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Fernando Canales Clariond

Fernando de Jesús Canales Clariond (born July 21, 1946, in Monterrey) is a Mexican politician and businessman affiliated with the National Action Party. He succeeded his cousin, Benjamín Clariond as governor of Nuevo León in 1997. He also served as Secretary of Economy and as Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of Vicente Fox.

Fernando Canales is the son of Fernando Canales Salinas and Consuelo Clariond. Consuelo is the daughter of Jacques Antoine Clariond ("Santiago Antonio Clariond), founder of Industrias Monterrey, and his wife María Garza. IMSA is nowadays one of the leading business groups in Latin America.

During his youth he briefly considered the Catholic priesthood but finally opted-in for a bachelor's degree in law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho. Later on he received an MBA from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and specialized in industrial relations at the Institute of Social Studies of The Hague, in the Netherlands.

In the private sector Canales has served as chief executive officer and vice president of IMSA and as a member of the board in several companies in the United States, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile and Mexico.

Politically, he is a member of the right-of-center National Action Party since 1978. He became its 1985 nominee for the Nuevo León governorship but lost against Jorge Treviño of the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI). Twelve years later he reattempted it and won, becoming the first governor of the PAN in the history of the state.

As a governor, Canales delivered mixed results. He left the post after being invited to the federal cabinet by President Vicente Fox and was appointed Secretary of Economy on January 15, 2003. His former treasurer, Fernando Elizondo, assumed as interim but Elizondo lost the governorship in the July 2003 elections against Natividad González Parás, Canales' leading opponent six years earlier.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miss Universe Organization

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The result of the debate was nomination withdrawn -- Francs2000 | Talk 14:47, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Miss Universe Organization
There is already a Miss Universe. Antonio Miss Universe Martin
 * has placed tags on the article, listed it at Duplicate articles , and obviously wants the article merged.  Antonio, if you want an article merged, merge it!  See User talk:Mito, too. Merging doesn't involve deletion, at any stage.  Only come here to Votes for deletion if you want an administrator to actually delete an article, which in this case is clearly not so. Nominator is not being bold enough.  Rescind nomination so that the nominator can immediately be bolder and get on with doing the merge that xe wants. Uncle G 11:57:09, 2005-07-26 (UTC)
 * Comment no need for VfD, as per Uncle G.-Poli (talk • contribs) 13:45, 2005 July 26 (UTC)
 * Well, yeah, the idea was originally to merge the article, but, an unsigned person made me think about that because the person said that the Miss Universe Organization article is very inaccurate, and I think it actually is. A merge is a very soluble solution but I don't know exactly how much can be merged from the Miss Universe Organization article, and under what name should we merge it. Both Miss Universe and Miss Universe Organization are real good names, although I myself think, well, Miss Universe is more popular, but then again, the bone behind it is the organization so the name would be a tossup I guess. As for not being bold, just check me out Friday nights at Applebees when the waitresses ask me to strip dance on the table!!! LOL!!!! (I only go up to my underwear, for lawmakers) LOL.-Antonio Lightly Taking It Martin

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of 3G phones

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The result of the debate was delete. – ABCD✉ 23:36, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

List of 3G phones
I can't really see what the purpose of this list is now. It might have been useful when there were only a handful of handsets on the market, but now there are LOTS and I seriously doubt anyone is going to keep this updated (or create meaningful pages for the handsets). Google is a much better way to find out about the latest and greatest in 3G tech. Probell 11:13, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Good arguments; questionable that this will be updated and won't lead to meaningful pages. Mark 11:25, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. There's a really easy solution for this one (as most lists): Make a category! -newkai | talk | contribs 13:15, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Another unmaintainable list. Robert A West 19:58, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

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Free Dominion

Free Dominion was a Canadian conservative internet forum. The site used the phrase "Principled Conservativism" to describe its ideology.

Overview
The lead moderators and former owners of the site were Mark and Connie Fournier. Mark Fournier ran in the 2007 Ontario election for the Freedom Party of Ontario in Kingston and the Islands placing last with 137 votes (0.28%).

On December 31, 2005, Free Dominion made news when one of its frequent contributors, Gordon Stamp, resigned as Peter Goldring's campaign manager as a result of comments Stamp had posted on Free Dominion about being open to Alberta separatism under certain circumstances. Goldring was subsequently quoted saying that Free Dominion is "extreme" in its views.

In early 2008, the website was sold to Liberty News Service in Panama, with the Fourniers retaining operational control of the website.

Human rights complaint
In July 2007, a complaint was made against Free Dominion before the Canadian Human Rights Commission for posting material perceived to be discriminatory against Muslims. The complaint was subsequently withdrawn.

Defamation suits
Free Dominion and Connie and Mark Fournier have been defendants in a total of four lawsuits for defamation.

Defamation suits by Richard Warman
Among the suits against Free Dominion and the Fourniers were four filed by Richard Warman, a human rights lawyer. Three of the suits were for defamation and an additional unsuccessful suit was for copyright infringement. Of the three defamation suits, two have proceeded towards trial while a third, filed with Warren Kinsella as co-plaintiff, has been inactive.

"John Doe" lawsuit
In 2008, Warman sued the Fourniers and eight John Does for libel. As part of this case, Warman asked the court to order the Fourniers to release information which could assist in the identification of the eight John Does: their email addresses and IP addresses. Justice Kershman ordered them to do so. However on appeal, the Superior Court overturned this decision unless Warman could prove a prima facie case against the John Does before their information was released.

On August 9, 2013, the case finally began with jury selection. After 10 days of testimony, the jury was charged. On October 2, 2013, the jury found that Warman was maliciously defamed by 41 statements made on the website and awarded him $42,000 in damages, plus costs which were later set at $85,000. Superior Court Justice Robert Smith banned the site from republishing "in any form whatsoever," any of the 41 defamatory statements. Smith wrote in his decision that: "The continued publication of libellous material would cause irreparable harm to the plaintiff’s reputation and prohibited material has already been found to constitute libel." Smith wrote that as the jury found the defendants made the comments about Warman "maliciously" and refused to apologize, "I find that the plaintiff has met his onus of showing that an injunction should issue to prevent the defendants from publishing in any manner whatsoever any statements found to be defamatory of Mr. Warman in this action as set out in jury Exhibit J". As a result of the permanent injunction the Fourniers decided to close the Free Dominion forum to the public. On December 11, 2015, a panel of 3 justices of the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the lower court's ruling and awarded Warman an additional $23,000 in costs. The site has been offline since the day the appeal decision was issued.

National Post et al
In April 2008, Warman filed an additional libel suit against the Fourniers and Free Dominion as well as the National Post columnist Jonathan Kay as well as the newspaper itself, and bloggers Ezra Levant, Kathy Shaidle and Kate McMillan of the Small Dead Animals blog for repeating allegations that Warman was the author of a 2003 internet post regarding Canadian Senator Anne Cools that used racist and sexist epithets. Warman denied that he was the author of the post. The National Post and Kay apologized, retracted the statement and settled out of court with Warman.

In June 2015, Shaidle, Levant and McMillan all settled with Warman in exchange for paying him undisclosed amounts and the issuing public retractions and apologies in which they admitted there was no evidence that the allegations against Warmn were true, leaving the Fourniers as the sole remaining defendants. The trial is pending.

John Baglow suit
Ottawa writer and former union official John Baglow, who blogs as "Dr. Dawg", filed suit against the Fourniers and Free Dominion participant Roger Smith over a post in which Smith referred to Baglow as "one of the Taliban’s more vocal supporters." In a March 2015 ruling, Madam Justice Heidi Polowin found the words to be defamatory and also rejected claims by the Fourniers that they were not publishers and not legally responsible for words posted by others on the Free Dominion forum stating that "To adopt the position of the defendants would leave potential plaintiffs with little ability to correct reputational damage," however she dismissed the suit ruling that in context of "rough and tumble" debate in the blogosphere the words, while defamatory, could be accepted as "fair comment". The judge awarded no costs to either side as "both sides were successful and unsuccessful".

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Talk:Sushmita Sen

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This article says she was born in Allahbad, UP in the intro, and then says she was born in Hyderabad, AP later in the bio. Where was she born? This article needs some accuracy and consistancy.

Not sure, but I think Sushimta Sen won the Miss-Universe-Title and Aishwarya Rai the Miss-World-Title. Aren`t those two different contests? Correct me if I'm wrong. --Plumcouch 11:13, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Probably you're right. I recently copyedited this somewhat confusing passage and I may have understood it incorrectly. If you would PLEASE do any factchecking and revising as necessary. I'll do any copyediting if it's to be done, but I don't have time to google. I'm hot on the trail of fifteen zillion other things. Wikipedia conduces to ADHD! Zora 11:38, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

I checked it -- Miss Universe and Miss World are two different things. It`s not the same contest. --Plumcouch 16:23, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Ah, I did some googling, and I got a reference to the 1994 Miss India contest, which Sushmita won and Aish lost -- amid accusations of favoritism from both sides. I think that must be what Nilay is trying to convey, but it may be that we're not reading his Indian English the way he wants it to be read. As they say of the UK and the US -- divided by a common language . Zora 22:30, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * In that contest, Aishwarya was widely tipped to win as she was already a popular model and Sushmita was relatively unknown. Sushmita was trailing till the final round when a judge asked about the state of Indian textile industry - while she did not know the answer, she answered intelligently by linking it to her wardrobe - and the answer was the turning point in the contest. --Gurubrahma 14:08, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Photographs Needed
For the Article to meet the Wikipedia standards, it needs some images of Sushmita Sen. Also i feel the para MISS UNIVERSE is a but biased to Aishwarya. I am taking liberty to tag this article for need of Photographs. hope you all agree with me. (Asro 22:23, 6 July 2007 (UTC))

Sushmita Sen's age and height are both wrong. Since she was only 18 when she won the Miss Universe title in 1994, she was born either in 1974 or 1975. Moreover, she is 5 ft 9 inches tall, and not 6 ft 1 inch as stated in the article. Makar —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.145.77 (talk) 18:48, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Tagging films as "flop" "hit" etc

Why does her entry have flop, hit, average etc tagged to various film titles? Are these according to box office figures? Seems unnecessary and/or based on personal opinion. Fredericslade (talk) 11:06, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Picture
can someone find a better picture than one in which her face is all scrunched up? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Welcome to the dark side. (talk • contribs) 04:37, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Picture
can someone find a better picture than one in which her face is all scrunched up?Welcome to the dark side. (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:40, 26 July 2009 (UTC).

Proposed infobox image change (version)!
It is being proposed to change/update a new version of the infobox image of Sushmita Sen for following reason(s): Replace with: The current image has been collected from Bollyhood Hungama (http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/). I have found some more images in the same site: 1) image 1 2) image 2 etc! Note: If the uploader of the first image wants (s)he can make the change himself/herself!--' Tito Dutta '  ✉  22:10, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
 * The current image in infobox displays Sen's cleavage, which might have some sexual attraction in it. Though Wikipedia is not censored, I suggest to replace the image.
 * Well I think this is silly, but if we must... The first one is a nice pose, but both are very low quality. Also, it is not certain that these are usable. I think the person asking for the change should go through the trouble of making the correct change. BollyJeff  |  talk  23:53, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: Well I think this is silly
 * Reply: Yes, apparently it is!
 * When searched in Google, Wikipedia article on Sushmita Sen comes as the first result. The article got 56,000 visits last months. Sen is mainly famous for her acting and not for exposing in her films. So, if we get better image, we can think of replacing it. The current image is similar to those images which someone gets by searching with query "Bollywood actress cleavage" etc (link of search page deliberately not added, can be searched in Google manually).
 * When featuring (or writing something about) a Bollywood actress, in most of the gossip magazines, TV shows, News Papers etc generally an attractive (read "exposing") image is added as a USP.
 * Comment: Also, it is not certain that these are usable. I think the person asking for the change should go through the trouble of making the correct change.
 * Reply: No problem, the person asking for the change has informed the original uploader about this discussion too! --' Tito Dutta '  ✉  00:50, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Please note that only pictures from parties or events in bollywood hungama are in a free license. Celebrity images are still copyrighted. The two images you suggested cannot be uploaded to commons. --Sreejith K (talk) 05:12, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * This cropped image looks good. Is that okay Tito? §§AnimeshKulkarni (talk) 06:05, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Sreejith K, oh sure!
 * Animesh Kulkarni, excellent work! Since you have started doing the work (great), you can add a new version to your file, which you can find here. Good wishes! -- Tito Dutta  ✉  01:40, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
 * the updated image is good too! -- Tito Dutta  ✉  17:00, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

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"change Sen adopted a baby girl in 2000 and a second girl in 2010.[3][23] to Sen adopted a baby girl, Renee Sen, in 2000 and a second girl, Alisah Sen, in 2010.[3][23]" Jameela.kapasi 10:45, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

 * ❌ The names of her children don't need to be included. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 13:44, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

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The Sensational Spider-Man

The Sensational Spider-Man is a comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 35 issues (#0–33, with #−1 published in July 1997 between #17 and 18), from January 1996 until November 1998.

Publication history
The Sensational Spider-Man title was first used for various reprints, including Marvel Treasury Edition #14 (1977), 22 (1979) and 27 (1980) which featured various reprints from Marvel Team-Up and The Amazing Spider-Man, a trade paperback in 1988 featuring Frank Miller's Spider-Man work, and a prestige format one-shot special called The Sensational Spider-Man: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut (ISBN 0-87135-572-8) in 1989, which reprinted The Amazing Spider-Man #229 and 230.

The ongoing The Sensational Spider-Man series was initially conceived to be the flagship showcase for the new Ben Reilly version of Spider-Man. It replaced the Web of Spider-Man series.

The initial seven issues (#0–6, January–July 1996) were written and pencilled by Dan Jurgens, who had helped revive interest in Superman for DC Comics in the mid-1990s. Jurgens pushed strongly for the restoration of Peter Parker as the true Spider-Man and plans were made to enact this soon, but Bob Harras, the new Editor-in-Chief, demanded the story be deferred until after the Onslaught crossover. Jurgens had by this stage become disillusioned with the immense amount of group planning and constant changes of ideas and directions. He took this as the last straw, resigning from the title.

He was succeeded by writer Todd DeZago and penciller Mike Wieringo, who remained as the title's regular creative team for the remainder of its run. It lasted for 35 issues (33 regularly numbered issues, as well as an initial issue #0 and the #−1 Flashback issue, released mid-run).

In February 2006, with issue #23, the series Marvel Knights Spider-Man was moved from the Marvel Knights imprint and renamed The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2).

Collections

 * Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 1 (#0)
 * Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 2 (#1)
 * Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 3 (#2–3)
 * Spider-Man: Ben Reilly Omnibus Vol. 1 (#0-3)
 * Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 4 (#4–6)
 * Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 5 (#7–10)
 * Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 6 (#11)
 * X-Men: The Complete Onslaught Epic Vol. 2 (#8)
 * Spider-Man: Revelations (#11)
 * Spider-Man: Ben Reilly Omnibus Vol. 2 (#4-11)
 * Spider-Man: Savage Land (cover-titled "The Savage Land Saga!") TP (1997) (#13-15)
 * Spider-Man by Todd DeZago & Mike Wieringo Vol. 1 (#7-24, -1) (2017) (ISBN 978-1302-90699-3, 456 pages)
 * Spider-Man: Spider-Hunt (#25–26)
 * Spider-Man: Identity Crisis (#27–28)
 * Spider-Man: The Gathering of Five (#32–33)

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Angel Eyes (novel)

Angel Eyes is a novel by Loren D. Estleman, second in the Private Investigator Amos Walker series.

Plot summary
An exotic dancer, Ann Maringer's life is in danger, she is scared and sure someone is out to get her. Ann turns to Amos Walker the irascible private-eye from Detroit but then disappears and Walker is out to find out what happened and where she is.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tristar and Red Sector Incorporated

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The result of the debate was Keep. NSR (talk) 13:33, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Tristar and Red Sector Incorporated
This is marked for cleanup and I started cleaning it up myself. However, Google search suggests that this is probably a non-notable vanity page. Better to delete it, I think. Agentsoo 11:14, 26 July 2005 (UTC) - try google TRSI 1 - 10 of about 39,100 for TRSI.
 * Weak keep if cleaned up. I remember having heard of them.   — J I P | Talk 11:20, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep of course - TRSI is one of the most known crack/warez/demo-groups in the computer history. --Avatar-en 12:19, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Extreme keep. This is VfD, not cleanup.  Founded in 1990, TRSI is one of the oldest and well respected warez and demoscene groups known to man.  Passes the Computer Underground Notability Test with flying colors.  —RaD Man (talk) 14:25, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Definitely not a vanity page. This has been one of the most prolific and well-known cracking groups. Needs serious cleaning though. · Katefan0(scribble) 15:08, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Are You Kidding Me Keep!??!?! Submitter should be flogged for sole reliance on the "google test" (which policy states should not be the sole means of evaluation) the article itself establishes the notability of TRSI. Agentsoo, please go re-read the VfD submission guidelines.  ALKIVAR ™[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 15:37, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I had countless games cracked by TRSI. Anyone who used an Amiga back in the days has at least seen one of their cracktros. Paniq 17:33, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:John R. Hodge

Military Govenor?
Hodge is described as the military governor here and on William F. Dean's page. But on the United States Army Military Government in Korea page Dean is listed, but not Hodge. If Hodge was not military govenor, what was his official title?--Jack Upland (talk) 01:59, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

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John Lawrence Toole

John Lawrence (J. L.) Toole (12 March 1830 – 30 July 1906) was an English comic actor, actor-manager and theatrical producer. He was famous for his roles in farce and in serio-comic melodramas, in a career that spanned more than four decades, and the first actor to have a West End theatre named after him.

Life and career
Toole was born in London, the younger son of James Toole and his wife, Elizabeth. His father was a messenger for the East India Company and for some years an usher at the Old Bailey, who for many years in the 1840s acted as toastmaster in the City of London.

He was educated at the City of London School from 1841 to 1845, and started work as a clerk in a wine merchant's office. In 1854, Toole married Susan Hale (née Caslake), a widow five years older than he. They had a son, Frank Lawrence, and a daughter, Florence Mabel, but both children died in their 20s.

Early career
Toole began his acting career by training as an amateur with the City Histrionic Club, beginning in 1850 and by performing in other amateur theatricals and in comic sketches. He earned good notices, particularly as Jacob Earwig in Boots at the Swan, and soon met Charles Dickens, who had heard of him and came to see him act. His role as Simmons in The Spitalfields Weaver by Thomas Haynes Bayly at the Haymarket Theatre, on 22 July 1852 was billed as his "first appearance" on stage. Encouraged by Dickens, he appeared later that year at the Queen's Theatre in Dublin, under the management of Charles Dillon, and by 1853 became the principal "low comedian" at the Theatre Royale in Edinburgh. His older brother, Francis, acted as his manager throughout his early career. During the next two years, he performed widely in Ireland and Scotland, gaining a reputation for sunny extemporaneous comedy, humorous expressions and a uniquely comic voice, freedom with his texts, and an engaging rapport with audiences.

In 1854, Toole made his first professional appearance in London at the St. James's Theatre, acting as Samuel Pepys in The King's Rival, by Tom Taylor and Charles Reade, and Weazel in My Friend the Major by Charles Selby. There he also played in Boots at the Swan and Honours before Titles. He returned to the provinces, but by 1856 was engaged in London at the Lyceum Theatre, including as Hilarion Fanfaronade in Belphegor, in which Marie Wilton made her first London appearance. Thereafter, he frequently performed with Wilton. In 1857, having had a great success in London as Paul Pry in John Poole's farce of that name, he made his first of many successful provincial summer tours and often repeated the character thereafter. During this first tour, he met and acted together with Henry Irving, and the two remained close friends over their long careers. In 1858, he scored a notable hit creating the role of Tom Cranky in John Hollingshead's farce The Birthplace of Podgers.

Peak years
In 1858, at the suggestion of Dickens, Toole joined Benjamin Webster's company at the Adelphi Theatre and established his popularity as a farceur, creating, among other parts, Joe Spriggins in Ici on parle français by T. H. Williams, Augustus de Rosherville in The Willow Copse by Boucicault, in Birthplace of Podgers, Tom Dibbles in Good for Nothing by J. B. Buckstone, and in Bengal Tiger. He remained at the Adelphi as principal low comedian for nine years, frequently partnering with Paul Bedford, whose sedate comic style complemented his own contrasting energetic style. His most successful roles there included Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol; or, Past, Present, and Future (1859), the title role in Asmodeus in 1859, Peter Familias in The Census by William Brough (among many pieces by Brough), Milwood in George de Barnwell by H. J. Byron (1862), Caleb Plummer in Dot (1862), by Dion Boucicault, Pitcher in The Area Belle (1864), and Prudent in The Fast Family by B. Webster, Jr. His other great successes there were as Mr. Tetterby in an adaptation of Dickens' The Haunted Man and of a frightened servant in Boucicault's The Phantom. He played a season in 1867 with the impressive new company at Queen's Theatre that included Irving, Henrietta Hodson, Lionel Brough and Charles Wyndham, where he appeared in such works a H. J. Byron's Dearer Than Life, as Michael Garner, and W. S. Gilbert's La Vivandière, as Sergeant Sulpizio. Frederick Waddy wrote of Toole in 1873 that as Harry Coke in Off the Line, "Mr. Toole makes one of those perfect pictures of everyday life of the lower class in which he has so often proved himself a consummate artist. But in low comedy and broad farce it would be difficult to find an actor of equal merit.... As Paul Pry he keeps his audience in a roar whenever he is on the stage".

Toole was then engaged in 1868 at the Gaiety Theatre by Hollingshead, appearing in many pieces there including Thespis (1871), the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, and as John Lockwood, in a drama called Wait and Hope. In 1872–74, among other successes, he portrayed Tom Larkin in Good News by H. J. Byron, the Irishman Brulgruddery in John Bull by George Colman the Younger; Bob Acres in The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, together with Charles James Mathews and Samuel Phelps; the title role in a Robert Reece burlesque called Don Giovanni in Venice; another title role in Guy Fawkes by H. J. Byron, and created the role of the barrister Hammond Coote in Wig and Gown by James Albery. Toole's fame was at its height in 1874, when he went on tour to America, but he failed to reproduce there the success he had found in England. He remained based mostly at the Gaiety until the end of 1877, when he moved to the Globe Theatre under his own management for two years.

In 1878, Toole created the role of Charles Liquorpond in A Fool and his Money by H. J. Byron. Liquorpond was a retired footman unexpectedly overtaken by wealth, and Toole's affectedly superior pronunciation, particularly of his own name, was a tremendous success. In his prime, Toole achieved wide popularity as a comic actor, being noted for his comic delivery of words, but he did not confine himself exclusively to comedy. He also excelled in domestic melodramas (adaptations by Dion Boucicault and others of Charles Dickens and similar writers), playing "tender-hearted victims of fate", where he was famously able to combine humour and pathos. The Times said of his performance in Dearer than Life by Henry James Byron: "'Mr. J. L. Toole... is associated in the minds of the general public mainly with parts provoking to uproarious laughter; but it may fairly be questioned whether, like his predecessor in this also, his heart does not lie with, and he himself is not seen to more advantage in, the telling sketches from everyday life to which, for want of a better, we give the name of domestic drama. Anything more lifelike than the intensity of cold and hunger from which he may be almost said to suffer, in the garret-scene, as Michael Garner it would be difficult to conceive.'"

Later years
In 1879, Toole realised a lifelong ambition by taking over the management of the Folly Theatre in London. He renovated the building and renamed it Toole's Theatre in 1881, becoming the first actor to have a West End theatre named after him. He was often away in the British provinces, but he produced a number of plays in London:

 * H. J. Byron's A Fool and His Money (1879)
 * Arthur Wing Pinero's Hester's Mystery (1880)
 * Byron's Upper Crust (1880) and Auntie (1882)
 * A. W. Pinero's Girls and Boys: a Nursery Tale (1882) starring Toole as Solomon Prothero
 * F. C. Burnand's Stage Dora; or, Who Killed Cock Robin (1883), a burlesque of Sardou's Fédora, starring Toole
 * Burnand's Paw Claudian (1884), a burlesque of the 1883 costume (Byzantine) drama 'Claudian' by Henry Herman and W. G. Wills
 * Pinero's Girls and Boys (1885)
 * Mr. Guffin's Elopement and The Great Tay-Kin, both with words by Arthur Law and music by George Grossmith, starring Toole (1885)
 * A revival of Billee Taylor (1886)
 * The Butler, by Herman Charles Merivale, starring Toole (1886)
 * Pepita, an operetta by Charles Lecocq (1888)
 * The Don, by Merivale, starring Toole (1888).
 * The Bungalow, by Fred Horner (1890)
 * J. M. Barrie's Ibsen's Ghost, or, Toole up to Date, a one-act satire on London productions of Ibsen, including Hedda Gabler, starring Irene Vanbrugh and Toole (1891)
 * Barrie's Walker, London, a highly successful farce, directed by Toole (1892)

By the 1880s Toole suffered frequently from gout, which made it difficult for him to walk and affected his ability to perform. His health declined further following a string of family tragedies that left him disconsolate: his son died in 1879 after a football injury, his daughter in 1888 of typhoid fever, and his wife three months later in 1889. By this time, his acting had become unfashionable: he began to be seen as the last of the line of old-fashioned low comic actors who had been popular earlier in the century, including Buckstone, John Liston and Edward Richard Wright. Nevertheless, he toured Australia and New Zealand in 1890. He published his reminiscences in 1888, and his stage appearances gradually became fewer. After an 1893 illness during Thoroughbred by Ralph Lumley, he retired from the London stage, although he made occasional appearances in the provinces until about 1896. His theatre was demolished in 1895 for an extension of Charing Cross Hospital, and he dissolved his theatre company after an 1896 tour.

The critic Clement Scott called Toole "one of the kindest and most genial men who ever drew breath. ... No one acted with more spirit or enjoyed so thoroughly the mere pleasure of acting." His genial and sympathetic nature was conspicuous off the stage as well as on it, and he was known as a great practical joker.

Ultimately he retired to Brighton, where, after a long struggle with Bright's disease and a degenerative spinal illness, he died in 1906 at the age of 76. He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery in London, next to his wife and children. Toole was a good businessman and left a considerable fortune of over £81,000, out of which he made a number of bequests to charity, to needy actors and to his friends.

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My Name (BoA album)

My Name is the fourth Korean-language studio album (seventh overall) by South Korean recording artist BoA, released through SM Entertainment on June 11, 2004. BoA promoted the album with the singles "My Name" and "Spark", the latter of which is a Korean-language cover of "Keep My Cool" (2002) by Luis Fonsi. The album saw BoA's transition into a more mature image in comparison to her previous records.

Commercially, My Name debuted at number one on the monthly MIAK album chart for June 2004, and was the 11th best-selling album of the year in South Korea with sales of 192,000 copies. Her first foray into the Chinese market, the overseas version of the album was released on August 12, 2004, and includes remakes of two of her songs in Chinese and an alternative cover. At the 2004 Mnet KM Music Video Festival, "My Name" won the Music Video of the Year award.

Composition
The album's title track, "My Name", is a dance song with urban influences and was regarded by observers as BoA's transition into more mature concept. The following single, "Spark," is a Korean-language cover of Luis Fonsi's "Keep My Cool" from his album Fight the Feeling (2002), and likewise showcased BoA sporting a more masculine concept. In September 2004, BoA released a music video for the ballad track "My Prayer"; it consists of snippets of BoA's life as a trainee in addition to behind-the-scenes footage of her promoting her previous albums.

The last song of the album, "We", is a ballad that incorporates Korean traditional music instrumentations from the daegeum, sogeum, and haegeum. It was used as the ending song for the Japanese version of the movie Taegeukgi, which was released earlier that year in February.

Critical reception
Lee Min-hee from IZM praised the album, writing that the record showcased BoA growing "into a more sensual and sophisticated woman", at the same maintaining her originality while exploring new sounds and musical styles. Lee added that although BoA was only 17 at the time, she possessed the "maturity and energy of an adult artist".

Commercial performance
Commercially, My Name achieved success in South Korea, peaking at number one on the MIAK monthly albums chart for June 2004, and sold over 201,000 copies by mid-2005. It placed number seven for highest sales of the year. The album was further released in Japan on March 26, 2008; however, it failed to chart on the Oricon Top 100.

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User:Rob evans

Rob Evans is a network engineer in the JANET NOSC.

In my spare time I enjoy motorbikes, travelling, and sometimes even combining the two.

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Ringland, Norfolk

Ringland is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, and in the valley of the River Wensum, approximately 7 mi north-west of Norwich. Parts of the Wensum valley within the parish constitute a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Ringland had a 2011 population of 260, in an area of 1.95 sqmi.

The villages name means 'land of Rymi's people'.

The parish church of St Peter's has a 13th-century tower and a 14th-15th century nave and chancel.

The higher terrain of Ringland Hills lies within the parish to the east of the village and north of the Wensum, and are thought to be a glacial terminal moraine, much the same as Cromer ridge. The soil here is sandy with flint pebbles. Painter Alfred Munnings produced a work entitled Ponies on Ringland Hills.

The village has extensive common land: a lower area on the river Wensum and an upper area with the remains of a Beaker pit in the direction of Weston Longville.

The river was originally crossed by a wooden footbridge (and a ford for horse-drawn traffic). This was replaced in the 1920s with a concrete structure which remains today. Rare concrete 'tank traps' from World War II still exist by the banks of the Wensum.

The village originally had two public houses, the King of Prussia and the Swan Inn. The King of Prussia was renamed 'The Union Jack' during the Second World War, and finally closed in the 1960s. The Swan remains to this day; attached is a restaurant run by the owners.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2014 Winter Paralympics

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The result of the debate was KEEP. Clearly not deleting. Although there's an anon and a new user here voting keep, even with those discounted there's no consensus between merge/keep. With those two in no-consensus it's a keep, and the keepers have a numerical majority too. -Splash 01:56, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

2014 Winter Paralympics
There is already a 2014 Winter Olympics Page. There is no Winter Paralympic games (as far as I am aware) GingerBeast 11:18, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete Until there is reason to have a separate page - as in, when there is an event to cover. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball dok 13:46, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Merge (or Delete), per the Wikipedia is not a crystal ball policy. jg325   *talk*  21:18, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand as a real scheduled event. Laur 14:49, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to  Paralympic Games. Per http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Paralympic_Games/ Gingerbeast, - the official name is "Paralympic Winter Games", For example (from that site)
 * The Italian city of Torino will host the next 2006 Paralympic Winter Games
 * Tonywalton 23:51, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment I've added Paralympic winter games redirecting to Paralympic Games Tonywalton
 * Keep. If we already have a city assigned to the mainstream 2012 Olympiad I really don't see what the problem is with an article about the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Turning it into a redirect would achieve nothing good and could confuse someone with information to add about this specific event. --Tony Sidaway Talk 02:13, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * KEEP, do not merge. It is *not* the Winter Olympics so should not be merged there. We have articles on future Olympics, so if this is deleted, then the 2014 Winter Olympics article should also be deleted. IT should not be merged into the Winter Paralympics page, but probably should be mentioned there, as the IOC and IPC have formed something of an alliance, this event will certainly occur, and it is a major event, as there's television contracts for the paralympics nowadays. As for naming... It's not the "Winter Olympics" either, so you've got to rename every Summer Olympics article as well (Games of the Olympiad, not Summer Olympics)... 132.205.45.148 16:43, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Genuine and important event and not that far away. Some real information is already available. Osomec 11:04, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * keep. Trollderella 01:59, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ex-local authority property boom

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The result of the debate was delete. – ABCD✉ 23:36, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Ex-local authority property boom
Delete, advertisement for website. (UK editors - does this topic merit an article that isn't an ad?) FreplySpang (talk) 11:21, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Eclipsed 11:19, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - and no, the topic doesn't merit an article. --Andrew Norman 12:17, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete advertisement.-Poli (talk • contribs) 13:21, 2005 July 26 (UTC)
 * Delete pointless advert. The course of the property market in the UK is highly encyclopaedic but this is just a property firm ad. David | Talk 15:03, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Also note the existences of Ex-local authority property, Buy to Let ex-local authority property, and Buy to Let ex-local authority properties. This group of articles is looking like spam, and may be Speedy deletable under criterion G3. Uncle G 15:51:37, 2005-07-26 (UTC)
 * Delete, its spam and anyway I live in the UK and have never heard of them. --ßjweþþ (talk) 16:19, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment The right to buy concept introduced by the Thatcher government certainly merits an article. Its probably the most important development in the UK property market in the last 40 years. CalJW 20:32, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Would that be the Right to Buy Scheme (linked to directly from Margaret Thatcher)? ☺ Uncle G 02:00:17, 2005-07-27 (UTC)
 * Delete advertising. JamesBurns 09:17, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The info is in Right to Buy Scheme. No-one will search under this POV title so I don't see the need for a redirect. Secretlondon 12:47, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is an advert and the idea of a current boom is POV. Right to Buy Scheme seems the right place for any genuine material. William Avery 14:38, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

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Hardington Mandeville

Hardington Mandeville is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 3 mi south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 585.

History
The Hardington part of the name of the village means settlement of Heardred's people.

The manor was held before the Norman Conquest by Gunhilda, the daughter of Godwin, Earl of Wessex and then by William the Conqueror. during the 12th century it was granted to the Mandeville family, from which the second part of the name is taken. It was later held by the Portmans of Orchard Portman.

The parish was part of the hundred of Houndsborough.

Notable people

 * Local councillor and village resident Cathy Bakewell was made Baroness of Hardington Mandeville in 2013.
 * Sir Herbert Bartlett (1842 – 1921), English civil engineer and contractor, was born in Hardington Mandeville.

Governance
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

The town falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Yeovil Rural District. The district council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is also part of the Yeovil county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Geography
Nearby is the Hardington Moor biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve where the meadows are examples of species-rich unimproved neutral grassland, which is now nationally rare. The rare French oat-grass is very abundant on the site and the fields are home to a wide variety of plant species, most notably adder's tongue, corky-fruited water-dropwort and large numbers of green-winged orchid. Invertebrates found at the site include butterflies such as gatekeeper, small tortoiseshell and common blue. Less commonly seen are large skipper, green-veined white and green hairstreak.

Religious sites
The Church of Saint Mary was rebuilt in 1123 on the site of an earlier church. It has had renovation work in the 15th century and again in 1864. The circular font is thought to be original dating from 1123, and the clock mechanism was built and installed before 1707. There are 6 bells in the tower, 3 of which are from the Purdue (Closworth) foundry, with the earliest being dated 1591. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.

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Haselbury Plucknett

Haselbury Plucknett is a village and civil parish on the River Parrett in Somerset, England, situated 6 mi south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 744.

It is the final resting place of 'Blessed' Wulfric, who was never formally canonised, and who died 20 February 1154.

The village has a small Church of England primary school (years foundation - 6). It did have a small village shop and post office, however this closed in September 2009. The only pub/restaurant in the village is The White Horse at Haselbury.

History
The first part of the village name means a hazel grove, and the second part comes from the name of its medieval owners.

It was one of the few manors which retained its Saxon owner, Brismar, after the Norman Conquest. A later Lord of the manor, Richard of Haselbury, rebelled against King John and was hanged at Sherborne.

Saint Wulfric arrived in the village in 1125 and was visited by Henry I and other nobility. He died in 1154 and was buried in the east end of the north aisle of the church, which became known as St Wufric's aisle, but there is no trace in the current church.

The parish was part of the hundred of Houndsborough.

Haselbury Bridge (sometimes called Haslebury Old Bridge) is a stone-built bridge dating from the 14th century. It is a scheduled monument and Grade II* listed building. The two arch bridge was built of local Hamstone and carries a small road over the River Parrett. Each of the arches has a 3 m span. The bridge is 4.1 m wide including the parapet on each side. In the 17th century it carried the main route between Salisbury and Exeter and later marked the boundary between the Chard and Yeovil Turnpike trusts. The bridge was bypassed in 1831.

Governance
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and Neighbourhood Watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

The village falls within the non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Yeovil Rural District. The district council ts responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.

Somerset Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is also part of the Yeovil county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, electing one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Notable residents

 * William Best, 1st Baron Wynford PC (1767–1845), conservative politician and judge who served as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1824 until 1829
 * John Bryant (1944–2020), journalist and editor of The Daily Telegraph

Religious sites
The Anglican parish Church of St Michael and All Angels dates from the 14th century.

The village has a small Protestant church. The church still gets a decent congregation when it has services. The nearby local primary school goes there to practise and perform their plays.

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Pavel Padrnos

Pavel Padrnos (born 17 December 1970) is a Czech former professional road racing cyclist, most recently with whom he was with between 2002 and 2007. His major individual success is the win in Peace Race in 1995. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.

During the 2004 Tour de France the UCI were discussing whether Padrnos and Stefano Zanini of would be allowed to continue the Tour. This was because both riders had been called to appear in a case relating to doping at the 2001 Giro d'Italia. The UCI decided to let the riders continue.

Major results
Sources:

 * 1988
 * 3rd Overall Pays de Vaud Juniors

 * 1990
 * 1st Stage 6 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
 * 3rd Overall Course de la Paix

 * 1992
 * 2nd Overall Okolo Slovenska
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Berlin

 * 1993
 * 1st GP ZTS Dubnica
 * 3rd Overall Course de la Paix
 * 1st Stage 6b (ITT)

 * 1994
 * 1st Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
 * 1st Overall Ytong Bohemia Tour
 * 1st Hessen Rundfahrt
 * 7th Overall Course de la Paix
 * 1st Stage 6

 * 1995
 * 1st Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
 * 1st Prologue & Stage 1
 * 1st Overall Course de la Paix
 * 1st Stages 3, 5, 8a & 9
 * 1st Hessen Rundfahrt

 * 1996
 * 1st Stages 4 & 8 Okolo Slovenska

 * 1997
 * 6th Overall Vuelta a Murcia

 * 2003
 * 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France

 * 2004
 * 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France

 * 2005
 * 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France

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Manhattan Nocturne

Manhattan Nocturne is a crime novel by Colin Harrison set in Manhattan, first published in 1996. The novel was published in America in hardcover by Crown and remains in print by Picador in trade paperback. Fifteen foreign, paperback, and bookclub editions were published and the book was selected a New York Times Notable Book.

Plot
Porter Wren is a columnist and crime reporter for a New York City newspaper. He is a popular journalist and his stories are widely read. Wren knows how to listen to people and there are people who just need to talk, especially to him. He attends an after-work party hosted by the publishing magnate, where he meets Caroline Crowley.

Mrs. Crowley was recently widowed by the mysterious murder of her husband Simon Crowley. Crowley was a brilliant movie director who would often just disappear at night to videotape stuff. Crowley's body was discovered in a sealed-off building that was about to be demolished. No one could figure out how the body got there.

Caroline invites him to her apartment where she shows him confidential police reports related to the death of her husband. She wants Porter to investigate the murder and as an incentive seduces him even though he is married with children. What follows is a twisted tale of sex, murder and blackmail.

Film
A movie version retitled Manhattan Night was filmed in New York in late 2014, directed by Brian DeCubellis and starring Adrien Brody, Yvonne Strahovski, Campbell Scott and Jennifer Beals. On May 20, 2016 the film was released worldwide by Lionsgate Premiere.

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Hortência Marcari

Hortência Maria de Fátima Marcari (born September 23, 1959) is a former basketball player who is often considered to be one of the greatest female basketball players in Brazil, along with Paula. Marcari is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 2002), the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 2005), and FIBA Hall of Fame (inducted in 2007). She is known in her country as Hortência, and her nickname is The Queen.

Biography
Born in Potirendaba, São Paulo (state), Brazil, Hortência is of Italian background, her grandparents having moved to Brazil from that European nation. Hortência's father was a laborer.

When Hortência was ten years old, her family moved to São Paulo, and Hortência became interested in sports. Her family disapproved of her choice to play sports, since her father had been disabled on the field and they wanted her to work bringing home part of the earnings her father used to. But they eventually gave up trying to keep her from her favorite activity.

At the age of thirteen, in 1972, Hortência began to play street basketball at her school gym. One year later, she was spotted by Waldir Paga Perez, coach of Brazil women's national basketball team. Hortência was playing for the national team at age fifteen.

Hortência began to play as a professional with the São Caetano Esporte Clube, becoming an instant celebrity in Brazil. Over the years, she played for Associação Prudentina, C.A Minercal, C.A Consteca/Sedox, NCNB Ponte Preta and ADC Seara until she retired from professional basketball in 1996, one year before Arcain began playing in the United States' WNBA. Hortência was a teen idol to many female basketball fans in the cities where she played, particularly at Prudentina where, during an interview with Jeremy Larner, she was stopped many times by autograph seekers on her way from her house to a game.

Hortência's first international experience came in 1976, when Brazil's women's national basketball team won the South American juvenile championship in Paraguay. In 1979, she helped her team to a fourth place at the Pan American Games held in Puerto Rico. In 1983, Hortência and the national team improved their previous Pan American performance by winning a bronze medal at the Venezuela games, while in 1987 Hortência and the Brazilian Women's national team went one step further by winning a silver medal at the 1987 Indianapolis Pan American Games. In 1991, Hortência and the Brazilian women's national basketball team won the gold medal at that year's Pan American tournament held in Cuba. In 1992, Hortência helped her team to a bronze medal at the Pre-Olympic competition held in Spain, returning later that year to that country to play in the Olympic Games for the first time. Brazil settled for seventh place at the Barcelona Olympics.

Finally in 1994, Hortência won the women's world basketball championship in Australia, making Brazil the only country other than the Soviet Union or the United States to win the title (Australia became the fourth in 2006). The semi-final game against the USA is considered one of the greatest in history, and Brazil shocked the world with the victory. After the silver medal in the next Olympic Games, Marcari retired from international competition.

Apart from those competitions, she also played in Peru, Singapore, Malaysia, Bulgaria and South Korea.

Despite the fact her team did not qualify for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Hortência was featured on those games' official program, in an article named The Queen.

On 5 August 2016, she became the penultimate torch bearer for the 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay, being the link between Gustavo Kuerten who brought the torch into the Olympic Stadium, and the cauldron lighter, Vanderlei de Lima, during the Opening Ceremonies.

Her son, João Victor, participated in dressage competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Veronica Wadley, Baroness Fleet

Veronica Judith Colleton Wadley, Baroness Fleet, (born 28 February 1952) is a board member of Arts Council England (2010–present). She is a director and trustee of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. She was a senior advisor to the former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson (2012–2016) and the co-founder and chairman of the London Music Fund (formerly the Mayor's Fund for Young Musicians), where she remains a Trustee & Chair. She is also a non-executive director of the Berkeley Group and an independent Director of Times Newspapers Holdings.

Prior to this, she was the editor of the Evening Standard (2002–2009) and previously deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph.

Early life and career
Wadley was born in Chelsea to Lieutenant Colonel Neville Pierce Wadley, MC, and Anne, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Hautayne Bowring, Royal Field Artillery, of a landed gentry family of Larkbeare, Exeter descended from Sir John Bowring, fourth Governor of Hong Kong. Anne's maternal grandfather was Sir Robert Colleton, 9th Baronet.

She was educated at the independent Francis Holland School in central London and at Benenden School in Kent. She was employed by Condé Nast (1971–74), working on Vogue, before travelling to South Africa where she worked as a journalist for three years. She subsequently joined The Daily Telegraph colour magazine (1978–81) and The Mail on Sunday for five years before rejoining The Daily Telegraph in 1986 remaining there until 1996, being appointed deputy editor in 1994. She has also worked on the Daily Mail as deputy editor and features editor (1996–2002).

Editor of the Evening Standard
A journalist, Wadley was editor of London's Evening Standard from February 2002 to February 2009, during which time it was owned by Associated Newspapers. She was the first female editor of the paper. During her seven years at the Standard, she championed the arts and chaired the Evening Standard Theatre awards and Film awards. After Alexander Lebedev acquired the Standard in 2009, he replaced her with former Tatler editor Geordie Greig.

The newspaper was particularly critical of the then London Mayor, Ken Livingstone. This came to a head in the run-up to the 2008 London mayoral election, in which Wadley's newspaper attacked Livingstone's record. According to articles in The Guardian and Time Out London, she was strongly influenced by the need to renew Associated Newspaper's multimillion-pound contract to deliver the Metro free paper in London Underground stations in 2010, a decision within the gift of the Mayor. A few months after Wadley left the Standard, the publication launched its "Sorry" promotion. "London is laughing at this ludicrous campaign", she claimed. The Guardian reported, "The market research evidently discovered that Londoners considered the Standard to be too negative."

Subsequent career
As chair of Arts Council London, Wadley acts as an advocate and ambassador for the Arts Council to champion, support and develop art and culture across the city. Arts Council London supports a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to dance, music, literature and art and oversees the budget for London. Wadley was appointed in 2012 as a senior advisor to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, advising on the Olympic Legacy and was instrumental in setting up Team London which won European Volunteering Capital 2016 for its work with young people. She oversaw the delivery of youth volunteering and employment programmes and co-ordinated the Mayor's relationship with London's diverse charities. She also developed new strategy for business relationships and sponsorship for the Greater London Authority.

Wadley has been heavily involved in promoting and supporting music and the arts in London. She has also been involved in raising funds for several charities. She is a Founder Trustee of the London Music Fund (formerly the Mayor of London's Fund for Young Musicians, an independent charity supporting music education for children from low income families in London) and was its chair from 2012 to 2016. She is also a Governor of the Yehudi Menuhin School (2012–present). The school develops the musical potential of exceptionally gifted young musicians. Since 2009, she has been an advisor at Greenhouse Sports. Greenhouse is a charity set up in 2002 to provide sports programmes for London secondary schools and academies in areas of high unemployment. She was a member of the GLA Music Education Advisory Board (2010–2016) which helped promote music education in London. She currently chairs a panel that is examining a National Plan for Music Education, which will be released in 2022.

Previously she was a trustee of Northern Ballet (2009–2013) and advisory board member of Arts and Business (2009–2012) and conference chair of Editorial Intelligence (2009–2010).

She was appointed a CBE for services to the arts in the 2018 New Year's Honours. She was nominated for a life peerage in the 2020 Political Honours and was created Baroness Fleet on 15 September. She made her maiden speech on 26 May 2021.

Personal life
Veronica Wadley has been married to the investigative journalist Tom Bower since 1985. The couple have two children, a boy and a girl. She also has two stepsons from her husband's first marriage.

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Henstridge

Henstridge is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 mi east of Sherborne in the South Somerset district, near the border with Dorset. The parish includes the hamlet of Yenston. In 2011, the village had a population of 1,814.

History
The village name means "the ridge where stallions are kept".

The parish was part of the hundred of Horethorne.

Yenston Priory was a 16th-century house of Benedictine monks.

Governance
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

The village falls within the non-metropolitan district of South Somerset which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks and tourism.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is also part of the Somerton and Frome county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Landmarks
Inwood House was built in 1881 by the Welsh industrialist Thomas Merthyr Guest on the site of an earlier house. The circular crenellated water tower was retained, as was the small doric Temple of Laocoon and an Oriental Summerhouse. Guest married the writer Lady Theodora Guest who died here in 1924.

Transport
The village is situated at the junction of the A30 and A357 roads. Henstridge railway station was on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, and is now the location of the Gartell Light Railway

Just east of the village is Henstridge Airfield (ICAO code – EGHS). It was built during the Second World War as a training base for the Fleet Air Arm, which commissioned it as HMS Dipper. Visitors can still see the concrete outline of an aircraft carrier deck embedded into theits one surviving runway. The Ministry of Defence sold the airfield in 1957 and today it is mainly used as a base for general aviation and is an active training centre for autogyros (gyrocopters). The airfield is the base for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. The airfield also hosts a weekly parkrun.

Religious sites
The parish Church of St Nicholas dates from the 12th century, but was largely rebuilt in 1872–3 by J.M Allen.

The two former chapels in the High Street are now private residences.

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Andrew Bibby (actor)

Andrew Bibby (born 24 October 1980 in Sydney) is an Australian former actor who played Lance Wilkinson on the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 1995, 1996–2001, 2005 and in 2022. He returned again briefly in 2018 and 2023.

Early and personal life
He went to Maranatha Christian School in Endeavour Hills, Melbourne, Victoria. After being accepted to both NIDA and WAAPA, he moved to Perth and studied acting at WAAPA between 2001 and 2003.

Bibby has three children.

Career
In 1996 he appeared in the Australian romantic comedy film, Hotel de Love, alongside Aden Young, Saffron Burrows and Simon Bossell.

Bibby worked for the Bell Shakespeare company in 2004 and also featured in several advertisements including the Zoo Weekly ad, and has previously been on the St. George Bank ad. In 2005 he performed in the play, The Fire Raisers at the Old Fitzroy Theatre. Bibby featured in the 2007 Australian short film, DisPretty, by Stephanine Bates.

In August 2008, Bibby played the role of Fairbanks for the Australian premiere of the one man show Radio by Al Smith at the Old Fitzroy Theatre. He played the principal role in Ross Mueller's No Man's Island (2–27 June 2009) directed by Travis Green and "Barnum" in the Australian premiere of How to Act Around Cops by Logan Brown and Matthew Benjamin at the Darlinghurst Theatre, directed by Leland Kean.

In 2010 he appeared in the ABC kids series My Place and had a recurring role in Underbelly: The Golden Mile.

He is a founding member and associate artist of Shaman Productions, based in Sydney

Bibby is a much loved Intensive Care Paramedic and Acting Inspector based at the Kogarah Ambulance Station.

Filmography

 * Computer Kids – television movie (1994)
 * A Country Practice – television series (1994)
 * Blue Heelers – television series (1994)
 * Ocean Girl – television series (1995)
 * Hotel de Love (1996)
 * Neighbours – television series (1995–2001, 2005, 2018, 2022)
 * DisPretty (2007)
 * All Saints – television series (2008)
 * My Place – television series (2009)
 * Underbelly: The Golden Mile – television series (2010)

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High Ham

High Ham is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. Within the parish of High Ham, there are the villages of High Ham and Low Ham and the hamlets of Bowdens, Henley, Paradise and Picts Hill.

History
Within the parish of High Ham, there have been two Roman villas discovered: Low Ham Roman Villa and another in High Ham.

The parish of High Ham was part of the Whitley Hundred.

Governance
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Langport Rural District. The district council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is also part of the Somerton and Frome county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Geography
Eastfield, Sedgemoor Hill is a grassland with orchids and butterflies which has been designated as a local nature reserve.

Landmarks
Stembridge Tower Mill is the only remaining thatched windmill in England and is under the care of the National Trust. Constructed in 1822 it was damaged by storms and left running via steam by 1897/8 and last used commercially in 1910. In 1969 Professor H. H. Bellot left the windmill, cottage and garden to the National Trust in his will. The mill has four floors, a thatched cap and is constructed of local limestone known as Blue Lias.

Education
High Ham Primary School is a voluntarily controlled Church of England school.

Religious sites
High Ham Church is dedicated to St Andrew. There is documentary evidence for a church in High Ham in 1168 although the current buildings are later in date. The tower dates from the early 14th century, the nave from 1476 and chancel from 1499. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.

There is also a church without dedication, which was formerly private chapel to the manor. It stands on the site of an earlier church, and was started in the early 17th century, damaged in the English Civil War, and completed in 1690.

Notable people from High Ham

 * Ned Sherrin, broadcaster, author and stage director
 * Simon Brint, musician & composer

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User talk:Anastasiadon4eva

Please do not add commercial links or links to your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. FreplySpang (talk) 11:24, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Please do not vandalize articles. This sort of offense can include inserting nonsense into articles, blanking articles, or otherwise changing articles with obviously unwanted content. This serves no other purpose than creating more work for Wikipedia's editors and administrators. If you do continue, your account and/or IP will be blocked. Kelly Martin 11:25, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

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The Undiscovered

"The Undiscovered" is an alternate history short story by William Sanders that won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. It was originally published in the March 1997 issue of Asimov's and, in addition to its Sidewise Award nomination, was nominated for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the Theodore Sturgeon Award. It was subsequently reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection, The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century, and Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction.

Plot
The story is narrated by a Cherokee man in the late 16th century. An English immigrant called Spear-Shaker has been captured by the narrator's tribe, and is essentially adopted by them. Spear-Shaker tries to introduce the concept of stage play to the tribe by producing a version of Hamlet for them, but mutual cultural misunderstandings make this very difficult.

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Eduardo García de Enterría

Eduardo García de Enterría y Martínez-Carande (27 April 1923 – 16 September 2013 ) was a Spanish jurist and a major contributor to the research and teaching of Public Law in Spain. In 1984, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences for his "important research and teaching work".

Born in Ramales de la Victoria, province of Santander (current Cantabria), he studied law at the Universities of Barcelona and Madrid, where he obtained his Doctoral Degree, cum laude. Later, he continued his studies at the Universities of London and Jena.

In 1947, he became a lawyer for the Spanish Council of State, later obtaining the chair of Administrative Law at the University of Valladolid (1957). He joined the law faculty at the Complutense University of Madrid in 1962 where, from 1970, he was the head of the department. From 1988 he was Professor Emeritus at the Free College of University Emeriti in Madrid.

He was the first Spanish judge on the European Court of Human Rights in Strassbourg, where he served from April, 1978 to February, 1986. He also presided over the Fédération International pour le Droit Européen (FIDE); founded and presided over the Spanish Association for the Study of European Law, and took part in the Academic Council of the European Law Research Center at Harvard Law School.

He co-founded and was the first Vice-President of the "World Society of Friends of Jorge Luis Borges" and the "International Can Mossenya Foundation - Friends of J. L. Borges" In 1974, he established the Revista Española de Derecho Administrativo and was its director until his death. He was also on the editorial staff of several other Spanish periodicals and journals, as well as the Yearbook of European Law and the European Review of Public Law.

His law office in Madrid has helped to develop the procedures for creating and registering NGOs. He also participated in several commissions formed to draft Spanish laws; including the Spanish Constitution of 1978.

Academic positions
From 1970, he was an Academic Numerary at the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation and, from 1984, at the Royal Spanish Academy. In 2004, he became a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He also held the position of Doctor Honoris Causa at over a dozen universities in Spain and Latin-America, as well as at the Sorbonne.

Awards

 * Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (1984)
 * Alexis de Tocqueville Prize of the European Institute for Public Administration (1999)
 * Cristóbal Gabarrón Foundation Award for Lifetime Achievement (2005)
 * Menéndez Pelayo International Prize (2006)

Selected works

 *  La Constitución como Norma y el Tribunal Constitucional, Civitas (1981) ISBN 84-7398-156-1
 * Fervor de Borges, Trotta (1999) ISBN 84-8164-338-6
 * De Montañas y Hombres, Austral (2001) ISBN 84-239-7441-3
 * La Batalla por las Medidas Cautelares, Civitas (2004) ISBN 84-4702-516-0
 * Revolución Francesa y Administración Contemporánea, Civitas (2005) ISBN 84-470-0440-6
 * La Administración Española, Alianza (2005) ISBN 84-206-1389-4
 *  La Lengua de los Derechos, Alianza (2007) ISBN 84-206-7937-2
 * Las Transformaciones de la Justicia Administrativa, Civitas (2007) ISBN 84-470-2705-8
 * Hamlet en Nueva York: Autores, Obras, Paisajes, La Esfera de los Libros (2008) ISBN 84-973473-0-7
 *  Democracia, Jueces y Control de la Administración, Civitas (2009) ISBN 84-470-1430-4

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Hinton St George

Hinton St George is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 3 mi outside Crewkerne, 10 mi south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 442.

It has a wide main street lined with hamstone cottages, some thatched. The village has a thriving shop. The village does not lie on a major road, and has a few holiday cottages and second homes.

History
The parish was part of the hundred of Crewkerne.

Much of the development of the village occurred under the lords Poulett extending their large house and estate (Hinton House). By the 1560s the three open arable fields had been enclosed and two large estates of 74 and 68 acre created, based on the now disappeared hamlet of Craft. The park contained deer and orchards, with cherry trees

The village cross is an 8 ft high cross with a tapering octagonal shaft on stepped octagonal base. It is a scheduled monument and Grade II* listed building.

Governance
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Chard Rural District. The district council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is also part of the Yeovil county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Church
In Hinton St George is the Church of St George. It includes 13th century work by masons of Wells Cathedral. The vestry and north chapel of 1814 are said to be by James Wyatt, however it is more likely to be by Jeffry Wyatt, (later Sir Jeffry Wyattville). The four-stage tower is dated to 1485–95. It is supported by full-height offset corner buttresses, and has battlemented parapets with quatrefoil panels below merlons on the corner and intermediate pinnacles. The weathervane was added in 1756 by Thomas Bagley of Bridgwater. There is a hexagonal south-east corner stair turret. Stage 2 has small light on the north side and a statue niche on the south. All the faces on the two upper stages 2-light mullioned, transomed and traceried window under pointed arched labels, with pierced stone baffles. The clockface is under the east window. During restoration work the parapet of the tower was examined and a stone was discovered with a carved date of 1731 which suggests that the decorative parapet may have been added then. The tracery on the north side has been marked out but never cut. In general there is little sign of more than one phase of construction although repairs are evident.

Almshouses
The Almshouses on Gas Lane were founded in 1872 by Lady Augusta Poulett, youngest daughter of the 4th Earl Poulett. She died in 1888, bequeathing funds to support the residents.

Culture

 * Punkie Night is celebrated in the village each October.

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Papurana daemeli

Papurana daemeli is a species of "true frog", family Ranidae. It is found in New Guinea, northern Australia, and some smaller islands (Yapen, New Hanover Island, New Britain). It is the only ranid frog found in Australia. In Australia, the species is restricted to the rainforest of northern Queensland and the eastern border of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory. In Australia, it is usually known as wood frog  (though in North America this would refer to Lithobates sylvaticus) or sometimes as water frog. Other vernacular names are Australian wood frog, Australian bullfrog, and Arnhem rana.

Description
Males can grow to 64 mm and females to 81 mm in snout–vent length; typical size for Australia are 43 - 58 mm in males and 58 - 81 mm in females. The body is elongated and the limbs are long and muscular. The tympanum is distinct and relatively larger in males than in females. A dorso-lateral skin fold runs from behind the eye to the hindlimb. Skin is smooth or weakly granular. The face mask is not prominent; the dark loreal stripe is often incomplete and the post-ocular stripe is discontinuous and not clearly defined. The dorsum is dark brown above and usually becomes lighter on the sides. Ventral grounds colour varies from dirty white to light straw and is superimposed by some gray clouding.

Males have paired, lateral vocal sacs. The male advertisement call is a distinctive, 2–5 note pulsed call. It has been described sounding like duck quacking or exaggerated, sneering laugh. Tadpoles can grow to 60 mm in total length and have long tails.

Ecology and behaviour
Papurana daemeli is a semi-aquatic species. It occurs in rainforests, seasonally dry monsoon forests, and tropical woodlands, usually in association with permanent bodies of standing or slow-moving water (streams, swamps, lakes, pools, puddles, and lagoons). It can also occur in disturbed habitats, such as rural gardens and urban areas. Individuals usually hide among dense vegetation near water. In New Guinea it has been found up to 880 m above sea level. Males call from near water at different times of the year.

Papurana daemeli preys upon arthropods (spiders, shrimps, cockroaches, grasshoppers, beetles, moths) and other frogs.

Conservation
Papurana daemeli is one of the most common and widespread frogs in New Guinea. In Australia it is locally common. It is consumed as food in New Guinea, but no significant threats to it are known. It occurs in several protected areas.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Microsoft Bear

 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 Keep. NSR (talk) 13:33, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Microsoft Bear
This is definitely not a mascot. It is more like an easter egg. So this is not the right place for this entry. At least remove the link to the mascots category. Rcappuccio 11:26, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - Informative and verifiable article. Be bold and remove it from the category if appropriate. -- Lochaber 11:52, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, not a deletion candidate. Kappa 12:52, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to Windows 3.1. Same reason as the Microsoft Bunny just below.-Poli (talk • contribs) 13:22, 2005 July 26 (UTC)
 * Keep - it seems as notable in its millieu as Moof the Dogcow. Nandesuka 01:04, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to Windows 3.1, as per User:Poli. JamesBurns 09:18, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge as above. Ashmodai 11:15, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Saswann 18:33, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Do not merge. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 13:32, July 30, 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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Holton, Somerset

Holton is a village (or hamlet) and parish in Somerset, England, situated on the A303 road 2 mi south west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 238.

History
The parish of Holton was part of the Whitley Hundred.

The route of the A303 has been changed a couple of times. The oldest route passes through the centre of the village past the Old Inn, and is a narrow lane. The village was bypassed by a new route a hundred yards to the north, and has since been bypassed again by the creation of a dual carriageway a few yards further north. To reach Holton it is necessary to leave the modern A303 at Wincanton (2 miles to the east) or, if arriving from the west, leave at Blackford (1 mile to the west), then join the older route.

Governance
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council’s operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is also part of the Somerton and Frome county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Religious sites
The parish Church of St Nicholas dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.

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Talk:Railway post office

Merge with Travelling Post Office?
I just found the Travelling Post Office article describing basically the same type of equipment as used in the United Kingdom. I think a merge would be in order, but under which name? slambo 11:28, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps merger of the RPO and TPO pages is now a moot point, since it is 4 months past the date of the original discussions. If a merge is still under consideration, I believe that separate articles would better serve the subjects at hand.  RPOs and TPOs do share many common characteristics, but the developmental history for the North American and the European versions were unique, and it would seem difficult to properly cover that diversity in a merged article.  Cross linking the two pages under the "see also" mechanism should be sufficient. RI-Bill 04:42, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:57, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Mail hook

 * This is a minor mechanical feature that is intrinsic to the Railway post office's function. ww2censor (talk) 10:33, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge by making Mail hook a section of Railway post office. Mail hook would become a redirect specifically to that new secion like Railway post office. Peter Horn User talk 22:54, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
 * A better target would be the more specific Catcher pouch; the mail hook is necessary for the catcher pouch to work, and the catcher pouch page already contains material related to the hook, including an illustration of it. Klbrain (talk) 21:46, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Sound like an even better idea. Go ahead. ww2censor (talk) 22:14, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 08:49, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Catcher pouch into Railway post office
I do not see why this article needs to exist. It is a mail bag. The notable concept (mail by train, and the concept of having a train grab and drop off mail on the fly) is covered sufficiently within the railway post office article.

This is a special case, as the catcher pouch article is the work of an editor indeffed for copyright violations. If we merge anything to the target article, it will need to be rewritten or very carefully screened for copyright violations. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 02:26, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 * At Didcot Railway Centre, every few months they demonstrate mail bag exchange using TPO stowage van no. 814. Having watched this a few times - and also worked in the mailroom of a local business - I can say that the pouches used are not standard mailbags: they are smaller and much stronger. A normal mailbag, if mis-caught, could tear and distribute letters around the area. -- Red rose64 🌹 (talk) 17:02, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

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Horsington, Somerset

Horsington is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 4 mi south of Wincanton and 1 mi north of Templecombe in the South Somerset district. The village lies on the edge of Horsington Marsh, part of the Blackmore Vale. In 2011 the population of the Parish, which includes the adjoining hamlets of Peckholdsash and Wilkin Throop and the village of South Cheriton was 571.

History
The name of the village means the settlement of the horse keepers.

The cross on the village green was erected in 1284 to mark the site of the market. It is built of hamstone with an octagonal shaft on a stepped circular base.

The parish was part of the hundred of Horethorne.

Horsington Manor was owned by the Gowens family from the 16th century until 1653, and from 1748 by Matthew Spencer who built the manor house. Spencer's son sold it to the Bailward family. Large quantities of documents relating to Horsington Manor have been donated to the Somerset Record Office for safe-keeping

In 1990s, Ardon Lyon, a philosophy lecturer from London, purchased Horsington House, in a state of substantial neglect, disrepair and deferred maintenance. Prior to Lyon's purchase, the owners had used Horsington House as a hotel. Lyon spent the better part of a decade repairing and restoring Horsington House and its out-buildings (such as the carriage house) to their original state. He subdivided Horsington House, and the carriage house, into several flats and sold them to individual purchasers.

Horsington Village Hall, also known as St Margaret's Hall, was built in 1907, on land donated to the Community by Thomas Bailward. It lies midway between Horsington and South Cheriton villages, isolated from other buildings but adjacent to playing fields leased to South Cheriton Football Club and Horsington Cricket Club. There is a car-park for about 25 vehicles alongside

Governance
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is also part of the Somerton and Frome county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Religious sites
The parish Church of St John the Baptist was originally a 15th-century building, on the site of an earlier church, but was largely rebuilt in 1885–1887 by Willcox of Bath. The first recorded Rector was in 1305. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.

title: Horsington, Somerset