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Batac

Batac, officially the City of Batac (Siudad ti Batac; Lungsod ng Batac), is a 5th class component city in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 55,484 people.

Etymology
The word Batac translates as "pull" in the Ilocano language. More loosely, it refers to "the people's pulling their efforts together."

Batac has an interesting colloquial origin of its name. According to a legend, set in pre-settlement Batac, a man fell into a deep hole while he was digging for the root crop "camangeg". He struggled to get out but could not despite his best efforts. He cried for help but nobody was around. He waited for hours and had given up hope of being saved. Two men from the neighboring town of Paoay happened to pass by. They heard the man shouting and traced it to where he was trapped. Upon seeing him, they heard the man said "Batakennak! Batakennak!" The two men did not understand until the man explained that he was saying, "Pull me up! Pull me up!" They did just that. When the two men reached their hometown, they told their story to their friends. Since then, the town has been called "Batac," which is derived from the word "batakennak."

History
Batac was founded by the Augustinians in 1587 under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception. It is the second oldest town established by the Augustinians in the province of Ilocos Norte. Hence, in 1987, Batac reached its fourth centennial.

Batac was officially organized into a ministry on January 5, 1586. The first priest assigned to cathecize the natives of the community was Esteban Marin, an Augustinian who probably arrived in Batac in 1585. Paoay and Dinglas (Dingras) were then the visitas of Batac.

Folk history states that there were two villages in Batac during the early part of tile foundation of the town, one was an Itneg community which occupied sitio Nangalisan and a Christian community occupying San José.

The first site of tile poblacion was in San José, which is now called Barangay Palpalicong. It is said that the ethnic minority groups of Bangui and Nueva Era are the pre-Spanish descendants of early inhabitants of Batac.

The Augustinians considered the people of Batac more civilized than the other tribes, because they were better than the other "Indios" in personal cleanliness.

Cityhood
Republic Act 9407, the law that converted the Municipality of Batac into a component city in the Province of Ilocos Norte, to be known as Batac City, was overwhelmingly ratified by the people in a plebiscite conducted on June 23, 2007.

The Supreme Court declared the cityhood law of Batac and 15 other cities unconstitutional after a petition filed by the League of Cities of the Philippines in its ruling on November 18, 2008. On December 22, 2009, the cityhood law of Batac and 15 other municipalities regain its status as cities again after the court reversed its ruling on November 18, 2008. On August 23, 2010, the court reinstated its ruling on November 18, 2008, causing Batac and 15 cities to become regular municipalities. Finally, on February 15, 2011, Batac becomes a city again including the 15 municipalities declaring that the conversion to cityhood met all legal requirements.

After six years of legal battle, in its board resolution, the League of Cities of the Philippines acknowledged and recognized the cityhood of Batac and 15 other cities.

Geography
Batac is located in the northwest of Luzon island, about 11 km from the eastern shores of the West Philippine Sea, and 470 km from Metro Manila and 17 km from Laoag, the provincial capital. The municipalities of Banna, Currimao, Paoay, Pinili, Sarrat, Marcos and San Nicolas form its boundaries.

Barangays
Batac is politically subdivided into 43 barangays, 14 of which constitute the poblacion. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

 * Barangay 1-S Valdez (Cauayan) (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 1-N Ricarte (Nalasin) (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 2 Ablan (Labucao) (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 3, Cangrunaan (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 4, Nalupta (Suabit) (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 5, Callaguip (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 6, San Julian (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 7, Caunayan (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 8, Acosta (Iloilo) (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 9, Aglipay (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 10-S, Barani (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 10-N, Lacub (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 11 Ben-Agan (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 12, Palpalicong (Poblacion)
 * Barangay 13, Baay
 * Barangay 14, Bungon
 * Barangay 15, Baligat
 * Barangay 16-S, Quiling Sur
 * Barangay 16-N, Quiling Norte
 * Barangay 17, Tabug
 * Barangay 18, Magnuang
 * Barangay 19, Pimentel (Cubol)
 * Barangay 20-S, Mabaleng
 * Barangay 20-N, Colo
 * Barangay 21, Quiom
 * Barangay 22, Maipalig
 * Barangay 23, Biningan
 * Barangay 24, Sumader
 * Barangay 25-N, Camguidan
 * Barangay 25-S, Payao
 * Barangay 26, Parangopong
 * Barangay 27-E, Capacuan
 * Barangay 27-W, Naguirangan
 * Barangay 28, San Mateo
 * Barangay 29, San Pedro
 * Barangay 30-E, Baoa East
 * Barangay 30-W, Baoa West
 * Barangay 31, Camandingan
 * Barangay 32, Palongpong
 * Barangay 33-S, Rayuray
 * Barangay 33-N, Nagbacalan
 * Barangay 34, Dariwdiw
 * Barangay 35, Bil-loca

Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Batac was 55,484 people, with a density of undefined PD/km2.

Economy
The Batac City Public Market touted as one of the biggest in the region offers a wide array of goods – freshly picked local vegetables and fruits, handicrafts, tincrafts, pottery, native delicacies, chicharon, longganisa, wet market treats and many others. The Delicia Center, located adjacent to the City Public Market, contains RTW shops, banks, appliance stores, farm supplies, pharmacies, groceries, a lottery outlet and many more. The Delicia Center and the City Public Market form part of the commercial district of Batac City.

With the presence of the Central Bank of the Philippines Cash Unit in the Batac City Government Center, financial institutions continue to spawn – Philippine National Bank, RCBC, Metrobank, Land Bank, BPI, Bank of Commerce, BDO and other local banks. Proof that Batac is offering a good business climate to investors.

The Plaza Maestro Complex, one of the most modern shopping centers in the province caters to the needs of the new generation, offering two of the country's top fast food chains (Jollibee and Chowking), several boutique shops, a drugstore and a photo shop, among others. A stone's throw away from the commercial complex are bakeshops and a local pizza house.

Tourism
The Marcos Museum and Mausoleum is situated in the city center. The Mausoleum is where the glass-entombed, preserved corpse of Former President Ferdinand E. Marcos is found. The Museum holds the memorabilia of then President, from his stint in the Armed Forces down to his presidency. Other notable figures who hails from Batac include Gen. Artemio Ricarte, the Father of the Philippine Army and Msgr. Gregorio Aglipay, the co-founder of the Philippine Independent Church. Monuments and shrines of these personalities had been erected and named after them.

The Batac Riverside Empanadaan is a retail and dining center catering to tourist selling food products including the city's primary commodity of Batac, the empanada, and other souvenirs and products.

The city has two festivals, The Farmers Festival and The Empanada Festival. The Farmers' Festival, conducted in the first week of May each year is a celebration of bountiful harvest and a tribute to the farmers of the city. It is participated by the rural barangays of the city. The Empanada Festival is a festivity held on the June 23 in celebration of the city's Charter Day. The main feature of the festival is the street dancing which chronicles the process of preparing the empanada.

The Batac City Fiesta, a month-long festivity commencing on December 8, is the longest fiesta in the Province of Ilocos Norte. The fiesta is celebrated in honor of the city's patroness, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. The Electric and Lights Parade marks the beginning of the City Fiesta every December 8.

Local government
Batac, belonging to the second congressional district of the province of Ilocos Norte, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a city council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

List of local chief executives
• 1900: Sereno Franco

• 1904: Claudio Asuncion

• 1906: Sereno Franco

• 1910: Santiago Espiritu

• 1912: Galo Luzod

• 1916: Higidio Layaoen

• 1917: Mauricio Sabas

• 1919: Higidio Layaoen

• 1922: Isidro Morales

• 1925: Eugenio Mendoza

• 1928: Urbano Arcangel

• 1931: Eugenio Mendoza, Sr.

• 1934: Leon Verano

• 1941: Catalino Acosta

• 1942: Sereno Franco (Japanese Occupation)

• 1942: Catalino Acosta (Liberation)

• 1945: Vicente Castro (Military Government)

• 1946-1952: Mariano Nalupta, Sr.

• 1956-1977: Feliciano Q. Asuncion

• 1977-1987: Fe P. Acosta - Aguinaldo

• 1986-1987: Bonifacio G. Agdigos (OIC)

• 1987-1988: Pastor N. Nalupta

• 1988–1998: Jesus R. Nalupta, Sr.

• 1998-2001: Elena M. Nalupta

• 2001-2007: Jesus R. Nalupta, Sr.

• 2007–2016: Jeffrey Jubal C. Nalupta

• 2016–Present: Albert D. Chua

Education
Batac National High School (BNHS) is the most popular high school in the city. It has three campuses: Poblacion, Bungon and Payao.

The Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) is a comprehensive institution of higher learning in the Ilocos Region. MMSU's root anchored deep, its foundation is strong, and its beginnings all proven historical turning points as far back as the early 1900s.

The city has one Catholic School, The Immaculate Conception Academy. It was named after Immaculate Conception, the patron saint of the city. It is under the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS). It was founded in 1963. It is located beside the Immaculate Conception Parish.

Notable people
Aquilino "Nene" Pimentel, Jr. - A Filipino politician and human rights lawyer during the Martial Law under Marcos administration, former mayor of Cagayan de Oro from 1980 to 1984; he traced his roots in the city through his mother who came from Batac, then a town at that time.

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Central African National Liberation Movement

The Central African National Liberation Movement (Mouvement Centrafricain de Libération Nationale, MCLN), was a political opposition movement in the Central African Republic led by Rodolphe Iddi Lala. The party had an armed wing, the Forces Armées de Libération Militaire (English: Armed Forces of Military Liberation).

History
Lala was expelled from Abel Goumba's Ubangian Popular Front in 1980, and subsequently formed the MCLN on 30 December 1980, which failed to attract considerable support. On July 14, 1981 MCLN bombed a popular cinema in Bangui. Three people were killed and several others injured. MCLN took responsibility for the act and claimed that such attacks would only be stopped if French troops withdrew. The regime answered by banning MCLN and several other (more peaceful) opposition groups.

MCLN was supported by Libya. Claimed links to MCLN were often used by the regime to delegitimize the major opposition forces in the country. The party was banned on 18 July 1981.


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Editing votes to say "invalid vote": I don't like it.
I don't think it's good that someone entered "invalid vote" in front of several votes. I think that submitting comments below a vote is okay (though sometimes nerve-wracking), but I don't think that editing someone's vote text to say "invalid vote" is okay. --Takeel 16:40, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

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Ohio State Route 844

State Route 844 (SR 844) is a 2.395 mi state route that runs between Beavercreek and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the US state of Ohio. The north–south signed route is a spur freeway which mainly passes through government-owned properties. For some of its path, SR 844 passes through Wright State University. The highway was first signed in 1995 on the same alignment as today. SR 844 replaced the SR 444A designation of the highway, which dated back to 1989.

Route description
The highway is maintained by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). SR 844 begins at a partial interchange with Interstate 675 (I-675). The route heads northeast as a four-lane controlled-access highway, passing under North Fairfield Road. The road has a partial interchange with Colonel Glenn Highway, before passing on the southeast and east sides of Wright State University. The highway curves due north, having an interchange with University Boulevard. After the interchange with University Boulevard, the road curves northwest, passing over SR 444. Followed by an interchange with SR 444, SR 844 ends at Gate 15A of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

SR 844 is signed as "McClernon Memorial Skyway", after the late Brigadier General Glen J. McClernon. McClernon had been base commander during the time the university was being established —partially on land deeded to it by the Air Force base —and also had been a two-term mayor of Fairborn.

History
SR 844 was originally SR 444A, which opened by 1989. After a public comment period in 1994, ODOT changed the number to "844" by 1995. Although legally designated as "McClernon-Skyway Memorial Drive" on September 22, 1989, SR 844 is both signed and recognized by the state as "McClernon Memorial Skyway".

Future
There are plans to add a ramp from northbound SR 844 to northbound SR 444, and to add a ramp from northbound SR 444 to southbound SR 844. As of October 2013, the status and funding for this project are unknown.

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no consensus per vfd vote at Votes_for_deletion/Virus_Bulletin. --Woohookitty 06:54, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Helen Martin
its not that Helen Martin. pls remove it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.216.47.57 (talk) 20:52, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * It is actually the case for all links in the blurb on the side. VB's John Hawes is not the deceased architect, Simon Bates not the DJ. As none of them are well-known enough to be on Wikipedia, I'd suggest all the links are removed..

Minor error
I noticed than the link for editor leads to a page of an actress with the same name. Is that really the case? I believe it's an error. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehfoos (talk • contribs) 16:55, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

 * Yes, see above. Removed from infobox. The whole idea of the infobox is to summarize details that are cited in the body. The whole notability of this outfit is probably suspect, but at least use citations to source anything in the article and avoid promoting the people involved. W Nowicki (talk) 23:36, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

VFD
Just thought I'd add my two-cents in here. Virus Bulletin has been running for 16-odd years, and is THE anti-virus industry magazine. Everyone in the industry subscribes to it, it's really that simple :-) Sadly they've completely retardo'd their website, but note that the site is the fourth entry for 'virus' on Google. They run annual conferences attended by all the major anti-virus researchers (http://www.virusbtn.com/conference/vb2005/programme/index.xml) and the idea that the site is non-google-able is entirely ridiculous (try googling for it!). Anti-virus companies are keen to put VB's VB100 award all over their products:

 * http://www.sophos.com/search/search-results/?search=VB100&x=38&y=20
 * http://www.symantec.com/press/2003/n030305a.html
 * http://www.eset.com/company/article.php?contentID=738

With Symantec describing the award as prestigious. Perhaps the people trying to get the page deleted are threatened by the fact the magazine is older than they are? WoodenBuddha 12:31, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Please assume good faith. Another explanation is that we are trying to have consensus-based guidelines on evidence of notability. W Nowicki (talk) 23:36, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

About the ownership!
The domain points to Sophos... Using the SmartWhois on http://www.all-nettools.com/toolbox gives you this: www.virusbtn.com (194.203.134.163)

194.203.134.128 - 194.203.134.255 Sophos Plc

Paul Fisher Sophos Plc The Pentagon Abingdon Science Park Abingdon Oxon OX14 3YP UK +44 1235 544105 +44 1235 559935 paul.fisher@sophos.com

http://agn-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/vtc/en00x8.htm "6) The author of VTC test reports was deliberately vague in describing the reason for non-admission (aka exclusion) as "undue pressure" as Sophos is not just an AV company:

 * the technical Virus magazine "Virus Bulletin" is co-owned by Dr. Jan Hruska, who is also co-owner of Sophos
 * Virus Bulletin holds annual conferences, the content and speakers of which are not selected by an independent body (e.g. a Program Committee which selects papers and invited speakers)"

Consequently, Virus Bulletin can hardly be compared to a really independent magazine such as "Secure Computing" (also of UK).

 * It's worth noting that most vendors boast about their VB100 awards, and have done for years - why would they do this if they didn't consider it independant? Every few years some industry outsider 'discovers' they're owned by the same people (the postal address being the biggest give away), and tries to kick up a storm, and then realises that everybody in the industry considers the magazine to be the industry bible. Having personally had some very negative articles about Sophos published in the magazine, I can confirm they're independant :D —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.185.240.121 (talk) 11:12, 12 December 2006 (UTC).

 * The fact that NOD32, a program in direct competition with Sophos products, regularly slam-dunks the VB100 awards would seem to suggest that they are in fact editorially independant.212.71.37.89 17:39, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

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Landing Badji

Landing Badji is a Senegalese politician and a member of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union, representing West Africa.

Badji is also chairman of the Political Affairs Committee, one of the 10 Sectoral Cluster Committees of the African Union, and is a director of ANRAC (l'Agence nationale pour la relance des activités économiques et sociales en Casamance), dedicated to the development of the Senegalese region of Casamance.

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Solsona

Solsona may refer to:

 * Solsona, Ilocos Norte, municipality in the Philippines
 * Solsona, Lleida, a municipality and capital of the comarca of the Solsonès in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain

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Malimba

Malimba may refer to:

 * Limba people (Cameroon)
 * Malimba language of Cameroon
 * Malimba, Gabon
 * In East and Southeast Africa, a musical instrument analogous to either a marimba or a mbira

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Short Belfast

The Short Belfast (or Shorts Belfast) is a heavy lift turboprop freighter that was built by British manufacturer Short Brothers at Belfast. Only 10 aircraft were constructed, all of which entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF), who operated it under the designation Short Belfast C.1.

Upon its entry into service, the Belfast was the largest aircraft that the British military had ever operated up to that time. It was also notable for being the first aircraft to be designed from the onset to be equipped with full 'blind landing' automatic landing system equipment. Following the formation of RAF Strike Command and a reorganisation of transport assets, the RAF decided to retire all of its Belfast transports by the end of 1976.

Shortly after the type had been retired by the RAF, five Belfasts were sold and placed into civilian service with the cargo airline TAC HeavyLift. These civilian aircraft were used for the charter transport of various goods, including to the RAF. One Belfast is on display at the RAF Museum Cosford. A Belfast formerly operated by Heavylift Cargo is lying abandoned at Cairns Airport in Australia and was the subject of a legal dispute for fees between the airport and the owner of the aircraft, Flying Tigers.

In August 2023, this former Flying Tigers aircraft was re-registered on the FAA registry as N1819S, and local sources report work being done to return the aircraft to flight. Little is known about the new owners or the future plans for the aircraft, however rumours online say that the aircraft will be operating a cargo contract "Local" to Queensland, Australia.

Origins
The Belfast has its origins in studies conducted by aircraft manufacturer Short Brothers into the possibility for matching an arrangement of four Bristol Orion turboprop engines with an airframe that had been optimised for the purpose of transporting various military stores during the mid-1950s. It was decided to continue these studies as part of the firm's management believed that it was highly likely that there would likely be an Operational Requirement issued for the Royal Air Force (RAF) seeking such an aircraft in the near future, although Sir Matthew Slattery, chairman of Shorts, expressed his doubt of the practicality of such an aircraft. Slattery believed that developing such an aircraft from scratch would lack sufficient market prospects and instead encouraged the use of as many components and systems from the existing Bristol Britannia transport aircraft as would be reasonably possible, a measure that was seen as logical and practical, acting to reduce development time and cost while improving reliability, with the downside of lesser performance.

In March 1957, Shorts submitted its first brochure on their proposed transport aircraft, designated as the PD.18 and given the name Britannic to reflect its Britannia ancestry. The PD.18 only differed from the Britannia in terms of its fuselage and high-mounting of its wings; the wings themselves, along with the tail unit, engines, and major portions of the landing gear and various other systems were common to both types. The new circular cross-section fuselage was very large for the era, capable of accommodating a 12-ft-square load for the carriage of bulky loads such as radar units and the Blue Streak medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM); it also allows for troops to be carried across two separate decks.

During 1957, it became clear that there was a definite need within the RAF for a heavy freighter. Accordingly, the issuing of Operational Requirement ASR.371 soon occurred, which sought the procurement freighter capable of carrying a wide range of military payloads over long ranges. The envisioned aircraft was to be operated by Transport Command of the RAF. The military loads envisaged included artillery, more than 200 troops, helicopters, and guided missiles. In particular, the RAF issued an increased payload/range demand of 30,000 lb being carried over a distance of 3,600 n.m, greater than the Service had originally been considering.

To meet with the stated requirements, Shorts proceeded to develop their original proposal for the Britannic, which was basically stretched into the Britannic III A. As the design of the proposed aircraft was repeatedly revised, it had less and less in common with the earlier Britannia, incorporating a greater proportion of all-new components, sections, and systems. Amongst the changes made were a new centre section to the wing which added around 16 ft to the span and the adoption of the Rolls-Royce Tyne engine. In January 1959, the Ministry announced its selection of Short's design to meet the requirement. Accordingly, in February 1959, work on the Short's project formally commenced, known by the internal designation SC.5/10. On 21 December 1960, a contract for a total of 10 freighters, designated Belfast C.1, was signed.

On 5 January 1964, the prototype Belfast had its maiden flight from Sydenham Airport, Belfast; chief test pilot Denis Taylor and a crew of six flew for 55 minutes. Following that flight, Taylor stated "It was the easiest ride I have had for a very long time... The aircraft was an absolute joy to fly. She's a beauty." The first two aircraft produced were equipped with dedicated flight-test instrumentation and were used to complete development trials, which totalled roughly 850 flight hours; certification was conducted to both RAF and Air Registration Board (ARB) requirements. The first autolanding was performed after only 120 hours' test flying, less than originally estimated.

On 5 October 1964, the first of three flying Belfasts departed Northern Ireland for Torrejón de Ardoz, the Community of Madrid, Spain, to participate in two weeks of performance trials; this was the first flight abroad performed by the type. According to Shorts Brothers Chairman, C. E Wrangham, the Belfast had a forecast break-even point of 30 aircraft. Despite the order for only ten aircraft, the decision had been made to assemble the aircraft using production jigs.

Proposed derivatives
Multiple derivatives of the Belfast were proposed by Short. Two principal civil versions of the aircraft, designated as SC5/10A and SH5/31, were mooted during the early 1960s. The SC5/10A was to have been a commercial freight derived directly from the Belfast C.1, retaining much of its design such as its large rear loading doors for access to the main freight hold. The payload was to be increased to 85,000 lb; reportedly, up to 150 passengers could be seated on a single deck while up to 288 people could be seated across a double-deck configuration.

The second civil variant to be offered, the SC5/31, was to have featured a swinging nose arrangement for loading purposes in place of the rear door layout used upon the RAF model of the aircraft. It was claimed that both the payload and maximum takeoff weight would be considerably elevated above its predecessor. One proposed configuration for the SC5/31 was as a transatlantic airliner, carrying a maximum of 138 passengers on the top deck and up to 55,000 lb of palletised cargo on the lower deck; it was projected that it would be capable of flying a payload of 100,000 lb on the London-New York City route. During 1964, Short revealed that it had approached British European Airways (BEA) with its proposal for a large double-deck short-haul passenger version of the Belfast.

Additional military versions of the Belfast were proposed. The SC5/35 model was intended to be a strategic freighter capable of conducting very long range missions, while the SC5/15 was an envisioned tactical transport configuration, the latter of which was claimed to have required very little modification from the existing aircraft. A more advanced tactical airlifter, designated as SC5/21, was formulated to conform with the requirements of Operational Requirement OR.351, which was to have STOL (short takeoff/landing) capabilities. It was intended to harness a boundary layer control system, to have been powered by a removable pack of three Rolls-Royce Limited turbocompressors installed in a hump above the fuselage, which would have discharged high pressure air over the flaps and control surfaces of the tail and wings.

Perhaps one of the most extensive proposed modifications of the basic Belfast design, designated as SC.5/40, was to be done in partnership with the American aerospace firm Lockheed Corporation. For this variant, the fuselage of the Belfast would have been paired with the wing of the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, which would have readily enabled the adoption of turbojet engines in place of the turboprops. Speculated engines to power this variant included the Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3 (18,000 1b thrust) or JT3D-8 (21,000 1b), Rolls-Royce Conway 550 (21,825 1b) or Bristol Siddeley BS.100 (27,000 1b approximately). A broadly similar but improved proposal, designated as SC.5/45, was heavily promoted by Shorts for Operational Requirement ASR.364, partly on the basis that it would also enable a near-identical civil-orientated model to be produced for home and export use, designated as SC.5/41. Detailed presentations on the SC.5/41 and SC.5/45 proposals were made to British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and RAF respectively, but no military order was forthcoming.

Design

The Short Belfast was a large heavy-lift strategic transport aircraft. It featured a high-mounted wing, which carried four Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop engines. According to aerospace publication Flight International, the design of the assemblies of the surfaces of both the tail and wing of the Belfast had been derived from the Bristol Britannia. One of the major changes to the wing was its conversion to a wet wing, which was performed by Canadair. There are few other common elements between the Belfast and the Britannia, although there had been a much greater proportion intended during initial designs for the aircraft.

The fuselage of the Belfast was a relatively conservatively stressed cylinder of a conventional design. It was developed with a target safe-life of 15,000 pressure cycles, which was fatigued tested using a complete fuselage immersed in a water tank. Fail-safe principles were used in the design of the large side door, rear ramp and door. Rolled Z-sections were used throughout the majority of the fuselage frames and stringers, while box beams are used where the exertion of heavier-than-average loads had been typically anticipated; the structure lacks any use of forgings or machined members.

The flying controls of the Belfast incorporated numerous features developed by Bristol and Canadair, in addition to Shorts; all three companies had heavily collaborated on its development. It used the same manual servo-tab system as used on the Britannia, but had some advancements, especially in terms of lateral control via a simpler spoiler configuration. Other advancements include the linking of the port aileron to the rudder to counteract adverse rolling due to rudder deflection, and the elevator is linked to the flaps to cancel out trim changes caused by flap operations. The Belfast was equipped with a full automatic landing system, produced by Smiths Aerospace, the first aircraft in the world to be designed to feature such capability from the onset of development. The autopilot and flight control system, known as the ASR 518, was triplex in the roll and pitch channels, with duplex or emergency simplex ability. The instrument landing system comprised many functions, such as an autothrottle, a head-up display, and radio altimeter.

The cargo deck, 84 ft in a circular-section pressurized fuselage over 16 ft (roomy enough for two single-deck buses), was reached through a "beaver tail" with rear loading doors and integral ramp. It was large enough that forklift trucks could work within the cargo hold. The main undercarriage was two eight-wheel bogies and a two-wheel nose. The Belfast was capable of a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of over 220,500 lb (100 tonnes) – less than the contemporaneous 250-tonne Antonov An-22 and the 128-tonne Douglas C-133 Cargomaster, but more than the Lockheed C-130 Hercules. It could carry 150 troops with full equipment or various vehicles, such as a single Chieftain tank, or up to three Alvis Saladin armoured cars, or a pair of Westland Wessex helicopters, or up to four Westland Whirlwind helicopters, or up to six Westland Wasp or Westland Scout helicopters, or a pair of Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

RAF service

On 20 January 1966, the Belfast C.1 entered service with No. 53 Squadron when XR367 (the sixth production aircraft) was delivered to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. Four months later, No. 53 Squadron was relocated to RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, to make way for upgrades being performed at Brize Norton; they returned to RAF Brize Norton in 1967. Unusually for service aircraft, all the Belfasts were given names Following the type's entry into RAF service, it became apparent that a major drag problem was preventing the initial five aircraft from attaining Short's desired performance. Modifications and testing were subsequently carried out, particularly on aircraft SH1818 (which was at the time perfecting the RAF's requirement for CAT 3 automated landings at RAE Bedford), and a new rear fairing was developed, which had the result of raising the fleet's cruising speed by 40 mph.

The reorganisation of the new RAF Strike Command was to have repercussions on the RAF's Belfast fleet and ushered in the retirement of a number of aircraft types, including the Bristol Britannia and de Havilland Comet in 1975. By the end of 1976, the Belfast fleet had been retired and flown to RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire for long-term storage.

Civilian operations
TAC HeavyLift purchased five Belfasts for commercial use in 1977 and operated three of them from 1980 after being reworked to receive commercial certification. Ironically, some of them were later chartered during the Falklands war, with some sources suggesting that this cost more than keeping all the aircraft in RAF service until the 1990s. HeavyLift's Belfasts were again contracted to support the RAF during the first Gulf War, transporting vehicles and helicopters too large to be carried by the Hercules fleet.

After being retired from TAC HeavyLift service, several were parked at Southend Airport for a number of years.

One aircraft was refurbished and flown to Australia in 2003, operated by HeavyLift Cargo Airlines. This aircraft is no longer flying; it was often visible parked on the General Aviation side of Cairns International Airport in Queensland, in company with one or two of the company's Boeing 727s. Now registered RP-C8020, it was moved to the general aviation (western) side of the Cairns airport on 19 August 2011, after spending the best part of a year sitting on the Cairns International apron where it had been moved prior to the scrapping of the remaining company Boeing 727 (RP-C8016) at the end of September 2010. The HeavyLift titles were painted over on 28 August 2011, but the registration RP-C8020 was still visible. The aircraft was photographed intact, but with no registration visible, at Cairns Airport on 7 August 2017. Following registration with the FAA as N1819S, the Cairns Belfast is apparently undergoing restoration to flight and return to service.

A second Belfast, G-BEPS (SH1822), was to have joined her in Australia following refurbishment at Southend Airport, but was instead scrapped in October 2008. The last production Belfast (Enceladus, XR371) is preserved at the RAF Museum Cosford. This aircraft was repainted before being displayed under cover at the National Cold War Exhibition.

Military operators

 * Royal Air Force
 * No. 53 Squadron RAF
 * No. 53 Squadron RAF

Civil operators

 * HeavyLift Cargo Airlines
 * TAC HeavyLift
 * Transmeridian Air Cargo
 * TAC HeavyLift
 * Transmeridian Air Cargo

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The Look of Love (Madonna song)

"The Look of Love" is a song by American singer Madonna from the soundtrack to the 1987 film Who's That Girl. It was released as the third and final single from the soundtrack on November 25, 1987, by Sire Records. While shooting the film, then called Slammer, Madonna had requested that producer Patrick Leonard develop a downtempo song that captured the nature of her film persona. She later wrote the lyrics and melody to the backing track developed by Leonard, and the song became "The Look of Love". Madonna was also inspired by James Stewart's performance in the 1954 film Rear Window when writing the song.

Featuring instrumentation from percussion, the song begins with a low bass synth line and a slow backing track, followed by Madonna singing the lyrics. Critically appreciated as a haunting track and noted as a "gem" on the soundtrack, "The Look of Love" reached the top-ten of the charts in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It also charted in France, Germany and Switzerland, while reaching the top 20 of the European Hot 100 Singles chart. Madonna's only live performances of the song were on her Who's That Girl World Tour in 1987. During the performance Madonna pretended that she was lost on the stage, like her film character.

Background and development
In 1986, Madonna was shooting for her third motion picture Who's That Girl, then known as Slammer. Needing songs for the soundtrack of the movie, she contacted Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray, with whom she had written and produced her third studio album True Blue in 1986. Madonna explained to them that she needed an uptempo song and a downtempo song. She came to the studio one Thursday, as Leonard developed the chorus of the songs. He handed over that cassette to Madonna, who went to the backroom and finished the melody and the lyrics of the songs, while Leonard worked on the other parts. The uptempo song developed was "Who's That Girl", the first single from the soundtrack, and the downtempo song, developed and written the day after, was "The Look of Love". Madonna later changed the film's name from Slammer to Who's That Girl, preferring the latter. Regarding the development of the songs for the film, Madonna further explained "I had some very specific ideas in mind, music that would stand on its own as well as support and enhance what was happening on screen and the only way to make that a reality was to have a hand in writing the tunes myself. [...] The songs aren't necessarily about Nikki [her character name in the movie] or written to be sung by someone like her, but there's a spirit to this music that captures both what the film and the characters are about, I think." Madonna was inspired by the look that actor James Stewart gave actress Grace Kelly in the 1954 film Rear Window. Madonna said: "I can't describe it, but that is the way I want someone to look at me when he loves me. It's the most pure look of love and adoration. Like surrender. It's devastating." "The Look of Love" was released as the third single from the soundtrack in the United Kingdom, some European countries and Japan. "I Know It", a track from Madonna's self-titled debut album, appeared as the B-side. In 1989, the song was used as the B-side for the "Express Yourself" single release.

Composition
"The Look of Love" starts off with a low bass synth line and a slow backing track. It is followed by sound of percussion and a high register note, contrasting with the bassline. The song continues in this way up till the last verse, which is backed by the sound from an acoustic guitar. A two-part vocal is found in the line "No where to run, no place to hide". According to Rikky Rooksby, author of The Complete Guide to the Music of Madonna, Madonna's voice sounds "expressive" when she sings the line "From the look of love" and utters the word "look" over the D minor chord present underneath. The word is sung in a higher note of the musical scale, thus giving an impression of the suspension like quality of the minor ninth chord, dissociating it from the harmony of the other notes. The song is set in the time signature of common time, with a moderate tempo of 80 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of D minor, with Madonna's voice spanning the notes C5 to B♭3. "The Look of Love" has a basic sequence of C–Dm–Fm–B as its chord progression.

Critical reception
Rooksby called the song as "the other gem" of the Who's That Girl soundtrack along with "Causing a Commotion", and denoted it as "an expressive, understated track." J. Randy Taraborrelli, author of Madonna: An Intimate Biography, commented that "'The Look of Love' was an exotic ballad." Don Shewey from Rolling Stone said that the song was "so haunting that it would leave you thinking as to where your life is going." John Evan Seery, author of Political theory for mortals: shades of justice, images of death, commented that the song portrayed Madonna's "discipline of gaze". Brian Hadden from Time found the song depressing. Tiju Francis from Vibe wrote: "For a such a commonly titled song, Madonna's take does at least offer something a little different. [...] 'The Look of Love' actually sounds like part of the score – Madonna could well be singing over what was previously just the moody character development background synth music apparently present in every film in the '80s. [...] But its slow-burn feel means the song is four minutes of not-particularly-intense brooding that never peaks – unlike a ballad." In March 2023, Billboard ranked it as the singer's 95th greatest song; Andrew Unterberger opined that its "aqueous production and mysterious melody give it an eerie quality befitting that inspiration, one of Madonna's most bewitching soundtrack compositions". The Guardian's Jude Rogers called it "an occasionally interesting tide of tropical sounds". Slant Magazine's Eric Henderson wrote that "if Madonna indeed wrote this European single in part as a tribute to James Stewart's character in Rear Window, it's impossible not to wish she'd instead opted for a lilting ode to Norman Bates's mother".

Commercial performance
"The Look of Love" was never released in the United States, and therefore did not enter any Billboard charts. In the United Kingdom, it was released on December 12, 1987, and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 15. The next week, it reached a peak of nine on the chart, her first single to miss the top five since "Lucky Star". The song was present for a total of seven weeks on the chart. According to the Official Charts Company, "The Look of Love" has sold 121,439 copies in the United Kingdom, as of August 2008. In Germany, the song debuted on the Media Control Charts at number 38 on January 24, 1988, and moved to its peak of number 34, the next week. It was present for a total of seven weeks on the chart. In Ireland, the song reached the top ten and peaked at number six. Across Europe, the song reached number nine in Belgium, number 23 in France, number eight in Netherlands and number 20 in Switzerland. On the European Hot 100 Singles, the song reached number 17.

Live performance
Madonna performed the song on her 1987 Who's That Girl World Tour. It was the seventh song of the setlist. Madonna was dressed in gold lamé pants and a sleeveless top. As she finished the performance of "Causing a Commotion", the spotlight was focused on her. The introductory music of "The Look of Love" started and Madonna roamed around the stage, pretending that she was lost. She wanted to portray her Who's That Girl character Nikki, when she was lost in a similar sequence in the film. After she finished singing the song, Madonna pretended to walk forward by pushing through the air, as the conveyor belt took her backwards, ultimately taking her away from the stage.

Track listing and formats

 * Germany / UK 7" Single
 * 1) "The Look of Love" (LP Version) – 4:01
 * 2) "I Know It" (LP Version) – 4:12

 * Germany / UK 12" Single and Reissue CD Maxi-Single (1995)
 * 1) "The Look of Love" (LP Version) – 4:01
 * 2) "I Know It" (LP Version) – 4:12
 * 3) "Love Don't Live Here Anymore (LP Version)" – 4:47*

Covers
In April 2022, Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hayes released his cover version of "The Look of Love". It was included on a 12" extended remix to his comeback single "Let's Try Being in Love".

Credits and personnel

 * Madonna – writer, vocals, producer
 * Patrick Leonard – writer, producer, audio mixing
 * Shep Pettibone – audio mixing, additional production
 * Junior Vasquez – mixing engineer, audio editing
 * Steve Peck – mixing engineer
 * Alberto Tolot - photography

Credits adapted from the Who's That Girl soundtrack and 12" single liner notes.

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Talk:Nick Fury (Ultimate Marvel character)

Merge comments
Don't merge this. Ultimate is different than 616 Marvel. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.101.2.116 (talk • contribs).

Agreed. Merging would be as dumb as a bag of ass. The characters are different for all the Ultimate characters. Mergers, back away. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.139.199.1 (talk • contribs).

Ultimate Marvel exists in a seperate continuity, therefore the characters should have seperate articles. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.110.140.76 (talk • contribs).
 * Um, not according to the Wikipedia Project Comics guidelines - which specifically mention Ultimate Marvel as an example. I'm not about to suggest a merge (and I'm not familiar enough to be confident with editing Ultimate Fury info anyway), but sooner or later someone will suggest one. If you don't think that's a workable idea, it might be worth preparing some arguments as to why. --Mrph 23:45, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, now it's suggested... --Mrph 11:54, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Ultimate Nick Fury's first appearance was not in Ultimates #1. It was during the second arc of Ultimate X-Men, which predated Ultimates by quite a while. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.255.106.225 (talk • contribs).

this article is lacking —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.228.12.70 (talk • contribs).

Since Fury first appeared in an issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, should Brian Bendis be listed as his creator rather than Mark Millar? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mac417 (talk • contribs).

Why shouldn't this be merged with the Nick Fury article? Most Marvel characters who have Ultimate counterparts have both versions on the same page. Isn't it policy to have characters with the same name & done by the same publisher to share a page? Dr Archeville 19:19, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The Nick Fury from Ultimate Teamup is significantly different from the one who appeared in UXM Return to Weapon X so I think saying Millar is the creator is the most correct. Also leave it unmergedBushido Brown 20:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

The two articles should definitely be merged together; all other Marvel characters share one article with their Ultimate counterpart. This shouldn't be any different.

Maybe those other ultimate caracters should be split from their 616 namesakes' articles then. Ultimate characters can even have their own alternate timeline counterparts and those counterparts should be mentioned in the articles of the Ultimate character they are based on.--Bushido Brown 22:31, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * That's a more general change, not something that's really specific to Ultimate Nick Fury - I think the place to raise suggestions regarding that would really be Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Comics/editorial_guidelines. Having said that, I think it's also been discussed before, so it might need some justification to overturn the previous decision? --Mrph 23:02, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Just wondering...
Who is to say that the racial difference is 'the most notable' between the two? 68.195.47.239 23:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree, this seems a little odd. Surely the Samuel L Jackson implication is enough. Not to mention the baldness/hair being an equally noticable difference. -CieloVagrant

Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and reword it. 68.195.47.239 22:11, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

appearance
while Ultimate Fury is African-American, and was in fact specifically tailored after actor Samuel L. Jackson with his permission.[1]

Isn't that his LATER appearance? Because I seem to remember the guy in marvel team-up and Ultimate X-men did NOT look like SLJ? --Charlesknight 13:54, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Merge proposal
I know this has already been discussed a little, but let's get the formal discussion out of the way - should Ultimate Nick Fury be merged with Nick Fury, or shouldn't it? The editorial guidelines on alternate versions specifically mention Ultimate Marvel as an example, and suggest that characters should be covered in a single article unless the main article "grows unmanageably large".

Survey

 * Merge --Mrph 11:44, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No Merge Bad idea. Brian Boru is awesome 00:01, 16 October
 * Merge - is it too late to vote? If not, I vote for a merge (Animedude 20:51, 31 October 2006 (UTC))

No CONCENSUS Brian Boru is awesome 16:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

2006 (UTC)

Discussion

 * I know people have strong feelings on this... but Wolverine, Hulk and others are being merged - so why not Fury? There should be some consistency in which articles are/aren't merged,shouldn't there? --Mrph 11:44, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Ultimate Nick Fury is way different than the regular Nick Fury. He's a General and I don't remember seing the Avengers as a unit of SHIELD 616 (Marvel Universe Main). Brian Boru is awesome 00:01, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

^What he said --Bushido Brown 22:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The guidelines specifically say "Alternate versions of characters should have entries in the main article unless that article grows unmanageably large" and, due to the massive differences between Nick Fury and Ultimate Nick Fury, one of two things would happen if they merged, either the Nick Fury article would become exceedingly large and unworkable, or there would be sparse information on Ultimate Nick Fury, which wouldn't really cover the topic of him. Keep them seperate, as they are NOT the same character in any way, they are just 2 characters with the same name who fill the same void in two different universes in two completely different ways. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.184.156.76 (talk • contribs).
 * Why do we have to treat comics as something with less worth and dignity than anything else? Dammit, TV series and movies have pages for every single little detail, we can't have pages for two DIFFERENT UNIVERSES? Damn. This way, we'll have Ultimate characters with just a little resume, as if for being alternate versions they don't deserve anything more.--User:admvenom
 * As a rule, Ultimate titles get their own article, but all alternate versions of a character get a single article. There are exceptions, but there is some sense behind it - comics tend to spawn an awful lot of variants. And in most cases if you're splitting articles for Age of Apocalypse/Marvel 616/Earth X/1602/Ultimate etc, etc... there's going to be an awful lot of repetition and duplication. In any case, decision was that there was no consensus to merge for Nick Fury...? --Mrph 16:32, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

 * But you can't compare Ultimate Universe with all the other little alternate universe we've seen over the years. Spidey was the longest running title of the 2099 universe and it lasted "just" 46 issues. Ultimate U is, what, five years old now and will probably go on for a loooooong time. While ok, some characters have little roles and I can agree not to give them individual pages, people like Hulk, Nick Fury, Captain America, Iron Man, Spidey, the X-Men, etc...should have their own pages. If you put this page in the 616 Nick Fury page it will probably suffer a lot of cuts because it will be considered just a little part of that article, with less worth than 616 Nick Fury's fictional bio.

This article needs to be merged with the other Nick Fury article. If Ultimate Nick Fury deserves a separate article then every Ultimate version of a Marvel character needs a separate article. Or is it because he's black? If that's the case the Ultimate Wasp also needs a separate article because she's Asian. The version of Wilson Fisk who appeared in the Daredevil movie would also need a separate article because he's black. And Bruce Banner would need a separate article from the Hulk because he's white and the Hulk is green. See how ridiculous it can get?

Then there's the fact that Ultimate Nick Fury is the SAME CHARACTER as the regular Nick Fury. They are simply different interpretations of the same character. Both versions are named Nick Fury, have an eye patch over the left eye and are part of the SHIELD organization. I know that there is some point where two different versions of a character are so different that they need to be considered separate characters. But the two versions of Nick Fury are not different enough. 110.174.166.224 (talk) 06:36, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Appearance in Iron Man
Reports on screenings is that SLJ is in the Iron Man movie, after the credits. It was apparently removed in the pre-release viewings to maintain surprise. Suggest editing or sourcing this information. MikeSims (talk) 19:59, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Confirmed -- I just got home from the movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.78.203.3 (talk) 15:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Superhuman Prowess
"However, it has yet to be clarified why this has not apparently given Fury similar near-superhuman physical prowess like Ultimate Captain America, or if so, why he has chosen to conceal it, as he has apparently done so about his age" I'm not sure he's never displayed superhuman physical prowess. In Ultimate X-Men he once managed to dodge around automatic weapons fire in a confined space for a short period of time, and in Ultimate Galactus (near the end of the first part), he went toe-to-toe with Wolverine and survived. 96.250.132.46 (talk) 05:04, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Samuel L Jackson and Iron Man II
Might need to be updated to reflect this: http://movies.ign.com/articles/944/944835p1.html

Jackson states that negotiations are stalled.

Article title
Shouldn't this be "Nick Fury (Ultimate Marvel)" instead of "Ultimate Nick Fury"? Or is "Ultimate" actually part of his name? NotARealWord (talk) 10:43, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

does the Ultimate version of Nick Fury also have the middle name Joseph.
The Official Handbook of the Ultimate Marvel Universe just says that his real name is Nick Fury. Is there a reliable source that he has the same middle name as the mainstream version? 110.174.166.224 (talk) 06:40, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Character biography
" Fury enlisted in the U.S. military, where he was deployed into various conflicts such as the Kosovo Wars. He was later assigned to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Weapon X program in the original Gulf War." Kosovo War was in 1998-1999. Original Gulf War was in 1990-1991. Let's do the time-warp again?--77.181.135.88 (talk) 21:09, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Hollywood's Nick Fury
Ok, I admit I am not a comic book guy, but I did like the Captain America movie and the first Iron Man movie. Not being familiar with the comic book relationships of the various characters, I had no idea so many of them were intertwined...Spiderman, X-Men, etc. But that's cool.

What did strike me when reading the main article and the comments page was that no mention was made of (sorry, I gotta do it) David Hasselhoff playing Nick Fury in the (IMHO) horrible movie version of "Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D."

I can only surmise that this obviously missed fact is due to a general un-appreciation for either Hasselhoff's portrayal of Fury, for the storyline of the movie, or the poor handling of the story/character in the movie - or all of the above!

Comments (ducking behind the nearest solid object) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.147.123.151 (talk) 01:40, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

 * He is mentioned on the Nick Fury in other media article, exactly where he should be. He doesn't really bear mentioning on this page or the main Nick Fury page at all ~ 98.111.114.188 (talk) 23:37, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up
Ultimate Team-Up #5 is non-canon, so first appearance section should be changed.--Starsprime3 (talk) 18:46, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 18 January 2018

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: moved per consensus. Logical arguments have been presented by nominator, and all the supporters. — usernamekiran (talk)  21:17, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

The initial name doesn't seem to be follow Wikipedia's naming conventions. NeoBatfreak (talk) 08:42, 14 January 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. ToThAc (talk) 18:42, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ultimate Nick Fury → Nick Fury (Ultimate Marvel character)
 * Ultimate Captain America → Captain America (Ultimate Marvel character)
 * Ultimate Iron Man (character) → Iron Man (Ultimate Marvel character)
 * Ultimate Spider-Man (character) → Spider-Man (Ultimate Marvel character)
 * Ultimate Thor → Thor (Ultimate Marvel character)
 * Ultimate Wolverine → Wolverine (Ultimate Marvel character)
 * Comment - Ultimate Spider-Man (character), Ultimate Wolverine, Ultimate Captain America, Ultimate Iron Man (character), and Ultimate Thor should be considered at the same time as this nomination. Argento Surfer (talk) 16:13, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Support - seems clear cut to me. Argento Surfer (talk) 16:13, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Support: In-story, the character is named simply Spider-Man. Just like the mainstream character, whose comic books are named "Amazing Spider-Man", "Spectacular Spider-Man", etc; but the character's name is still Spider-Man Cambalachero (talk) 17:48, 17 January 2018 (UTC) (comment moved here from Talk:Ultimate Spider-Man (character) by TriiipleThreat)
 * Oppose the WP:COMMONNAME for this character and all the ones Argento listed begin with Ultimate.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 15:40, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment Per WP:PRECISE, the disambiguation of "character" is unnecessary, as none of these characters have more than one Wikipedia article with that title. Therefore, if moved, the disambiguation "(Ultimate Marvel)" would suffice for all of them, e.g. Wolverine (Ultimate Marvel). Fortdj33 (talk) 20:14, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Spider-Man has two articles, one for the comic title and one for the character.★Trekker (talk) 20:17, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * So does Iron Man. Argento Surfer (talk) 20:55, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Everyone except Nick Fury had a solo comic in the Ultimate imprint at some point. Cambalachero (talk) 12:33, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * But those don't have their own articles.★Trekker (talk) 14:30, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * If Ultimate Hulk's page wasn't merged by consensus, would the same claim happen to that version of Hulk? --Rtkat3 (talk) 18:38, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Guess so.★Trekker (talk) 18:49, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * So, is the decision going to be rename or not?--NeoBatfreak (talk) 02:35, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
 * No consensus yet.★Trekker (talk) 10:37, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

 * Support. Move as proposed, which is in accordance to the article titles policy. WP:COMMONNAME is favorable to move, in contrary to what the opposer stated, as the commonly recognizable name appears to be without the initial Ultimate. Also, (Ultimate Marvel character) is more suitable than (Ultimate Marvel) as the latter is not just about characters but a whole lot of other things. The "character" in the title would accurately describe the topic. — Za  wl  14:45, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.


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List of Catholic dioceses in France

The Catholic Church in France mainly comprises a Metropolitan Latin Church hierarchy, joint in a national episcopal conference, consisting of
 * fifteen ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archdioceses (15)
 * with a total of 80 suffragans: seven non-Metropolitan Archdioceses, 72 bishoprics and a Territorial Prelature
 * two exempt non-Metropolitan Archdioceses
 * the (exempt) Military Ordinariate.

Furthermore, it has four exempt Eastern Catholic jurisdictions : three rite-specific (of which two are transnational) and a national Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rite for all others without rite-proper Ordinary.

The French overseas departments and territories, although administratively and constitutionally part of the French republic, are not part of the French church under canon law but exempt and/or part of an episcopal conference in their respective continent.

There is also an Apostolic Nunciature (as papal diplomatic representation at embassy-level) to France in the national capital Paris. the country also hosts three multilateral Holy See Representations: to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to the Council of Europe in Strasburg and to the International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS).

The following contains the list of the French Catholic Roman Catholic dioceses of France as since 2002. See also the List of Ancien Régime dioceses of France and the List of French dioceses in the 19th and 20th century for information prior to 2002.

Pope John Paul II completely redrew the map of French ecclesiastical provinces in December 2002, in order to coincide more closely with the map of French administrative regions, but losing in several instances remaining boundaries surviving from late Roman times. This meant the creation of a few new Metropolitan archbishoprics and ecclesiastical provinces. This also entailed, for several archbishoprics, the loss of their metropolitan status (symbolised by the wearing of the pallium): their bishops nevertheless retained the title of archbishop. As a result of history, many former episcopal sees were united, mainly as a consequence of the French Revolution; hence many dioceses bear the names of several cities, in which case, only the first one is the cathedral see where the bishop still actually resides.

In France, most dioceses coincide with a department of France, but there are a few exceptions, where some arrondissements are attached to a diocese outside the department, or form a separate diocese within the department (this happens mainly in departments with numerous populations, such as Nord or Bouches-du-Rhône). Along with the list of the new ecclesiastical provinces and their suffragan dioceses, this list also gives the equivalent of the diocesan jurisdiction in departmental terms.

Exempt Latin

 * Military Ordinariate of France
 * Archdiocese of Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin)
 * Diocese of Metz (Moselle)

Eastern Catholic (exempt) jurisdictions

 * Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France, vested in the Metropolitan Archbishop of capital Paris.
 * Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris, Armenian Rite, with Cathédrale Sainte-Croix de Paris des Arméniens in Paris, for France, immediately subject to the Patriarch of Cilicia, but not part of his province.
 * Maronite Eparchy of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris, Antiochian Rite and West Syriac Rite, with Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Cathedral, immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch, but not part of his province; also Apostolic Visitor in Western and Northern Europe of the Maronites.
 * Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris, Byzantine Rite, with St. Vladimir's Cathedral, Paris, directly subject to the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia, and covers for France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Ecclesiastical Province of Besançon
(Franche-Comté and part of Lorraine)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Besançon (Haute-Saône and Doubs, minus Montbéliard arrondissement)
 * Diocese of Belfort–Montbéliard (Territoire de Belfort and Montbéliard arrondissement)
 * Diocese of Nancy and Toul (Meurthe-et-Moselle)
 * Diocese of Saint-Claude (Jura)
 * Diocese of Saint-Dié (Vosges)
 * Diocese of Verdun (Meuse)

Ecclesiastical Province of Bordeaux
(Aquitaine)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bordeaux (Gironde)
 * Diocese of Agen (Lot-et-Garonne)
 * Diocese of Aire and Dax (Landes)
 * Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
 * Diocese of Périgueux and Sarlat (Dordogne)

Ecclesiastical Province of Clermont
(Auvergne)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Clermont (Puy-de-Dôme — New archdiocese (2002))
 * Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire)
 * Diocese of Moulins (Allier)
 * Diocese of Saint-Flour (Cantal)

Ecclesiastical Province of Dijon
(Burgundy)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dijon (Côte-d'Or — New archdiocese (2002))
 * Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Yonne)
 * Diocese of Autun (Saône-et-Loire)
 * Diocese of Nevers (Nièvre)
 * Territorial Prelature of the Mission de France at Pontigny (Pontigny)

Ecclesiastical Province of Lille
(Nord-Pas-de-Calais)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lille (Nord, arrondissements of Dunkerque and Lille — New archdiocese (2008))
 * Archdiocese of Cambrai (Nord, arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Cambrai, Douai, Valenciennes)
 * Diocese of Arras (Pas-de-Calais)

Ecclesiastical Province of Lyon
(Rhône-Alpes)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon (Rhône and the arrondissement of Roanne in the département of the Loire)
 * Archdiocese of Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, and Tarentaise (Savoie)
 * Diocese of Annecy (Haute-Savoie)
 * Diocese of Belley–Ars (Ain)
 * Diocese of Grenoble–Vienne-les-Allobroges (Isère)
 * Diocese of Saint-Étienne (Loire, minus the arrondissement of Roanne)
 * Diocese of Valence (Drôme)
 * Diocese of Viviers (Ardèche)

Ecclesiastical Province of Marseille
(Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur and Corsica)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône, arrondissement of Marseille — New archdiocese (2002))
 * Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, minus the arrondissement of Marseille (Arles is in the Bouches-du-Rhône))
 * Archdiocese of Avignon (Vaucluse)
 * Diocese of Ajaccio (Upper Corsica and South Corsica)
 * Diocese of Digne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
 * Diocese of Fréjus–Toulon (Var)
 * Diocese of Gap and Embrun (Hautes-Alpes)
 * Diocese of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes)

Ecclesiastical Province of Montpellier
(Languedoc-Roussillon)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montpellier (Hérault — New archdiocese (2002))
 * Diocese of Carcassonne and Narbonne (Aude)
 * Diocese of Mende (Lozère)
 * Diocese of Nîmes (Gard)
 * Diocese of Perpignan–Elne (Pyrénées-Orientales)

Ecclesiastical Province of Paris
(Ile-de-France)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paris (City-département of Paris)
 * Diocese of Créteil (Val-de-Marne)
 * Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes (Essonne)
 * Diocese of Meaux (Seine-et-Marne)
 * Diocese of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine)
 * Diocese of Pontoise (Val-d'Oise)
 * Diocese of Saint-Denis in France (Seine-Saint-Denis)
 * Diocese of Versailles (Yvelines)

Ecclesiastical Province of Poitiers
(Poitou-Charentes and Limousin)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poitiers (Vienne and Deux-Sèvres — New archdiocese (2002))
 * Diocese of Angoulême (Charente)
 * Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes (Charente-Maritime), also with jurisdiction at the French overseas collectivity Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
 * Diocese of Limoges (Haute-Vienne and Creuse)
 * Diocese of Tulle (Corrèze)

Ecclesiastical Province of Reims
(Champagne-Ardenne and Picardy)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Reims (arrondissement of Reims in the Marne and département of the Ardennes)
 * Diocese of Amiens (Somme)
 * Diocese of Beauvais, Noyon, and Senlis (Oise)
 * Diocese of Châlons (Marne, minus the arrondissement of Reims)
 * Diocese of Langres (Haute-Marne)
 * Diocese of Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin (Aisne)
 * Diocese of Troyes (Aube)

Ecclesiastical Province of Rennes
(Brittany and Pays de la Loire)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine)
 * Diocese of Angers (Maine-et-Loire)
 * Diocese of Laval (Mayenne)
 * Diocese of Le Mans (Sarthe)
 * Diocese of Luçon (Vendée)
 * Diocese of Nantes (Loire-Atlantique)
 * Diocese of Quimper and Léon (Finistère)
 * Diocese of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier (Côtes-d'Armor)
 * Diocese of Vannes (Morbihan)

Ecclesiastical Province of Rouen
(Upper and Lower Normandy)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rouen (Seine-Maritime, minus the arrondissement of Le Havre)
 * Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Calvados)
 * Diocese of Coutances (Manche)
 * Diocese of Évreux (Eure)
 * Diocese of Le Havre (arrondissement of Le Havre in Seine-Maritime)
 * Diocese of Sées (Orne)

Eccleasiastical Province of Toulouse
(Midi-Pyrénées)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne )
 * Archdiocese of Albi (Tarn)
 * Archdiocese of Auch (Gers)
 * Diocese of Cahors (Lot)
 * Diocese of Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne)
 * Diocese of Pamiers (Ariège)
 * Diocese of Rodez (Aveyron)
 * Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes (Hautes-Pyrénées)

Eccleasiastical Province of Tours
(Centre-Val de Loire)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tours (Indre-et-Loire)
 * Archdiocese of Bourges (Cher and Indre)
 * Diocese of Blois (Loir-et-Cher)
 * Diocese of Chartres (Eure-et-Loir)
 * Diocese of Orléans (Loiret)

Titular sees
There were titular metropolitan sees that were both united with another diocese, such as the Archdiocese of Arles and the Archdiocese of Embrun.

There were also titular episcopal sees, 41 of which were united and 18 were not united with other dioceses, these included: Accia, Agde (united), Aléria, Alès (united), Alet, Apt, Arisitum, Auxerre (united), Avranches (united), Bazas (united), Béziers (united), Boulogne (united), Briançonnet, Carpentras, Castres (united), Cavaillon, Châlon-sur-Saône (united), Condom (united), Couserans (united), Die (united), Dol (united), Entrevaux, Laon (united), Lavaur (united), Lectoure (united), Léon (united), Lescar (united), Lisieux (united), Lodève (united), Lombez (united), Mâcon (united), Maillezais, Mariana en Corse, Mirepoix (united), Nebbio, Noyon (united), Oloron (united), Orange, Rieux (united), Riez (united), Sagone, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (united), Saint-Malo (united), Saint-Omer (united), Saint-Papoul, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (united), Saint-Pons-de-Thomières (united), Saint-Quentin (united), Saintes (united), Sarlat (united), Senez, Senlis (united), Sisteron (united), Thérouanne, Toul (united), Tréguier (united), Uzès (united), Vabres (united), and Vaison.

There was the single titular abbacy of Cluny that became united with another diocese.

Other defunct French sees
There were other dioceses that no longer exist and were not united with current active dioceses, these included: Diocese of Aleth, Diocese of Antibes, Diocese of Bethléem à Clamecy (alias Panthenor), Diocese of Bourg-en-Bresse, Diocese of Cimiez, Diocese of Dax (Acqs), Archdiocese of Eauze (Elusa), Diocese of Grasse, Diocese of Javols, Diocese of Limoux, Archdiocese of Narbonne, Diocese of Rezé, Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Diocese of Sospel, Archdiocese of Tarentaise, Diocese of Toulon, Diocese of Vence, Diocese of Vernay and the Archdiocese of Vienne.

Overseas French dioceses
all Latin (in many cases, in a conference/province(s) with non-French, mainly Anglophone, dioceses)

Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See (Africa)

 * Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion (Réunion)

Ecclesiastical Province of Martinique
(Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana; exclusively Francophone)
 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France (Martinique)
 * Diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)
 * Diocese of Cayenne (French Guiana)

Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete

 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Papeete (French Polynesia, minus the Marquesas Islands)
 * Taiohae o Tefenuaenata (Marquesas Islands)

Ecclesiastical Province of Nouméa

 * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nouméa (New Caledonia)
 * Diocese of Wallis and Futuna (Wallis-et-Futuna)
 * Diocese of Port-Vila, on and for Vanuatu (formerly the Anglo-French condominium New Hebrides)

Sources and external links

 * GCatholic.org - data for all sections.
 * Catholic-Hierarchy entry.

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Talk:Truco

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We need to expand the Envido section!!! --Neigel von Teighen 16:44, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

What about the Brazilian version of Truco, which is tooooo popular and so different from argentinian one? I can explain how truco works in Brazil, and someone who dominates English could write it, in order to expand this article. Just email me, gabrielquinteiro@gmail.com
 * You can just post the information here. You can use Portuguese, as I am fluent in both languages. --Sn0wflake 00:52, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Just have in mind that Argentine Truco (to my inderstanding) is far more popular than the Brazilian one, and an Icon of the Argentine Culture. (google hits 1,000,000 v 57,000 ) Mariano (t/c) 08:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * And why does that stop us from creating two separete sections on the same article? --Sn0wflake 16:05, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I just created a subsection on brazilian truco. Make any changes if you deem necessary.
 * Absolutelly nothing. I just said we should have it in mind, specially if we are to create 2 separate articles. Mariano (t/c) 08:05, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Interwiki
I changed the es: link to Truco (juego de naipes) which I hope is appropriate. (Presently it is just a stub that directs the user to Truc) The contents of the Truco (Argentina) page were apparently found to be a copyright infringement. - Kymacpherson 18:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

could somebody please Translate the spanish card names to english, i was recently taught this game and i am trying to undertand a bit better, but i'm not sure what some things mean108.3.213.112 (talk) 22:59, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Bold textThe brazilian version has differnt card rankings and only played in 4's

"Truco" is actually a name for two different card games: the argentinean version and the brazilian version. They both have the same name, but they are distinct games. So it would be nice having two articles, with a disambiguation page.

Truco is a popular trick-taking card game played in the Río de la Plata area.

Is it played just in the Río de la plata area?, in all country you can play truco!. --Vokoder 21:03, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

 * You can play it everywhere, but it is originally from Río de la Plata area. --Neigel von Teighen 09:37, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

 * According to the es:Wikipedia, Truco was originated in Valencia and Balearic Islands but is very popular in South America (specially: Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil). --Vokoder 02:34, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No, Truco is an elaborated version of Truc. You're right when saying that Truc is valencian (also catalonian), but Truco is orginally from Río de la Plata. For more information, look at: here for Truco and here for Truc (also called Truque). Yours, --Neigel von Teighen 10:38, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought that Truco was a version of the Spanish Truc played in South America, but it's originally from Rio de la Plata area and uses Spanish cards also!. It would have to use Argentine cards!
 * I don't understand jajaja. --Vokoder 20:34, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I added some details about the game. I also corrected some things that were, in my experience, wrong. However, since the game is mostly taught by oral tradition, it is possible that there are many subsets of rules. Since these corrections are drawn from my experience, I could not quote any text where that information can be found. I hope that is okay. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Canonicus (talk • contribs) 23:33, 26 April 2007 (UTC).

could somebody please Translate the spanish card names to english, i was recently taught this game and i am trying to undertand a bit better, but i'm not sure what some things mean108.3.213.112 (talk) 22:59, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Spanish Deck?
The article says that the game uses a Spanish deck, from which the 8's and 9's have been removed. I didn't realize a Spanish deck HAD 8's and 9's to remove. ;) Should that be changed? Vince In Milan 23:28, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

 * My "Vitoria" deck has 8's and 9's, but it is surely a modern version. I haven't ever seen another deck like mine in my life... I would wait a bit if someone comes around with a different opinion and, if not, change it. --Neigel von Teighen | help with arbs? 10:10, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

 * There are 50 and 40 cards versions of the Spanish deck. The most numerous version including 8s and 9s, and two jokers (comodines). --Mariano (t/c) 16:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Valencian and Balear Truc
You don't mention the origin of the game, wich is the Balearic Islands and Valencia, where there is still played, and very popular, also it's named truc, which should be the name of the article. I can explain how it works if you want to expand the article. My mail blackprotoss @ gmail.com. I speak better spanish or catalan than english, but I can try. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.38.60.224 (talk) 03:41, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

BraSilian Truco
Truco is one of our national card games together with Buraco, the more elaborate variant of Canasta. This article has been marvelously written by one who really knows about the game. It precisey describes the many different versions played throughout Brazil.

I just can't undersand why this article is being under discussion for a merge with something that doesn't even exit. The artile is mainly about the game played in Brazil. Why not then a separate article called Truco Argentina ? It's indeed an integral part of Argentina's culture, and I am sure that historical information about the game will be soon added from both countries.

As for the article Truc, it will be soon created separately from this article, due to the amount of information available. Any Reference, Source, Link or information provided for this article will be greatly appreciated. Krenakarore (talk) 18:24, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Perico and perica
Perico and Perica are the 11 and 10 of the open card (vira) for the current round. Someone else mentioned the following: Caballo of clubs (11), in some regions called Perico, worth 30 points, Sota of coins (10), in some regions called Perica, worth 29 points. How should we sort this out? Hamsterlopithecus (talk) 03:06, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

 * First, I've got a name. Second, if you'll find any other referenced information, then you'll may contest Parlett and McLeod's. Krenakarore  TK 10:31, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

 * You can discuss the subject on the talk page yes, but you shouldn't remove the references from the article just because you disagree on them. Call for a third opinion, ask for advice from an administrator or whatever, but don't remove referenced material from the article before a consensus. Listen, I won't go back to this again !  Krenakarore  TK 00:14, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

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Aguinaldo (disambiguation)

Aguinaldo is a thirteenth salary paid to workers in Latin American countries during the Christmas season.

Aguinaldo may also refer to:

 * Aguinaldo (name), a surname and given name
 * Aguinaldo (music), a folk genre of Christmas music found in Latin America
 * Aguinaldo, Ifugao, a municipality in the Philippines
 * General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite, a municipality in the Philippines
 * Aguinaldo Highway, a primary and secondary highway in Cavite, Philippines

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1876 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1876.

Excavations

 * Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann.

Finds

 * The "Mask of Agamemnon" found at Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann. Later in the year Schliemann supposedly telegraphs a Greek newspaper "I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon".
 * June 29 - Robin Hood Cave Horse, a fragment of rib engraved with a horse's head, discovered by Rev. J. M. Mello at Creswell Crags in the north east midlands of England, the only piece of Upper Paleolithic portable art showing an animal to be found in Britain.
 * October - Excavations by John Clayton in Coventina's Well at Carrawburgh on Hadrian's Wall yield at least 13,400 Roman coins.

Publications

 * Amelia Edwards - A Thousand Miles up the Nile.

Births

 * March 19 - John Marshall, English Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (died 1958).
 * May 5 - John Garstang, English archaeologist of the Near East (died 1956).

Deaths

 * August 19 - George Smith, English Assyriologist (born 1840)

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Cooder Graw

Cooder Graw is a self-described "loud country" (country music / alternative country) band from Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas. It is also the title of their second album.

The group formed in 1998. It is perhaps most well known for the song "Llano Estacado" that was featured on a series of Dodge commercials.

Cooder Graw is somewhat of an anomaly in the music industry, in that its members' ages at its inception ranged from late-30s to early-50s. The band's singer, Matt Martindale, was the assistant district attorney of Gray County, Texas, prior to devoting his full attention to the band. Guitarist Kelly Turner was the manager of a manufacturing plant in Slaton, Texas.

The band was originally called "Coup de Grâce," but another band was already using that name, so the name was changed to a "Texas-version" of the original name. The band's debut album, Home at the Golden Light, consisted of mostly covers and was self-produced by the band (though executive producer credit is given to Matthew McConaughey, a fraternity brother of Matt Martindale). It was released in 1998. The band's first national release, Cooder Graw, was released in late 1999.

Cooder Graw has toured extensively throughout Texas and the United States, both headlining and opening for artists such as Willie Nelson and Alabama. The group also played at the premiere of the film EDtv, which starred McConaughey.

In 2006, Cooder Graw announced that they would cease performing together after the end of the year. Their last show was on December 31, 2006, in Fort Worth, Texas. Lead singer Matt Martindale is still performing occasionally with his new band, The Matt Martindale Band.

While Martindale, Turner, and Baker returned to careers outside of music, February 27, 2012, Cooder Graw announced a reunion tour would kick off April 28, 2012, at the Larry Joe Taylor Music Fest with more dates to follow.

Current

 * Matt Martindale - acoustic guitar, vocals
 * Paul Baker - bass guitar
 * Kelly Turner - lead guitar
 * Kelly Test - drums, backing vocals
 * Carmen Acciaioli - fiddle, mandolin
 * Danny Crelin - pedal steel guitar

Former members

 * Joe Ammons - drums, vocals
 * Jim Whisenhunt - pedal steel guitar
 * Nick Worley - fiddle, mandolin
 * Jon "Fish" Hunt - drums, backing vocals

Albums

 * Home at the Golden Light (1998)
 * Cooder Graw (1999)
 * Segundo (2000)
 * Shifting Gears (2001)
 * Live at Billy Bob's Texas (2002)
 * Wake Up (2004)
 * Big Sign (2009)
 * Love to Live By (2016)

Music videos

 * "Junior's in the Yard"
 * "Better Days"
 * "Love to Live By"

Compilations

 * Texas Road Trip - "18 Wheels of Loving" (2001)
 * Brewed in Texas - "Whiskey Bent And Hellbound" (2002)
 * Cow Hear This - "Better Days" (2002)
 * Compadre's Texas Lovers - "Ain't Livin' Long Like This" (2003)
 * Red River Tribute (tribute to Waylon Jennings) - "Rainy Day Woman" (2003)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tool Army

 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. Woohookitty 07:55, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Tool Army
Non-notable webpage, no matches in google other then the website itself. Chairboy 16:45, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete too secret. There's no real context in the article or claim to notability, and without accepting cookies, the home page of the site doesn't even render. -Harmil 16:59, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete There are many websites in the world... Friday 19:50, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Abstain, Alexa rank 266,905. Linked by six other sites known by Alexa. - Mgm|(talk) 20:58, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete fanclubcruft. Might merit a mention in the band's article but not its own. --  Etacar11   00:54, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete advertising, nn website. JamesBurns 03:09, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. 77 displayed hits? Not notable. WP is not a web directory, and there are thousands (millions now?) of fan sites, and we don't even cover them all as external links of related topics. Niteowlneils 15:59, 26 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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Lamut

Lamut may be:
 * Lamut, Ifugao, in the Philippines
 * Lamuts, more commonly known as Evens, an ethnic group of Russia
 * Lamut language, more commonly known as the Even language

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Category:Baseball coaches

This category is for baseball coaches, defined as assistants to the manager (or head coach). For head coaches in professional baseball, see. In U.S. college baseball, the person who fills the role of a manager is called a "head coach"; such individuals are included in, which is part of this category structure.

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An image depicting Javacava.

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Kpwe

Kpwe or Kwe may be:
 * Kpwe people
 * Kpwe language

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Mboko people

The Bamboko are a Bantu ethnic group of the Republic of Cameroon. They are part of the Sawa ethnic groups, those who live on the coast.

The Bamboko probably moved to Mboko, the area southwest of Mount Cameroon, in the early 17th century. Predominant Bakweri and Isubu traditions claim they originated from this area, which supports the peoples' long shared histories and similar languages. They currently inhabit the west and northwest of the mountain, beginning at the villages of Sanje and Mukundage and continuing to the sea. This territory likes in the Fako and Meme divisions of the Southwest Province. Neighbouring the Bamboko to the east are the Bakweri and to the north are the Bakole. The Bamboko are primarily subsistence farmers who toil the volcanic soils of Mount Cameroon to cultivate cocoyams, maize, manioc, oil palms, and plantains.

The Bamboko speak Wumboko. The tongue is largely intelligible with Mokpwe and Bakole, and linguists sometimes classify Wumboko as a dialect of Mokpwe. All of these languages are part of the Bantu group of the Niger–Congo language family.

In addition, individuals who have attended school or lived in an urban centre usually speak Cameroonian Pidgin English or standard English. Increasing numbers of Anglophone Cameroonians are today being raised as first-language Pidgin speakers.

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Omar Gassama

Omar Gassama is a Gambian politician. He is a member of the African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council, representing West Africa.

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Robert Prescott (actor)

Robert Prescott (born 1957) is an American actor who has appeared in film and on television. He is best known for his role as Kent in the 1985 hit comedy film Real Genius. He also starred in the 1984 comedy film Bachelor Party as Cole Whittier, and appeared in the 1987 Mel Brooks comedy Spaceballs in a cameo as the Sand Cruiser Driver.

He starred in the Father Dowling Mysteries TV movie Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery, and has made guest appearances on TV shows including Hill Street Blues, The Sopranos, Law & Order, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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Wovea people

The Wovea are an ethnic group native to coastal areas of the Fako division of the Southwest Province of Cameroon. The Wovea are one of the ethnic groups that comprise the Sawa, or Cameroonian coastal peoples.

History
Wovea oral history names a man from the island of Bioko as their forebear. His ship washed ashore at Mboko, the area southwest of Mount Cameroon. There he married a local woman. They moved southeast and settled at Ambas Bay. The Wovea likely lived along Ambas Bay in the 17th or 18th century. They could have participated in the same migration from Mboko that brought the Bakweri and Isubu to their current territories.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Wovea came under the dominance of the Isubu. When the Spanish ousted Protestant missionaries from their base at Fernando Po (modern Bioko) in 1858, the Isubu king, William I of Bimbia, sold part of Wovea territory to British missionary Alfred Saker. The area became Victoria (today known as Limbe). The Wovea living there were forced to move to Mondole Island. Victoria's population developed as a mixture of freed slaves, working Sawa, and Christianised Sawa from all the various coastal groups. Cameroonian Pidgin English began to develop at this time.

In 1905, under German colonial rule, the Wovea were relocated again to their present home west of the Wouri estuary. The Germans designated Mondole Island as a leper colony. After Germany's defeat in World War I, Wovea territory fell under a British League of Nations mandate.

Geography and culture
The Wovea live south of Mount Cameroon and on the Gulf of Guinea, in the Fako division of the Southwest Province. Their territory lies directly west of that of the Isubu. Fishing is a major form of employment and subsistence.

Bobea is the Wovea language. The language had 600 speakers in 1977, although many Wovea speak Duala in lieu of their native tongue. In addition, most Wovea speak Cameroonian Pidgin English or standard English. A growing number of the Anglophones today grow up with Pidgin as their first tongue.

The Wovea have been mostly Christianized since the 1970s. Evangelical denominations dominate, particularly the Baptist church.

The Wovea participate in the Ngondo, a traditional festival of the Duala to which all of Cameroon's coastal Sawa peoples are invited. The main focus is on communicating with the ancestors and asking them for guidance and protection for the future. The festivities also include armed combat, beauty pageants, pirogue races, and traditional wrestling.

Classification
The Wovea are Bantu in language and origin. More narrowly, they fall into the Sawa, or the coastal peoples of Cameroon.

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Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation

KT&G Corporation, originally Korea Tobacco & Ginseng, is the leading tobacco company in South Korea with annual sales over US$4 billion. KT&G was originally a government-owned monopoly but was privatized and today is publicly traded, competing for market share with other international tobacco firms such as Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco. KT&G's sales volume share was 62% of the Korean market in 2009.

KT&G also owns significant subsidiaries such as Korea Ginseng Corporation, Yungjin Pharm (a pharmaceuticals company), and several bio ventures. Its headquarters are in Daejeon.

Brands
KT&G produces popular Korean cigarette brands such as The One, Indigo, Arirang, This, This Plus, Zest, Esse, Raison, and Lo Crux. It has been expanded outside Korea, especially through its superslim brand Esse in Russia and other Eastern European markets.

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Abas (sophist)

Abas (Ἄβας) was an ancient Greek sophist and a rhetorician about whose life nothing is known. The Suda ascribes to him historical commentaries (in Greek ιστoρικά απoμνηατα) and a work on rhetoric (in Greek τέχνη ρητoρική). Photius in his Myrobiblion quotes from him, belonging probably to the former work, saying that Abas said the name of the wife of Candaulus in Greek mythology was not Nysai but Abro.

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WWF Shotgun Saturday Night

WWF Shotgun Saturday Night is a professional wrestling television program that was produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It aired from January 4, 1997, through August 21, 1999, as a syndicated broadcast. Shotgun Saturday Night was replaced by WWF Jakked in 1999.

History
The show's original concept was unusual for its time; it aired on late Saturday nights from various New York City nightlife locations. The promotion pushed the program as an "edgier" product than its normal weekly offerings.

Shotgun Saturday Night debuted on January 4, 1997, from the Mirage Nightclub in New York. One of the most memorable moments of the debut episode occurred when Marlena climbed on the ring apron during a match between Goldust and The Sultan, and removed her top, causing the Sultan to be distracted and lose the match. Though she was wearing pasties, and though her back was facing the camera, this incident was a precursor for the tone of WWF programming for the next several years.

Later episodes of Shotgun Saturday Night were broadcast from the All-Star Cafe in Times Square, the Mirage Nightclub in Manhattan, and New York Penn Station.

There were several unique elements to the show that did not appear on any other WWF programming at the time. For example, due to the confining nature of the locales it was initially broadcast from, Shotgun Saturday Night used a somewhat smaller ring than a standard 20-foot by 20-foot WWF ring. All three ring ropes were taped yellow; something that was not replicated until NXT debuted in 2010.

Shortly after the show's debut, the nightclub theme was dropped and the show's matches began being taped in an arena before or after the live Monday Night Raw show. It soon replaced WWF Superstars of Wrestling as the 'B' Show, being used to recap the now two-hour Raw show with original matches featuring lower-level talent.

The show originally featured commentary by Vince McMahon and Sunny, with Jim Ross and Brian Pillman performing the same duties until mid-1997, when Pillman was pulled from commentary after beating up a (planted) fan on the June 28, 1997 episode. Kevin Kelly, Michael Cole, Jim Cornette and Vince Russo also served as commentators. Stone Cold Steve Austin also served as a surprise guest commentator on one episode along with Owen Hart.

Alternate versions
The WWF also aired a similar syndicated show at the time called WWF Shotgun Challenge, which aired in earlier time slots (replacing WWF Challenge) and was more family-friendly. This version of the show was later renamed simply WWF Shotgun and ultimately replaced with WWF Metal in 1999. From 1997 until 1999, matches from WWF Shotgun were aired on the international version of WWF Superstars with commentary by Michael Cole and Kevin Kelly, and in January 1999, Gorilla Monsoon joined them.

In the New York media market, the show was rebranded as WWF New York from 1997 to late 1999, airing on WPIX and WPXN-TV, and later WLNY. It was shown late at night, airing at 2:00 a.m., Eastern time (WPXN aired the series on Saturday mornings).

In February 1998, the WWF aired 11:Alive which aired the matches in the same order as WWF New York, but with different commentary that made fewer references to New York. The show aired on Saturday mornings and only ran for two months before being discontinued. The final episode was hosted by Michael Hayes as a preview show to WrestleMania XIV.

WWF Shotgun had its origins in the Wisconsin market, which initially started airing on WLUK-TV in late 1997 before being picked up by other syndicated channels. In a similar manner to WWF New York, the commentary for WWF Shotgun made references to the Green Bay area, as well as exclusive wrestler promos for house shows throughout the state. Versions in other states would make fewer references to Green Bay and not have these promos.

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