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Ralph Erskine (architect)

Ralph Erskine ARIBA (24 February 1914 – 16 March 2005) was a British architect and planner who lived and worked in Sweden for most of his life.

Upbringing and influences

Erskine was born in London in 1914, and spent his childhood in Mill Hill in Barnet. His parents were socialists, adherents of the Fabian Society, which promoted the idea of the evolution of Britain into a socialist state.

His Scottish grandfather was a Presbyterian free church minister, a descendant of the ministers Ralph Erskine and Ebenezer Erskine, but his parents sent him to the Friends School Saffron Walden (1925–1931), a Quaker school, probably because of their socialist beliefs. There, he became committed to the Quaker ideals, which laid the foundation for his views on society, man's place in it, and on architecture.

Education
During the 1930s, Erskine studied architecture for five years at the Regent Street Polytechnic, London under the direction of Thornton White. At the time, White's curriculum required the study of classical architecture before students were free to follow their own ideas. One of his fellow students was Gordon Cullen who would become a well-known architectural illustrator, urban designer and theorist. Cullen advocated the improvement of urban settlements through an understanding and analysis of their picturesque qualities. This approach was profoundly influential on Erskine, who insisted in his work that the context and landscaping of his buildings be carefully integrated.

Career
After qualifying as an architect Erskine began work with the design team for Welwyn Garden City under the leadership of Louis de Soissons. He studied town planning and this interest broadened his approach to architecture, in particular about how buildings related physically and socially to their setting. In 1936 he became an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Before the outbreak of World War II, Erskine travelled to Sweden. He was attracted there partly by his admiration for the work of the Functionalist Swedish architects Gunnar Asplund, Sven Markelius and Sigurd Lewerentz and partly by the country's adoption of the social welfare model. In Sweden the political will was reflected in the national architecture and these two factors coincided with his own humanist beliefs. He would go on to make an important contribution to the architectural landscape of both his adopted country and to that of England.

In Sweden, England and Canada, he was responsible for the design of numerous innovative buildings reflecting his particular ideology. They include:
 * Gyttorp, Nora Municipality, Sweden, 1945 to 1955, housing project for a factory town.
 * Ski hotel at Borgafjall (1948–50)
 * Shopping, the first purpose-built enclosed shopping centre in the world in Luleå, Sweden opened in October 1955 in the small town of Luleå in the far north of Sweden. (By the above definition "Shopping" in Luleå was actually the first shopping centre in the world, and Southdale in Minnesota, United States came second in October 1956.)
 * The Brittgården residential area at Tibro, Sweden, 1956 to 1959
 * Svappavaara, Kiruna Municipality, Sweden, 1962, a housing project for a copper mine above the Arctic Circle (this project influenced the design of the northern town of Fermont, Quebec).
 * Esperanza terraced housing area, Landskrona, Scania, Sweden, around 1968. Built up 1969-70.
 * Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 1969.
 * Resolute, Nunavut
 * Eaglestone grid square, at Milton Keynes, from 1972 to 1976.
 * The Byker redevelopment, at Newcastle upon Tyne, from 1969 to 1982.
 * The Nya Bruket area in Sandviken, Sweden, 1973 to 1978.
 * The Stockholm University Library (opened in 1983), as well as several other buildings on the university campus including:
 * Aula Magna, the university's main auditorium
 * Ekerö centrum (Tappström) in Ekerö Municipality outside Stockholm, 1983 to 1989.
 * Vasaterminalen bus terminal in Stockholm, together with Bengt Ahlqvist and Anders Tengbom
 * The London Ark, Hammersmith, London, 1990.
 * Greenwich Millennium Village, London, from 2000 to 2005.

Erskine was best known in Great Britain for his Byker Wall housing scheme in Newcastle upon Tyne and The London Ark, a commercial project in Hammersmith, London. However, it was his achievement in designing the winning scheme in a 1997 competition to develop the Millennium Community at Greenwich (Greenwich Millennium Village), London that brought his work to the widespread attention of his compatriot Britons. This recognition came late in a productive, long and important career.

Death and legacy
On his death in 2005, Councillor Peter Arnold, leader of Newcastle City Council said of Erskine that he "was one of the twentieth century's greatest architects and in Newcastle's Byker estate he gave the city one of Europe's finest post Second World War new housing communities. His approach was so different from everything happening around that time as he put the focus on social regeneration and the interests of local people, rather than just bricks and mortar. He built Byker Wall Estate around the community. Local people were fully involved in the design and rather than clearing properties and moving people elsewhere, the community was able to remain together.”

Ralph Erskine founded his own company in Sweden in 1939. In 2000 he invited his long-time collaborator Johannes Tovatt into a partnership, naming the company Erskine Tovatt Arkitekter AB. It was Erskine's will that on his death his name be removed from the company. Therefore, his legacy lives on in the company called Tovatt Architects and Planners in Drottningholm outside Stockholm.

Erskine also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1982

In 1984, with his wife he established the Ruth and Ralph Erskine Nordic Foundation, endowed by proceeds from the Wolf Prize in Arts, which he was awarded that year. Beginning in 1988, the foundation has awarded a bi-annual prize of US$10,000 and a medal designed by Ralph Erskine, for any person, group or organisation that "has contributed to the construction of buildings or community structures of innovative social, ecological and aesthetic character. The contribution must respect functional and economical aspects, and be to the advantage of the less privileged". In 2010 the award was given to Urban-Think Tank (Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner).

Erskine wrote the preface to the English translation of Jan Gehl's influential book Life Between Buildings, published in 1986. In 1987 he was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal.

National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/8) with Ralph Erskine in 1997 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.

Personal life
He met his wife Ruth at the Quaker school in Saffron Walden in the early 1930s. They were married in Stockholm in 1939 and had four children. Ruth died in 1988. He is survived by his children: Jane Kristina, Karin Elizabeth, Patrick Jon and Suzanne.

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The criticism section of this entry is atrocious. It consists of listing the times that Melton has been called the derisive pejorative, "cult apologist," without actually going into any of the substantive criticisms. Is it really notable that a lawyer from Singapore called him a cult apologist? It would be nice if the name calling were replaced with something of substance. The Kent, Krebs article looks promising in that regard. Otherwise, the media criticisms could be condensed into one sentence.Griswaldo (talk) 11:30, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree. -- J N  466  13:00, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I have made a proposal that might help solve this problem, and similar ones as well. Please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Religion/New_religious_movements_work_group. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 13:34, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The problems have now been addressed.  Ajax F¡ore talk 22:33, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

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Update the information! This article is out of date, to put it mildly. Too bad Wikipedia itself doesn’t check on these articles when they become outdated.

Since I have a forum, I’ll also say that I’m sick and tired of reading about demography and having to look at what the census of 2000-yep, 23 years ago!- showed about some city or county.

The best you can hope foris census data for 2010, which is still 13 years ago. Some articles at least are updated to 2020, but they still have antiquated census data from 2010, but which I can understand for comparison, but even these articles usually go on detailing census data from 2000! Who now would care about such outdated data?

I don’t know why somebody doesn’t change all these to update them. Wikipedia, are you listening? Probably not. 63.155.121.65 (talk) 06:29, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

 * Can you be specific about what is outdated? Better yet, have you considered fixing problems when you see them?  You wrote a lot about census data, but there is no census data in this article. -- Pemilligan (talk) 16:51, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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Jeff Branson

Jeffrey Dale Branson (born March 10, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ronan Malloy on The Young and the Restless, Jonathan Lavery on All My Children, and Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light.

Career
Branson originated the role of Jonathan Lavery on the ABC soap opera All My Children on June 15, 2004. Although he was off the air from mid-April until August 2005 while his character was believed dead in an explosion, Branson remained on contract the entire time. Branson's last appearance on All My Children aired on December 18, 2007.

Branson's work prior to All My Children included a 2000 guest spot on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He had a small part that year in the film Shaft and in 2002 he was in the feature film Wolves of Wall Street.

In 2004, he played the role of a younger Alan Spaulding on Guiding Light; he also played Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light up until the last episode of the show on September 18, 2009.

In 2005, Branson received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on All My Children as Jonathan Lavery. In 2009, he received his second Daytime Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light. He won this award, tied with Vincent Irizarry from All My Children.

In June 2010, Branson began work on The Young and the Restless in the role of Ronan Malloy. Malloy is Nina Webster's long-lost son that was stolen as a baby and put up for adoption. He plays an undercover FBI agent on a mission to bust corrupt cops in Genoa City involved in a drug ring. He left the show from February to August 2011. On June 26, 2012, he arrived back in Genoa City because of Victor Newman. In 2012, Branson won the Dankies Award for outstanding supporting actor for his role as Malloy.

Branson played the character of "Johnny" in the 2010 film I Spit on Your Grave, a remake of the 1978 revenge film.

His television appearances outside of daytime drama include episodes of NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Mentalist, Law & Order: SVU, and Supernatural. He also appeared in the first season of Supergirl as Master Jailer.

Branson appears as Neil Armstrong in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind.

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Redwolf24
Final: (49/7/4) ended 01:17 23 July 2005 (UTC)'''

Redwolf24 is an excellent user; polite, helpful, and most of all, welcoming. If any user manages to be here more than ten minutes and not be welcomed by Red, then they should apply to the CIA for covert work, because Red is an expert newbie-hunter. Beyond that, he has hundreds of quality articlespace edits, many to articles on bands and albums. He's been a frequent target of trolls and vandals, and has conducted himself remarkably in the face of it all. He's bold when he knows what he's doing, and he asks when he's unsure. He has expressed a desire to be even more active with Wikipeida; Admin tools would only help his efforts. He's an all-around great Wikipedian, a source of light in the sometimes dark Wiki, and a good friend to all; support should be "no big deal" for this user. -- Essjay ·  Talk 01:18, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

 * I would be honored to accept this nomination. Check my talk page to see how I've been handling myself. Also, please don't shout down Boothy443 when she votes oppose ;) Redwolf24 01:35, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Overwhealming, Enthusiastic, Unequivocal Support, And I am unanimous in that! -- Essjay ·  Talk 01:20, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support agree completely with nominator. Howabout1 Talk to me! 01:27, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Absolutely. I agree with everything Essjay said about this fine contributor. The welcoming of newbies is particuarly impressive. --Canderson7 02:03, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support - A mop would certainly complement that Vandal Whacking Stick. :) Sango  123  02:34, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support I am new to Wikipedia, but as soon as I signed up...bang, there was Red with his kind intro message, letting me know this is a living community.  Keep up the good work.  The more active this becomes, the better the resource. Ronreed 03:12, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Suppport- JCarriker 03:20, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Not sure if to support or oppose, I don't vote neutral as a matter of some ludicrous principle or another. El_C 03:21, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Definitely Yeah, I saw his contributions and it is nothing but a bunch of wonderful work of music. I sure do like getting some information. He and I both have the same work, I do work of music articles too. -- Mike Garcia | talk 03:49, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support, seems to be a very good editor, and is great when it comes to welcoming newbies. Columbia 03:52, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support I've decided to support you, since you do seem to be a good editor and have made many contributions. Iamzodyourzodeveryzod 04:06, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support -- While I'm new, Red has was right there to welcome me and provide me with a wealth of information helpful to my WP quest. I'm also impressed with his contributions! Fallstorm 04:55, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support - responsible, polite and hardworking, in my experience. Guettarda 05:14, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support Robludwig Good member of the welcoming committee, good editor, deals well with trolls, and his talk page seems to be a discussion hub for Wikipedians. Everything needed in an admin.Robludwig 05:56, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support Does a good job reverting vandalism, very friendly, should be a good addition to the staff. NickBush24 06:23, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support. A very clear choice, I think -- was considering nominating him myself, but then saw Essjay's offer and decided to just wait and add my assent. :-) Red's dedication to welcoming and guiding new editors seems to me exemplary of what any admin should be willing to do for newcomers. Jwrosenzweig 08:14, 16 July 2005 (UTC) HOLY CRAP! a bureacrat said he was gonna nominate me! Redwolf24 08:29, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support. Without a doubt, Redwolf is a great candidate. and has made a real contribution to wikipedia with everything he does from fostering community spirit to relentlessly improving the integrity of the encylopedia's content and organization. He'll be able to do even more good as Admin. -asx- 09:59, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support. Completely agree with Essjay... Redwolf gets my vote any day, for being so prompt with a welcome, for being up-front with clear answers, and for being the all-round 'good guy', which really shows through, even after limited interaction. Hiteshrajbhagat 10:16, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support. Is a diligent cleaner of wikipedia and should be given key to mop-room. Can we have round 3 of untagged images now, please? (This communication does not constitute a bribe.) --Tagishsimon (talk)
 * 19) Support, has the busiest talk page I've ever seen, almost all with praise and thanks for welcomes. the wub  "?/!"  11:39, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support. I know Redwolf. He's very Kind and respects others. Demonstrates exellent wikiquette.--Exir Kamalabadi | Contributions 11:42, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support As long as you don't stop with the welcoming. :) Ravedave 15:26, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Support (strongly) Stewart Adcock 16:37, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Support. Very impressive record. Arm 17:07, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Support; I've just started noticing him recently, and he's a superb candidate. Antandrus (talk) 19:46, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Support A very nice guy, I'm sure he'd be a good admin. Peaceman 20:34, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) STRONGLY Support. He'll make a great admin, I'm sure. -mysekurity 23:04, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Support Agree with most of the above, a nice guy. Plus he plays the geetarz! PeepP 00:52, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Bing! - another vote added to the total... Grutness...  wha?  01:36, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support Deserves it, gave me a lot of help after joining Wikipedia. Tunney 01:40, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support A bit light on the edit count, but if current trends continue, will outstrip me by the end of the week... High quality edits, and from a friendly user, who will no doubt make an excellent addition to the admin team. Tomer TALK  04:52, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Support partly as a belated thankyou for reverting vandalism on my userpage last night. David | Talk 13:32, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Support no good reason not to. Y0u (Y0ur talk page) (Y0ur contributions) 21:02, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Support. Friendly face on RC Patrol. Always good. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:06, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Support Fairly new, but great work all around. Friendly and with strong community spirit.  Great admin material! Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  17:55, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) Support. Yes, he's new, but he already has over 2500 edits, and I've seen a nice collection of newbies that he's welcomed.  He seems like a great editor and a champion in not biting newcomers.  His user page is a good laugh too, and it shows him to be an approachable person; that is an essential quality for admins.  I'd like to see him get more involved with WP: stuff, as I notice only 159 edits there, but I don't think that's enough to detract from supporting him. --Idont Havaname 01:22, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) M e r o v i n g i a n  (t) (c) 11:27, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) Support. Anyone who makes it his or her duty to welcome newcomers is deserving of the responsibility of an Administrator. Derktar 03:54, July 20, 2005 (UTC).
 * 38) Support. utcursch | talk 10:15, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * 39) Support I must vote yes, and I seem to remember RedWolf saying "If you do not vote for me I will take power!" (Any Ali G/Borat fans out there??) MicahMN | Talk 14:49, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) Support --- BMIComp  (talk) 21:16, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 41) Andre ( talk ) 22:48, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * 42) Strong, overwhelming support This issue should not even be an issue. RedWolf, Administrator, now. Horatii/Dbraceyrules 17:50, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 43) Support. Nice guy, and does good editing work, especially on music articles. He'll make a great administrator. Jaxl 20:13, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 44) Support Seems like a knowledgeable and kind Wikipedian. Rmpfu89
 * 45) Support -- This seems quite the ideal candidate. --Mysidia 02:36, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 46) Support He gave me lots of help when I first joined WP Uberisaac 10:23, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * 47) Support wholeheartedly (as if my voice is needed as well!) Definitely one of those "meh, no big deal"/"you mean they aren't already?!?" promotions. Seems very outgoing and overall a really nice guy. The only criticism I could possibly make is that I don't see many edits in the Wikipedia: namespace. I think that's an important part of being an admin as it lets you learn what's what. No biggie though, you can also learn by just reading instead of taking part. Now lather up well, we'll give you some floors to scrub in a minute! :) GarrettTalk 10:33, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 48) Support What a friendly, helpful Wikipedian! EdwinHJ | Talk 15:04, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 49) Support, a worthy and helpful candidate. Hall Monitor 21:23, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Oppose, and I feel miserly for doing so. However, I do not think that someone who has barely participated in VfD (by their own admission, in the questions), or TfD, CfD, etc (let alone places like WP:AN) and implies that they don't really know the extent of what admins do can be an admin yet. Evidently hasn't done much RC patrol to try getting on the wrong side (accidentally!) of a few users and handling that. More participation in adminny type things so that you are more familiar with more ropes and I'd be happy to be less miserly. I don't really think that rapid-welcoming of newbies makes an admin...but that's evidently just me. -Splash 05:19, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Whoa there, why define me just by the welcoming? >.< Yes I do more welcoming than the average user but its not all that I do. Ah well, Splash you haven't been around too long but I've certainly noticed you and you've earned my respect. Sincerely, Redwolf24 05:27, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * That wasn't the bulk of my reasoning though: the lack of knowledge and experience of admin-related areas concerns me more. I'm not sure what the second sentence of your reply means, really, but thanks, I think. -Splash 05:31, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) I actually recognise this username, which is quite impressive considering Redwolf24 is a relative novice. I am opposing this nomination because I feel that there is insufficient data on which to judge the candidate.  All but 100 of Redwolf24's contributions have come in the last month.  I am not comfortable supporting someone based on a month's worth of contributions, nor am I comfortable supporting someone who has only been a regular contributor for a month.  Redwolf24 was absent for the whole of May and made very few contributions in April.  While his recent enthusdiasm is really impressive, it's not enough to demonstrate a trend of responsbility and trustworthiness.  Moreover, less than 700 of Redwolf24's contributions have been to articles.  I'd like to see some more involvment in actually building the encyclopedia.  I must oppose for now, but in a few months I would be very willing to change my vote.  Acegikmo1 17:53, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose, 3 months is not enough. Dmn / Դմն 17:56, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) I'm kind of sorry to oppose, but while this user show enthusiasm, he has been a regular for only about a month. I do concur with Ace's comments above. Take your time. Lupo 14:18, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Oppose, as pointed out above the user has only been active for the last month. Needs more time to get exposed to stuff admin should know about like, deletion, transwiki, copyrights and all the rest of it--nixie 08:16, 20 July 2005 (UTC) I definately know more than my share on copyrighting now. As for deletion thats not like a basketball skill or anything, theres nothing that, persay, Kappa knows how to do at VfD's that I do not. As for Transwiki I'll admit I don't know how to do that. Redwolf24 21:27, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Weak Oppose. I value civility strongly when voting for admins.  I believe that having friendly admins is very important.  However, this edit is an example of him showing unfamiliarity with Wikipedia processes.  I feel a little more time would help him understand a bit better.  -- JamesTeterenko 04:11, 21 July 2005 (UTC) yes I was talked to about that, it was a very n00bish mistake of me. Forgive me Redwolf24 04:27, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Oppose. I think he could use a bit more time to settle in. grendel|khan 19:04, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

Neutral
 * 1) Neutral. With only three months contributing, I am not exactly sure if you have enough experience on Wikipedia to be an administrator. Denelson83  04:29, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutral. I won't push my POV about other people here - that's not what this page is for. Scott Gall 07:43, 16 July 2005 (UTC) Acutally, this page is precisely about your POV. You should express your opinion of why a Wikipedian should or should not be an administrator. ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  02:12, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Neutral This is not to be meant as a negative comment. Redwolf24 is very friendly indeed.  However, I feel a user should be more well rounded in their edits.  Over half of the edits are stritcly on user talk pages. It is very notable to be a friendly Wikipedian, and even more so to be a friendly administrator.  There is much more to being an administrator than being friendly and greeting users, although I think this is a very good practice. A few VFDs listings is not what I would personally consider a candidate for admin.  Maybe a bit longer working on more parts of Wiki would be helpful.  At this time, I only wish to voice my opinion, and not cast a vote.   ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  02:12, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Here is my comment back to that. I would work more on just helping with personal attacks than reverting vandalism, I believe we need more personal attack help than persay, speedy deleting articles. We're all different and we all have different areas of expertise, I try to be somewhat of a peptalker more than an article maker though I have been working on those too. Anyways, Who, I respect you and your comments did not offend me. I hope your better from your accident. Sincerely, Redwolf24 02:30, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * User Talk: 1039
 * Total:2350
 * Not to be nitpicky, but thats not over half (Not meant in a hostile tone)
 * 1) I would like to be able to vote support, but Redwolf's experience is all-round enough to make me feel comfortable doing so. Thryduulf 15:47, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * Kate's tool says 2008 edits, as if I haven't been counting down to 2000 and his nomination. -- Essjay ·  Talk 01:20, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Exactly 24 hours later I have 2300. :) Redwolf24 01:21, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * WARNING!!!WARNING!!!WARNING!!! User has a strange interpretation of "exact"!!!  :-p  Tomer TALK  04:52, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Although RedWolf24 hasn't been here for very long and doesn't participate too much in Wikipedia voting, I think he's a great person who'll make a great admin. I don't think that simply being new means that a user is not fit for adminship; it's how well he understands Wikipedia policy. — Stevey7788 (talk) 16:58, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I was made an admin (I know, it was a different geological epoch, but hear me out) with 7 weeks and less than 300 edits to my name (at a time when the standard criteria was at least 3 months and 500 edits, preferably more). I  hope the community doesn't regret that move (I see no sign that they do), and I think it's evidence that a person with the right temperament and outlook (which were certainly the reasons I was nominated and approved, not because of any prolific work on my part or a certainty that I knew all the procedures) is the right choice, regardless of experience.  I hope the oppose voters will consider this -- if you believe Redwolf has the character you assert that he does (and I agree with you), surely you can trust that he will diligently learn about the important aspects of adminship before he exercises them?  I didn't learn about transwiki or dealing with copyright until after I was an admin (thanks to Angela, both times).  I don't think that's a reason to oppose a candidate who otherwise gives the impression that he would responsibly exercise his power.  That's my two cents. Jwrosenzweig 18:14, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. I would watch over RfC which seems to take a while in responding... I would open my talk page to reporting personal attacks, etc. I won't start the big stuff (VfD, etc.) until I'm a fully learned admin. Redwolf24 01:40, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I am probably most proud of being a VERY ACTIVE member in the welcoming committee and Kindness campaign. As for main articles, I've worked a lot on Band and Music articles, fixing typos, unorphaning articles, history articles... etc. Redwolf24 01:40, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
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Talk:Airport Express (MTR)

Turnstiles
I know that the Airport station doesn't have any turnstiles or gate barriers separating paid and unpaid zones of the station (for good reason); is this true for the other stations too? I was thinking this is worth mentioning. - Hinto 01:19, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The Airport Station is the only station with such setup. There are rumours among metrophiles that gates would be set up when the AsiaWorldExpo station is opened. — Instantnood 06:30, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thats not true. At Hong Kong Station, there are gates that separate paid/unpaid areas of the station. Except that these gates resemble KCR gates-wide flaps that fold towards the sides to open.-Herenthere 22:05, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Wording

 * Except the "Morning Express Service", passengers using the line can only travel between Airport or AsiaWorld-Expo stations and other any stations of the line.

Can't this sentence be better phrased? It's not exactly clear what the author meant. - Hinto 03:15, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

 * The wording can be better said as:

Passengers using the line can only travel from the city stations to Airport or AsiaWorld-Expo with the exception of those travelling throughthe "Morning Express Service". If this isn't the best idea, then can there be any suggestions? I also agree that the quote stated by Hinto is unclear and can point to two different directions. --AOL Alex (talk) 10:21, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Is this still true?
The article says:

 * Unlike all other MTR lines, the Airport Express is not primarily a commuter line.

That was certainly true until recently. But since the merger of MTR and KCRC, is it still true. After all the KCRC's trains to Guangzhou were hardly commuter trains. But I guess this really comes down to the way the names stabilise in use; do people start referring to trains to Guangzhou and beyond as MTR trains?. That needs a local resident to answer, and I'm no longer such. -- Chris j wood (talk) 14:21, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Is it necessary?
is one of the lines of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) serving the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

The whole name of Hong Kong?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by X2X00 (talk • contribs) 05:19, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * X2X00, I'm afraid you're on the wrong article to discuss this. You're looking for the MTR, the Urban Rail service, to discuss this matter. However, I can quickly answer that it does serve various parts of Hong Kong. Further questions should be discussed at the article I pointed you to. --AOL Alex (talk) 10:27, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Not primarily a rapid transit or metro line?
"the Airport Express is not primarily a rapid transit or metro line". What does this mean? It is faster than the Tung Chung Line, isn't it? How can the Tung Chung be "rapid" but the Airport Express be not "rapid"? Nurg (talk) 10:17, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

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Operating Speed Discrepancy
On some parts of the page it states that the operating speed is 200km/h while in others it states the lower speed of 135km/h. Which is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.236.32.244 (talk) 11:36, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Consistency on the literal meaning of "Geicheung"
On the Airport station itself the literal meaning is listed as "Plane Field." However, this page gives it as "Machine field". Which is more accurate/is there a better way to literally translate it? Hongqipiao (talk) 07:13, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

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Elmer Ellsworth Brown

Elmer Ellsworth Brown (1861–1934) was an American educator.

Biography
Born at Kiantone in Chautauqua County, New York, Elmer Ellsworth Brown studied at New York University (NYU), graduated from Illinois State Normal University in 1881 and at the University of Michigan (A.B., 1889); then he studied in Germany and received a Ph.D. from the University of Halle in 1890.

He married Fanny Fosten Eddy on June 29, 1889.

He was principal of public schools in Belvidere, Illinois, in 1881-84, assistant state secretary of the YMCA of Illinois (1884–87), and principal of the high school at Jackson, Michigan, in 1890–91. He taught education at the University of Michigan (1891–93) and at the University of California, Berkeley (1893–1906). After directing the reorganization of the United States Bureau of Education as U.S. Commissioner of Education (1906–11), he became chancellor of New York University, where he founded NYU Press in 1916 "to publish contributions to higher learning by eminent scholars."

He was made fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and vice president of the education section in 1907. He led the Andiron Club from 1916 to 1922 and was associated with the Eucleian Society. Brown retired from NYU in 1933 and died in 1934 in New York.

Works
His works include:
 * The Making of Our Middle Schools (1903).
 * The Origin of American State Universities (1905).
 * Government by Influences, and Other Addresses (1909).
 * An Efficient Organization and Enlarged Scope for the Bureau of Education (1910).
 * A Few Remarks (1933).

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User:Pseudorandom~enwiki

Well, this is going to be pretty informal. I should make my User page a stub! Lol. I'll fill in more at some point with *all* the copious ammounts of free time that I have.

My name is Bren. My handle is Pseudorandom. If you didn't guess by that, I'm a Math/CS geek.

Profesional Life
I work for Qualcomm, doing LISA (Large Installation System Administration) and Computer Security. My degree is in Mathematics / Computer Science from UCSD. My real love is number theory and crypto.

Recreational Life
I study Southern Dragon / Mo Gar styles of Southern Chinese Kung Fu with Martin Sifu. Since his relocation to AZ, I teach a beginners class. I have been studying with Martin Sifu since 1994.

I also like to surf. I suck at it, but I get no end of enjoyment from watching the dolphins do it with ease.

I also like cute girls. Enough so that I've put it as an entry under "Recreational Life". ;)

Sub-culture Affiliation
I've been a member of the Industrial Music scene in So Cal for fifteen years now. My favorite club is Das Bunker. I greatly enjoy the following musical sub-genres: powernoise "true" industrial waxtrax/network era industrial apocalyptic folk EBM "experimental" academic art music My favorite band is Sol Invicuts. My favorite visual artist is Tor Lundval.

I am also a vegetarian.

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Silver Star (disambiguation)

The Silver Star is a medal awarded for gallantry in action while in combat as a member of any of the United States Armed Forces.

Silver Star or Silverstar may also refer to:

 * Edelweiss, a flower
 * Silver award star, an attachment worn on meritorious medals of the United States Department of the Navy
 * Silver service star, an attachment worn on campaign medals and service decorations
 * A religious term used in Western Initiatory Kabbalah

Arts, Entertainment, Media

 * "Silver Star" (1910 song), a popular song composed in 1910 by Charles L. Johnson
 * Silver Star (album), a 1977 Gary Glitter album
 * "Silver Star" (The Four Seasons song), 1976
 * Lunar: The Silver Star, a GameArts RPG released in North America in 1993 for the Sega CD
 * Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete a GameArts RPG released in North America in 1999 for the PlayStation
 * Silver Star (comics), a Pacific Comics and Topps Comics comic book by Jack Kirby
 * Silver Stars (reggae), a reggae group led by Clancy Eccles
 * "Silver Star" (The Unit), an episode of the television series The Unit
 * The Silver Star (film), a 1955 American film
 * Silverstar (film), a 2022 Dutch film

Locations

 * Silver Star Provincial Park, a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada
 * Silver Star Mountain Resort, or SilverStar, a ski resort in British Columbia, Canada, located near the provincial park
 * Silver Star Mountain (disambiguation), multiple mountains in Washington, United States

Organisations

 * Silver Star (charity), a British-based diabetes charity
 * Silver Star Motor Services, an English bus and coach operator from 1923 to 1963
 * Argenteum Astrum (Latin for silver star), a magical order created by Aleister Crowley in 1907 after leaving the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

Sport

 * Silver Stars (South Africa), a South African Premier Soccer League club
 * San Antonio Silver Stars, a team in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) based in San Antonio, Texas

Vehicles

 * CT-133 Silver Star, a Canadian military training aircraft
 * Silver Star (Amtrak train), a passenger train operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
 * Silver Star (NZR train), a luxury passenger train that ran in New Zealand
 * Silver Star (roller coaster), a hypercoaster and Europe's highest and third fastest roller coaster
 * SS Silverstar (1951–1956), a small passenger ship retrofitted from HMS Bruiser (F127)

Other uses

 * Silverstar E-PC, a variant of the netbook Skytone Alpha-400

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Maltitol

Maltitol is a sugar alcohol (a polyol) used as a sugar substitute and laxative. It has 75–90% of the sweetness of sucrose (table sugar) and nearly identical properties, except for browning. It is used to replace table sugar because it is half as energetic, does not promote tooth decay, and has a somewhat lesser effect on blood glucose. In chemical terms, maltitol is known as 4-O-α-glucopyranosyl--sorbitol. It is used in commercial products under trade names such as Lesys, Maltisweet and SweetPearl.

Production and uses
Maltitol is a disaccharide produced by hydrogenation of maltose obtained from starch. Maltitol syrup, a hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, is produced by hydrogenating corn syrup, a mixture of carbohydrates produced from the hydrolysis of starch. This product contains between 50% and 80% maltitol by weight. The remainder is mostly sorbitol, with a small quantity of other sugar-related substances.

Maltitol's high sweetness allows it to be used without being mixed with other sweeteners. It exhibits a negligible cooling effect (positive heat of solution) in comparison with other sugar alcohols, similar to the subtle cooling effect of sucrose. It is used in candy manufacture, particularly sugar-free hard candy, chewing gum, chocolates, baked goods, and ice cream. The pharmaceutical industry uses maltitol as an excipient, where it is used as a low-calorie sweetening agent. Its similarity to sucrose allows it to be used in syrups with the advantage that crystallization (which may cause bottle caps to stick) is less likely. Maltitol may also be used as a plasticizer in gelatin capsules, as an emollient, and as a humectant.

Nutritional information
Maltitol provides between 2 and(-). Maltitol is largely unaffected by human digestive enzymes and is fermented by gut flora, with about 15% of the ingested maltitol excreted unchanged in the feces.

Chemical properties
Maltitol in its crystallized form measures the same (bulk) as table sugar and browns and caramelizes in a manner similar to that of sucrose after liquifying from being heated. The crystallized form is readily dissolved in warm liquids (≈ 120 F and above); the powdered form is preferred if room-temperature or cold liquids are used. Due to its sucrose-like structure, maltitol is easy to produce and made commercially available in crystallized, powdered, and syrup forms.

It is not metabolized by oral bacteria, so it does not promote tooth decay. It is more slowly absorbed than sucrose, a desirable property for diet in diabetes.

Effects on digestion
Like other sugar alcohols (with the possible exception of erythritol), maltitol has a laxative effect, typically causing diarrhea at a daily consumption above about 90 g. Doses of about 40 g may cause mild borborygmus (stomach and bowel sounds) and flatulence.

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Evektor-Aerotechnik

Evektor-Aerotechnik  is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Kunovice, Czech Republic. The company produces a range of light sport aircraft, training, advanced ultralight aircraft and electric aircraft.

Evektor-Aerotechnik is also developing a 9–14 passenger, twin engine turboprop airplane, the EV-55 Outback.

History
Evektor-Aerotechnik is based at Kunovice Airport, a region known for its aircraft industry since 1936. Evektor-Aerotechnik dates back to 1970 when Aerotechnik was established as a producer of small general aviation airplanes. Its first aircraft were gyrocopters and motor gliders, later diversifying into the overhaul and maintenance of a range of Czech general aviation aircraft, including the Zlin aircraft family.

The production of light sport aircraft and advanced ultralight aircraft started in 1996, starting with the P220UL Koala aircraft and followed by the EV-97 Eurostar (introduced in 1997) and SportStar. The SportStar became the first light sport aircraft accepted by the American Federal Aviation Administration in 2004. During 1997–2004 Evektor-Aerotechnik was an airframe parts subcontractor for the single engine turboprop Aero Ae 270 Ibis. In 2004 the company introduced the single engine, four-seater VUT100 Cobra and in 2010 started the twin engine turboprop Evektor EV-55 Outback. which was first flown in 2011.

In 2013 the company introduced the Evektor EPOS, an electric aircraft that remained under development in 2017.

Aircraft

 * Aerotechnik A-70 Autogyro
 * Aerotechnik L-13, LET L-13 Blaník built by Aerotechnik
 * Evektor SportStar family of designs
 * Evektor VUT100 Cobra
 * Evektor EV-55 Outback
 * Evektor EPOS electric aircraft

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Medical assistant

A medical assistant, also known as a "clinical assistant" or healthcare assistant in the US is an allied health professional who supports the work of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other health professionals, usually in a clinic setting. Medical assistants can become certified through an accredited program. Medical assistants perform routine tasks and procedures in a medical clinic.

A "medical assistant" may be certified or registered, or may be a loosely defined group (covering related occupational titles such as "medical office assistant", "clinical assistant", "assistant medical officer", or "ophthalmic assistant"). The occupation should not be confused with physician assistants, who are licensed professionals trained to practice medicine and perform surgical procedures in collaboration with a physician.

Overview
Medical assistants perform routine clinical and administrative duties under the direct supervision of a physician or other health care professional. Medical assistants perform many administrative duties, including answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patients' medical records, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services, performing some quasi-secretarial duties, and handling billing and book keeping. Duties vary according to laws of the jurisdiction and may include taking medical histories and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing patients for examination, and assisting during diagnostic examinations. Medical assistants collect and prepare laboratory specimens or perform basic laboratory tests on the premises, dispose of contaminated supplies, and sterilize medical instruments. They instruct patients about medications and special diets, prepare and administer medications as directed, authorize drug refills as directed, telephone prescriptions to a pharmacy, draw blood, prepare patients for X-rays, take electrocardiograms, remove sutures, and change dressings. They also facilitate communication between the patient and other health care professionals.

Some jurisdictions allow medical assistants to perform more advanced procedures, such as giving injections or taking X-rays, after passing a test or taking a course.

According to the International Standard Classification of Occupations, medical assistants normally require formal training in health services provision for competent performance in their jobs. Formal education usually occurs in post secondary institutions such as vocational schools, technical institutes, community colleges, proprietary colleges, online educational programs or junior colleges. Medical assistant training programs most commonly lead to a certificate or a diploma, which take around one year to complete, or an associate degree, which takes around two years. Study topics include medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and programs may include a clinical internship, sometimes referred to as "externship", wherein the student works as a medical assistant in a medical clinic.

Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, medical assistants are known as Sub Assistant Community Medical Officer (SACMO). Medical assistants (now to be designated as sub-assistant community medical officer) assist the medical officers posted at health facilities at the upazila health complex level and below. Medical assistants are produced by Medical Assistants Training School (MATS). They get registration from Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council as an assistant medical  practitioner.

Canada
In Canada, medical assistants typically complete an educational program that prepares them to perform special assisting and secretarial duties for physicians, dentists, nurses, health care facilities, and other health service providers. Instructional programs include courses in business and medical communications, medical terminology, principles of health care operations, public relations and interpersonal communications, software applications, record-keeping and filing systems, scheduling and meeting planning, policies and regulations, and professional standards and ethics.

Medical assistant job responsibilities vary depending on the nature and size of the health care facility where the individual works, but typically involve multiple administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, handling private medical documents, and assisting patients with the admissions process.

Malaysia
In Malaysia, medical assistants are known as Assistant Medical Officers (AMO). They complete a three-and-a-half-year diploma in medical assistant (DMA) undergraduate program recognized by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency. They work independently or with limited supervision of a physician to provide healthcare services to largely underserved populations. The occupation is more similar to that of clinical officers in Tanzania and elsewhere.

United States
In the United States, medical assistants have traditionally held jobs almost exclusively in ambulatory care centers, urgent care facilities, and clinics, but this is now changing. Medical assistants now find employment in both private and public hospitals, inpatient and outpatient facilities, as well as assisted living facilities, administrative and clinical settings, or general practice and specialty doctor's offices. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014–15 Edition, employment of medical assistants is expected to grow by 29%, much faster than the average for all occupations through 2022.

Education and training
The New America Foundation has criticized medical assistant programs, particularly those run by profit-making schools like Kaplan and Everest College. Some graduates of the school cannot find full-time work, or cannot find work at all, cannot make enough to pay their loans, and go into default. According to the Department of Labor, median annual salary for medical assistants in 2011 was $29,100, but students with medical-assistant certificates typically earned less than $20,000. In some programs, graduates earned less than $15,080, the minimum wage, which means they were working part-time. For example, Drake College of Business, Elizabeth, NJ, charges $18,000, but 31% of graduates defaulted on loans. A few public community colleges have successful programs where graduates make more than $25,000 a year.

In the U.S., an institution's medical assisting program may be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) if its graduates plan to become certified or registered. Accreditation is a requirement of certification agencies such as the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), the American Medical Technologists (AMT) and the National Health Career Association (NHA). Currently there are in excess of 600 CAAHEP accredited programs in more than 500 institutions, and more than 200 accredited by ABHES. Accreditation by CAAHEP, ABHES or other accreditation associations requires that the institution's medical assisting program meets specific educational standards and provides sufficient classroom, lecture, and laboratory time.

Certification
Professional certification is a way to measure competency of a medical assistant at an entry-level job. Certification for medical assistants is voluntary and optional, though encouraged by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) and a number of other certification bodies. Employers increasingly prefer or even require that the medical assistants they hire be certified.

In the United States, different organizations certify medical assistants. For one, the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) was founded in 1956. Certification may be achieved by taking the CMA (AAMA) Certification Examination offered by the AAMA Certifying Board in consultation with the National Board of Medical Examiners, which also administers many national exams for physicians. The CMA (AAMA) exam is offered throughout the year at computer-based testing centers across the country. Only individuals who have successfully completed a CAAHEP or ABHES accredited medical assisting program are eligible for the CMA (AAMA) Certification Examination. Those who successfully complete the CMA (AAMA) Certification Examination earn the CMA (AAMA) credential, a title which then follows postnominally. A CMA (AAMA) must re-certify every 60 months by continuing education or re-examination in order to maintain certification.

Other credential options include becoming a registered medical assistant (RMA). Credentialing is voluntary. The American Medical Technologists (AMT) agency is responsible for certifying MAs who choose this course. The AMT first began offering this certification in 1972. AMT has its own conventions and committees, bylaws, state chapters, officers, registrations, and re validation examinations. To become eligible to hold the title of RMA, a student must either pass a medical assisting curriculum at a school that accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), or possess a minimum of five years experience.

The National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) is an independent credentialing organization that has administered more than 400,000 certification exams across the United States since 1989. Its National Certified Medical Assistant certification program has earned accreditation by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). Candidates who meet all medical assistant eligibility requirements and pass the NCCT national certification examination earn the credential NCMA (NCCT). NCCT accepts candidates from approved medical assistant programs in colleges/universities and provides additional experiential-based qualifying routes. Once certified, the NCMA (NCCT) must complete 14 clock hours of continuing education annually to maintain the credential.

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The FBI Story

The FBI Story is a 1959 American crime drama film starring James Stewart, and produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Richard L. Breen and John Twist is based on a book by Don Whitehead.

Plot
John Michael ("Chip") Hardesty describes a murder, seen in a flashback. He narrates the incident in which Jack Gilbert Graham took out life insurance on his mother and planted a bomb in her luggage for a flight she was taking from Denver, Colorado, in 1955. Hardesty is shown delivering a lecture to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He begins to recount his history as an agent of the bureau, which is shown as a series of flashbacks comprising the remainder of the film.

In May 1924, Hardesty was working as a government clerk for the nascent FBI in Knoxville, Tennessee. He proposes to his sweetheart, a librarian named Lucy Ann Ballard. Ballard thinks Hardesty's potential is being wasted by the FBI and wants him to start practicing law. They marry with this idea in mind. Hardesty is inspired to stay with the bureau after hearing a speech from its new director, J. Edgar Hoover. Lucy Ann reveals that she is pregnant; she persuades Hardesty to stay in the bureau for just a preliminary year.

Hardesty is sent to the South to investigate the Ku Klux Klan. He is moved around until he is sent to Ute City, Wade County, Oklahoma, to investigate a series of murders of Native Americans who had oil-rich mineral land and rights. The FBI was compelled to investigate after one of the murders was committed on federal government land. The FBI forensics laboratory ties the doctored wills and life insurance policies of the murder victims to a local banker, Dwight McCutcheon, with the typewriter that he used. Lucy Ann, already the mother of three, suffers a miscarriage around this time.

On June 17, 1933, three FBI agents were escorting Frank "Jelly" Nash from a train to a car outside the Union Station in Kansas City when they were ambushed and killed. This event changed the FBI; a year later, Congress gave the FBI statutory authority to carry guns and make arrests. Hardesty and his friend, Sam Crandall, are excited by his prospect, but Lucy Ann does not like the idea at all.

After receiving a tip, Hardesty and Crandall head to Spider Lake, Wisconsin, on April 22, 1934, but barking dogs alert the gangsters and they scatter. The agents head to a nearby country store to call the Chicago office. When they get there, they find Baby Face Nelson holding two men hostage. Nelson opens fire, fatally wounding Crandall.

Hardesty recounts his involvement in the capture and deaths of numerous infamous mobsters of the day, including John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Machine Gun Kelly. Kelly coined the popular term, "G-Men", during his arrest, when he shouted, "Don't shoot G-Men, don't shoot!". Because she fears for his life and is unable to persuade Chip to leave the bureau, Lucy decides to spend some time apart, and takes the children for an extended stay with her parents. While preparing an Easter egg hunt, Lucy calls her mother "a nag, a real nag". Lucy's mother sarcastically tells Lucy that Lucy's father is also "a nag". Realizing that she has been nagging her husband to leave his job, and that she and the children are miserable without him, Lucy and the children return home.

With the U.S. entry into World War II, "enemy aliens" (Americans of Japanese, German and Italian descent) are quickly rounded up by the FBI and sent to internment camps, to prevent possible espionage and collaboration with Axis powers. The ranks of the bureau are quickly doubled from about 2,500 to more than 5,000 agents. One of those aspiring new agents is the deceased Sam's son, George, who is worried that he will never live up to his father's reputation; a romance buds between him and Hardesty's oldest daughter. Hardesty's only son announces his enlistment in the U.S. Marine Corps. Lucy is heartbroken, fearing he will be killed in war. Eventually, she understands that he, like many American boys, is willing to sacrifice his safety at home to serve his country.

Hardesty is sent to South America to relieve three agents whose identities have been compromised. The third is revealed to be George; he has been deep in the jungle intercepting secret radio messages. Local authorities move in, forcing the FBI agents to destroy the equipment and flee. Back in the U.S., Hardesty and Lucy receive a telegram informing them that their son has been killed in the line of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Although devastated, they comfort each other, praying that their son did not suffer.

The final depicted case stems from a New York City clothes cleaner finding a hollow half-dollar with microfilm inside. The FBI investigates and tracks the owner of the clothing, leading to his capture as well as that of an associate.

Hardesty concludes his speech to the FBI. He is greeted by his family outside the building. He now has a grandson. The family drives away, passing by historic D.C. landmarks.

Cast

 * James Stewart as John Michael "Chip" Hardesty
 * Vera Miles as Lucy Ann Hardesty
 * Murray Hamilton as Sam Crandall
 * Larry Pennell as George Crandall
 * Nick Adams as John Gilbert "Jack" Graham
 * Diane Jergens as Jennie Hardesty
 * Jean Willes as Anna Sage
 * Joyce Taylor as Anne Hardesty
 * Victor Millan as Mario
 * Parley Baer as Harry Dakins
 * Fay Roope as Dwight McCutcheon
 * Ed Prentiss as U.S. Marshal
 * Robert Gist as Medicine Salesman
 * Buzz Martin as Mike Hardesty (USMC)
 * Kenneth Mayer as Casket Salesman
 * Paul Genge as Suspect
 * Kimberly Beck as Jennie Hardesty, age 2
 * Eleanor Audley as Mrs. King

Production
The Federal Bureau of Investigation had great influence over the production, with J. Edgar Hoover acting as a co-producer of sorts. Hoover had LeRoy re-shoot several scenes he didn't think portrayed the FBI in an appropriate light, and played a pivotal role in the casting for the film. Hoover and LeRoy were personal friends. Hoover had to approve every frame of the film and also had two special agents with LeRoy for the duration of filming. Hoover himself appears briefly in the film.

Historical accuracy
The film changes some details regarding the airplane bombing by Jack Gilbert Graham, including the flight and the number of people killed. It also makes it appear that his sole motivation was money, the $37,500 life insurance policy; Graham's true motive was revenge for the way his mother had treated him as a small child.

Regarding Baby Face Nelson, he was hiding out with John Dillinger, but it was at the Little Bohemia Lodge, just outside Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, that the two agents were Special Agents J. C. Newman and W. Carter Baum (Baum is the agent killed in the shootout). Accompanying them was a local constable not shown in the film. Nelson was holding two hostages in a house and, when the car came up, Nelson, wanting to take the vehicle, rushed forward shouting for the occupants to get out, but then opened fire on the car shooting all three lawmen.

In the case of the New York City clothes cleaner, it was, in actuality, a nickel, not a half-dollar, and took four years to unfold, not the short matter of days in the film. On June 22, 1953, a newspaper boy, collecting for the Brooklyn Eagle, was paid with a nickel that did not sound or feel right to him. It was not until a Soviet KGB agent, Reino Häyhänen, wanted to defect in May, 1957, that the FBI would be able to link the nickel to KGB agents, including Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (aka Rudolph Ivanovich Abel) in the Hollow Nickel Case. The deciphered message in the nickel turned out to be worthless, a personal message to Häyhänen from the KGB in Moscow welcoming him to the U.S. and instructing him on getting set up).

Comic book adaptation

 * Dell Four Color #1069 (November 1959)

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Talk:SNK vs. Capcom

No New VS. Game
The article given for the reveal of a new Capcom Vs. SNK game links to an April Fools joke. There are no real plans for a new game in the series, especially not as a launch title for any new system. I erased this obviously false information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.2.12.3 (talk) 17:32, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Image
Since the SNK vs. Series seems to be primarily vs. Capcom, shouldn't the display picture be of an SNK character fighting a Capcom character?

 * This is the kind of thing that pi$$es me off. Nobody cares about such details. Mr.bonus 19:28, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

CHOUJOU KESSEN SAIKYOU
WAT DO THESE THINGS MEAN? CAN U GIVE ME A TRANSLATION? JESUS. AT LEAST HAV THE TITLES IN REAL JAPANESE TEXT THEN WAPANESE THEN TRANSLATE THAT BITCH. GOD DAMN —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.195.132.253 (talk) 00:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC).
 * Well, since you asked so nicely... "Choujou" means summit, "Kessen" means deciding battle and "Saikyou" means strongest. JuJube 00:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Arcadia Magazine
Why the undo about Arcadia Magazine? It was mentioned on an episode of X-Play that it was the origin of the game was when they put both characters on the cover. Fans liked the idea then Capcom & SNK signed to make a game with both characters. Dom316 15:54, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I just checked and either it was another magazine or X-Play was wrong. Arcadia didn't start until after the first game came out.
 * [You are wrong too]. (CvS1 was release near the end of 2000 for the record) Pikawil (talk) 02:14, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Fuse articles
I think we should fuse this article with the Marvel VS. Capcom series article and change the title to: VS. Capcom (series), which would explain all the VS. Capcom games. User:Looney Guy —Preceding undated comment added 02:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC).

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Talk:Douala

Moving this page
I would like to move this page. But before I do, I'd like to hear others' opinions on the topic and put it to a vote. What's at issue is the fact that "Duala" refers to four different things: the largest city in Cameroon, the Duala people, the language spoken by that people, and a group of related Bantu languages. Adding to the confusion is the fact that any of these may be written as either "Duala" or "Douala". So how do we sort this out?

A little background information: Most English-language sources tend to use "Duala" for the ethnic group and the languages; they reserve "Douala" for the city. French-language sources tend to use "Douala" for all of these.

Please vote for one of the options below. If you don't like any that are there, please add a new voting option.

Make Duala a disambiguation page, and move the article about the city to Douala.

 * 1) As I wrote above, this is how most English-language sources handle the issue. BrianSmithson 01:27, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Besides, Douala appears to be the more common spelling. Warofdreams 10:45, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I've done the move, and made Duala a (really) basic disambig page. Talrias (t | e | c) 13:55, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Ship Size
What size ship (eg Panamax ) can this port handle?

Tabletop 08:04, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Largest City
This page says Douala has 1.2 million but the Wikipedia page for Yaounde says that city has 1.4 million. Which makes it the largest city in Cameroon. 4.142.96.98 00:15, 15 September 2007 (UTC)eric

Safety
I add something about Safety of this City Zcui9 17:16, 12 Nov 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zcui9 (talk • contribs) 23:35, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Economy
I add something about Econonmy of this city Haiying93 17:16, 12 Nov 2016 (UTC)

Port Info

 * Port of Douala
 * General Port information DoualaPort of Douala
 * Portfocus
 * located 24km up stream on the left hand bank on the River Wouri
 * Port facilities
 * Cameroon Douala Port Container Terminal Modernization Project
 * The Post Online (Cameroon)
 * Port Trade increase
 * Port Facilities

Tabletop 03:16, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Trade with Chad?
This city specifically handles "trade with Chad?" What? This seems very dubious to me...anyone have any idea what it might be referring to? -Elmer Clark (talk) 07:40, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Timeline of Douala
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 15:05, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

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Vittorio Monti

Vittorio Monti (6 January 1868 – 20 June 1922) was an Italian composer, violinist, mandolinist and conductor. His most famous work is his Csárdás, written around 1904.

Life and career
Monti was born in Naples, where he studied violin and composition at the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella. Around 1900 he received an assignment as the conductor for the Lamoureux Orchestra in Paris, where he wrote several ballets and operettas, for example, Noël de Pierrot. He also wrote a method for mandolin Petite Méthode pour Mandoline, 98049, in which he included some of his own works, Perle Brillante, Dans Una Gondola, and Au Petit Jour. There were also works by F. Paolo Tosti.

In Paris, Monti was a significant figure in the Mandolin community, he created the La Stella, a group based around mandolin and guitar works and compositions. This group (under the name of "V. Monti") written several pieces and techniques for mandolin students, and started performances in 1908 to 1910. In 1910, Monti created a music journal called Le Mediator, the journal gave news and instructional guidance to help new mandolin and guitar players. However, this journal dissolved in 1913. He died in 1922.

Works (Alphabetically)

 * L' amour veille, mélodie (Milan, G. Ricordi. 1918)
 * Aubade à Colombine (1899)
 * Aubade d'amour a.d. Mimodrama Pierrots Wiehnachten (Milano: Ricordi 1904)
 * Ciao! Célèbre Valse (flute and piano)
 * Comme une gavotte (mandolin and piano-or-guitar, publication date unknown)
 * Coquetterie for Violin solo accompanied by Piano or Harp and String Quintet (Paris: Ricordi 1913)
 * Cortege
 * Csárdás (many arrangements, often performed was a violin and piano work. Published by Ricordi of Milan, 1910)
 * Défilé Grec for mandolin and piano
 * Excelsior : Adaptation musicale pour le cinéma : série de 11 morceaux pour orchestre (Ricordi, ©1915)
 * Gentil Bataillon, Marche (Milan: Ricordi)
 * Gloria Victis. March for piano (Paris & Milan: Ricordi 1913)
 * Grand'-mère qui danse. Gavotte (Milan: Ricordi, ca.1897)
 * Janaro
 * King pul
 * Mam 'elle Fretillon. Comic Opera in 3 acts (Paris: Choudens 1902)
 * Mandoline Louis XV
 * Marianina, chanson napolitaine (pub. 1918)
 * La Marquise et le Berger (for 2 Mandolins or 2 Violins and Guitar)
 * Menuet bleu (style Louis 14)
 * Menuet rose
 * Noël de Pierrot
 * Per le brillanti (20th century, date unknown, orchestra)
 * Petite Marquise!
 * Petite Methode for Mandolin, Op.245 (French) (Paris: Ricordi)
 * Ping-pong
 * Pour elle! (tempo de gavotte) (Ricordi. ca.1899?)
 * Rondino for mandolin
 * Sérénade-barcarolle
 * Sous le soleil : Idylle pour violon et piano (pub. Ricordi, 1922)
 * Stacaltern
 * Tant que la femme aura de jolis yeux (forms the motif of the song—Take me in your arms and say you love me—for piano)
 * Vanessa
 * A Venise Furlana for piano (Paris: Ricordi 1914)
 * Vision Champetre
 * Zingaresca Morceau de Concert for Violin and piano (Paris: Ricordi 1912)

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Talk:The Zahir

Mark Jason Dominus
The Mark Jason Dominus story appears to be in exactly 5 places on line, which doesn't exactly scream to me that it was "circulated around the Internet" at a level that really merits mention in an article about Borges's story. Could we possibly retail that story at Mark Jason Dominus instead (probably with a link to one of the places where it is posted), and just make a one-sentence mention of it here? -- Jmabel | Talk 01:28, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * How about we remove it completely instead? It's just vanitycruft nonsense that doesn't belong anywhere. 216.165.144.240 20:33, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree that it doesn't belong here or anywhere else. But it is not "vanitycruft", since I am not the person who put it in.  -- Dominus 01:14, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

the zahir's marks
What does the NT and 2 stand for? been racking my head over it.

--Ray

 * It was a 20 CENTAVOS coin. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.30.198.23 (talk) 05:06, 9 January 2007 (UTC).

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Drying height

On a nautical chart, the drying height is the vertical distance of the seabed that is exposed by the tide, above the sea water level at the lowest astronomical tide.

On admiralty charts a drying height is distinguished from a depth by being underlined.

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1811 in rail transport

February births

 * February 20 – Thomas Kirtley, locomotive superintendent of North Midland Railway 1843–1844, and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1847 (d. 1847).

June births

 * June 24 – Hezekiah C. Seymour, chief engineer for Ontario, Huron and Lake Simcoe Railroad (d. 1853).

August births

 * August – Ginery Twichell, president of the Boston and Worcester Railroad beginning in 1857, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1870–1873 (d. 1883) (Congress Bioguide gives August 26; Waters gives August 22).

November births

 * November 13 – Robert B. Dockray, civil engineer on the London and Birmingham Railway in England (d. 1871).

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Harry Woodburn Chase

Harry Woodburn Chase (April 11, 1883 – April 20, 1955 ) was the 12th President of the University of North Carolina (1919–1930), the 7th President of the University of Illinois (1930–1933), and the 8th President of New York University (1933–1951).

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Band Geeks

"Band Geeks" is the second segment of the 15th episode of the second season, and the 35th overall episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September7, 2001. It was written by C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer, and Merriwether Williams, and the animation was directed by Frank Weiss. Springer served as director, and Greenblatt served as storyboard artist.

"Band Geeks" follows Squidward, who recruits the citizens of Bikini Bottom to play in a marching band for the Bubble Bowl. The episode received widespread acclaim, with many fans and critics considering it the best episode of the entire series. The episode won Best Sound Editing in Television – Animation at the 2002 Golden Reel Awards.

Plot
Squidward Tentacles gets a call from his wealthy former high school classmate and rival, Squilliam Fancyson, who has succeeded in everything in which Squidward has failed, including music. Squilliam has become the leader of a band scheduled to play at a venue called the Bubble Bowl but tells Squidward he will be busy at that time and cannot attend. He derisively suggests that Squidward's band should substitute for his at the Bubble Bowl, correctly believing that Squidward does not have one. However, Squidward defiantly insists that he has a band and accepts the challenge. Placing flyers all over Bikini Bottom, he assembles a large marching band composed of various residents.

During their one week of training, the band performs consistently poorly and fails to improve at all. On the last day of practice, the band members start blaming each other for their poor performance, and a brawl ensues. As class ends, the band members instantly stop fighting and start filing out of the building. Before they leave, Squidward expresses his disappointment in them, despondently tells them to not perform, and goes home, distraught over his failure. However, SpongeBob convinces the other band members to go through with the performance for Squidward's sake, and he takes command of their training.

On the day of the concert, Squilliam shows up at the venue entrance, where Squidward claims that his band "died in a marching accident". The band then immediately arrives, and Squidward reluctantly proceeds with the performance. They enter the Bubble Bowl, a large glass dome that elevates them into a live-action football stadium full of human fans. Squidward cringes in fear as he conducts the band, but, to his surprise, the band is tremendously successful, playing "Sweet Victory" for the crowd. Squilliam enters a state of shock and faints, leaving Squidward to triumphantly conduct the band and celebrate.

Production
"Band Geeks" was directed by Aaron Springer, and was written by Springer, C. H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams. Frank Weiss served as animation director, and Greenblatt worked as storyboard artist. The writers started to work for "Band Geeks" with the idea of a rival. Williams said, "We always wanted to do a rival show, and I think we tried to do a rival show for SpongeBob, and it wasn't working. So we came up with the idea of a rival for Squidward and, in some ways it's Squidward's story, and SpongeBob and Patrick are just kind of around." The idea of having a band was unspecified. Williams remarked, "I forget who was in band. I was not in a band, but I think maybe Doug Lawrence was in a band. I think Steve Hillenburg  was in a band, too."

The music used in the segment of the episode where Squidward's marching band is playing while coming down the street was from Nick Carr, the series' music editor. He found a piece of marching band music that was a band intentionally playing poorly, but sound designer Jeff Hutchins said, "You could still discern the tune." Hutchins thought, "Well, let's take this one step further. What if they couldn't even play their instruments, let alone a tune?" He brought his portable DAT recorder to a musical instrument retail store and met two men who worked on its loading dock, packaging and shipping the instruments. Hutchins made the two men play most of the instruments terribly. He said, "I got these two guys to squeak, blast, and squawk on most of the instruments they sold."

Upon returning to the studio with the sound effects, he built a marching band, one instrument at a time. Hutchins said, "They weren't in any key and had no rhythm whatsoever. When you heard it, you just had to say 'Ouch!'" Hutchins played the sound effects for series creator Hillenburg for review. Hillenburg rejected it, saying "it was too far over the edge." Hutchins said, "a lot of effort for something that lasts only 15 seconds on screen. In this case, the whole thing never made it on the air."

When storyboard artist Greenblatt, with the writers, was storyboarding "Band Geeks", they thought of "a big number" at the end, where everyone would rally together for Squidward. Greenblatt said, "The story outline called for making it a really great marching band sequence, and it usually helps to have the music ahead of time to board to, so we started searching around." The writers were able to find music, as Nickelodeon has a library of royalty-free music. The writers listened to various marching band tunes. However, Greenblatt said, "The more we heard, it didn't seem terribly funny that the finale was just them playing marching band music well."

However, David Glen Eisley's song "Sweet Victory" stood out from the other tracks in the library. Greenblatt said, "It was different than what we were looking for, but it was so amazing that we knew we had to use it. So we boarded the sequence to the music, and it felt like such a better ending than any song we could have written on our own." The writers gave it a freeze-frame shot for the ending. Greenblatt's favorite part was director Springer's drawings of Patrick on the electric drums and SpongeBob saying, "It's the thrill of one more kill" (an excerpt from "Sweet Victory"). The live action Bubble Bowl crowd is a combination of footage from a United States Football League game featuring the Memphis Showboats and the Tampa Bay Bandits on June 16, 1984, and footage shot specifically for the episode.

Release
"Band Geeks" originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 7, 2001, with a TV-Y parental rating. It was released on the DVD compilation titled SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween on August 27, 2002, and on SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple that was released on January 4, 2005. The episode was also included in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season DVD released on October 19, 2004. On September 22, 2009, "Band Geeks" was released on the SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes DVD, alongside all episodes of seasons one through five.

Reception
"Band Geeks" received widespread acclaim from both fans and critics. Upon release, the episode was awarded and honored at the 2002 Golden Reel Awards for Best Sound Editing in Television – Animation category. Tom Kenny, SpongeBob's voice actor, considers "Band Geeks" one of his favorite episodes. In a 2009 review, Michael Cavna of The Washington Post ranked the episode at No. 5 in his "The Top Five SpongeBob Episodes: We Pick 'Em" list. He said "Squidward's mix of artistic aspiration in the face of goading, humiliation and unrelenting sub-mediocrity made this a kids' episode that adults can experience on a whole 'nother level." The Guardian ranked "Band Geeks" the second-best episode of the show, next to "Krusty Krab Training Video". Jordan Moreau, Katcy Stephan and David Viramontes of Variety ranked it the best SpongeBob episode. They praised the Bubble Bowl performance and said that the episode "builds toward that moment through an episode packed to the gills with visual gag after visual gag".

Nancy Basile of About.com ranked "Band Geeks" at No. 1 in her "Best SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes" list, writing "[The episode] has so many of the best elements of SpongeBob, crafted into a story whose rhythm flows smoothly and quickly to reach a poignant end." She praised the entire premise, calling it "funny just to think about." Basile also lauded the ending "complete with a keytar and freeze-frame jump in the air." Emily Estep of WeGotThisCovered.com ranked the episode as the fourth-best SpongeBob SquarePants episode, explaining that "most of the gags in 'Band Geeks' center around Squidward's bleak existence, but it's also stuffed with one-liners from and about each of the characters on the show, such as the line 'These claws ain't just for attractin' mates!' from an about-to-brawl Mr. Krabs, and when Squidward says, 'No, Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument,' in response to an inevitable query from the stupid star."

"Band Geeks" was one of the top episodes as chosen by viewers at Nick.com in the event "The Best Day Ever Marathon" held in 2006. In November 2007, as part of the "Top 100 Greatest Moments in Nicktoons History" during "Superstuff Nicktoons Weekend", it was ranked as the No. 1 greatest moment of all time. In 2012, Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom launched an event called "SpongeBob's Top 100", where viewers can vote at Nick.co.uk for their favorite episode. With over 160,000 votes cast, "Band Geeks" emerged as the winner. As of August 2022, it, alongside sister segment "The Secret Box", hold the highest rating and thus the No. 1 position for SpongeBob episodes on the series' IMDb page.

Impact
The featured song "Sweet Victory" was later released on the series soundtrack album SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Album on November 15, 2005. "Sweet Victory" went from being a largely unknown production music track, to selling 300,000 iTunes downloads in one year after its exposure on the show.

After the death of series creator Stephen Hillenburg on November 26, 2018, a Change.org petition was created which requested that the NFL pay tribute to him by playing "Sweet Victory" during the halftime show for Super Bowl LIII. By January 11, 2019, the petition received over 1.1 million signatures. On December 12, 2018, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the host stadium for Super Bowl LIII, posted a scene from the episode on their official Twitter account, hinting at a possible success from the petition's efforts. On January 13, the headlining act, Maroon 5, also released a teaser video featuring a clip of SpongeBob, which furthered speculation.

During the halftime show on February 3, a short clip of Squidward and a snippet of the Bubble Bowl performance scene were used to announce guest singer Travis Scott, who Squidward described as "a true musical genius who needs no introduction." Many social media users were critical of the failure to include the "Sweet Victory" song and found the brief animated segment to be an inadequate tribute to Hillenburg. CBS News reported that the response by SpongeBob fans was mixed and noted the positive response from the animated show's official Twitter account. Despite the show's mixed reception, on-demand streams of "Sweet Victory" increased 566% after the Super Bowl, going up from 46,000 streams on February 1–2 to 310,000 on February 3–4. This led the track to enter Billboard ' s United States Hot Rock Songs chart at number 23 and the Kid Digital Song Sales chart at number two, just under Pinkfong's "Baby Shark." The day after the game, the Dallas Stars' Twitter page uploaded a modified version of the full "Sweet Victory" sequence, in which the band's uniforms were altered from red to green to match the Stars' colors, with the title "The #SuperBowl halftime show fans deserve". The Stars' video had previously been shown during their February 1 game against the Minnesota Wild.

During the SpongeBob SportsPants Countdown Special, before the NFL on Nickelodeon Wild Card matchup between the Chicago Bears against the New Orleans Saints, the "Sweet Victory" sequence was #1 on the countdown. Several NFL stars appear during the sequence. In February 2021, the clip of SpongeBob performing the song from the episode was featured in the Super Bowl LV commercial to promote ViacomCBS' launch of the Paramount+ streaming service, as various characters from the ViacomCBS profolio reached the summit of Paramount Mountain. The commercial and its usage of the song received a positive reception, with many believing the inclusion of the song was done to make up for the failure to include it in the halftime show two years earlier.

Prior to airing their alternate broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII, Nickelodeon used "Sweet Victory" to kick off its broadcast of the game.

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Talk:Trinity College (Connecticut)

Article quality
Much of the article is a little "folksy," as if written by a freshman student as an assignment. For example "If one travels to the south of Hamlin there will be Mather Hall and the Dean of Students Office" (references a dead link.)

Journalism
What did Tucker Carlson learn about journalism at trinity? 2601:100:4100:9350:ACE6:8C42:B85F:8C2 (talk) 00:07, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:Weapons Director Badge

Weapon Directors go through a ground school to learn the fundaments of controlling aircraft from the ground. They can be 1C5`s (enlisted) or 13B`s (officer).

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Henry Townley Heald

Henry Townley Heald (1904–1975) was the first president of Illinois Institute of Technology and the Ford Foundation.

Career
Heald was president of Armour Institute of Technology from 1937 to 1940, at which time it became the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT); he served as its president until 1952. He is credited with bringing architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Chicago in 1938 to direct IIT's architecture program. He led a team that investigated the idea of a research institute on the west coast and made proposals that would result in the creation of SRI International.

He left IIT in 1952 to become president of New York University. In 1956 he became the president of the Ford Foundation, where he served until 1965.

Honors and legacy
He appeared on the cover of Time in 1957. In 1959, Heald was awarded the Hoover Medal, which recognizes civic and humanitarian achievements by engineers. A scholarship at IIT is named after him.

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User:JogCon

JogCon is a Wikipedia editor living and working in the state of California, USA.

On Wikipedia
I mostly use Wikipedia from work. I began to read articles during my downtime and have been doing so for several years. Eventually, I became interested in taking a part to further the community. I'm mostly working in articles that pertain to my main hobbies: automobiles, astronomy, and photography. But as I am constantly striving to increase my knowledge base, I may occasionally pop up in articles other than in those fields of study.

I don't edit much anymore, mostly just read to pass the time and learn what I can in my free time.

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Strangerhood/archive1

The Strangerhood

 * Refer to peer review 0) There is no reason listed here for the nomination (yes, not actionable, that's why it's point number 0). 1) Cite your sources in a References section. 2) The article is too list-heavy with not enough prose to balance the lists. 3) The Theories section needs to be reworked into prose and less like a discussion. 4) There are no images. slambo 01:58, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. Almost exclusively lists. Phil s 16:21, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * And, I'd add to that, the prose in the lists is not very well-written. Object, Refer to peer review. -- Jmabel | Talk 17:38, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Object I'm a little questionable about this one. So far, there has been only one constant editor for this article, which kinda tells me that this person is one of the creators, making this a vanity article. Also, there is a lot of information here which doesn't seem to be on any of the external links. I'd actually be closer to saying that this would be better in VfD than FAC. --JB Adder | Talk 23:27, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. Somebody has worked very hard on this article, but there are too many lists. The plot is also very detailed and well written, but this article, so far, does not seem to meet the criteria for a featured article. — Stevey7788 (talk) 17:05, 18 July 2005 (UTC)


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William Brydon
A self nomination. I researched this page from multiple sources, including the archives of The London Times going back to the Victorian era (access kindly provided by a university Athens account!) Brydon is a colourful footnote in the history of British imperialism and I don't think there's too many sources of comprehensive information on him available on the Internet. Wikipedia is the perfect vehicle for this kind of information. --Peripatetic 02:19, 16 July 2005 (UTC) 01:38, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Object. 1) No sources are cited.  2) The image Image:N01553 8.jpg has no copyright information.  It's almost certainly public domain, though.  Would it be possible to get a higher-resolution version of the image? --Carnildo 03:31, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Update Have addressed above concerns expressed by Carnildo. Have supplied multiple references and sources, and also a couple of external links. PD image now available. --Peripatetic
 * Support. Looks good, especially with the new image. --Carnildo 17:48, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Support - I made a couple of edits, mainly in style so they are not major, but I did change the bit in the lead paragraph about being "legendary", as I thought that needed to be toned down a bit. The article is short, but I think it's very good, and it's one of those subjects that can be covered well while still being succinct and I like to see good articles that aren't otherwise readily available, as you said. I would delete the category "British heroes" until the category actually exists.  The red link doesn't look good. Rossrs 01:32, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Update Have also fixed the "Category" issue pointed out by Rossrs. Btw, thanks for your input and suggestions :-) -- Peripatetic 09:36, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I think the introduction needs to make it clear that Dr Brydon was not the sole survivor. Other than that great article about an interesting episode. Lisiate 22:34, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Update Tricky piece of rewording!! How does the following sound? Comments/improvements welcome. --Peripatetic 23:38, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * He is reputed in British imperial history for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,000 that perished on a forced retreat from Kabul to Jalalabad during the First Anglo-Afghan War, although this is factually inaccurate.

 * Object, the last paragraph and the section The retreat to Jalalabad is a direct cut and paste from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, plagarism does not look good on the main page, the article has been maked as a copyvio. Bring back a rewritten version--nixie 23:44, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment: This article now sports a copyright violation notice. Denelson83 03:56, 19 July 2005 (UTC)


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The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 07:09, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Cayce Guest
This article was on CSD and does not appear to be meet the requirements for speedy deletion, so I am moving it to VfD. DS1953 01:37, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 46 Google hits, virtually none of them relevant. Delete, non-notable dancer.  Dcarrano 22:00, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn. Pavel Vozenilek 23:09, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn vanity. --Etacar11 02:49, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable vanity. JamesBurns 02:31, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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