Live Dashboard and took place for 3 hours (5pm-8pm EST). Around this time the entire Infected Nations album became available via the Rock Band Network, as well as the band achieving "Artist of the Month".

Five Serpent's Teeth (2010–2012)
On 31 May, Evile revealed that they'd begun working on their third studio album. Ol Drake confirmed this via TwitLonger on 9 November and told that "Album 3 is well on the way and will be out on Earache Records in mid 2011". In February 2011 Evile embarked on a short UK tour to say goodbye to their "Infected Nations" album, while also showcasing a brand new track with the working title "Bitch". Matt also announced the third album will have the initials "FST". In March 2011 it was announced that Evile had entered Parlour Studios to begin recording their 3rd album with producer Russ Russell. Periodically, the band have been posting excerpts of the album's recording process on their official YouTube page. On 25 April, the band announced that their 3rd album was fully mixed and awaiting mastering.

In May 2011 Evile announced that they would pay tribute to their fallen bandmate, Mike Alexander, on the latest album. The track was entitled "In Memoriam". Ol Drake commented: "It goes without saying that there would be some element of the new album which was for Mike alone. We had a few ideas floating around which were out of the ordinary for Evile, and when Mike passed away those ideas just started to make more and more sense. 'In Memoriam''s initial intention was for Mike and Mike alone. All of us in the band have different views and thoughts on what the song means and who it is for, but it was born out of a want to include something special for Mike, his family and ourselves. As the song grew it started to take on a life of its own, so to speak. It is for anyone who's lost anyone close to them. There is a lot of meaning behind this song, and I expect a few people will question Evile doing such a song, but if the sentiment isn't understood, I couldn't care less. As our producer, Russ Russell said: 'It's a brilliant song for a brilliant guy.'"

It has been revealed through hard rock/heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer that the title for their third album would be Five Serpent's Teeth to be released 26 September 2011 in Europe and 18 October 2011 in North America through Earache Records. On 6 June, the band posted a new song, titled "Eternal Empire", on their YouTube channel. On 12 September 2011 the album's first single/music video, "Cult", was released. The video saw a different, more modern approach. In September/October 2011 the band set out on a 15-date headline tour of the UK with label-mates Savage Messiah as support. The band were then asked by Kerrang! Magazine to cover a Nirvana song for Nevermind's 20th Anniversary Tribute Issue. Evile covered the track "Lounge Act". Ol Drake commented: "When we got the offer, all I could see was fun to be had, and what an honor it was to be included. I was a big fan of Nirvana when I was a young teen, so it's an extra honor in that way for me. I wondered what we could do to the track to make it our own, so we approached it like we would one of our own songs. That bass riff is brilliant and I wanted to make it more a core element of the track guitar-wise and just metal it up in general. I wanted to respect the approach of the song but also alter Kurt's [Cobain] chord approach to a style more suited to EVILE, and that's a chug-athon!"

In October Evile celebrated the release of Five Serpent's Teeth by taking part in in-store signing sessions in select Blue Banana stores as well as a short tour of Release Shows in the UK; London, Birmingham and Holmfirth. On 17 October The band were featured in a Live Session on BBC Radio 1's Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter. The set was recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London. In November Evile announced a 24-date Headlining tour of Europe with Portrait and Dr. Living Dead as supports.

On 11 February 2012 Evile took part in, and headlined, HMV Group's "Next Big Thing" at the HMV Ritz in Manchester, UK along with Cerebral Bore and Savage Messiah. After the death of Woods of Ypres mastermind David Gold, the band decided to make the first live debut of "In Memoriam" a dedication to him. "In Memoriam" was initially written as a tribute to their fallen bandmate, Mike Alexander. In March 2012, Evile's lead guitarist Ol Drake was nominated for the "Dimebag Darrell Shredder" Award as part of Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. Also up for the award were Devin Townsend, Dino Cazares (of Fear Factory, Russ Parrish), Satchel (of Steel Panther) and Adam Dutkiewicz (of Killswitch Engage). In April 2012 Evile announced they would start filming a music video for the track "In Memoriam". Ol Drake commented: "The initial idea was to release the 'Cult' video, as we did, then immediately get onto recording the video for 'In Memoriam'; this was easier said than done. It's been well documented why the song exists. When it came to getting the 'right'/'appropriate' treatment for the video, it was a lengthy process. The song is so close to all of us that we wanted to make sure the video complemented the song and its subject matter, and that all four of us were happy with how the song will be portrayed visually. If we'd have settled on the first idea after 'Cult', we wouldn't have been happy, so amidst touring and gigging, we've been working hard on getting this 100% before we move on to the next video. The song is basically about loss, which we can all relate to, so we wanted to express that in the video, while staying respectful to why the song exists. We can't wait to get this filmed and out there for all to enjoy!"

Skull and the departure of Ol Drake (2013–2015)
On 31 January 2013, Ol Drake announced via his Tumblr that Evile were to begin recording their fourth album the following weekend. He also confirmed that the band would again utilise producer Russ Russell. On 25 March, Ben Carter and Earache Records released the album name, cover and release date of their fourth album, entitled Skull. Guitarist Ol Drake announced his departure from Evile in August 2013. In August 2014, Evile announced that Piers Donno-Fuller (formerly of Fallen Fate) would be joining them as lead guitarist, and that they "have something in the pipeline for March".

Switching members, Hell Unleashed and The Unknown (2016–present)
As early as March 2016, Evile began working on their fifth studio album. On 19 March 2018, Evile announced the departure of Piers due to personal commitments. On 24 April of the same year, the band announced Ol Drake had rejoined the band. On 12 August 2020, Evile announced that Matt Drake had quit the band "a while ago", leaving drummer Ben Carter as their only permanent member. On rhythm guitar, Drake was replaced by Adam Smith of RipTide, while his brother Ol took over on guitar and vocals. In the following month, Evile were signed to Napalm Records and began recording their new album with Chris Clancy for a 2021 release. Then On 3 February 2021, Evile announced that their fifth studio album, Hell Unleashed, would be released on 30 April, and the video for the album's lead single, which is the title track, directed by James Mansell, was released on the same day. The song "Gore" includes a guest backing-vocal appearance from actor/comedian Brian Posehn. The song, and music video directed by James Mansell, was released on 18 March. Evile promoted Hell Unleashed with a UK tour in February 2022, supported by Divine Chaos and Tortured Demon.

In response to why the album had taken eight years to materialise, frontman Ol Drake commented: "they hadn't really done any new music, and when I rejoined in 2018, I just hit the ground running and started new material and the whole complication with my brother leaving and everything made it last even longer. It should have been out a year and a half ago really but sh*t happens."

Hell Unleashed is also the first Evile studio album to include a cover by another band. Ol Drake commented on including Mortician's "Zombie Apocalypse": "The main reason we did it, is because of how fun that riff is. I have loved it most of my metal life. I always play it when we are sound checking or I pick up the guitar and that riff is always in my vocabulary and it was literally just an excuse for us to play it. It is just so fun and I can't wait to do it live."

In a June 2021 interview with Metal Hammer, Ol Drake revealed the band had planned to work on their sixth studio album. He said, with a chuckle, "I started writing the next album before [Hell Unleashed] was even finished. New material will probably start in late 2021." Three months later, he confirmed in a "small announcement" on Facebook that Evile had not only officially begun writing their sixth studio album, but stated that it would not take another eight years for it to be released. On 18 May 2023, the band announced that their upcoming sixth studio album, The Unknown, would be released on 14 July.

Musical style and influences
Evile's sound is primarily influenced by classic thrash metal bands, such as Overkill, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Exodus, Testament, Annihilator, Nevermore, Pantera and Sepultura, though they are also influenced by death metal bands like Obituary.

Band members

 * Current members
 * Ol Drake – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2004–2013, 2018–present), lead vocals (2020–present)
 * Ben Carter – drums (2004–present)
 * Joel Graham – bass, backing vocals (2009–present)
 * Adam Smith – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2020–present)

 * Former members
 * Matt Drake – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2004–2020; one show in 2021)
 * Piers Donno-Fuller – lead guitar, backing vocals (2014–2018)
 * Mike Alexander – bass, backing vocals (2004–2009; died 2009)

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William Oliphant, Lord Newton

Sir William Oliphant, Lord Newton (1551–1628) was a Scottish judge.

Admitted as an advocate in 1577, he became an Advocate Depute in 1604. He gained favour of James VI by throwing up his brief for the six ministers in 1606. He was appointed a lord of session from 1611 to 1626, with the judicial title Lord Newton and was Lord Advocate from 1612 to 1626. He was appointed a member of new High Commission court in 1615. He was responsible for the present procedure of examining witnesses in court. He seems to have been involved in witch trials.

He died on 13 April 1628 and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh.

Life
Sir William Oliphant of Newton, advocate, son of William Oliphant of Newton, in the parish of Forgrandenny, Perthshire, was admitted to the Scottish bar on 20 October 1577. Five years later (14 October 1582) he was appointed a justice-depute (Pitcairn, i. 101), and in 1604 he acted as advocate-depute for Sir Thomas Hamilton, king's advocate. In the same year a commission was chosen to discuss the question of union with England, Oliphant was added as one 'best affected fittest for that eirand' (Reg. of Privy Council, vii. 457). He was a commissioner (1607) for reforming the teaching of grammar in schools, which had fallen into disrepute by the 'curiositie of divers maisters. . . taking upon thaim efter their fantesie to teache such grammar as pleases them' (Acts of Parl. iv. 374). His reputation at the bar meanwhile advanced; he appears in many of the leading cases (Pitcairn; Reg. of Privy Council, passim). He was chosen, with Thomas Craig, to defend the six ministers in January 1606; but he gave up his brief on the eve of the trial, on the plea, as Balmerino explained, that the king's promise of leniency, provided they acknowledge their offense, not justify their obstinacy (ib. vii. 478). He thereby was the won the king's favour, and was soon amply rewarded. In 1608 the council, in a letter to the king, named him first of four who were 'the most learned and best experienced of their profession' (Denmylne MSS. A. 2. 39. No. 66). In November 1610 he appears as a justice of the peace for Perthshire and the stewartries of Strathearn and Menteith (Reg. of Privy Council, ix. 78).

He was elevated to the bench in January 1611, in succession to Sir David Lindsay of Edzell, one of the lords-ordinary. Thereupon the privy council wrote a long letter to the king, in which they declared how popular had been the election of one 'whose bipast cariage is an hes bene onlie forceable to hold him in your Majesteis rememberance' (ib. ix. 592). Next year (19 June) he was nominated in a royal letter as king's advocate, in succession to Hamilton, who had been appointed clerk of register. On 9 July following be was admitted of the privy council as lord-advocate, and was nighted by the chancellor in conformity with a mandate from the king. He retained his seat on the bench (ib. ix. 403). Parliament ratified his appointment in October, and granted a pension of 1,000l. for life, which the king had intimated to the council in a letter of 8 April 1611.

He played a prominent part in the political stir of the closing years of James's reign; the sederunts of the privy council show that he was present at almost every meeting. In December 1612 he was one of a select commission of five for the settling of controversies between burgh and landward justices of the peace (ib. ix. 503); in August 1613 a commissioner for the trial of the Jesuit Robert Philip, in December 1614 for the trial of Father John Ogilvie [q.v.], and in June 1015 for that of James Mofiat; in December 1615 he was appointed a member of the reconstructed court of high commission, and in May 1616 one of the committee to report on the book 'God and the King,' which James had determined to introduce into Scotland as he had done in England and Ireland. On 17 Dec. 1016 Oliphant was elected a member of the financial committee of the council known as the commissioners for the king's rents (ib. x. 676; Balfour, Annals, ii. 65). As kind's advocate he appears in all the great political trials, notably those of Gordon of Gicht and Sir James Macdonald of Islay. He had the care, too, of putting into force the new acts against the sale of tobacco and the carrying of hagbuts; and the numerous prosecutions which he carried out testify to his activity. The parliament of 1021 ratified the possession of the family lands to him and his sons James and William in fee (Acts of Parl. iv. 662). Charles I's proclamation prohibiting the holding of an ordinary seat in the court of session by officers of state and nobles compelled him to leave the bench (February 1020). He died on 1 (13?) April 1628, and was buried in the Greyfriars' churchyard at Edinburgh. To Oliphant is due the present procedure of examining witnesses in the hearing of the jury. Hitherto evidence had been taken in the trial of one Listen, accused of the murder of a certain John Mayne (Pitcairn).

Family background
Sir William Oliphant was the son of Thomas Oliphant of Freeland. He was father of Sir James Oliphant, Lord Newton, 1st Baronet (died 1648) – see also Oliphant baronets.

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List of storms named Glenda

The name Glenda has been used for eleven tropical cyclones worldwide: five in the Eastern Pacific Ocean; three in the Philippines by PAGASA in the Western Pacific Ocean; twice in the Australian region of the Southern Hemisphere; once in the South-West Indian Ocean.

In the Eastern Pacific:
 * Hurricane Glenda (1963)
 * Tropical Storm Glenda (1965)
 * Hurricane Glenda (1969)
 * Tropical Storm Glenda (1973)
 * Tropical Storm Glenda (1977)

In the Philippines area:
 * Typhoon Kaemi (2006) (T0605, 06W, Glenda) – struck Taiwan and China.
 * Typhoon Kompasu (2010) (T1007, 08W, Glenda)
 * Typhoon Rammasun (2014) (T1409, 09W, Glenda) – a Category 5 super typhoon that impacted the Philippines and China.

PAGASA retired the name after the 2014 storm and replaced it with Gardo.

In the Australian region:
 * Cyclone Glenda (1967)
 * Cyclone Glenda (2006) – Category 5 severe tropical cyclone that made landfall in Western Australia.

The name was retired from future use in the region after the 2006 storm.

In the South-West Indian:
 * Severe Tropical Storm Glenda (2015)

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Taylor Fry

Taylor McQuiston Fry (born August 1, 1981) is a former American child actress. On film, Fry appeared in roles in Die Hard, North, and A Little Princess. On television, she has starring roles in Nightingales, Get a Life and Kirk. Fry graduated from Notre Dame High School in 1999, along with fellow actors Rami Malek and Rachel Bilson. She later attended and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2003, where she became an avid Ultimate Frisbee player.

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1844 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1844.

Explorations

 * Karl Richard Lepsius examines, describes, and maps Meroë; and partially explores the upper passage of tomb KV20 in the Valley of the Kings.

Excavations

 * Frances Stackhouse Acton excavates a Roman villa in the grounds of her home at Acton Scott in England.

Finds

 * William Reeves locates Nendrum Monastery.
 * Discovery of Rudchester Mithraeum.

Publications

 *  Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America by Frederick Catherwood, with color lithographs of ruins of the Maya civilization.
 * March - The Archaeological Journal first published. The first volume includes Frederick Lukis's "Observations on the primaeval antiquities of the Channel Islands" (pp. 144–52).

Births

 * August 3 - Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist of Iran (d. 1920)

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Bruno Sassi

Bruno Sassi (born December 15, 1970) is an American professional wrestler best known for being a member of the tag team Phi Delta Slam, as well as his appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. In early 2009 he returned to TNA under the ring name Sally Boy, or simply Sal, as one half of The Main Event Mafia's, and later Mick Foley's, personal security force.

Career
Sassi graduated from Miramar High School in 1988, and turned down academic scholarships in order to train as a wrestler, financing his training through a series of odd jobs, including waiting tables in Hollywood Florida at Napoli's Italian restaurant, formerly run by his father-in-law Paul. Sassi made his wrestling debut on September 30, 1988. In 1990, Sassi appeared with the Nashville-based NWA Worldwide Wrestling.

Sassi eventually began wrestling primarily on the Floridian independent circuit, where he formed a tag team with "Brother" Dan Evans. Evans and Sassi used the gimmick of a pair of boisterous, prank playing fraternity members. After Evans retired due to injury, Sassi continued to use the gimmick with the third part of the team, Big Tilly. Sassi and Tilly were known collectively as Phi Delta Slam.

World Wrestling Federation
Sassi also had several matches with World Wrestling Federation from 1994 to 2000. His final and most notable match for the WWF occurred on April 15, 2000 when he lost to Stevie Richards on an episode of Jakked.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2005, 2007, 2009–2010)
Phi Delta Slam were introduced to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) after Dusty Rhodes told his two competing assistants, Traci Brooks and Trinity, to each find a tag team. The tag teams would wrestle one another at Destination X, with the winning tag team's sponsor becoming Rhodes' sole assistant. Trinity selected Phi Delta Slam, and they debuted in February 2005, wrestling dark matches. They made their on-screen debut on March 13 at Destination X, where they lost to Traci's choice, The Harris Brothers. Phi Delta Slam remained in TNA for several weeks afterwards.

Tilly and Sassi later made a cameo appearance in a series of comedy segments on the December 20, 2007 episode of Impact! where they were seen at Eric Young's Christmas party, which also involved the likes of Bushwhacker Butch, Kevin Nash, ODB, and Awesome Kong.

Return
In early 2009, both Tilly and Sassi returned to TNA as the personal security of The Main Event Mafia in order to help them fend off The TNA Front Line. In order play into the mafia aspect of the stable, Sassi was renamed to Sal (it was later tweaked to Sally Boy), he began wearing sunglasses at all times, dyed his normally blond hair to black and began sporting a short beard. On the March 13 edition of Impact!, Sal and Kurt Angle accompanied Rocco as he wrestled Frontline member Eric Young in the main event, which Rocco lost after Young pinned him following a Death Valley driver. On the April 2 edition of Impact!, Rocco and Sal challenged and lost to Team 3D. On the May 7 edition of Impact! they were defeated in a handicap match by Matt Morgan. On the May 28 edition of Impact! Sting, the new leader of the Main Event Mafia, fired Sal and Rocco. On the June 4, 2009, edition of Impact! Rocco and Sal were hired by Mick Foley. The two of them have since made sporadic appearances as bodyguards.

Independent circuit
Phi Delta Slam is currently wrestling with the South Florida-based Coastal Championship Wrestling. In addition, all three members of Phi Delta Slam (Sassi, Tilly and Evans) operate a professional wrestling school called Bodyslam University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Notable graduates include former WWE United States and WWE Tag Team Champion Montel Vontavious Porter.

Championships and accomplishment

 * Coastal Championship Wrestling
 * CCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * CCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Big Tilly
 * Future of Wrestling
 * FOW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * FOW International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Florida Wrestling Alliance
 * FWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * FWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * FWA Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Big Tilly
 * Independent Pro Wrestling Association
 * IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * IPWA Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Big Tilly
 * International Wrestling Federation
 * IWF Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Big Tilly
 * South Eastern Championship Wrestling
 * SECW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Big Tilly
 * World Wide Wrestling
 * WWW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Big Tilly

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WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth

'WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth (known as Exciting Pro Wrestling 4' in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game released on the PlayStation 2 console by THQ and developed by Yuke's. It is the fourth game in the WWE SmackDown! video game series, based on the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and the sequel to WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It. It is also the first game in the series to be released under the "WWE" banner.

The game was succeeded by WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain released in October 2003.

Gameplay
Season mode was lengthened to two in-game years and features the Brand Extension featuring Ric Flair's Raw and Vince McMahon's SmackDown!. For the first time, only WWE superstars could participate in Season mode. Players compete exclusively on the show they are drafted to for the first few months of year one, consisting of four Raw or SmackDown! events, plus a monthly pay-per-view (PPV) event. If the player's character is a created superstar, or if the original superstar has a rating lower than 60, they will instead begin their season on Sunday Night HEAT. Eventually, the player will be booked on the two major television shows, appearing on two Raw and two SmackDown! shows and the PPV event. One of the featured storylines is based on the WWE debut of the nWo of early 2002, which in-game, includes Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and X-Pac (who replaced the released Scott Hall).

Like its predecessor Just Bring It, Shut Your Mouth's championships cannot be contended for in Exhibition mode and can only be defended in Season mode. All of the major titles of the time, with the exception of the WWE Women's Championship, are included in the game: WWE Undisputed, Intercontinental, European, Tag Team, Cruiserweight, and Hardcore championships. Various unlockables such as alternate attires for characters, extra movesets, and arenas can be unlocked throughout Season mode.

Televised and pay-per-view events are televised from the ''SmackDown! Arena'', the exterior of which is based on the design of Madison Square Garden. Although Jim Ross announces a different city at the start of each event, the exteriors remain the same. Notable areas are a New York City Subway stop named ''SmackDown! Station, Times Square'', and The World. The game features several arenas based on the various pay-per-views held by WWE in 2001 and 2002. There are also arenas based on each WWE television show. In certain arenas, players could make their wrestlers scale the TitanTron and jump off of it. For example, a player could have Rob Van Dam climb to the top of the fist in the SmackDown! arena, and perform a Five Star Frog Splash. In addition, The Undertaker's signature motorcycle could be ridden in some matches and backstage areas. Create-A-Superstar mode gives the player freedom to manipulate any part of the superstar's body. It also offers over 58 move sets from a combination of superstars in WWE not featured in the game or working in different promotions.

This is the first WWE game to feature superstars on different brands, Raw and SmackDown!. In this game, all the superstars, including champions are eligible to be drafted on both brands, with the exception of the WWE Undisputed Champion, who is available on both brands, so long as he is the reigning champion. This also marks the first WWE video game appearances of Billy Kidman, Brock Lesnar, Chuck Palumbo, Diamond Dallas Page, Jazz, Maven, Randy Orton, Rico, Stacy Keibler, Lance Storm, Kevin Nash and Torrie Wilson.

Development
Shut Your Mouth received a major graphical overhaul during its development, with superstar models being updated to include realistic facial features. Fully animated entrances for each character are also featured, with the superstar's signature entrance video playing on the TitanTron, while their respective themes playing in the arena. The title belts are also displayed in the entrances in realistic fashion (e.g. The Rock carrying the title belt to the ring and raising it above his head).

For superstar entrances, most of the themes used in the televised and house shows were incorporated into the game. Along with the in-house music from Jim Johnston, remakes of Johnston's originals from bands such as Breaking Point (for Rob Van Dam), Boy Hits Car (for Lita), Cypress Hill (for Tazz), Our Lady Peace (for Chris Benoit), and Saliva (for The Dudley Boyz) were also featured. However, Maven, Stacy Keibler, Tajiri, Randy Orton, and The Hardy Boyz do not have their correct themes (although an instrumental version of Maven's actual entrance theme is included on the game disc). Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler provide sporadic play-by-play commentary, while ring announcer Howard Finkel provided his voice for match introductions and superstar entrances.

Reception
By July 2006, the game had sold 1.1 million copies and earned $50 million in the United States. Next Generation ranked it as the 44th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2003 and July 2006 in that country. Combined console sales of WWE games released in the 2000s reached 8 million units in the United States by July 2006. It also received a "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom.

The game received "generally favorable" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. GameSpot named it the second-best PlayStation 2 game of November 2002. It was a runner-up for GameSpot's annual "Best Graphics (Technical) on PlayStation 2" award, which went to Ratchet & Clank.

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Vertical Man

Vertical Man is the eleventh studio album by Ringo Starr, issued in 1998. The album served as Starr's attempt at a commercial comeback following the success of The Beatles Anthology project. Starr enlisted the help of many of his musician friends in making Vertical Man, including Scott Weiland, Brian Wilson, Alanis Morissette, Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Steven Tyler, and his former Beatles bandmates Paul McCartney and George Harrison. Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick mixed the tracks, and Starr and Mark Hudson served as producers.

Background and recording
Ringo Starr met songwriter Dean Grakal at a party on New Year's Eve 1996, during which the pair had a discussion about songwriting, with Grakal proposing that they form a team with Mark Hudson, whom Starr had met years prior while Starr was working on Time Takes Time (1992). Starr spoke of the writing process in an interview with Billboard magazine: "This is the first time I've really been involved [in my record]. Whereas before, I'd just sort of pick out other people's songs or songs other people had written that I thought were vaguely trying to say what I would have liked to say, on this, we're really trying to say what I want to say, thank you."

In February 1997, Hudson and Grakal visited Starr in his Beverly Hills residence for a songwriting session. The result of this meeting was a song called "My Love", which was promptly renamed to "Everyday" after Starr commented that McCartney had already used the title. The song was demoed under that name by Starr, Hudson, Grakal, and guitarist Steve Dudas. Happy with this session, the quartet followed it up with more recordings the following month, at Los Angeles's Whatinthewhatthe? Studios. There the musicians recorded two tracks: "Mr. Double-It-Up" and "One", the latter of which, per Grakal's lyric sheet, was originally called "All It Takes Is One". For these sessions, Starr played the drum set he had used during his time with The Beatles. In mid-to-late April, Starr and Hudson worked on Vertical Man as Starr began rehearsals for an upcoming tour. Before embarking on the tour (which would begin on 28 April), Starr recorded "I'll Be Fine Anywhere". After the tour had finished on 8 June, Starr went on holiday, and returned in July. Recording for the album restarted in the same month, on 20 July, with Starr playing with The Roundheads as his backing band.

Starr and the Roundheads recorded the tracks "What in the... World", "La De Da", and "Mindfield" on 20 July at Whatinthewhatthe? Studios. Starr added vocals to "What in the... World" on 28 July, and two days later to "Without Understanding". On July 31, Joe Walsh showed up at Whatinthewhatthe? Studios and added guitar parts to "What in the... World", "La De Da" and "Mindfield". The next day, Starr re-recorded his "Without Understanding" vocal. On 5 August, the track "Old Country Song" (soon to be re-titled as "Good News") was recorded. The bass track to "Good News" was recorded two days later, by Lee Rocker. Starr and Hudson then flew to Europe at the end of August.

On 29 September, at McCartney's The Mill studio, McCartney, Starr, Hudson, Emerick and Paul Wright worked on the track "La De Da", which McCartney contributed bass and backing vocals to. This session was filmed by Grakal, and excerpts were later featured in the music video for the song. Also recorded was a new bass track for "What in the... World"— replacing the placeholder bass track from a July session. Upon hearing a playback of the track, McCartney remarked "Whoo ... Rich! Sounds kinda Beatle-ish!" to which Starr replied "I know! That's what I said to Mark months ago". McCartney, now looking at Starr, told him "You are a fucking Beatle!" On 15 October, the same day Starr was in Paris to watch McCartney's daughter Stella's fashion show, string overdubs were added on to "I'm Yours" and "King of Broken Hearts" at AIR Studios, located in London. Starr returned to Los Angeles on 1 November to add overdubs to the latest recorded material, and on 3 November, he recorded "I Was Walkin'". On November 4, "The Puppet Song" was recorded. The song had originated from a comment by Starr ("Put the puppet to bed"), and would be renamed "Puppet". On 6 November, "Sometimes" was recorded, which contained a riff taken from Ringo's Rotogravure's (1976) "Cryin'".

On November 7, Jeff Baxter overdubbed a steel guitar onto "One" and "Sometimes". On the same day, Jim Cox added keyboard overdubs to several songs; Starr originally wanted Billy Preston to play the keyboards, but he was in jail at the time. On November 11 at Village Recorder Studios, Baxter also added keyboards to three tracks: "I Was Walkin'", "La De Da" and "Sometimes". Overdubs were added to a number of tracks the following day at the same studio. On November 13, an ensemble of 45 people—consisting of Starr's friends and family—gathered at Village Recorder Studios to record backing vocals to the track "La De Da". The following day, both Schmit and Dave Gibbs added backing vocals to "Puppet" and "Sometimes". On November 17, Tyler flew from Amsterdam to Los Angeles to overdub harmonica to both "I Was Walkin'" and a re-make of "Love Me Do".

The following day, Tyler re-did his harmonica part to "Love Me Do". This was done at Starr's request, who wanted it to sound closer to the Beatles' original version. On 19 November, Alanis Morissette stopped by Whatinthewhatthe? Studios and recorded a vocal for "Drift Away". The next day, at Village Recorder Studios, the gospel-choir group Sauce recorded backing vocals for ""Without Understanding" and "Drift Away". Brian Wilson, as well as Barbara Bach's cousin, Christian Phillippe Quillici, overdubbed backing vocals to "Without Understanding" on 25 November. Wilson dubbed several backing vocal tracks at Hudson's request. On the same day, Morissette added backing vocals to two tracks: "Mindfield" and "I Was Walkin'". Engineer Eric Greedy made two mixes—one with only vocals, and one of the just the backing tracks—of both "King of Broken Hearts" and "I'll Be Fine Anywhere". These were sent the next day to Harrison at his Friar Park residence. Up to this point, sixteen tracks in total had been recorded for the album. After arriving in Los Angeles on 30 November, up until 11 December, Geoff Emerick worked on mixing five tracks at A&M Studios ("One", "Mr. Double-It-Up", "Everyday", "I'm Yours" and "What in the... World"). Also on the 11th, minor mixing was conducted on "Love Me Do".

Starr had not paid rent since the beginning of the record sessions. As a result, Nina Pieseckyj—the landlord's secretary—arrived at Whatinthewhatthe? Studios on 12 December to request the rent. Starr immediately asked if she played an instrument, to which she replied "Yeah, cello". Starr proceeded to tell her to "go get it". Pieseckyj ended up playing a cello riff similar to "I Am the Walrus" on the track "Vertical Man". Also on this day, Starr was announced to have signed with an EMI subsidiary label, Guardian Records, to release his new album on the planned date of 21 April 1998. On 16 December, a final mix of "Love Me Do" was made. A few days after having been signed to Guardian, the label (along with several other minor labels) was shut down by then-current EMI president Ken Barry, leaving Starr without a label on which to release the album. Upon finding this out, Starr added a final lead vocal track to "Vertical Man". All musicians and staff members then took a Christmas break from recording. Harrison's guitar overdubs were sent to Starr via mail and arrived on 22 December, after which he went with the Roundheads to Village Recorder Studios to hear the results. Upon hearing the solos, Starr exclaimed "You're killing me, George. You've got me crying, you bugger!".

Between 6 and 11 January 1998, the tracks "Mindfield", "King of Broken Hearts" and "Drift Away" were mixed at A&M Studios. Osbourne added a vocal track to "Vertical Man" on 16 January. The following day at A&M Studios, saxophonist Joel Peskin overdubbed saxophone onto "Puppet", which was then mixed on 23 January. On 29 January, Starr and friends listened to a playback of the album. Hudson and Emerick flew to New York on 17 February to oversee mastering of the album. Later that day, Hudson and Grakal met with Mercury's Danny Goldberg, with whom they made a deal to release the album. On 23 April, Starr removed Tyler's vocal at Mercury's request, as Aerosmith was due to have tracks released on the Armageddon soundtrack. Mastering was handled the next day at Masterdisc by Greg Calbi. Final mastering for the album was done from 2 to 6 May at A&M Studios. On the same day, at Abbey Road Studios, Starr, and Mark and Scott Gordon, via telephone, recorded Petty's (who is assisted by Greedy) vocals for the song "Drift Away", who was at Village Recorder Studios in Los Angeles. "Drift Away" was remastered, now with Petty's vocals for the song in the mix, on 12 May.

Promotion, release and reception
With the recent Beatles Anthology having introduced the group to newer and younger fans, it was reasoned that Starr would benefit from the exposure; McCartney's Flaming Pie had done very well upon its 1997 release. With Starr newly signed to a worldwide major label deal with Mercury, he was hoping for a similar reaction.

On both 13 and 14 April 1998, Starr held interviews to help promote the album, which was originally to be titled Thanks for Comin', before being changed after looking through a book belonging to Barbara Bach's daughter, Francesca. On the latter day, a photograph of Starr was taken for the album booklet by Henry Diltz. Starr planned to film a music video for "La De Da" at Shea Stadium in New York, though when the scheduled day arrived, filming was disrupted due to rain. As a result, filming moved to the streets of New York City, where Starr was shot sitting on a bench with an umbrella. The video is intercut with Starr and his backing band performing the song, along with footage of McCartney singing the chorus from the previous September. The original plan was for Starr to conduct a crowd singing one verse from "La De Da". On 14 May, in the US, Mercury sent out Electronic press kits (EPKs) for the album. On 18 May, Entertainment Tonight aired an interview with McCartney and Starr that was filmed during the sessions at McCartney's home studio. The "La De Da" video first aired on MTV in Europe, on 19 May, while in the US, the video aired on Entertainment Tonight on 25 May. On 1 June, radio stations were sent promotional copies of the single. A radio special, on 15 June, premiered the album worldwide. Interviews with Starr about the album were printed in both New Yorker and USA Today newspapers.

Vertical Man was released on 16 June in the US, with "La De Da" released as a single on 20 July before being withdrawn a week later. Those who pre-ordered the album with Best Buy were given a three-track bonus CD of material not included on the album. Starr also arranged for a digipak edition—limited to 100,000 copies—to be released. The German version of the album included the bonus track "Mr. Double-It-Up", while the Japanese edition contained "Mr. Double-It-Up" and "Everyday". Attendees at the Beatlefest convention who had pre-ordered the album were given a 7" single of "La De Da", which included a non-album track "Everyday" as the B-side.

Vertical Man received average reviews and reached No. 61 in the US. The album was then released in the UK on 3 August, where it bubbled below the official Top 75, reaching No. 85 there, after having sold 2,000 copies.

Within the album's week of release, Starr held an online chat with fans. A tour followed the release of the album, although Starr said the tour was not only to promote the album: "I don't really ever want to do the two hours where it's just me. I like the mixture of the All-Stars because it's so much fun." On 5 April 1999, Hudson and Gordon made a single edit version of "La De Da", which Starr approved on 9 June. Nearly a month later, on 4 July, the single edit aired for the first time on British airwaves, thanks to The Chart Show.

Track listing
All tracks written by Steve Dudas, Mark Hudson, Dean Grakal and Richard Starkey except where noted.

Personnel

 * Ringo Starr – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards, rhythm guitar, artwork
 * Mark Hudson – guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, percussion, banjo, backing vocals, artwork
 * George Harrison – slide guitar on "King of Broken Hearts" and "I'll Be Fine Anywhere"
 * Paul McCartney – bass guitar and backing vocals on "What in the... World" and "La De Da", backing vocals on "I Was Walking"
 * Jeff Baxter – pedal steel guitar
 * Joe Walsh – guitars, backing vocals
 * Steve Cropper – electric guitar
 * Mark Nevin – acoustic guitar
 * Jim Cox – keyboards
 * Steve Dudas – bass guitar, guitars
 * Scott Gordon – percussion, harmonica, synthesizer
 * John Bergamo – tabla
 * Dean Grakal – percussion
 * Eric Greedy – percussion, backing vocals

 * David Greedy – percussion
 * Joel Peskin – saxophone
 * Nina Piaseckyj – cello
 * Steven Tyler – harmonica, backing vocals, percussion
 * Alanis Morissette – vocals
 * Tom Petty – vocals
 * Barbara Bach – backing vocals, artwork
 * Scott Weiland, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, Sarah Hudson, Barbara Vander Linde, Rose Stone, Lisa Banks, Ollie Woodson, Howard McCray, Christina Rasch, Keith Allison, Astrid Barber, James Barber, Blake V. Brown, Scott Brown, Vincent Brown, Joie Calio, Jim Cushinery, Doug Fieger, Eric Gardner, Scott Gordon, Bruce Grakal, Christopher Grakal, Ronni Grakal, Steve Greenberg, Michael Gurley, Kay Harrison, Tommy Harrison, Dawn Hoenie, Daniel Lanois, Phil Leavitt, Stuart Lerner, Nils Lofgren, Gabriella Paglia, Van Dyke Parks, Sally Parks, Elizabeth Parks, Marjorie Rufus-Isaacs, Jean Schmit, Timothy B. Schmit, Lee Starkey, Tina Stem, Jennifer Sylvor, Barbara Vander Linde, Tatiana Von Furstenberg, Christian Phillippe Quilici, Alfie Silas-Durio, Carolyn Perry, Darlene Perry, Sharon Perry, Leon McCray, James McCray, Dave Gibbs – backing vocals

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Talk:Edible plant stem

Context
I am trying hard to stay away from Wikipedia for some time, but I feel strongly that this article should at least refer to root vegetable, category:root vegetables, and category:stem vegetables.

It should be noted that the existing articles and categories root vegetable, leaf vegetable, category:root vegetables, category:leaf vegetables, category:inflorescence vegetables, and category:vegetable-like fruits (which I would strongly like to rename to category:fruit vegetables), are explicitly concerned with a different taxonomy than is this article, more of a functional or folk taxonomy compared to the very strict anatomical taxonomy implied by the inclusion here of the fig. I believe that both systems represent interesting and informative generalizations, and I would like to see them well represented, by some combination of articles and categories, but I don't how that can best be done. The conversation at User talk:Marasek is relevant here.

As a side note, I believe this article should be moved to Edible plant stem in line with Naming conventions and Naming conventions.

— Pekinensis 19:36, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Further suggestions
As I am trying to minimize the amount of editing I do, I will restrict my self to making suggestions here.

I believe the article would benefit from the use of == Section titles == rather than raw BOLD ALL-CAPS TEXT, and from explicit lists instead of list items in individual paragraphs:

List:
 * item
 * item
 * item

Also, I believe there are two articles you were looking for at nopal and Nelumbo nucifera.

— Pekinensis 20:04, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Unable to restrain myself from editing Wikipedia, I have made these formatting changes. I have not addressed of the content issues mentioned above. — Pekinensis 18:58, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for all the editing you have done. The page looks great! This was my first wiki posting and it was a requirement for a plant biology class, so learning all of the formatting tricks and techniques was much more than I could handle. However else you would like to improve upon the page, go ahead. I know you're trying to take a wikivacation, but why torture yourself??? Format away!

Shanghaidlily 16:16, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Comments about Edible Plant Stems
Your page have interesting information especially I enjoyed reading "Detailed description of edible plant stems" part.

Since we used Celery (Apium graveolens) stems for our labs, how about adding this one to your page? Actually celery is edible for most parts, not just only stem though…. There is a page for celery in this Wikipedia pages. It is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celery May be you can take a look and decide if you want to include it.

Also, the common stems like bamboo shoot that we eat in Chinese restaurants can be added? I heard that is also part of stem…I found also bamboo page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_shoot

I was wondering, if you include radish or potato (root and stem edible part), there are probably endless items that have to be include into this “edible plant stem” section. As someone who wrote an advice before me, may be it is easier for later on if you categorize edible stems, root and stems, leaf and stems, and so on separately.

Good luck on your page!

-Sayako July 24th 2005

 * I believe that the most widely eaten part of celery is the petiole, not a stem in the strictest sense. This article seems to have been written with strictest sense in mind.  I believe you are correct about bamboo.  — Pekinensis 13:03, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for your info. I recieved from the author about the celery and bamboo, too. The page looks improved, awesome! Good Luck!Sayako July 31 2005

what are the impacts on genetically modified plants?

edible plant
what is the most common edible plant in new zealand? i don't know

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What is a stem?
This article is a mess. The definition of stem being used is very inconsistent. On the one hand, we've got potatoes, which yes, are technically stem tissue. But the part of the potato that most people would consider stem (the above ground part) is pretty toxic. Then there's rhubarb; if I were going for a very technical definition, I would call petioles part of the leaf. Alliums are listed as "swollen leaves with a little bit of stem"; well, there's tons of leafy vegetables that are usually prepared with a little bit of stem/petiole included. Figs? Again, there are many of "fruits" with stem tissue (strawberries, cashew apples, etc.) I think most people would consider bark (e.g. cinnamon) distinct from stem. Maple trees may have the stem tapped, but I wouldn't consider the sap part of the stem. You COULD tap the roots, although yields would probably be lower.

So we've got a very technical definition of stem that includes things most people would consider roots or fruits, but then we've also got petioles (leaf) being considered as stem, as well as sap and bark.

Ideally, I would think this article should exclude any below ground stems, and should only include foods where the edible portion is predominantly petiole/stem/floral rachis. That is, scrap the technical definition of stem and go for a folk taxonomic definition.

Steven Facciola's book Cornucopia II has a list of plants with edible "Stems/Flower Stalks" as well as "Petioles". This would be a good reference; I might get around to editing this page based on it myself.192.104.39.2 (talk) 21:35, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Yeah this is complete nonsense, but it doesn't help that 'stem' is kind of poorly defined. It's easy enough to think of it as the main trunk/stalk of a plant with the xylem and phloem, but nearly every part has at least a little of that. It'd be like calling your fingertip part of your heart just because it has capillaries in it. What's more, several _trees_ are listed. If bark like cinnamon or birch bark (or sap(!!!) )counts as stem, then this is just a mess. On top of that, the very first entry just ends abruptly like the Sbemail 'vampire.' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.204.139 (talk) 04:23, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

This article and the similar ones need a lot of work
I currently do not have the time, but will do my best to slowly update these articles both in format and information quality. Almost no citation or linkage in the wild edibles section. The entire system of classifying edible plants needs an overhaul. Is there a discussion page that would be suited for a conversation about this? TooManyTooMuch (talk) 13:02, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

kupal The edible portion is stem segments When you click on the link, you find that Kupal is a place in the Mideast. There is no reference to a plant. I tried to find a plant called Kupal to no avail.

ideas
Yacaratia, nopales, purslane, taugé, yautia, cassave, ustilago-infected bamboo, jerusalem artichoke, cardoon, konjac, bermuda arrowroot, canna, ulluco, yacón, oca, mashua, jicama, curcuma, galanga, laos, giant taro, camus, peyote, san pedro, maca, salsify

compound fruit-breadfruit, strawberry, durian, jackfruit, soursop, cherimoya, pineapple -all basically the same as cauliflower or fig.

86.83.56.115 (talk) 21:11, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

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Talk:Vertical Man

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What does 'the album was deleted' mean?
Please pardon my ignorance, but though I think I have read quite a lot about the music industry, I haven't come upon that expression so far. They surely didn't delete the master tapes, did they? --217.232.218.26 16:30, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

It means that the physical release was no longer produced for purchase in the record shops. BGC 17:47, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

 * This confused me too, so I've changed it to "the album was no longer distributed". Hopefully the intended meaning is still there. -kotra (talk) 12:16, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

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Archived record of talk page commentary between 22 June and 20 July, 2005.

VFD
I often forget, mind you. I just happen to keep an eye on them right now. Thanks for the friendly words anyway. It's always nice to be appreciated. - Mgm|(talk) 19:29, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Pearson
Sorry if I sound annoyed. I'm not. But I do try to explain myself for each edit using the limited space allotted, which often leads to very terse comments. I appreciate your work on Pearson and hope you don't mind if I do alter your work from time to time. HistoryBA 19:39, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Admin vote
Scimitar, thank you for the vote of confidence - I hope that I can live up to the high standards set by the many great admins we have today. --FCYTravis 23:30, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Nate
I fixed up the Nate article.-LtNOWIS 00:31, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Votes for deletion/Kelechava
You said that the article was didn't "fit any speedy criteria I know of" and was "just an example of the sort of vanity we wish we could speedy". There is a hypothetical criterion currently being studied under which that article would have qualified. See User:Uncle G/Proposal to expand WP:CSD/Unsourced biographies. The (unfinished) study is on the talk page. Uncle G 16:28, 2005 Jun 26 (UTC)

my rfa
Hello, I know this is a bit late, but I just wanted to say, thanks for participating! You (Talk) 17:59, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

Possible RfA
Thanks for considering me as an admin nomination. If you choose to nominate, I will gladly accept. In the interest of reasonable full disclosure, I'll point out that I've only been here since January. I'm not sure what the normal timeframe is before adminship, but I suspect that's on the shorter side. Still, it can't hurt to try, and it will be interesting to know what the community thinks of me. :) Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd June 29, 2005 17:17 (UTC)

Pomposity etc
Hi. I had in fact already slightly changed my vote. I am afraid that I still think that the article should be deleted, as it has no potential for growth beyond what is there. Sorry, but thanks for the note. All the best, smoddy 30 June 2005 22:33 (UTC)

Support on FAC
Thanks for your support on both the peer review and FAC voting on IFK Göteborg, I really appreciate it! -- Elisson | Talk 1 July 2005 17:02 (UTC)

RFA for Harro5
Hello. I see you recently voted in the Request for adminship for Harro5 here. Please note that you voted in his previous request that ended on June 2. The current request can be found here. You may want to add your vote to the current request, which ends on July 8. Please do not take this message as my campaigning in any way. I just want to make sure that you were aware that your vote was not in the active discussion for his adminship. -- JamesTeterenko 5 July 2005 00:35 (UTC)

Tuamotu stubs
Please note, the correct stub class for islands in Polynesia is Oceania-geo-stub, also, please add categories to such articles. See my edits. Any questions, please ask! :-) Tomer TALK  July 5, 2005 02:02 (UTC)

Re: Thanks
No problem :) Will => talk 5 July 2005 15:52 (UTC)

CSD Proposal 3-B
You voted or commented on Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/3-B or  Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/3-A or both. I have proposed a revised version, at Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/3-C. This version is intended to address objections made by many of those oppsoed to 3-A or 3-B. The revised propsal refers explicitly and directly to the criteria at WP:MUSIC. If you have not already done so, please examine the revised proposal and vote on it also. Thank you. DES 6 July 2005 06:04 (UTC)

Votes for deletion/Matthew 1
Thank you for closing this VfD, however the vote was on multiple articles and every article in Category:New Testament chapters also has a vfd header. Normally I would just remove these, but I am fairly closely involved in this particular debate. - SimonP July 6, 2005 23:57 (UTC)

RE: USS Missouri (BB-63)
I have included two references, which is an expansion for the reference section. Unfortunatly, most referencing material for the Missouri is going to pertian to its combat action or deal with Missouri as a member of its class, so expanding that section to include references to only the Missouri is a little tricky. TomStar81 7 July 2005 02:34 (UTC)

Agnes Phillips
Hi Brookie here - you tagged the above vfd - but didn't finish it off - which I have done for you - can you go to Votes_for_deletion/Agnes_Phillips and mark your reasoons for the vote? Thanks A curate's egg 7 July 2005 15:01 (UTC)

Copyvios
Hello. Thanks for helping out by placing copyvio tags on violating articles. However, please note that when you place a copyvio notice, you should also completely remove the rest of the article's content (except for any templates such as VfD). Thanks again! --ArmadniGeneral 7 July 2005 17:16 (UTC)

Pottsville High School VfD
I noticed your keep vote and copyvio concerns at Votes for deletion/Pottsville High School. It is in fact a copy-vio, and I wonder if you want to change your vote. If the article is cleaned up, I will change my vote to reflect that, as the copyvio will no longer apply. --Scimitar 7 July 2005 18:51 (UTC)

 * Thanks for letting me know. I suggest you tag it as a copyio and list it on WP:CP. I'll start a rewrite on the temp page as is usual with copyvios. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 7 July 2005 18:58 (UTC)

 * I have rewritten the article as a stub and the copyvio has been removed. Bahn Mi 20:21, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

WMC RFA & the 3RR
I'm not challenging your vote, but I did want to provide some clarification. The 3rr violations (there were 2 of them, iirc) were 4 reverts in ~23 hours. Accepted the punishment, but commented that his time setting on Wikipedia was an hour off, so he thought he was safe. You could critices this as gaming the system, of course, and I have noticed that some admins have started blocking for that sort of behaviour, but I believe that William violated the 3rr mistakenly. You are still free to oppose, but I thought you might want to know that there are mitigating circumstances, after a fashion. I can dig out the diffs if you want. Guettarda 7 July 2005 22:31 (UTC)

 * I too do not challenge your vote. But honesty compells me to confess that there were more than 2 bans. All of them were mistakes - I had no intention of breaking the ban which (as I said) I strongly support. At the moment I'm on a 1RR restriction (hmpf mumpf... but no violations so far). The longest edit war, and source of most of the bans, was over at greenhouse effect, and (though the edit war was unedifying) I'll point out that my "opponent" got a ban from editing the article and the arbcomm decided that my version was correct. William M. Connolley 2005-07-07 22:50:50 (UTC).

Congratulations
Thank you for your kind words. I note, with mild concern, that you are now trying to hide the fact that you are a baboon. —Theo (Talk) 8 July 2005 22:15 (UTC)

Please don't go! Take a break instead. There are indeed some very unpleasant people here—people that I imagine socialise little and have little awareness of human (or even simian) responses. But there are some great people too (it would be invidious to list names because that diminishes those omitted by oversight) and we are building something wonderful. —Theo (Talk) 8 July 2005 22:24 (UTC)

verses
Please note that Votes for deletion/Individual Bible verses is a VfD and not a poll. If you vote "merge" it will only be interpreted as a vote to merge, rather than agreement with the merge outlined, which would require a vote of "merge per above" or "merge per Uncle G".

If you change your vote from "Keep" to "Merge", I can assure you that it will not be interpreted as being a vote for Uncle G's proposal, but rather simply a vote to merge in some as yet not discussed manner.

Further, please note that the VfD does not concern verses such as John 3:16, and Jesus wept, which are notable in their own right. 9 July 2005 17:12 (UTC)

Krimini
Good point. I was too hasty - Skysmith 9 July 2005 18:33 (UTC)
 * In fact, I just occasinally remove obvious gibberish. Now there seems to be a sudden influx of indie bands I know absolutely nothing about... - Skysmith 9 July 2005 18:41 (UTC)

Wikibreak not
Not much of a break, indeed! I trust that you are suitably refreshed. —Theo (Talk) 22:23, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

Agorami VfD
Thanks for the follow-up, but no, I didn't take your comments as harsh. I understand that there is a range of opinion on what Wikipedia should and should not consider "notable", so I don't take it personally.

Happy editing -Harmil 21:40, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Military history of Canada on Peer review
I've just listed Military history of Canada on Peer review with hopes of eventually elevating it to a featured article. I know you have done some work on this article and have contributed a great deal in this area, including the recently featured Isaac Brock. Any input you might have would be much appreciated. - SimonP 00:47, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Kurdistan Workers Party
I noticed your comments on the PKK talk page. I'm currently attempting to correct grammatic and POV errors in the text, and have provided a diff on the talk page showing an initial series of edits. If you'd take a look at it, I would appreciate it.--Scimitar 19:21, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure, I am currently on vacation so I do not know how much well of a response I may come up with. In about a week, I will deffinately give a complete response. Just dont give up on me :) --Cool Cat My Talk 15:16, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, well, I'll probably get started on more edits then, and hopefully I won't muck things up to badly! If you have any problems with the changes I make, I'm more than ready to discuss them.--Scimitar 15:46, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure. --Cool Cat My Talk 15:50, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

See my comments on Talk:Kurdistan Workers Party. The sections you've reworked recently could be the beginning of a new draft of the article, which I think is necessary. (Unless or until that happens, I'm not going to make any contributions, because, when the article as a whole is so unbalanced, badly structured etc, I feel it's better to leave the article obviously appalling than to hide some of its appallingness by tidying it up and NPOVing sections.) Rd232 16:56, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Signature
Is it possible for you to place a talk link to your user talk page as well like my sig? --Cool Cat My Talk 15:50, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Criteria_for_speedy_deletion/Proposal/3-C
Hello! Sorry to bother you, but since you voted on the earlier CSD proposal about unremarkable bands, it would be appreciated if you cast your vote for this version. It has been reworded to address concerns raised against the earlier wording. Please take a look at it and consider if you support or oppose it. Yours, Radiant_ >|< 08:26, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

GNAA article
It appears that I am being reverted somewhat senselessly. However, in the interests of fair play I would like to ask whether you think my my additions to the article are relevant, neutral and informative. Am I being unreasonable to add this material? Chocolateboy has added very little the talk page, and appears to have "camped" on the article, and not let anyone else contribute to it. I would very much appreciate your feedback! - Ta bu shi da yu 11:44, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Raw data
Thanks for your remarks. And helping to fix the document.

The raw data, is not easy to find. That is what makes this wikipedia as a PEDIA. It hurts when someone deletes the information that I spend hours to gather and verify.

Please do not delete the RAW data. Fix the sentence. Fix the flow, but please, please do not DELETE.

NO one is paying me to gather this information. I'm using my freetime. Only thing motivates me about this page is that it will have correct dates and information regarding this issue. I have seen people changing the facts so that they can propagade their agenda. That is the main reason raw data is important.

Alec Guinness
Could a source be found for the arrest in 1948 for cottaging though? That's what I was referring to, not the actor's debated sexual orientation. -- Francs2000 | Talk 19:00, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for voting in my RfA; I promise I'll wield my sacred mop with care. If you ever need me for anything, you know where to find me. Thanks again! -- Essjay ·  Talk 15:15, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

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I was very happy to see the creation of Edible Plant Stems, and I have made some comments at Talk:Edible Plant Stems, which I hope you will find helpful.

Looking forward to working with you — Pekinensis 19:38, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

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W. Hugh Woodin

William Hugh Woodin (born April 23, 1955) is an American mathematician and set theorist at Harvard University. He has made many notable contributions to the theory of inner models and determinacy. A type of large cardinals, the Woodin cardinals, bears his name. In 2023, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Biography
Born in Tucson, Arizona, Woodin earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984 under Robert M. Solovay. His dissertation title was Discontinuous Homomorphisms of C(Ω) and Set Theory. He served as chair of the Berkeley mathematics department for the 2002–2003 academic year. Woodin is a managing editor of the Journal of Mathematical Logic. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000.

He is the great-grandson of William Hartman Woodin, former Secretary of the Treasury.

Work
He has done work on the theory of generic multiverses and the related concept of Ω-logic, which suggested an argument that the continuum hypothesis is either undecidable or false in the sense of mathematical platonism. Woodin criticizes this view arguing that it leads to a counterintuitive reduction in which all truths in the set theoretical universe can be decided from a small part of it. He claims that these and related mathematical results lead (intuitively) to the conclusion that the continuum hypothesis has a truth value and the Platonistic approach is reasonable.

Woodin now predicts that there should be a way of constructing an inner model for almost all known large cardinals, which he calls the Ultimate L and which would have similar properties as Gödel's constructible universe. In particular, the continuum hypothesis would be true in this universe.

Honors
In 2008, Woodin held the Gödel Lecture titled The Continuum Hypothesis, the Conjecture, and the inner model problem of one supercompact cardinal.

In 2018, he was the Tarski lecturer.

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List of storms named Gretchen

The name Gretchen has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
 * Tropical Storm Gretchen (1966)
 * Tropical Storm Gretchen (1970)
 * Hurricane Gretchen (1974)

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1843 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1843.

Excavations

 * Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad.
 * Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple in Dorset, England.

Finds

 * Tomb of Menecrates (c. 600 BCE) on Corfu.
 * Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent, England.

Publications

 * Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood
 * The History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott
 * Mittelitalien vor den Zeiten der römischen Herrschaft, nach den Denkmälern by Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken

Events

 * c. January: The Singapore Stone is blown up.
 * September: The Alexander Mosaic is moved from Pompeii to Naples.
 * British Archaeological Association founded.
 * Edward Simpson begins forgery of stone implements in England.

Births

 * June 4 - Charles Conrad Abbott, American archaeologist and naturalist (d. 1919)
 * September 9 - Oscar Montelius, Swedish archaeologist (d. 1921)

Deaths

 * January 29 - Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken, German Classical archaeologist (b. 1813)
 * June 4 - Ippolito Rosellini, Tuscan Egyptologist (b. 1800)

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