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Talk:Bill White (Texas politician)

Controversies Section Removed?
Was the section removed? What are the plans for the section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BookishOwl (talk • contribs) 04:47, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The controversies were worked into the rest of the article in their appropriate places. WP:CRITICISM advises that criticisms/controversies sections do NOT adhere to WP:NPOV - Kylelovesyou (talk) 19:24, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Family
Why is the fact his daughter was arrested for DWI relevant? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gracie1960 (talk • contribs) 02:48, 24 December 2010 (UTC) --gracie1960 (talk) 03:37, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Birth date
Can someone verify that he was "(born July 15, 1953)", the IP address 67.67.89.25 has been readily vandalizing in all but a few cases, such as this one, in which it is indertiminant if it is a vandlism or not. --ShaunMacPherson 14:27, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't know where he would have gotten this information off-hand, as it's not on White's campaign site or his official bio on the City of Houston website. I would suggest deleting it until there is confirmation, considering that the IP belongs to a vandal.  --Holdek (talk)  19:42, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

I just put in a birth date (June 16, 1954) that I found in an Associated Press article from LexisNexis, dated October 4, 2003. PBP 02:51, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Stub?
Would this article be classified as a stub? I think it's quite big now. Should we remove the stub? -Tcwd (talk) 19:59, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Birthdate Correction
William Howard White, born Bexar County, Texas, 16 Jun 1954, son of William Byrd White and Gloria Avalon Howard.

source: Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) via Ancestry Library Edition.

Background Corrections
Bill White was never a tort lawyer. Tort lawyers handle personal injury cases. At Susman Godfrey, Bill White practiced business litigation, primarily under federal antitrust and securities law. -- www.susmangodfrey.com / HouChron archives

Also, Frontera Resources is by no means an unsuccessful company. It recently had a public offering in London, and is operating in emerging markets around the world, with an exclusive development project currently underway in the country of Georgia. --fronteraresources.com / www.lse.co.uk

 * I'll change it from "tort" to "plaintiff" lawyer.

 * Also, Frontera Resources might now be successful, but White's participation in it was not successful. From The Houston Press, "Is This Guy Too Smart To Be Mayor?"

 * "'I have not made one penny, one dime, from activities in the Caspian Sea…"' Of course, a company that loses money for investors is not quite a free-enterprise role model...."

 * I'll make a change to reflect this. Holdek (talk)  18:43, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Frontera Resources was (and is) a long term investment. The fact that it is doing well shows that Bill White's leadership and vision was strong from the outset. Early setbacks are not uncommon for oil & gas ventures, they require heavy capital up front and often, as is the case here, operate in less than optimal conditions. In short, the returns are long-term, and Frontera is now seeing those as a result of Bill White's vision. I think that should be accurately reflected.

Also I think its important to note, while we are discussing his business acumen, that the majority of Bill White's business career was at the helm of the immensely successful WEDGE Group.

 * Nonetheless, while White was head of of Frontera it was not successful, and this was notable enough for the Press to go into. But upon reading the paragraph it does seem to single out that episode of his career, so I'll delete the wording.  Holdek (talk)  22:18, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

"Plaintiff's lawyer" is an unduly limited term to describe Mayor White's role at Susman. Also I think its important to acknowledge his leadership during the Hurricanes. That is a critical aspect of his public life. There is a large body of journalism that supports this addition to the page.

Cleanup
This article is in desperate need of cleanup and needs to be rewritten with the tone of an encyclopedia\(Ehburrus 01:00, 30 April 2007 (UTC))
 * Still in serious need of cleanup. Reads like a press release or campaign literature. — ERcheck (talk) 04:32, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

I cleaned up some of it and added lots of stuff but there is still a cleanup needed. The controversies section needs a cleanup and citations. Also the section on his first term has a paragraph about the safeclear program that looks like it was copy and pasted here, the formatted is bad, there are not spaces between lots of the words. and there is no citation for it. At a minimum it needs to be fixed and cited and maybe moved to the controversies section. Also it seems to be more about the safeclear program than about bill white, maybe it should be deleted? Also there is only two pictures of bill white on here and one of them is just a cropped version of the other. Doesn't someone have any photos of him? (kylelovesyou 08:27, 03 February 2008 (UTC))
 * Fixed a lot of this stuff (kylelovesyou 13:37, 22 March 2009 (UTC))

Removed material in violation of WP:LIVING
The recent edits that were removed did not adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material of any kind that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous. Postoak 23:18, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Controversies
Sections of the controversies section needs some additional citations. The second paragraph, about a woman who hired a fake "bill white" to run to confuse voters, this section has been removed a couple times before and placed back up. not sure if this belongs here or not. THe paragraph definitely needs to be rewritten though. It includes the phrase "it smelled of dirty politics". This phrase does not belong in an encyclopedia. It is an opinion and an attack. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kylelovesyou (talk • contribs) 22:53, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Changes to "Internet Networking" section
This section mentioned Bill White's and his wife's Facebook pages but didn't have any sources, so I added their Facebook pages as sources, I hope this is okay, I figured they were reliable so I thought I would be bold and put them in. Also I changed the section title from "Internet Networking" to "Social Networking" as I believe this is a more common version of the term. Anyway, I just thought I should put down my changes here. I Feel Tired (talk) 04:37, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Occupation
I changed White's occupation from businessman to politician. He's never run a business in his life, so it didn't make sense to have it up there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dexter099 (talk • contribs) 01:27, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Book by Bill White
Bill White is the author of a significant book, America's Fiscal Constitution: Its Triumph and Collapse. Shouldn't this book be mentioned somewhere on his Wikipedia page? I don't know if this is allowed, by the Amazon link is http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Fiscal-Constitution-Triumph-Collapse/dp/1610393430.

This is not a deliberate attempt to either change the Bill White page or violate any Wikipedia rules. Please post suggestions for the correct approach. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pschaeffer (talk • contribs) 04:36, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

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Illness
I will regularly update this article as the Rebbe's condition is progressing. Please understand that the section 'current illness' is only temporarily. May his condition soon get better so that he can be released from the hospital in full health. Please understand that most likely, the majority of people who look at this article are religious Jews, and this temporary addition will surely be greatly appreciated. --Daniel575 02:11, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Crzrussian - as I just wrote (while you edited the article and took out the useful information), most people who will be looking at this page, especially right now, will be orthodox Jews looking for the Rebbe's Jewish name. And please understand that this section is only temporary and may be gone in a day or two. People who hear about the Rebbe's illness may use Google to look for 'Moshe Teitelbaum' to find his Jewish name - so then they can find it here. Understand? --Daniel575 02:18, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Look, Daniel, I don't know how to explain this to you. This is an encyclopedia, not a message board. It's not for temporary notices. Even in deserving cases. This stuff does not belong on the Rebbe's page. I am going to take it out one more time, and it'll be my 2nd revert. Since you know a user is liable to be blocked for thrice-reverting, I will not be able to fix it again if you stubbornly insist - but I will involve an administrator to deal with it. PLEASE, let's not make a scene. Orthodox Jews don't look to Wikipedia for praying instructions, that's for sure. - the.crazy.russian   τ   ç   ë  02:27, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Please go ahead and call in an administrator. You might also want to consider making useful additions instead of useless deletions. My arguments are totally reasonable and there is nothing strange about them. It is very common for things like these to be updated around the clock. If George Bush would lie in a hospital in this state, his article would get updated 60 times per hour as well with the newest information. And nobody would object. --Daniel575 02:45, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Title
The article began with "Moshe Teitelbaum ..."; I edited it to "Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum". Which is much more appropriate. I understand that we cannot write 'shlita' on Wikipedia, but 'Rabbi' is the least we can write. --Daniel575 02:09, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Old things
This page should be a disambig between the first Moshe Teitelbaum, the Rebbe of Ujhel, and the present Satmar Rebbe. Anyone? JFW | T@lk  14:30, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Not necessary, Rabbi "Moshe Teitelbaum" generally refers to 'our' Rebbe, not the one from years ago. So if someone looks for Rabbi 'Moshe Teitelbaum', there is a 99% chance that he is looking for information about this Rebbe. --Daniel575 02:09, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

How many mourners?
See : 125K before midnight - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 15:35, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Note the text in your source: "Estimates of the number of mourners expected in Kiryas Joel have reached as high as 125,000. Traffic tie ups are anticipated and could possibly extend into the morning commute....". It ended up being about 20,000, see and there were no traffic tie ups.--Geekish 08:53, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks! - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 14:34, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Place of birth
There seems to be soms confusion about this rebbe's place of birth. This article mentions two: Ratzfert (Újfehértó, Hungary, in the text) and Sighet (now Romania, in the box). Which is the correct place? Fransvannes (talk) 07:54, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for pointing that out. I changed the info to what it says in the body of the article, which is sourced.-- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 18:52, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

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Portsmouth Harbour railway station

Portsmouth Harbour railway station serves the city of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England. It is situated in Portsmouth Harbour, between the Gunwharf Quays shopping centre and the Historic Dockyard. It is an important transport terminal, with a bus interchange and ferry services to Gosport and the Isle of Wight. Unusually for a main line railway station, it is built over water as the station was originally constructed on wooden piles, which were later replaced by iron supports.

History
The station opened on 2 October 1876 as the terminus of Chief Engineers Frederick Banister's Portsmouth Waterside Extension to the Portsmouth Direct Line, which runs between this station and London Waterloo station. The construction of the station superseded an earlier pier on the site called the Albert Pier that was used for passenger steamships in the mid-Victorian era.

The station was rebuilt in 1937 when the route was electrified but was almost totally destroyed during World War II by fire after German bombing, then rebuilt after the war.

A short branch line built on piles used to connect the station to the neighbouring dockyard, but this was taken out of service when a German bomb damaged the swing bridge in 1941.

Accidents and incidents

 * c.1928, T9 class locomotive No. 337 was derailed on the approach to the station, blocking all lines.
 * 16 September 1913, Frederick Potter, worked as Shunter. Potter went between the coaches and the engine, he failed to couple them on the first try, as the nudge from the loco pushed the coaches forward slightly. During this, he got his foot caught in points. Before he could get free, the leading wheel of the tender caught and crushed his leg.

Facilities
The station is owned by Network Rail and is managed by South Western Railway. It currently has four platforms in use: numbered 1, 3, 4 and 5. Platform 2 is no longer in use, having been decommissioned in the early 1990s following major repair and refurbishment work to the pier that the platforms sit on.

The ticket office is located in the booking hall, at the entrance from the ferry terminal. It is open seven days a week, until 19:00. When closed, tickets must be bought prior to travel at the ticket machines or on-line. There are customer help points. The station has 38 bicycle spaces, but no car park.

Services
The station is served by a number of train operators. South Western Railway operate two services to London Waterloo, one on the Portsmouth Direct Line (via Guildford) and the other via Fareham, Winchester and Basingstoke. They also operate local trains to Southampton Central.

There are train services along the West Coastway route, operated by Southern to Brighton, Littlehampton, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon and London Victoria. Great Western Railway operate trains via Southampton, Salisbury and Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central, via the Wessex Main Line.

The ferry from Portsmouth Harbour Station to Ryde on the Isle of Wight is operated by Wightlink. National Rail tickets between the Isle of Wight and stations on Great Britain include travel on the ferry.

The Monday-Saturday off peak rail service in trains per hour (tph) and trains per day (tpd) is as follows:
 * Southern
 * 2tph to London Victoria via Horsham
 * Great Western Railway
 * 1tph to Cardiff Central via Southampton Central and Bristol Temple Meads
 * South Western Railway
 * 2tph to London Waterloo via Guildford
 * 1tph to London Waterloo via Basingstoke
 * 1tpd to Southampton Central

Former services
The station was served by Virgin CrossCountry until May 2003 with services to and from Liverpool and Manchester with InterCity 125 sets and in its last years, Class 220 Voyagers and Class 221 Super Voyagers.

The station was also served by Wessex Trains with one train a day to and from Penzance, as well as the services that are now run by its successor Great Western Railway.

Future
With the award of the South West Region franchise to South Western Railway in 2017, Portsmouth City Council announced the intention to "spruce up" the station as part of a £90 Million investment by the new operating company. Potential improvements could include a direct walking route in to the Gunwharf Quays shopping complex.

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It surprises me how fast you admins act when presented a vandal, but how indifferent you are to messy articles in dire need of cleanup. I wonder if the fast reflexes you applied when blocking me will also apply when shown an appallingly written article. I guess not. I even wonder if what I say has an effect on you, as it has not had one on many administrators, obsessed as they are with deleting, blocking, reverting, edit-warring, article moving, disputing, quarreling, and so on and so forth, etc. etc.

You pay attention to worthless vandals, who by the way do not need immediate attention, but not to popular articles (such as the new Harry Potter Bk. 6 and 7 articles), which need much more serious attention than annoying trolls disrupting unimportant matters.

This is a threat. You may choose to view it as such or as a friendly wake-up call from a user who has long been disillusioned by the apathetic dealings of the big-headed administrators, too proud to even look back at the activities they used to do. Once elected, what do they do? They do things irrelevant to the quality of articles, all because they think they are on a "higher" level than other "normal" users, even though this is not so. Before being elected, they work hard, real hard, cleaning up articles, adding new ones, things they cease to do once bestowed the title of "Administrator."

This is a threat. If you do not change and spread this word, I will personally make sure a virus is uploaded into one of the media files so that whoever opens it will get infected. Mark my words.

Think about it.

This is our only hope. Pugnavi 14:17, 20 July 2005 (UTC) (The foregoing was left as a comment on Kelly Martin's discussion page.) Kelly Martin 14:30, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Andrewpate

Hi, welcome to Wikipedia! Please could you add copyright info to Image:BronwynRowanLascelles.gif, as requested at time of upload. -- Francs2000 | Talk 14:30, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

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English and Welsh

"English and Welsh" is J. R. R. Tolkien's inaugural O'Donnell Memorial Lecture of 21 October 1955. The lecture sheds light on Tolkien's conceptions of the connections of race, ethnicity, and language.

Publication
It was first published in Angles and Britons in 1963 and was republished in The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays in 1983.

Contents
Tolkien begins with an overview of the terms "British", "Celtic", "Germanic", "Saxon", "English" and "Welsh", explaining the last term's etymology in walha.

Tolkien also addresses the historical language contact between English and Welsh since the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain, including Welsh loanwords and substrate influence found in English, and conversely English loanwords in Welsh. Comparing the Germanic i-mutation and the Celtic affection, Tolkien says:

In the final part of the lecture Tolkien explores the concept of phonaesthetics, citing "cellar door" as a phrase recognised as sounding beautiful in English and adding that, to his own taste, in Welsh "cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent". Tolkien describes the working of phonaesthetics inherent in the moment of association of sound and meaning:

"[T]his pleasure is felt most immediately and acutely in the moment of association: that is in the reception (or imagination) of a word-form which is felt to have a certain style, and the attribution to it of a meaning which is not received through it."

Tolkien alludes to his view that such tastes are inherited, "an aspect in linguistic terms of our individual natures. And since these are largely historical products, the predilections must be so too." To refer to such an inherited taste of language, Tolkien introduces the term "native tongue" as opposed to "cradle tongue".

Influence
Tolkien notes in his lecture that "Most English-speaking people … will admit that 'cellar door' is beautiful, especially if dissociated from its sense and from its spelling. More beautiful than, say, 'sky', and far more beautiful than 'beautiful' … Well then, in Welsh, for me cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent." This interest in and appreciation of Welsh influenced his own invented languages, notably the Elvish language Sindarin.

This lecture is considered Tolkien's "last major learned work". There are several important aspects to it. First, it "includes a valuable contribution to the study of the place of Britons in Anglo-Saxon England". Secondly, it offers a warning against racial theories. Third, it presents Tolkien's hypothesis of "inborn" linguistic tastes, which then leads into a discussion of his own views of aesthetics in language. Finally, it provides a (correct) hypothesis on the origins of the word "w(e)alh", which in turn provides an explanation of what happened to Celtic when the Anglo-Saxons invaded.

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Woodfield Mall

Woodfield Mall is a shopping mall located in the northwest Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois, United States, near the interchange of Golf Road and Interstate 290. The mall is the largest shopping mall in the state of Illinois, the second largest being Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook. It is also one of the largest shopping malls in the United States. The mall features the traditional retailers JCPenney, Macy's, Nordstrom, and Primark.

The mall is located approximately 27 mi from the Chicago Loop and attracts more than 27 million visitors each year.

The mall was originally developed by Taubman Centers, which later sold the mall to CalPERS, Miller Capital Advisory, and GM Pension Trusts. Taubman continued to manage the mall until December 31, 2012, when GM Pension Trusts sold its stake in the mall to Simon Property Group, which took over management effective January 1, 2013.

1960s–1970s
Construction began on Woodfield Mall in October 1969 and the mall opened on September 9, 1971, with 59 stores, growing to 189 stores with 1.9 million retail square feet by 1973, along with a 135 ft water tower to supply water to the mall and the nearby village. It was the largest mall in the United States at the time of its opening.

Woodfield Mall is named after former Sears board chairman General Robert E. Wood and Marshall Field and Company founder Marshall Field. It was built on 191 acre of prairie land, previously occupied by farms, cows, and a village tavern. Singer Carol Lawrence, actor Vincent Price, and two marching bands entertained at the debut. At the time of its opening, it claimed to be the world's largest shopping center. By the end of September 1971, another 28 stores and restaurants had opened and that first business year finished with 138 specialty retailers. Originally, the mall covered 1900000 sqft of retail space, compared to the gross leasable area of the mall today, which is 2,154,014 sqft. In 1973, a new Lord & Taylor wing was constructed, along with 50 additional new retailers.

1980s–1990s
Sbarro opened in 1984 and A&W opened in 1985. The 5-plex opened for business on July 30, 1971. The mall also had a pair of free-standing twin cinemas, Woodfield Theatres 1 & 2 and Woodfield Theatres 3 & 4, at the perimeter of the mall near Golf Road. The 1 & 2 was opened with 2 G-rated films, including a Disney movie, and the 3 & 4 later opened; both were closed and demolished in the 1990s, replaced by additional retail. The Woodfield Mall Cinemas 5-plex closed in 2000 and was last operated by Cineplex Odeon Corporation. After it closed, the space was turned into a theme restaurant called Mars 2112, which was very short-lived. The former theater area was converted into an Improv Comedy Club in 2006, the first location in Illinois. The Loews Theatres at the Streets of Woodfield, an outdoor shopping center next to Woodfield Mall, made its debut as a 20-screener on December 10, 1999. The Streets of Woodfield was built between 1999 and 2000, replacing another indoor mall, One Schaumburg Place, which opened in 1991. The Streets of Woodfield featured Carson's, Dick's Sporting Goods (formerly Galyan's), and GameWorks. The freestanding Loews Theatres complex was eventually rebranded by the AMC Theatres chain in 2016. Carson's at The Streets of Woodfield closed in 2018. A&W closed in 2019.

An outdoor shopping center named Woodfield Village Green opened across the street in late 1993. In October 1994, a three-story parking garage attached to Marshall Field's opened. That year, TGI Fridays opened northwest of the mall. Hooters would open in the surrounding area a year layer in 1995. In celebration of its 20th anniversary in 1991, Woodfield added 23 more stores, including The Disney Store (closed in 2021), and then in 1995, Woodfield grew again with a $110 million wing that included 50 new specialty stores. Rainforest Cafe was added to the mall in October of that same year. (closed in 2020, replaced by Peppa Pig's World of Play) In 1996, the mall added a three-level Nordstrom and a larger replacement Lord & Taylor. Of these new-for-1995 stores, nearly 40 were flagship concepts and designs, with about 27 of them the largest in their chains. In June 1997, a Stir Crazy restaurant opened between Sears and Marshall Field's. Joe's Crab Shack opened on the northeast edge of the mall the same year, but it was one of 41 locations in the chain to close in 2017. IKEA opened a three-story location across from Woodfield Mall on November 18, 1998.

While all of this expansion continued at Woodfield Mall, the surrounding village of Schaumburg grew as well. In 1970, the population was 19,000; in 1980, it mushroomed to 55,000; and, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, Schaumburg had over 75,000 people in 2000. Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson observed that, "Woodfield established a focal point for development throughout all of the northwest suburbs. Without Woodfield, we wouldn't have office towers in Itasca or corporate development in Hoffman Estates."

In 1995, Woodfield Associates commissioned a brand new $128,000 paint job for the mall water tower. Woodfield paid an additional $97,000 for the exterior painting. Both the interiors and exteriors of the water tower were completely repainted. The tower was completely drained of water before the new paint job could be applied. Afterwards, the interior and exterior of the tower were thoroughly cleaned, and rust spots were treated properly. The painting of the interior began after the cleaning and treatment, followed by the painting of the exterior. For the exterior, Woodfield chose a base layer of light gray, along with four continuous, teal "W"s (for Woodfield) around the bowl of the tower. The entire painting process took around 350 gallons of paint.

2000s–2010s
DSW and Linens 'n Things opened outside the mall east of Sears and Marshall Field's in 1999; Linens 'n Things would officially close in 2008 and Ashley Furniture opened in its spot on March 26, 2010. Multiple restaurants would open in 2001; Red Robin, in the Lord & Taylor wing and The Cheesecake Factory, in the JCPenney wing, along with an Olive Garden outside the mall. An Apple Store opened in the Lord & Taylor wing on August 24, 2001. The following year, Torrid opened on the second floor in the JCPenney wing on September 18, 2002, six days after a store of the same name at Orland Square Mall in Orland Park opened. A Lego Store was added to the mall in 2003 as one of seven "prototype" stores across the United States. Fountains, the waterfall and the aquariums were removed from the mall in 2004. The water tower was repainted in 2005, ten years after its original repaint. The current scheme includes small, black text reading "Woodfield Mall" with large white clouds in the background, along with a representation of Schaumburg's skyscrapers in blue right below the text. Blue sky can be seen above the clouds, covering the very top of the bowl. P.F. Chang's China Bistro and Texas de Brazil opened at the mall in 2005, bringing the restaurant count within the mall to 38. Following the acquisition of Marshall Field's by Macy's, the store was renamed in September 2006.

2010s–2020s
A McDonald's was renovated in June 2012. Also, that same year, Pink by Victoria's Secret opened to the public. LongHorn Steakhouse opened on the northeast corner outside of the mall in October 2012. Three stores opened at the mall in 2013, Forever 21 and a two-story H&M opened in the Sears wing.

Lululemon and Arhaus opened in the Lord & Taylor and Nordstrom wings in June 2014. A portion of the second level of Sears was subleased to Level 257 (now Enterrium), a Pac-Man-themed restaurant featuring a bowling alley, an arcade and pinball machines in 2015. Along with a major renovation, Zara, Timberland, Kids Foot Locker and rue21 opened.

Uncle Julio's officially opened in the JCPenney wing in 2016, replacing Ruby Tuesday, which closed in 2012. Victoria's Secret was substantially remodeled in 2017. A large food court, known as the "Dining Pavilion", opened on the second floor in 2017, in the east court opposite of the main mall entrance. It features Chipotle Mexican Grill, Blaze Pizza, and more. It replaced two level 2 stores: F.Y.E., which moved to a smaller location on the lower level near Dunkin' Donuts. A year before the opening of the Dining Pavilion, a fourth elevator was added. A'GACI ladies' wear has since closed.

In the summer of 2018, Blocks to Bricks, a hybrid store and museum dedicated to Lego and other construction toys, opened. In October 2018, Uniqlo, a Japanese clothing chain, opened in the JCPenney wing. Also, a salon was added in the Sears wing near Jimmy John's. Shake Shack opened outside the mall in October 2019. Molly's Cupcakes opened in the Nordstrom wing in December 2019.

2020s–present
The dawn of the 2020s saw several storied traditional department store retailers update their brick-and-mortar formats after being encroached upon to a degree by several digital retailers in addition to the COVID pandemic. In August 2020, it was announced that upscale specialty department store retailer Lord & Taylor would shutter its traditional brick and mortar format as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2021, it was announced Sears would shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its traditional brick-and-mortar format. The store closed on November 14, 2021, becoming the last remaining store in Illinois to close, after 50 years of operation. It was also announced Primark would be reconstructing the previous Sears outpost. Primark opened on the upper level of the former Sears department store on October 12, 2023.

By 2023, since the government lockdown, Woodfield Mall had announced several newest additions. In addition to Primark, new additions include Miniso, Radio Flyer, Abercrombie & Fitch, Gilly Hicks, Showcase, Lovisa, Offline by Aerie, Earthbound, Athleta, Warby Parker, and The North Face.

In August of 2023, Radio Flyer announced that they will be opening their first retail store at Woodfield Mall after 106 years. The Radio Flyer store opened in November 2023.

In January of 2024, Zellano Home Furniture moved into the lower level of the former Sears department store. However, the store is not designated as an anchor store because it is not connected to the mall.

Current

 * JCPenney – Opened in 1971
 * Nordstrom – Opened in 1996
 * Macy's – Opened in 2006
 * Primark – Opened in 2023

Former

 * Marshall Field's – Opened in 1971, converted to Macy's in 2006
 * Sears – Opened in 1971, closed in 2021, upper level converted to Primark in 2023
 * Lord & Taylor – Opened in 1973, closed in 2021

Renovations
Woodfield planned and announced a $13.8 million renovation in January 2015. The makeover consisted of an updated grand court, including the removal of the brick fixtures and leveling out many multi-leveled sections of floor. The renovation also includes new flooring for both lower and upper levels, replacing two existing elevators, and adding one new elevator. The renovation was predicted to be finished by the end of the year.

In 2017, Woodfield planned and announced a $14 million renovation to introduce a new food court in the Sears wing. The food court introduced a seating area containing 820 seats for quality fast-casual dining restaurants such as Chipotle Mexican Grill, Charley's Philly Steaks, Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza, and more.

Car incident
On September 20, 2019, at around 2:30 pm CDT, a man drove a black first generation (2001-2008) Chevrolet TrailBlazer LT through an entrance door of Sears and began driving through the store and into the main concourse of the mall, crashing into kiosks, Clarks, International Diamond Company, and multiple other stores, seemingly targeting Forever 21 and other adjacent stores. The driver was taken into custody by responding police near the center of the mall's first level without further incident. The identity of the suspect was not immediately released. No injuries were reported, but the mall was temporarily on lockdown due to the incident as well as concurrent, but unfounded, reports of an active shooter. The mall was evacuated about one hour after the incident.

The man, later identified as Javier Garcia of Palatine, Illinois, was charged with terrorism as a result of the incident; he appeared in court on September 29, 2019, and was denied bond. He appeared in court again on October 1, 2019, and was due back in court on January 27, 2020. Garcia's family spoke out arguing that Javier is not a terrorist and that he has schizophrenia, though a police investigation shows evidence that Garcia's attack was premeditated, with investigators releasing – in part – that Garcia "searched 'Woodfield Mall,' the aerial view of the mall and mall premises 124 times between 9/19/19 at 14:38 and 9/20/19 at 12:55." Garcia has since also been charged with an unrelated arson case from September 8, 2019, in his hometown of Palatine.

Escalator incidents
On September 11, 2022, a person's leg and finger were "crushed" by one of the escalator steps inside JCPenney. The person was transported to the hospital. Another incident occurred nine years prior to the 2022 incident in 2013, an escalator inside of the Nordstrom department store malfunctioned and injured three senior citizens. They were transported to the hospital in stable condition.

Bus routes
Pace

 * 208 Golf Road
 * 554 Elgin/Woodfield (Monday-Saturday only)
 * 604 Wheeling/Schaumburg (Monday-Saturday only)
 * 606 Rosemont/Schaumburg Limited

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of small-bust models and performers

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

The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:00, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

List of small-bust models and performers
The stupidest thing ever written for Wikipedia? Probably not, but, Christ, what are people thinking? I guess we know where alot of our bad articles are coming from, anyway. -R. fiend 14:33, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Subjective. --Scimitar parley 14:42, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I suppose, although I really sort of like the idea myself james gibbon  14:46, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. But the other one is going to likely be kept along with this. The Wikipedia's "encyclopedic" value (okay, that is subjective too) is being degraded by things like this. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 14:51, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, impossible to remain objective. -- Francs2000 | Talk [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px| ]] 15:17, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete IBTC listing. — RJH 15:22, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * ...I guess we know where alot of our bad articles are coming from, anyway From Germany or what? :-) MutterErde 16:12, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete... before somebody creates list of perfectly-normal-sized-bust models and performers. Flowerparty 16:54, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * This reminds me of a similar list that is on VFD, except the women have big bust. It will be laced with POV, since some people could be insulted if they are put on the list. What I might consider small, someone thinks it's "just right," etc. Delete. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:26, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unmaintainable and too broad. 23skidoo 17:27, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I actually provided my rationale several hours before this page was even created. As per what I said on Votes for deletion/List of big-bust models and performers about this very page when it was still a redlink, Delete. Uncle G 18:01, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete DJ Clayworth 18:05, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Win777 18:14, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Idiots.  Thorns Among Our Leaves 19:04, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Impossible to remain un-biased. No criteria defined for a "small-bust".  See arguments on Votes for deletion/List of big-bust models and performers, as this article is similar. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. 20:08, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 *  Keep - arrrgggghhhh. How i hate fake tits ! :-( btw: There´s no red link in it :-) Greetings MutterErde 20:37, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, for same reasons as above and over at the other VfD. I suppose we have List of medium-bust models and performers too, or will that be red? -Splash 22:01, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, WP:POINT. Proto t c 09:07, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. That's per MutterErde.  Almafeta 02:55, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless this is a substantial porn genre as big-bust is. Dcarrano 18:22, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, since physical attributes are a selection criteria for casting. More refinement of the definition (like excluding males:)) would be welcome. Jamesday 12:54, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Entirely subjective, and impossible to correct. "Bust size" is determined solely by opinion. --Blu Aardvark | (talk) 12:55, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, isn't bust size objective? Delete nonetheless. DS 02:25, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Expand, but Remove POV-personal "shout-out" to small-busted women. There is a useful market definition of this out there:, .  --Jpbrenna 19:27, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * That was not a personal shout-out to small-busted woman, that was a shout against plastic surgery. Again: arrrgggghhhh!!!!!. MutterErde 07:51, 28 July 2005 (UTC) (btw.: i´m wondering that nobody adds a name to that list except me - even Mr.Whales has no idea . Are there in the big USA no more women with nice small natural boobs ?
 * PS: Redlinks please only with external link.Thank you MutterErde 08:03, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup

The UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup was a football tournament that featured national teams from Europe and Africa among players under 18, and was part of the co-operation programme between UEFA and the CAF.

Meridian Project
The UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup was part of the Meridian Project, a co-operation agreement concluded by the African and European football confederations in Lisbon on 30 January 1997 to promote the exchange of cultures and to offer young footballers a unique learning experience within the framework of a footballing festival. It was held every two years.

Change of format
The competition evolved from its inception in 1997, running as an eight-team tournament until the 2005 event in Turkey after which the format was changed to a two-legged contest between two continental all-star U18 teams. The last UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup also involved an educational component consisting of joint training sessions and meetings of coaches from Europe and Africa. The 2007 event took place in Barcelona, Spain, and was hosted on the premises of FC Barcelona.

Regulations
The regulations for the UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup were initially drawn up by the UEFA Administration before being submitted to the UEFA Youth & Amateur Football Committee. They were then forwarded upon that committee's approval to the UEFA Executive Committee for ratification.

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Antisolar point

The antisolar point is the abstract point on the celestial sphere directly opposite the Sun from an observer's perspective. This means that the antisolar point lies above the horizon when the Sun is below it, and vice versa. On a sunny day, the antisolar point can be easily found; it is located within the shadow of the observer's head. Like the zenith and nadir, the antisolar point is not fixed in three-dimensional space, but is defined relative to the observer. Each observer has an antisolar point that moves as the observer changes position.

The antisolar point forms the geometric center of several optical phenomena, including subhorizon haloes, rainbows, glories, the Brocken spectre, and heiligenschein. Occasionally, around sunset or sunrise, anticrepuscular rays appear to converge toward the antisolar point near the horizon. However, this is an optical illusion caused by perspective; in reality, the "rays" (i.e. bands of shadow) run near-parallel to each other.

Also around the antisolar point, the gegenschein is often visible in a moonless night sky away from city lights, arising from the backscatter of sunlight by interplanetary dust. In astronomy, the full Moon or a planet in opposition lies near the antisolar point. During a total lunar eclipse, the full Moon enters the umbra of Earth's shadow, which the planet casts onto its atmosphere, into space, and toward the antisolar point.

Anthelic point
The anthelic point is often used as a synonym for the antisolar point, but the two should be differentiated. While the antisolar point is directly opposite the sun, always below the horizon when the sun is up, the anthelic point is opposite but at the same elevation as the sun, and is therefore located on the parhelic circle. There are several halo phenomena that are centered on or converge on the anthelic point, such as the anthelion, Wegener arcs, Tricker arcs and the parhelic circle itself.

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Talk:Obol (coin)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 29 March 2021 and 11 June 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Areleah. Peer reviewers: Floccinaucinihilipilification1, Daboom148.

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Article merged: See old talk-page here. - Fuzzygenius (talk) 22:24, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments
Three months after it was suggested that the article be split, there was no discussion. I don't think the article should be split, since it is short and since all the topics it covers are closely related. Accoringly, I have deleted the template. -- Dominus 14:34, 20 July 2005 (UTC) The Labyrinth isn't nearly relevant enough to be mentioned unqualified in the text. Even as 'references in popular culture" it would be dubious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rettkent (talk • contribs) 20:31, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Mythology
This article said that people buried without an obolus were doomed to walk eternally, but the Charon article says they have to walk for 100 years. I changed this article to correct the disparity, but it would be nice if someone could verify. --Sbrools ( talk .  contribs ) 02:29, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I dont know anything of this, but I have read many confilicting and contradictory ancient writings on religion, so maybe they both are correct but by different author's. Enlil Ninlil 05:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I have read a modern source, The times world mythology, Flame tree publishing, 2002, p.102 and it states that they would walk for 100 years.

 * It probably depends greatly on who you talk to. The Greek mythology was not exactly self-consistent. --Carnildo 03:08, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

please clarify

 * ... In ancient Greece it was defined as one sixth of a drachma, or about 0.5 gram. ... Below the drachm was the dupondius (1/5) to the quartuncia (1/480). In modern Greece it is equivalent to one decigram, or 0.1 gram.

Was a dupondius 1/5 of a drachm or 1/5 of an obol, or something else? What is equivalent to a decigram, the obol or the drachm?

 * ... for the price of an obol, one could obtain a kantharos with a chous of wine, equivalent to about six ounces (three liters).

Two ounces to a liter?! If these were ancient measurements by those names, that ought to be specified. —Tamfang (talk) 16:24, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Tamfang beat me to the comment -- six ounces is not the same as three liters. The text is unclear, but I can't correct the text because I don't know how much a "chous" of wine is. --Spunkybart (talk) 13:11, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

 * I've corrected the wonky units after looking at the original source. This unfortunately also called into question the attribution of the information; I've put a full writeup in the section below. Ourai  тʃс 19:29, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Spartan Reference

 * ''...Sparta chose to retain the use of the cumbersome, impractical "oboloi" rather than coins proper, so as to discourage the pursuit of wealth."

Is there any sort of citation for this claim? Though interesting, it seems to be uncited and frankly misplaced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.63.20.48 (talk) 14:53, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Cost of a Chous
Apparently, I was the one who added the reference to an obol buying a chous of wine. Ammodramus brought this to my attention, and it seems a bit weird, since I can't remember making the edit... oh well. Did some digging; this is largely a crosspost of my reply to him.

After some looking, I found a copy of the cited text on Google Books. (Thank you, Judge Chin!) I've transcribed the relevant paragraph below:

 * . . . According to the rhetorical sources, the taverns are places where you could meet a member of the Aeropagus, or Aeschines the Socratic, or Euphiletus and his friends, picking up torches on their way to kill Eratosthenes. In comedy they are places well known to men like Blepyrus in Wealth or slaves in Lysistrata, and to women of all levels of society, the citizen women of the Lysistrata, Thesmophoriazusae and the Ecclesiazusae as well as a nurse in Eubulus' Pamphilus. In the tavern as in the andrōn, wine was drunk mixed, but without all the ritual and regulation of the well-ordered symposium: 'As for me — for there happened to be a large new kapēleion across the road from the house — I was keeping my eye on the girl's nurse, for I had ordered the barman to mix me a chous [six pints] for an obol and to accompany it with the biggest kantharos he had.' Wine in the tavern was mixed for the individual in an individual vessel, with an individual cup to drink it out of. . ..
 * James N. Davidson, Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens 59 (1998) (emphasis added).

A closer reading shows indeed that the units are pints. Which makes sense, since ounces doesn't. Perhaps more importantly, though, the information comes in an unattributed quotation. The entire page is a single paragraph with a lone endnote at its end (34, if anyone's interested). Google Books doesn't provide the endnotes themselves, so it's unclear who the quotation is actually attributed to. Certainly it would be improper to attribute it to a "nurse in Eubulus' Pamphilus;" though the nurse appears on the same page, she's not the source of that information.

I've corrected the article appropriately, both fixing the units and removing the nurse attribution, since it clearly doesn't make sense in context. I'm going to try to get a copy of the book, maybe through PEGASUS or something, to check the reference. That'll probably take a bit of time, but the previous error remained for four years; there doesn't seem to be much rush. Ourai тʃс 19:27, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Possible source
For bar type obol:

http://maajournal.com/Issues/2003/Vol03-1/Full6.pdf

©Geni (talk) 06:59, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

relation to shekel?
A tiny ancient silver coin showing a standing king/hero lifting an attacking lion by the mane and ready to stab with the other hand (numismatic refs: Elayi 851-1218; Cf. Meshorer- Qedar 22, 199-201) has been authoritatively called both an obol and a 1/16 shekel. Was the ancient obol considered worth 1/16 (or other fraction) of a shekel? Anyone know? Maybe add it to the article? 2601:5CE:200:D330:35BE:DB70:B026:DD66 (talk) 17:36, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

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Succumbs

Succumbs was R.E.M.'s first commercially available full-length movie. Released in October 1987 by UNI/A&M, it contains video footage shot by R.E.M.'s lead singer Michael Stipe dating back to the early-1980s, while the band was still recording under the I.R.S. Records label. Stipe collaborated with local Athens, Georgia artist James Herbert, who directed Left of Reckoning.

Succumbs offers a glimpse of the unique feel of the band before their commercial success. It was released only on VHS and laserdisc, however, all the videos contained in this package are included on the When the Light Is Mine DVD, released in September 2006.

An introductory clip at the beginning of the collection features guitarist Peter Buck and the band's then-manager, Jefferson Holt, introducing "citizens of the future" to an "outmoded artform" called the "video", predicting it would have a staying power similar to that of Nehru jackets and other forgotten fads.

Videos
All tracks written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.

1. (Peter Buck and Jefferson Holt intro) 2. "Radio Free Europe" 3. "So. Central Rain" 4. "Left of Reckoning:" .. (rain snippet) .. (Written intro for Reckoning) .. (segues into) "Harborcoat" .. (segues into) "7 Chinese Brothers" .. (segues into) "So. Central Rain" .. (segues into) "Pretty Persuasion" .. (segues into) "Time After Time (Annelise)" .. (snippet) 5. "Cant Get There from Here" 6. (Michael Stipe railroads monologue) 7. (segues into) "Driver 8" 8. "Life and How to Live It" 9. "Feeling Gravitys Pull" 10. "Fall on Me"

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City of Toronto Act

The City of Toronto Act is the name of a series of different acts of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario that have governed the organization and political powers of the city since Toronto's original incorporation as a city in 1834.

Incorporation of the City of Toronto, 1834
The Incorporation of the City of Toronto on March 6, 1834, was a provincial legislative act creating the City of Toronto from the unincorporated town of York. The act severed Toronto from York County. This allowed for the creation of the local government or city council. The act was transferred to the succeeding governments of Canada West in 1840 and Ontario in 1867. The incorporation remained in effect throughout Toronto's mergers with other cities and towns of York County until the creation of Metropolitan Toronto in 1954.

Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act, 1953
An Act to provide for the Federation of the Municipalities in the Toronto Metropolitan Area for Certain Financial and Other Purposes was a provincial act passed on April 2, 1953, to coordinate the services in the various municipalities of southern York County. The southern municipalities – East York, Etobicoke, Forest Hill, Leaside, Long Branch, Mimico, New Toronto, North York, Scarborough, Swansea, Toronto, Weston, and York – were separated from York County and organized under a new regional federation, named the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (commonly known as "Metro Toronto").

The act went into effect on April 15, 1953 and the Metropolitan council met thereafter. The federation's taxation and legislative powers took effect on January 1, 1954. The federation was governed by a council made up of representatives of the member municipalities and a chairman to oversee the council. The first chairman was Fred Gardiner, appointed by the Ontario provincial government. Subsequent chairmen were selected by the council itself and later directly elected.

On January 1, 1967, seven of the thirteen municipalities were absorbed into the remaining six federation members: Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, East York, York, and Scarborough. The Metropolitan Toronto Act was revised in 1990 and finally repealed in 1997 with the amalgamation of the Metro Toronto government and the governments of the municipalities within.

City of Toronto Act, 1997 (Bill 103)
In 1997, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario enacted a law to amalgamate the Metro Toronto government and the six municipalities within the Metro Toronto boundaries into an enlarged City of Toronto. A referendum in the six constituent municipalities showed residents opposed the merger by a ratio of more than three to one. However, municipal governments in Canada are subject to their respective provincial governments; thus, the Progressive Conservative government was able to move forward with the merger despite the referendum, which they did. The act took effect on January 1, 1998.

Stronger City of Toronto for a Stronger Ontario Act, 2006 (Bill 53)
On December 14, 2005, the first reading of Bill 53 was given in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Also known as the Stronger City of Toronto for a Stronger Ontario Act, 2006, it enacted the new City of Toronto Act, 2006, as well as amended and repealed various public acts related to Toronto, and repealed various private acts also related to the city. The bill received its second reading on April 10, 2006, and was referred to the Standing Committee on General Government, which returned it to the legislature on May 30, 2006. On June 12, 2006, the bill received its third reading and royal assent after a 58–20 vote.

This law permitted the Toronto government to enter into agreements with other governments and increased the scope for the city government to raise revenue. Tax powers in Canada are defined by the constitution and restrict certain powers of direct taxation only to the federal government.

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User talk:Yellow Element

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Hello
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Esperanza
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The Heyesy returns
Dont think i havent forgot that you owe me 50p Mate... Only cos i left audy doesnt mean i dont want paying

Heyesy 10:41, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Aussies
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Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest
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Category:Metamonads

Articles related to the Metamonads, microscopic eukaryotic organisms, a large group of flagellate amitochondriate Loukozoa. Their composition is not entirely settled, but they include the retortamonads, diplomonads, and possibly the parabasalids and oxymonads as well. These four groups are all anaerobic, occurring mostly as symbiotes or parasites of animals.

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Farquhar

Farquhar is a surname of Scottish origin, derived from the Scottish Gaelic fearchar, from fear ("man") and car ("beloved"). Farquharson is a further derivation of the name, meaning "son of Farquhar". The name originated as a given name, but had become established as a surname by the 14th century.

The name's pronunciation depends on the person, family, and place. In Scotland it can be. In various English-speaking countries it has often been, ,  , or.

Notable people with the surname include:

United Kingdom and Ireland

 * Farquhar MacTaggart, First Earl of Ross
 * Anthony Farquhar (1940–2023), Roman Catholic Auxiliary bishop
 * Farquhar baronets, British aristocrats
 * Gary Farquhar (born 1971), Scottish footballer
 * George Farquhar (1678–1707), Irish dramatist
 * George Farquhar (priest) (died 1927), Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
 * Helen Farquhar (1859–1953), British numismatist
 * Horace Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar (1844–1923), British financier and politician
 * J. N. Farquhar (1861–1929), Scottish educational missionary to Calcutta, and an Orientalist
 * John Farquhar (footballer) (1924–2000), Scottish footballer
 * John Farquhar (gunpowder dealer) (1751–1826), Scottish millionaire dealer in gunpowder
 * Kellyanne Farquhar, Scottish actress
 * Meg Farquhar (1910–1988), British professional golfer
 * Peter Farquhar (1946–2015), Scottish novelist and teacher of English
 * Ryan Farquhar (born 1976), competitive motorcycle racer
 * Simon Farquhar (born 1972), Scottish playwright
 * William Farquhar (1774–1839), Scottish major-general of the East India Company

North Americans

 * Arthur Briggs Farquhar (1838–1925), American industrialist and businessman
 * Danny Farquhar (born 1987), American baseball pitcher
 * Douglas Farquhar (1921–2005), Scottish-American soccer player
 * Francis P. Farquhar (1887–1974), president of the Sierra Club and author of Place Names of the High Sierra
 * Henry Hallowell Farquhar (1884–1968), professor at Harvard Business School
 * James Augustus Farquhar (1842–1930), master mariner and captain in the late 19th and early 20th century Nova Scotia, Canada
 * John M. Farquhar (1832–1918), United States Representative from New York and recipient of the Medal of Honor
 * John Hanson Farquhar (1818–1873), United States Representative from Indiana
 * JW Farquhar (born 1937/1938), American musician and singer-songwriter
 * Marilyn Farquhar (1928–2019), American cellular biologist
 * Norman von Heldreich Farquhar (1840–1907), rear admiral in the United States Navy, for whom the USS Farquhar (DE-139) and USS Farquhar (DD-304) are named
 * Percival Farquhar (1865–1953), American investor with extensive interests in Latin America and Russia
 * Regan Farquhar (born 1978), birth name of rapper Busdriver
 * Robert W. Farquhar (1932–2015), American spaceflight mission specialist
 * Robin Hugh Farquhar (born 1938), Canadian academic leader
 * Shawn Farquhar (born 1962), Canadian illusionist
 * Stan Farquhar (1916–1992), Canadian politician, son of Thomas
 * Thomas Farquhar (1875–1962), Canadian politician
 * William Henry Farquhar (1813–1887), prominent citizen of Montgomery County, Maryland

Australasians

 * David Farquhar (composer) (1928–2007), a New Zealand composer
 * Edward Allan Farquhar (1871–1935), shipping agent then Harbors Board chairman in South Australia
 * Graham Farquhar (born 1947), plant physiologist and biophysicist
 * Murray Farquhar (1918–1993), magistrate, convicted and jailed in 1985 for corrupt influence
 * Scott Farquhar (born 1979), Australian businessman
 * Wally Farquhar (1875–1960), Australian cricketer
 * Stuart Farquhar (born 1982), New Zealand athlete

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Talk:Der Doppelgänger

Translation
The alleged word-for-word translation is surely not that (for instance: Hause / window; "where she lived"; Antlitz / pale face). User:Accadon, where does it come from? (Is it your own?)

A few textual details
I've just restored a few well-meaning but wrong corrections of the text. I'm putting a note here for the benefit of future editors who might be inclined to make the same corrections.
 * Heine definitely wrote "demselben Platz", not "dem selben Platz".
 * He definitely wrote "du bleiche Geselle", with a lowercase "d", despite the preceding exclamation mark. He may possibly have written a comma rather than an exclamation mark.
 * He probably wrote "eigne", not "eig'ne".

Sources:
 * Breitkopf & Haertel edition of Schubert's complete works (ed. Mandyczewski), 1895, as reproduced in the Dover edition of the Schubert song cycles: "demselben", "eig'ne", "Doppelgänger! du".
 * Moore, "Singer and Accompanist", chapter on "Der Doppelgänger": "demselben", "eigne", "Doppelgänger, du".
 * Liner notes to Schreier & Schiff's recording of Schwanengesang: "demselben", "eigne", "Doppelgänger, du".
 * Gutenberg etext of Heine's Buch der Lieder: "demselben", "eigne", "Doppelgänger! du".
 * 22nd edition of the Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, 1864: "demselben", "eig'ne", "Doppelgänger, du".
 * Manchester University Press edition of the Buch der Lieder, 1920: "demselben", "eigne", "Doppelgänger! du".

I've gone with the last of these on the grounds that unlike the others it's an actual scholarly edition and shows every sign of having been carefully researched.

Gareth McCaughan (talk) 00:39, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Doppel(t)gänger
Does the text shown here refer to Heine's or Schubert's version? The original poem notably says Doppeltgänger, whereas Schubert omits the 't'. It should be clarified which version is referenced here and the difference might be worth noting separately. Zitronensorbet (talk) 10:38, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

title: Talk:Der Doppelgänger