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The Pillars of Society

The Pillars of Society (or "Pillars of the Community"; original Norwegian title: Samfundets støtter) is an 1877 play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

Ibsen had great trouble with the writing of this play. The ending is the most criticized feature, since Bernick is clearly guilty of attempted murder but gets off unscathed, but successfully illustrates that the rich and powerful are often selfish and corrupt.

Ibsen first planned a contemporary drama at the end of 1869 but did not begin writing until October 1875 (in Munich), completing it in the summer of 1877. It was first published on 11 October of that year in Copenhagen, with the first stagings following on 14 November at the Odense Teater and on 18 November at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. The first performance in Norway was at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen on 30 November. By this date, the play had been translated into German, in which it was immediately well received. In December 1880 in London it became the first of any of Ibsen's plays to be performed in English (under the title Quicksands).

Plot
Karsten Bernick is the dominant businessman in a small coastal town in Norway, with interests in shipping and shipbuilding in a long-established family firm. Now he is planning his most ambitious project yet, backing a railway which will connect the town to the main line and open a fertile valley which he has been secretly buying up.

Suddenly his past explodes on him. Johan Tønnesen, his wife's younger brother, comes back from America to the town he ran away from 15 years ago. At the time it was thought he had run off with money from the Bernick family business and with the urge to avoid scandal because he was having an affair with an actress. But none of this was true. He left town to take the blame for Bernick, who was the one who had actually been having the affair and was nearly caught with the actress. There was no money to take since at the time the Bernick firm had been almost bankrupt.

With Tønnesen comes his half-sister Lona (whom Ibsen is said to have modelled after Norwegian feminist Aasta Hansteen), who once loved and was loved by Bernick. He rejected her and married his current wife for money so that he could rebuild the family business. In the years since Tønnesen left, the town has built ever greater rumours of his wickedness, helped by Bernick's studious refusal to give any indication of the truth.

This mixture only needs a spark to explode and it gets one when Tønnesen falls in love with Dina Dorf, a young girl who is the daughter of the actress involved in the scandal of 15 years ago and who now lives as a charity case in the Bernick household. He demands that Bernick tell the girl the truth. Bernick refuses. Tønnesen says he will go back to the US to clear up his affairs and then come back to town to marry Dina. Bernick sees his chance to get out of his mess. His yard is repairing an American ship, the Indian Girl, which is dangerously unseaworthy. He orders his yard foreman to finish the work by the next day, even if it means sending the ship and its crew to certain death because he wants Tønnesen to die on board. That way he will be free of any danger in the future. Things do not work out like that. Tønnesen runs off with Dina on board another ship which is safe, leaving word that he will be back. And Bernick's young son stows away on the Indian Girl, seemingly heading for certain death.

Bernick discovers that his plot has gone disastrously wrong on the night the people of the town have lined up to honour him for his contribution to the city.

It is all set up for a tragic conclusion, but suddenly Ibsen pulls back from the brink. The yard foreman gets an attack of conscience and rows out to stop the Indian Girl from heading to sea and death; Bernick's son is brought back safely by his mother; and Bernick addresses the community, tells them most of the truth and gets away with it. His wife greets the news that he only married her for money as a sign there is now hope for their marriage.

List of characters

 * Karsten Bernick, a shipbuilder.
 * Mrs. Bernick, his wife.
 * Olaf, their son, thirteen years old.
 * Martha Bernick, Karsten Bernick's sister.
 * Johan Tønnesen, Mrs. Bernick's younger brother.
 * Lona Hessel, Mrs. Bernick's elder half-sister.
 * Hilmar Tønnesen, Mrs. Bernick's cousin.
 * Dina Dorf, a young girl living with the Bernicks.
 * Rørlund, a schoolmaster.
 * Rummel, a merchant.
 * Vigeland and Sandstad, tradesmen
 * Krap, Bernick's confidential clerk.
 * Aune, foreman of Bernick's shipbuilding yard.
 * Mrs. Rummel.
 * Hilda Rummel, her daughter.
 * Mrs. Holt.
 * Netta Holt, her daughter.
 * Mrs. Lynge.
 * Townsfolk and visitors, foreign sailors, steamboat passengers, etc.

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Ville-de-Mont-Royal station

Ville-de-Mont-Royal station is a future Réseau express métropolitain (REM) station, expected to open in 2024. It is located in Mont Royal, Quebec, about 700 m northwest of Canora station.

Until May 2020, this station was named Mont-Royal and was a commuter rail station operated by Exo. It was served by the Deux-Montagnes and Mascouche lines until its closure in 2020.

Origin of name
Mont-Royal takes its name from Town of Mount Royal (in French, Ville-Mont-Royal), where the station is located; the town in turn, takes its name from Mount Royal, the mountain that dominates the Island of Montreal.

In the city of Montreal, there is also an unrelated Metro station of the same name.

Location
The station is located at the eastern end of the traffic circle created by Graham and Laird boulevards, between and between Lombard Crescent and Dunkirk road. Connaught Park is inside this traffic circle

History
Mont-Royal station was until 1992 a stop for Via Rail passenger trains leaving or approaching Montreal's on this track. The Mascouche line started service on 1 December 2014.

Beginning in May 2018, due to its 4-year-long process of being converted to light rapid transit, only one of its two platforms was used for travel in both directions; the same was true for its neighbouring station Canora (inbound). The station was closed in 2020 and is scheduled to reopen in 2024 as a light metro station in the second phase of the Réseau express métropolitain.

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Talk:List of people executed in Illinois

Question
i'd left illinois..my home state...for 5-6years...came back and heard gossip of a neighborhood bully being executed for crimes he'd committed. I did not know this fellows full name..i just remember his first name..or nick-name was "San-Antonio"..black fellow. do anyone know of such a name being on illinois death row? thank you.

 * Where do (or did) you live in Illinois? Chances are he was pardoned by Ryan a few years ago.

Walter Stewart
I'm not an editor, but I did notice that the name "Walter Stewart" links to a completely different person - a Canadian author and journalist who presumably hadn't killed anybody. Is there a way to remove the hyperlink?

 * Changed the link to point to article Walter Stewart (murderer). If the link was pointing to the correct article, please correct. --ZeiP 19:22, 25 September 2006 (UTC)


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Longford, Moreton Say

Longford is a small village near the town of Market Drayton, Shropshire, England. It is just off the A53, near to Ternhill and lies in the parish of Moreton Say.

Longford is 1.5 miles west of Market Drayton and 1 mile southeast of Moreton Say. A topographical guide to Shropshire published in 2005 describes Longford as a "charming hamlet on a rise in undulating country."

The village name is believed to come from a great road that existed in Roman times and was simply known as the Longford. By 1319 it was a Royal road between Bletchley and Hinstock to the south. The village, not on the road, is located just east of Bletchley.

Notable people

 * Major-general Sir James Rutherford Lumley KCB (1773–1846), Bengal Army

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Finch Bus Terminal

Finch GO Bus Terminal is a bus terminal in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It serves to connect the transit services of York Region to the north and the transit services of Toronto. It is located at 5697 Yonge Street on the northeast corner of Bishop Avenue and Yonge Street, one block north of Finch Avenue, connected by tunnel to Finch subway station. The station facilities, constructed by GO Transit, are within a major east-west electricity transmission corridor owned by Hydro One Networks.

Transit agencies that use the terminal are GO Transit and York Region Transit/Viva

The terminal was built by the Toronto Transit Commission in 1974, and was acquired by the Toronto Area Transportation Operating Authority in March 1977.

An elevator and new platforms were added in mid-2005 to accommodate Viva bus rapid transit service, which York Region Transit began operating on September 4, 2005. It is the southern terminus of the Viva Blue and Viva Pink lines. New shelters were added along the south platform to replace the smaller shelters to accommodate more passengers waiting for buses at the terminal.

Platforms for GO Transit and York Region Transit remain unchanged until September 2012. The platform next to the station, formerly for GO Transit buses was rebuilt and lowered for Viva buses.

Inside is a newsstand, washrooms and indoor Viva kiosks. A set of escalators connects to the Finch TTC station across the street. A set of covered stairs on the south side of the station also connects to Finch.

The east of the platforms and next to the TTC east parking lot is a parking area for 13 standard buses (30–40 foot buses). Passenger pickups by taxis can be made from the taxi stand on the southeast side of the station next to Bishop Avenue, an off-street driveway.

Bus service
YRT, which also operates the Viva bus rapid transit routes, as well as TTC, and GO Transit routes, connect to the terminal.

TTC
For Toronto Transit Commission bus connections, see the adjoining Finch subway station

Notes:
 * Tai Pan Tours and Safeway Tours use platform 17 and stops along Bishop Avenue respectively to pick up and drop off patrons for tours and the shuttle to Fallsview Casino.
 * Brampton Transit stopped service to Finch in 2010 with the introduction of their 501 Züm Queen. Previously Brampton Transit buses operated to Finch as part of the Route 77 service that was jointly operated with York Region Transit.

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Yorkdale Bus Terminal

Yorkdale Bus Terminal, located at 1 Yorkdale Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada occupies the lowest level of an office building adjacent to Yorkdale Shopping Centre and is connected directly to Yorkdale subway station by a pedestrian bridge.

Its creation was announced by James Snow, the Ontario Minister of Transportation and Communications, in March 1977. Construction of the station started soon afterward and was expected to be completed by late 1977.

The bus terminal is strategically located in the middle of what was formerly the North York, at Allen Road on the south side of Highway 401, the main transportation artery across the Greater Toronto Area. That is ideal for providing GO Transit commuter bus services to points east and west of the city and long-distance intercity coach connections by Ontario Northland. When it opened on October 12, 1979, it was a hub for Gray Coach interurban bus service and, until 2000, for the Toronto Airport Express bus service, which was originally operated by Gray Coach and, after 1993, by Pacific Western Transportation.

Because of the office building directly above the terminal, there is a severe height restriction within the terminal, which prevented GO Transit from operating its current fleet of double-decker buses into the terminal until Enviro 500 'Super-Lo' models became available.

GO Transit

 * Route 19 Mississauga/North York
 * Route 27 Milton/North York
 * Route 36 Brampton/North York
 * Route 92 Oshawa/Yorkdale
 * Route 94 Pickering/Mississauga

Megabus

 * Mississauga/Kingston

Ontario Northland

 * Toronto/Sudbury
 * Toronto/North Bay

Local bus connections
Bus stop is located on the west side of Yorkdale Road to the north of the terminal.
 * 47 Lansdowne (TTC)

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Erlau

Erlau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen in Saxony in Germany. In 1994 it absorbed the former municipalities Beerwalde, Crossen and Schweikershain, and in 1999 Milkau.

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Ternhill

Tern Hill, also known as Ternhill, is a village in Shropshire, England, notable as the location of the former RAF Tern Hill station, which is now operated by the British Army as Clive Barracks. The settlement is named after the River Tern which begins just south of the settlement. The population for the village as taken in the 2011 census can be found under Moreton Say.

History
In the 1620s and 1630s, the politician Sir Andrew Corbet owned land in Ternhill. In 1631, he leased a Ternhill property on the terms that the lessee provide a man to serve in war, reflecting the political tensions that eventually led to the English Civil War.

Road
The A41 and A53 cross over at the village and there is now a roundabout. It has direct links with major towns and cities such as Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent and Chester.

Bus Service
Tern Hill is served by the 64 bus, operated by Arriva Midlands North, which runs between Shrewsbury and Market Drayton via Shawbury.

Shropshire's second commercial vineyard in modern times is nearby.

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List of literary initials

A large number of authors choose to use some form of initials in their name when it appears in their literary work. This includes some of the most famous authors of the 20th century – D. H. Lawrence, J. D. Salinger, T. S. Eliot, J. R. R. Tolkien, etc. – and also a host of lesser-known writers.

Well-known initials and their corresponding full names are listed below.

A
• A. A. Milne – Alan Alexander Milne

• A. B. "Banjo" Paterson – Andrew Barton Paterson

• A. B. Guthrie – Alfred Bertram Guthrie

• A. C. Benson – Arthur Christopher Benson

• A. C. Q. W. – Anna Cabot Quincy Waterston

• A. C. Waldron – Adelaide Cilley Waldron

• A. C. de la Mare – Albinia Catherine de la Mare

• A. D. Hope – Alec Derwent Hope

• A. D. Miller – Andrew D Miller

• A. E. Coppard – Alfred Edgar Coppard

• A. E. Levett – Ada Elizabeth Levett

• A. E. Housman – Alfred Edward Housman

• A. E. Stallings – Alicia Elsbeth Stallings

• A. E. W. Mason – Alfred Edward Woodley Mason

• A. Flowerdew – Alice Flowerdew

• A. J. Ayer – Alfred Jules Ayer

• A. J. Cronin – Archibald Joseph Cronin

• A. J. Liebling – Abbott Joseph Liebling

• A. J. P. Taylor – Alan John Percivale Taylor

• A. K. M. Adam – Andrew Keith Malcolm Adam

• A. L. Barker – Audrey Lilian Barker

• A. L. Kennedy – Alison Louise Kennedy

• A. L. Rowse – Alfred Leslie Rowse

• A. M. Homes – Amy M. Homes

• A. M. Jenkins – Amanda McRaney Jenkins

• A. M. W. Stirling – Anna Marie Wilhelmina Stirling

• A. N. Wilson – Andrew Norman Wilson

• A. O. Scott – Anthony Oliver Scott

• A. R. L. – Anne Richelieu Lamb

• A. R. Morlan – Arlette Renee Morlan

• A. S. Byatt – Antonia Susan Byatt

• A. S. J. Tessimond – Arthur Seymour John Tessimond

• A. S. King – Amy Sarig King

• A. S. Neill – Alexander Sutherland Neill

• A. V. Christie – Ann Victoria Christie

• A. W. Kinglake – Alexander William Kinglake

• Abbie C. B. Robinson – Abbie Colburn Ballou Robinson

• Ada L. F. Snell – Ada Laura Fonda Snell

• Addie C. S. Engle – Addie Clarissa Strong Engle

• Alice B. S. Turner – Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner

• Alice D. G. Miller – Alice Dorothea Georgianna Miller

• Annie M. G. Schmidt – Annie Maria Geertruida Schmidt

• Arthur C. Clarke – Arthur Charles Clarke

B
• B. Beaumont – Betty Beaumont

• B. A. Stearns – Betsey Ann Stearns

• B. F. Skinner – Burrhus Frederic Skinner

• B. M. Bower – Bertha Muzzy Sinclair

• B. M. Wilson – Bertha May Wilson

• B. S. Johnson – Bryan Stanley Johnson

C
• CAConrad

• C. A. Lejeune – Caroline Alice Lejeune

• C. H. B. Kitchin – Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin

• C. H. Stranahan – Clara Harrison Stranahan

• C. J. Cherryh – Carolyn Janice Cherry

• C. J. Sansom – Christopher John Sansom

• C. L. R. James – Cyril Lionel Robert James

• C. L. Moore – Catherine Lucille Moore

• C. M. Ridding – Caroline Mary Ridding

• C. M. Sawyer – Caroline Mehitable Sawyer

• C. P. Cavafy – Constantine Petrou Cavafy

• C. P. Snow – Charles Percy Snow

• C. S. Calverley – Charles Stuart Calverley

• C. S. Forester – Cecil Scott Forester

• C. S. Lewis – Clive Staples Lewis

• C.C. Hunter – pseudonym of Christie Craig

• C. V. Wedgwood – Cicely Veronica Wedgwood

• Catharine H. T. Avery – Catharine Hitchcock Tilden Avery

• Celeste M. A. Winslow – Celeste Mary Augusta Winslow

• Corelli C. W. Simpson – Corelli Caswell Williams Simpson

• Cornelia J. M. Jordan – Cornelia Jane Matthews Jordan

D
• DBC Pierre – Dirty But Clean Pierre

• D. A. McGuire – Diane Andrews McGuire

• D. A. Powell - Douglas A. Powell

• D. C. Moore – David Moore

• D. E. Stevenson – Dorothy Emily Stevenson

• D. G. K. Goldberg – Diane Gail Kelly Goldberg

• D. H. Lawrence – David Herbert Lawrence

• D. J. Enright – Dennis Joseph Enright

• D. J. Taylor – David John Taylor

• D. K. Broster – Dorothy Kathleen Broster

• D. M. Thomas – Donald Michael Thomas

E
• E. Annie Proulx – Edna Annie Proulx

• E. B. C. – Essie Blythe Cheesborough

• E. B. C. Jones – Emily Beatrix Coursolles Jones

• E. B. White – Elwyn Brooks White

• E. C. R. Lorac – Edith Caroline Rivett Lorac (pseudonym)

• E. D. Baker – Elizabeth Dawson Baker

• E. D. E. N. Southworth – Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

• E. E. Brown – Emma Elizabeth Brown

• E. E. Cowper – Edith Elise Cowper

• E. E. Cummings – Edward Estlin Cummings

• E. E. Smith – Edward Elmer Smith

• E. F. Benson – Edward Frederic Benson

• E. G. A. – Emily Gillmore Alden

• E. H. Carr – Edward Hallett Carr

• E. H. Young – Emily Hilda Young

• E. J. Eames – Elizabeth Jessup Eames

• E.J. Miller Laino – Eleanor Jane Miller Laino

• E. J. Richmond – Euphemia Johnson Richmond

• E. J. Scovell – Edith Joy Scovell

• E. L. Benedict – Emma Lee Benedict

• E. L. Dorsey – Ella Loraine Dorsey

• E. L. Doctorow – Edgar Lawrence Doctorow

• E. L. James – pseudonym of Erika Leonard

• E. L. Konigsburg – Elaine Lobl Konigsburg

• E. L. S. – Emily Lee Sherwood Ragan

• E. Lockhart – pseudonym of Emily Jenkins

• E. M. Broner – Esther Masserman Broner

• E. M. Delafield – Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood (pseudonym)

• E. M. Forster – Edward Morgan Forster

• E. M. Granger Bennett – Ethel Mary Granger Bennett

• E. M. Hull – Edith Maud Hull

• E. Nesbit – Edith Nesbit

• E. R. Braithwaite – Edward Ricardo Braithwaite

• E. S. L. Thompson – Elizabeth Shepherd Lamb Thompson

• E. S. Drower – Ethel Stefana Drower

• E. S. Elliott – Elizabeth Steele Elliott

• E. T. A. Hoffmann – Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann

• E. V. Baxter – Evelyn Vida Baxter

• E. V. Sheridan – Emma Viola Sheridan

• E. Vale Blake – Euphemia Vale Blake

• E. W. Swanton – Ernest William Swanton

• Edward P. Jones – Edward Paul Jones

• Ella M. S. Marble – Ella Marie Smith Marble

• Elizabeth A. R. Brown – Elizabeth Atkinson Rash Brown

• Emma F. R. Campbell – Emma Frances Riggs Campbell

• Estelle M. H. Merrill – Estelle Minerva Hatch Merrill

• Ernest J. Gaines – Ernest James Gaines

F
• F. Burge Griswold – Frances Burge Griswold

• F. C. Burnand – Francis Cowley Burnand

• F. E. Fryatt – Frances Elizabeth Fryatt

• F. E. Mills Young – Florence Ethel Mills Young

• F. O. Matthiessen – Francis Otto Matthiessen

• F. R. Leavis – Frank Raymond Leavis

• F. Scott Fitzgerald – Francis Scott Fitzgerald

G
• G. B. Edwards – Gerald Basil Edwards

• G. B. Shaw – George Bernard Shaw

• G. D. H. Cole – George Douglas Howard Cole

• G. E. Trevelyan – Gertrude Eileen Trevelyan

• G. K. Chesterton – Gilbert Keith Chesterton

• G. M. Trevelyan – George Macaulay Trevelyan

• George R. R. Martin – George Raymond Richard Martin

H
• H. A. Rey – Hans Augusto Rey

• H. A. R. Gibb – Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb

• H. B. Goodwin – Hannah Bradbury Goodwin

• H. C. Cradock – Mrs. Henry Cowper Cradock

• H.D. – Hilda Doolittle

• H. D. Everett – Henrietta Dorothy Everett

• H. E. Bates – Herbert Ernest Bates

• H. E. G. Arey – Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey

• H. E. P. – Harriet Eudora Pritchard

• H. G. Wells – Herbert George Wells

• H. H. Munro – Hector Hugh Munro (pen name: Saki)

• H. J. Massingham – Harold John Massingham

• H. L. Gold – Horace Leonard Gold

• H. L. Mencken – Henry Louis Mencken

• H. M. G. – Hannah Maria George

• H. M. Hoover – Helen Mary Hoover

• H. M. M. – Helen (M.) Merrill Egerton

• H. M. Tomlinson – Henry Major Tomlinson

• H. N. K. Goff – Harriet Newell Kneeland Goff

• H. P. Lovecraft – Howard Phillips Lovecraft

• H. R. F. Keating – Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating

• H. S. – Henrietta Skelton

• Hunter S. Thompson – Hunter Stockton Thompson

• H. T. C. – Helen Taggart Clark

I

 * I. A. Richards – Ivor Armstrong Richards
 * I. A. R. Wylie – Ida Alexa Ross Wylie
 * Iain M. Banks – Iain Menzies Banks
 * I. F. Stone – Isidor Feinstein Stone
 * I. M. E. Blandin – Isabella Margaret Elizabeth Blandin
 * I. McC. Wilson – Ibbie McColm Wilson

J
• J. Meade Falkner – John Meade Falkner

• J. A. Jance – Judith Ann Jance

• J. A. Lawrence – Judith Ann Lawrence

• J. B. Priestley – John Boynton Priestley

• J. C. Bateham – Josephine Cushman Bateham

• J. D. Beresford – John Davys Beresford

• J. D. Robb – Nora Roberts

• J. D. Salinger – Jerome David Salinger

• J. E. Franklin – Jennie Elizabeth Franklin

• J. E. McConaughy – Julia Eliza McConaughy

• Jerome K. Jerome – Jerome Klapka Jerome

• J. F. O'Donnell – Jessie Fremont O'Donnell

• J. F. Powers – James Farl Powers

• J. G. Ballard – James Graham Ballard

• J. G. Farrell – James Gordon Farrell

• J. H. Prynne – Jeremy Halvard Prynne

• J. H. Plumb – John Harold Plumb

• J. I. M. Stewart – John Innes Mackintosh Stewart

• J. K. Rowling – Joanne Rowling (The K honors her grandmother Kathleen, but is not part of her legal name.)

• J. L. Carr – Joseph Lloyd Carr

• J. M. Barrie – James Matthew Barrie

• J. M. Coetzee – John Maxwell Coetzee

• J. M. Synge – John Millington Synge

• J. M. Winton – Jeneverah Maria Winton

• John D. MacDonald – John Dann MacDonald

• J. P. Dabney – Julia Parker Dabney

• J. P. Donleavy – James Patrick Donleavy

• J. R. Ackerley – Joe Randolph Ackerley

• J. R. R. Tolkien – John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

• J. T. – Jeanette Threlfall

• James A. Michener – James Albert Michener

• James M. Cain – James Mallahan Cain

• James T. Farrell – James Thomas Farrell

• Jane T. H. Cross – Jane Tandy Hardin Cross

• Janice Y. K. Lee – Janice Yoon-kyung Lee

• Jennifer S. H. Brown – Jennifer Stacey Harcourt Brown

• Julia C. R. Dorr – Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr

K
• K. A. Applegate – Katherine Alice  Applegate

• K. D. Miller – Kathleen Daisy Miller

• K. D. Wentworth – Kathy Diane Wentworth

• K. J. Bishop – Kirsten Jane Bishop

• K. K. Beck – Kathrine Kristine Beck

• K. S. Brooks – Kathryn Salina Brooks

• K.V. Johansen – Krista Victoria Johansen

L
• L. – Lois Bryan Adams

• L. A. G. Strong – Leonard Alfred George Strong

• L. C. Hayden – Elsie Hayden

• L. Frank Baum – Lyman Frank Baum

• L. H. Myers – Leopold Hamilton Myers

• L. J. Smith – Lisa Jane Smith

• L. M. Montgomery -Lucy Maud Montgomery

• L. P. Hartley – Leslie Poles Hartley

• L. R. Wright – Laurali Rose Wright

• L. Ron Hubbard – Lafayette Ronald Hubbard

• L. Sprague de Camp – Lyon Sprague de Camp

• L.M. Elliott –  Laura Malone Elliott

• Laura C. S. Dayton – Laura Canfield Spencer Dayton

• Luella J. B. Case – Luella Juliette Bartlett Case

M
• M. A. C. Farrant – Marion Alice Coburn Farrant

• M. A. Griffiths – Margaret Ann Griffiths

• M. B. Goffstein – Marilyn Brooke Goffstein

• M. C. Richards – Mary Caroline Richards

• M. E. Atkinson – Mary Evelyn Atkinson

• M. E. Banta – Melissa Elizabeth Banta

• M. E. Beauchamp – Mary Elizabeth Beauchamp

• M. E. C. Bates – Martha Elizabeth Cram Bates

• M. E. L. – Mary Elizabeth Lee

• M. E. M. Davis – Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis

• M. E. Moragne – Mary Elizabeth Moragne Davis

• M .E. W. – Marion E. Warner

• M. E. W. Sherwood – Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood

• M. E. Willson – Mary Elizabeth Willson

• M. F. K. Fisher – Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher

• M. G. Harris – Maria Guadalupe Harris

• M. J. Akbar – Mobashar Jawed Akbar

• M. J. Engh – Mary Jane Engh

• M. J. Hyland – Maria Joan Hyland

• M. M. Kaye – Mary Margaret Kaye

• M. Night Shyamalan – Manoj Shyamalan

• M. R. James – Montague Rhodes James

• M. Wintermute – Martha Wintermute

• Margaret M. H. Finch – Margaret Maddox Hammond Finch

• Mary C. Billings – Mary Charlotte Billings

• Mary C. F. Hall-Wood – Mary Camilla Foster Hall-Wood

• Mary E. C. Bancker – Mary Elizabeth Cradinger Bancker

• Mary L. F. Ormsby – Mary Louise Frost Ormsby

• Mary L. G. Carus-Wilson – Mary Louisa Georgina Carus-Wilson

• Mary R. T. McAboy – Mary Rootes Thornton McAboy

• Mary S. B. Shindler – Mary Stanley Bunce Shindler

• Mary V. R. Thayer – Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer

• Mrs. I. Lowenberg – Mrs. Isidor Lowenberg

• Mrs. B. C. Rude – Mrs. Benton Clark Rude

N
• N. Scott Momaday – Navarre Scott Momaday

• N. F. Simpson – Norman Frederick Simpson

• N. K. Jemisin – Nora Keita Jemisin

• N. M. Kelby – Nicole Mary Kelby

• Naomi E. S. Griffiths – Naomi Elizabeth Saundaus Griffiths

• Neil M. Gunn – Neil Miller Gunn

O

 * O. E. Rølvaag – Ole Edvart Rølvaag
 * O. Henry – pen-name of William Sydney Porter
 * O. Douglas – pen-name of Anna Masterton Buchan

P
• P. B. Shelley – Percy Bysshe Shelley

• P. C. Cast - Phyllis Christine Cast

• P. C. Hodgell - Patricia Christine Hodgell

• P. C. Wren – Percival Christopher Wren

• P. D. Cacek – Patricia Diana Cacek

• P. D. James – Phyllis Dorothy James

• P. D. Eastman – Philip Dey "Phil" Eastman

• P. G. Wodehouse – Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

• P. H. Newby – Percy Howard Newby

• P. J. Cowan – Pricilla Jean Cowan

• P. J. O'Rourke – Patrick Jake O'Rourke

• P. K. Page – Patricia Kathleen Page

• P. L. Travers -Pamela Lyndon Travers

• P. M. Carlson – Patricia McElroy Carlson

• P. N. Elrod – Patricia Nead Elrod

• P. N. Furbank – Philip Nicholas Furbank

• Pearl S. Buck – Pearl Sydenstricker Buck

• Philip K. Dick – Philip Kindred Dick

• Poppy Z. Brite – pseudonym of Melissa Ann Brite

R
• R. Crumb – Robert Dennis Crumb

• R. A. Lafferty – Rafael Aloysius Lafferty

• R. A. MacAvoy – Roberta Ann MacAvoy

• R. A. Salvatore – Robert Anthony Salvatore

• R. C. Hutchinson – Ray Coryton Hutchinson

• R. C. Lehmann – Rudolf Chambers Lehmann

• R. C. Robertson-Glasgow – Raymond Charles Robertson-Glasgow

• R. C. Sherriff – Robert Cedric Sherriff

• R. D. Blackmore – Richard Doddridge Blackmore

• R. E. Vernède – Robert Ernest Vernède

• R. G. Collingwood – Robin George Collingwood

• R. H. Mottram – Ralph Hale Mottram

• R. H. Tawney – Richard Henry Tawney

• R. J. Palacio – Raquel Jaramillo Palacio

• R. J. Yeatman – Robert Julian Yeatman

• R. K. Narayan – Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (original name)

• R. K. Walker – Rosa Kershaw Walker

• Robert A. Heinlein – Robert Anson Heinlein

• Robert B. Parker – Robert Brown Parker

• Robert C. O'Brien – pen-name of Robert Leslie Conly

• R. L. Stevenson – Robert Louis Stevenson

• R. L. Stine – Robert Lawrence Stine

• R. M. Ballantyne – Robert Michael Ballantyne

• R. R. Palmer – Robert Roswell Palmer

• R. S. Thomas – Ronald Stuart Thomas

S
• S. C. Megale – Shea Coline Megale

• S. D. Chrostowska – Sylwia Dominika Chrostowska

• S. D. Perry – Stephani Danelle Perry

• S. E. Hinton – Susan Eloise Hinton

• S. E. Lister – Sophie Elizabeth Lister

• S. J. Rozan – Shira Judith Rozan

• S. L. Twiggs – Sarah Lowe Twiggs

• S. M. I. Henry – Sarepta Myrenda Irish Henry

• S. M. Perkins – Sarah Maria Perkins

• S. O. Johnson – Sophia Orne Johnson

• S. P. Somtow – Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul

• S. T. Joshi – Sunand Tryambak Joshi

• S. Y. Agnon – Shmuel Yosef Agnon

• Sarah J. C. Whittlesey – Sarah Johnson Cogswell Whittlesey

• Susanna M. D. Fry – Susanna Margaret Davidson Fry

T
• T. Coraghessan Boyle – Thomas Coraghessan Boyle

• T. Gertler – Trudy Gertler

• T. B. Macaulay – Thomas Babington Macaulay

• T. E. Hulme – Thomas Ernest Hulme

• T. E. Lawrence – Thomas Edward Lawrence

• T. H. Green – Thomas Hill Green

• T. H. White – Terence Hanbury White

• T. J. Binyon - Timothy John Binyon

• T. J. MacGregor – Patricia Janeshutz MacGregor

• T. S. Eliot – Thomas Stearns Eliot

• Thomas M. Disch – Thomas Michael Disch

U

 * U. A. Fanthorpe – Ursula Askham Fanthorpe
 * Ursula K. Le Guin or (once) U. K. Le Guin – Ursula Kroeber Le Guin

V

 * V. C. Andrews – Cleo Virginia Andrews
 * V. S. Naipaul – Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
 * V. S. Pritchett – Victor Sawdon Pritchett

W
• W. C. Sellar – Walter Carruthers Sellar

• W. D. Ehrhart – William Daniel Ehrhart

• W. E. B. Du Bois – William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

• W. G. Sebald – Winfried Georg Sebald

• W. H. Auden – Wystan Hugh Auden

• W. H. Davies – William Henry Davies

• W. S. Gilbert – William Schwenck Gilbert

• W. S. Graham – William Sydney Graham

• W. S. Merwin – William Stanley Merwin

• W. Somerset Maugham – William Somerset Maugham

• W. B. Yeats – William Butler Yeats

• W. E. Henley – William Ernest Henley

• William T. Vollmann – William Tanner Vollmann

Y

 * Y. L. E. – Mary Whitwell Hale (the concluding letters of her name)

Z

 * ZZ Packer – Zuwena Packer (second Z is decorative)

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Union Station Bus Terminal

The Union Station Bus Terminal is the central intercity bus terminal in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in Downtown Toronto on the second floor of the south tower of CIBC Square, on the northeast corner of Bay Street and Lake Shore Boulevard. The terminal currently serves GO Transit regional buses as well as Coach Canada, Greyhound Lines and Ontario Northland long-distance bus services, among others. Owned by the provincial Crown agency Metrolinx, the terminal is connected by pedestrian walkways to the adjacent Union Station, Canada's busiest transportation hub.

The terminal opened on December 5, 2020, replacing both an outdoor terminal that was located on the north side of the rail corridor and the Toronto Coach Terminal.

Previous terminals
From the 1970s to the 1990s, the Toronto hub for GO Transit bus services was the Elizabeth Street annex to the Toronto Coach Terminal at Bay and Dundas Streets, with some routes also stopping curb-side at the Union Station train terminal, or the Royal York Hotel opposite it, from the inception of the GO Bus service on September 8, 1970. After most operations moved out of that terminal in the mid-1990s, GO buses used a curb-side facility on Front Street in front of the railway station that could hold up to seven buses. However, taxis, delivery trucks and other private vehicles would compete for space in the area reserved for buses. GO staff had to organize lines of waiting passengers so as not to obstruct the sidewalk in front of the station.

Given the traffic congestion and subsequent delays to service, a dedicated bus terminal close to Union Station was required. In 2003, GO Transit officially opened a dedicated Union Station bus terminal at 141 Bay Street at a cost of $9million on December 5. The terminal unofficially commenced service the Labour Day weekend in 2002, when GO's Hamilton Express service, which was the last GO route still using the Elizabeth Street Terminal, relocated to Union. Non-GO intercity bus operators such as Greyhound and Coach Canada continued to operate out of the Toronto Coach Terminal.

The terminal was built on the site of a small passenger depot and a former CP Express & Transport building. Most of the old structure was demolished, with a dock door retained and its limestone fascia stored for future use.

The bus terminal was located on the east side of Bay Street directly across from the railway terminal, behind and south of the Dominion Public Building on Front Street, with an enclosed walkway above Bay Street directly connecting the terminal to the railway station concourse. There was also direct stairway access from the bus terminal to railway platforms 4 through 13 via the Bay East Teamway under the railway tracks.

The terminal had 7 platforms with fixed platform assignments. Every GO bus route departed from the same platform, a practice that would result in backlogs and delays. Due to height restrictions on the approaches to the terminal, all buses that served the terminal were single-decker buses or special low-height double-decker buses. Per weekday, the bus terminal hosted 485 bus trips and served 13,600 riders. According to Metrolinx, it was estimated more than 100million customers had used the terminal while it was in operation.

The bus terminal's last day of service was December 4, 2020, when it relocated to its current location under CIBC Square. The 2003 terminal was demolished shortly after. The north tower of CIBC Square will be built on the site, with completion scheduled for 2024.

Relocation of operators from Toronto Coach Terminal
The terminal took over as Toronto's principal hub for intercity bus services from the Toronto Coach Terminal at Bay and Edward Street, 2 km away. Negotiations with intercity coach services first began in 2012, when the relocation of the Union Station Bus Terminal to the future CIBC Square was being planned. Intercity bus operators stated that they were in favour of moving from the Toronto Coach Terminal, as a location closer to the Gardiner Expressway would reduce journey times. The Toronto Coach Terminal was leased by intercity bus operators from the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) until July 7, 2021. Coach Canada / Megabus relocated to the new terminal on June 8, 2021. The Toronto Coach Terminal's last remaining tenant, Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services, transferred its operations to the Union Station Bus Terminal effective July 4, 2021.

Greyhound Canada never moved to the Union Station terminal as it permanently ceased operations in May 2021. US-based Greyhound Lines began cross-border Toronto–Buffalo routes in November 2021, after COVID-19 pandemic–related Canada–United States border restrictions were relaxed.

The TTC declared the Toronto Coach Terminal site surplus effective July 8, 2021, and transferred ownership of it to the City of Toronto for redevelopment.

Planning, construction and opening
In 2007, the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (today's Metrolinx) recommended relocating the outdated Toronto Coach Terminal and the Union Station bus terminal into one integrated bus terminal. Planning work continued over the next few years, with Metrolinx stating in 2012 that they were "contemplating building a new bus terminal at 45 Bay St." Intercity bus operators were in favour of moving from the Toronto Coach Terminal, as a location closer to the Gardiner Expressway would reduce journey times.

In 2014, Metrolinx announced plans to move the Union Station Bus Terminal to the south tower of the then-proposed Bay Park Centre, located at the northeast corner of Bay Street and Lake Shore Boulevard. Bay Park Centre was later renamed CIBC Square when the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) became the lead tenant.

As part of the deal for the new terminal, Metrolinx sold the site of the old bus terminal at 141 Bay Street to Ivanhoé Cambridge and, in exchange, acquired a 99-year lease for the new terminal. Construction on the new terminal began in 2017 and opened in 2020. The terminal was developed through a partnership between Metrolinx and real estate firms Ivanhoé Cambridge and Hines. The architects for CIBC Square were WilkinsonEyre and Adamson Associates.

As part of the construction of the new terminal, the East Bay Teamway was closed temporarily. It gave direct access to GO trains on tracks 4 to 13 and provided a convenient way for riders to transfer between GO trains and GO buses at the old bus terminal. Once reopened, the East Bay Teamway will connect the new bus terminal to a future commercial development at the site of the old terminal. By mid-2020, the new bus terminal was complete, and being tested for public use.

The terminal opened on December 5, 2020. In late May 2021, the East Bay Teamway reopened, providing a direct indoor connection between the new bus terminal and GO Transit rail services on tracks 4 to 13.

The streets surrounding the terminal do not have dedicated bus lanes. Since 2021, congestion on these streets has caused buses to be delayed and diverted away from the bus terminal. In 2023, a GO bus route was withdrawn due to this congestion. Politicians and transit advocates have called for bus lanes and dedicated turning lanes to be installed on streets around the terminal, such as on Lake Shore Boulevard.

Location and features
The bus terminal is located at 81 Bay Street, northwest of Lake Shore Boulevard and southeast of Union Station, on the south side of the Union Station Rail Corridor. The terminal is housed within the 48-storey south tower of the CIBC Square office development and is directly connected to Union Station via Scotiabank Arena (accessed through an enclosed walkway above Bay Street which is part of the city's PATH indoor pedestrian network), which lies adjacent to Union Station itself.

There are two street-level entrances, one on Bay Street opposite Scotiabank Arena, and the other on Lake Shore Boulevard just east of Bay Street. There is a pickup and dropoff area and bicycle parking on the P1 level.

The terminal's bus platforms and waiting areas occupy two floors within CIBC Square. The terminal area is climate controlled, with glass doors separating the waiting area from the bus platforms. Other facilities include free Wi-Fi, charging points and washrooms. The terminal is also fully accessible, with elevators, braille and help points throughout the terminal.

Boarding procedures are similar to those for an airport terminal. Digital screens direct riders to the appropriate zone to wait for boarding. Gate assignments appear on digital screens 10 minutes before bus departure, followed by an audio announcement on the PA system. Glass gate doors separating the waiting area from the platform open only when buses are ready to load passengers.

The 10000 m2, bi-level terminal has fourteen bus bays – twice as many as the previous terminal – and can accommodate GO Transit's fleet of double-decker buses. Unlike the old terminal, bus routes are not permanently assigned platforms in the terminal; this allows for reduced delays in bus unloading and departures. For safety and to prevent unauthorized access, passengers are allowed on the platforms only when buses are loading or unloading.

A Second Cup cafe and a convenience store kiosk are amenities to be added to the terminal in 2023.

Services
Union Station Bus Terminal provides regional and long-distance bus services. As of 2023, seven carriers were using the terminal: GO Transit, Ontario Northland, FlixBus, Greyhound USA, Megabus/Coach Canada, Red Arrow and Rider Express, with GO Transit accounting for approximately 60% of trips arriving or departing from the station.

GO Transit
GO Transit provides bus routes connecting to various cities and towns across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. One bus route, 16 Hamilton/Toronto Express, runs between Union Station Bus Terminal and Hamilton GO Centre in both directions throughout the day. All other GO Transit bus routes complement a namesake GO rail line, providing transit service in directions or periods when GO trains do not run.

GO buses serve the following routes and rail corridors:
 * 16 Hamilton/Toronto Express
 * 18 Lakeshore West
 * 21 Milton
 * 31 Kitchener
 * 61 Richmond Hill
 * 65 Barrie
 * 71 Stouffville
 * 90 Lakeshore East

Connections
The bus terminal is connected to Union Station by pedestrian walkways, providing access to connecting suburban and long-distance train services by GO Transit, Via Rail and Amtrak. Union Pearson Express connects the terminal to Toronto Pearson International Airport. The Bay East Teamway provides a direct indoor connection to tracks 4 to 13 used by GO Transit rail services.

The terminal is also connected to the TTC subway and streetcar system at Union subway station – served by subway Line 1 Yonge–University and streetcar routes 509 Harbourfront and 510 Spadina. Toronto Transit Commission bus routes 19 Bay, 72 Pape and 121 Fort York–Esplanade also connect to Union Station at bus stops at the intersection of Front and Bay Streets.

Porter Airlines operates a shuttle bus service to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport from the intersection of Front and York Streets, northwest of Union Station.

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nigeria society of cinematographer.

this is an industry of director of photography in nigeria.

we have this in all nation why the nigerian branch in lacking and not geting supports from other subordinate worldwide?

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Pleuronectidae

Pleuronectidae, also known as righteye flounders, are a family of flounders. They are called "righteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their left sides, with both eyes on their right sides. The Paralichthyidae are the opposite, with their eyes on the left side. A small number of species in Pleuronectidae can also have their eyes on the left side, notably the members of the genus Platichthys.

Their dorsal and anal fins are long and continuous, with the dorsal fin extending forward onto the head. Females lay eggs that float in mid-water until the larvae develop, and they sink to the bottom.

They are found on the bottoms of oceans around the world, with some species, such as the Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, being found down to 2000 m. The smaller species eat sea-floor invertebrates such as polychaetes and crustaceans, but the larger righteye flounders, such as H. hippoglossus, which grows up to 4.7 m in length, feed on other fishes and cephalopods, as well.

They include many important commercially fished species, including not only the various fish called flounders, but also the European plaice, the halibuts, the lemon sole, the common dab, the Pacific Dover sole, and the flukes.

The name of the family is derived from the Greek πλευρά (pleura), meaning "rib" or "side", and νηκτόν (nekton), meaning "swimming".

Classification
The family has four subfamilies:
 * Pleuronectinae – 27 genera and about 60 species in the Northern Hemisphere (includes Eopsettinae, Hippoglossinae, Hippoglossoidinae, and Lyopsettinae recognized by some as valid subfamilies)
 * Paralichthodinae – one species off southern Africa
 * Poecilopsettinae – three genera and about 20 species in tropical and subtropical oceans
 * Rhombosoleinae – nine genera and about 20 species in the Southern Hemisphere

In some classifications, the last three subfamilies are raised to the level of families.

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I'm not overly worried about a thirteen-year-old boy "coming to get me", but abuse and threats are not acceptable on Wikipedia. If you continue this behaviour, you are likely to be blocked from editing. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 11:13, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

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Montpellier station (REM)

Montpellier station is a future Réseau express métropolitain (REM) station, expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2024. It is located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Until May 2020, the station was a commuter rail station operated by Exo on the Deux-Montagnes line.

Origin of name
Prior to the modernization of the Deux-Montagnes line, between 1993 and 1995, the station was called Vertu because of its location on Côte-Vertu Boulevard. One of the reasons the name was changed was to avoid confusion with the Côte-Vertu metro station, which opened in 1986. The current name, Montpellier, comes from the name of a nearby street and shopping mall. Another option for a station name was Saint-Laurent, but this was not chosen in order to avoid confusion with the existing Saint-Laurent Montreal metro station.

Location
The station is located at 465 Côte-Vertu Boulevard in Saint-Laurent between the intersections of Côte-Vertu/Jules-Poitras Boul. and of Côte-Vertu/Muir St.

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Wymondham College

Wymondham College is a coeducational day and boarding school in Morley, near Wymondham, Norfolk, England. A former grammar school, it is one of 36 state boarding schools in England and the largest of its type in the country, with up to 650 boarding places. It is also an affiliate member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC).

Former military hospital
The school is built on the site of the Second World War USAAF 231st Station Hospital, When the school first opened in 1951 the hospital's forty Nissen huts were used as dormitories. It was established by Lincoln Ralphs, the chief education officer of Norfolk County Council. Brick-built accommodation began to appear in the late 1950s, but Nissen huts remained in use, principally for classrooms and storage, through to end of the 1990s. The only Nissen hut now remaining is the College chapel. A memorial garden has been created on the site of the former USAAF mortuary, which for many years was used as the school's technical drawing classroom.

Grammar schools
In 1951 there were two separate schools, Grammar and Technical, each with separate Heads. They merged in the mid-1950s after an uneasy co-existence. The school was a co-educational boarding grammar school. It was intended for academically-gifted children with no grammar schools in their local area that they could attend, as well as those with parents abroad or who regularly moved around the country. It gave priority, where possible, to children from families where the parents had separated, thus possibly under financial hardship. Admissions were by examination and headmasters' reports.

In the mid-1970s, the school had 700 boarders and 750 day pupils (from the former county grammar school). By 1978 this was 1,000 day pupils as well as the 700 boarders. Margaret Thatcher visited the school in the early 1970s.

The school remained exclusively 'boarding' until the early 1970s, when it was merged with the County Grammar School, which had been hosted at Wymondham on a 'temporary' basis for nearly ten years.

The school in the 1970s had been in a state of disrepair with an out-dated water supply and drainage system, and had an unreliable heating system (built by the USAF in 1944) in the winter and lack of insulation. Despite these problems it was still producing outstanding academic results. It was offered £250,000 in 1978 by the Labour government to address the situation, on condition that the school became a comprehensive school. The money never appeared, partly because soon after Labour lost the 1979 general election.

Comprehensive
Grammar school status was lost with the advent of comprehensive education. In the early 1990s it became a grant maintained school.

The facilities are used for external summer schools. In August 1998, seven children from London on a course run by a special needs charity were taken to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital after being stung by a swarm of non-native Median wasps. On 9 March 1990, the Duke of Edinburgh visited the school.

Academy
In 2010 the school became an academy as part of the Academies Act 2010. In 2016 the DfE recognised the college as being in the top 100 schools nationally on each of the main three measures, attainment, EBACC pass rate and Value added progress. The college was awarded world class school status in November 2015. In 2016 it was the founding school of a new multi-academy trust, the Sapientia Education Trust. The Trust grew in size to 17 schools by June 2022. The College won the ‘UK secondary school’ of the year award at the national teaching awards in November 2021. In October 2023 the College was graded as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in both education and boarding inspections, with all 9 inspected areas rated as ‘outstanding’ and, highly unusually, there were no areas identified for improvement.

Wymondham College Prep School
In 2019, the Sapientia Education Trust announced plans to unveil a new, purpose-built building to house a new preparatory school for children from reception to Year 6, led by Mr Simon Underhill, with a vision to fostering 'development for the whole child'. Despite initial plans to purchase adjacent farmland for the Prep School, the College began construction on the former site of the Cavell Hall lawn, by Morgan Sindall.

The Prep School has had a varied reception among parents, students, alumni and the wider boarding school community, with some hailing the innovation and convenience it would provide for working parents, while others have questioned the ethics of sending a child away to boarding school at such a young age, although boarding only starts at Year 5. The new building opened in September 2021, together with Underwood Hall the new boarding house. Like Wymondham College, the school is heavily oversubscribed.

It was rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in all areas in its first inspection in June 2023. Ofsted praised Sapientia Education Trust’s vision for the school, the schools ambition and leadership, high standards and ‘exceptional’ personal development opportunities.

House system
A House system was first established in 1953, with house names North, South, East and West. As the College expanded and brick-built accommodation came into use in the early 1960s, the system was revised and the Houses were given names of cathedral cities:

 * Boys: York, Gloucester, Canterbury, Norwich, Durham, Salisbury
 * Girls: Wells, Westminster, Worcester, Winchester (with Wakefield and Washington added later)

When mixed Houses were introduced in the early 1970s, the cathedral House names were scrapped and the Houses adopted the names of the Halls themselves. Lincoln and Peel Halls were converted to Sixth Form boarding houses in 1978, Peel Hall being further converted into a boarding house for Year Sevens in 1995.

The house system was as follows:
 * Year Seven: Peel
 * Years Eight to Eleven: Fry, Cavell, Kett or New
 * Years Twelve to Thirteen: Lincoln

As of the 2010–2011 academic year, Peel started to retain some year 7 students in order to become a 'main school house'. Under the new system, the houses appear so:
 * Years Seven to Eleven: Cavell, Kett, Fry, New or Peel
 * Years Twelve to Thirteen: Lincoln

Boarding school
Ofsted inspected the residential accommodation in 2019 and confirmed it remains 'outstanding'.

On July 31, 2022, a fire broke out at Wymondham College's Cavell Boarding House. The incident occurred around 5:00 PM. The cause of the incident was due to a student attempting to hotwire their vaping device, despite the headmaster's claim that the cause was unknown. Emergency services quickly arrived onto the scene and stopped the blaze. A few student's belongings were burnt but other than that little damage was done.

Archaeology
In January 1958, a hoard of 881 Anglo Saxon (Edward the Elder) coins were found at the school when a drain was being dug.

Notable Old Wymondhamians

 * Mark Brayne, BBC foreign correspondent and psychotherapist
 * Stephen Byers, Labour MP for North Tyneside from 1992 until 2010, former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions in the Cabinet
 * Patsy Calton Lib Dem for MP for Cheadle from 2001 to 2005 (1960–1967)
 * Nicholas Crane, explorer and writer (1965–1972)
 * Anya Culling, runner
 * Justin Edrich, cricketer (1972–1977)
 * Mike Gascoyne, Technical Director of Lotus F1 Racing (1974–1981)
 * Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat MP from 2001 for North Norfolk, Minister of State for Care and Support (1969–76)
 * Colin Self, artist (1952–1959)
 * Trudy Stevenson, Zimbabwe Ambassador to Senegal (1955–1962)
 * Mark Strong, actor in Our Friends in the North, and narrator of Who Do You Think You Are (1974-1981)
 * Adam Rayner, actor in Mistresses (1998)
 * Peter Rogers CBE, Chief Executive since 2003 of Babcock International Group plc (1959–1966)

Wymondham Grammar School

 * Sir Frederick William Wilson, Liberal MP from 1895 to 1906 for Mid Norfolk (1855–62)

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Richard Baird Smith

Richard Baird Smith (31 December 1818 – 13 December 1861) was a British engineer officer in the East India Company, who played a prominent part as Chief Engineer in the Siege of Delhi of 1857.

Early life
Baird Smith was born on 31 December 1818 in Lasswade, Midlothian, the son of Richard Smith (1794–1863), a Royal Navy surgeon now in private practice, and his wife, Margaret Young (1800–1829). He was educated at the Lasswade School and at Duns Academy.

Career
Baird Smith proceeded to the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe, from where he obtained his commission in December 1836. He joined the Madras Engineers in 1838. Being transferred to the Bengal Engineers, he served through the second Anglo-Sikh War, and was present at the battles of Hatiiwal, Aliwal and Sobraon. He was then for some years employed on canal work, and when the Indian Mutiny broke out was in charge of Roorkee. He promptly concentrated the Europeans in the workshops, and though the native sappers deserted, his forethought prevented any loss of life.

When Delhi was invested he was appointed chief engineer in charge of the siege works. He reached Delhi on the end of July, and immediately advised General Barnard to assault the city. Barnard died while the advice was still under consideration, and his successor, General Reed, could not be induced to follow it; and when Reed in turn was succeeded by Archdale Wilson, the besiegers were so weakened by losses that the moment for a successful attack had passed.

Baird Smith, however, prevented Wilson from relaxing his hold on Delhi until the arrival of John Nicholson with reinforcements from the Punjab, and of the siege train from Phillour. Nicholson then joined Baird Smith in compelling Wilson to make the assault, which proved successful, on 14 September. Baird Smith was ably assisted by Captain Alexander Taylor, but Nicholson was unjust to Baird Smith in assigning to Taylor the chief credit for the siege operations.

After the capture of Delhi he returned to Roorkee and to civil employment, and for a time the value of his military services was insufficiently recognized. After the Mutiny he was made ADC to Queen Victoria, became secretary to the government of India in the public works department, and gained well-deserved credit in the famine of 1861. But the onerous character of this work, following a wound and illness at Delhi, broke down his constitution, and he died at sea on 13 December 1861.

Personal life
Baird Smith married Florence Elizabeth, second daughter of the writer Thomas De Quincey, on 10 January 1856. The couple had two daughters, Florence May and Margaret Eleanor.

Memorials
A memorial to Smith by George Gilbert Scott stands in St Paul's Cathedral in Calcutta.

A very large memorial to both Smith and his father stands in their home town of Lasswade just north of the Old Kirkyard.

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Cover of Motorhead's 7" vinyl single, "Iron Fist". Alf 11:18, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

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Iron Fist (song)

"Iron Fist" is a song by the British heavy metal band Motörhead. It was released as a single in 1982, in 7" pressings in blue, black and translucent red vinyl.

The title track on the single is covered with (B-side's) "Remember Me, I'm Gone", which appears on CD re-issues of the Iron Fist album. In Spain, the title track was put on the B-side of "Go to Hell" and was issued with a picture sleeve of the band dressed as warriors in skull masks.

This is the last single featuring the classic Motörhead line-up of Lemmy, "Fast" Eddie Clarke and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, as Clarke left following the recording of the Stand By Your Man EP.

On 27 March 1982, Lemmy, Clarke and Taylor were interviewed by Tommy Vance on BBC Radio 1's 'Rock on Saturday' show, "Iron Fist", "Loser", and "Speedfreak" were played.

Single track listing

 * 1) "Iron Fist" (Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor) – 2:50
 * 2) "Remember Me, I'm Gone" (Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor) – 2:26

Personnel

 * "Fast" Eddie Clarke – guitars, vocals
 * Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – drums
 * Lemmy (Ian Kilmister) – bass, lead vocals

Cover versions
The Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani covered the song on their 2011 album Ukon Wacka.

American hardcore band Pro-Pain covered the song on their 2003 album Run For Cover.

German Thrash metal band Sodom covered the song on their album Persecution Mania; a live version is on the compilation album Ten Black Years.

American thrash band Ringworm covered the song on a 2016 split release with Early Graves.

Metal Allegiance covered the song on their 2016 EP Fallen Heroes.

American metal band High on Fire covered the song for the 2022 tribute album Löve Me Förever: A Tribute To Motörhead.

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Interstate 176

Interstate 176 (I-176) is a spur route of eastern I-76 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. I-176, known locally as the Morgantown Expressway, travels from I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) in Morgantown north to U.S. Route 422 (US 422) in Cumru Township in Berks County, a suburban township just outside the city of Reading; the entire length of the highway is just over 11 mi. The highway was originally known as Interstate 180 (I-180) or the "Reading Spur" when the Pennsylvania Turnpike was part of I-80S but was redesignated to its present-day number in 1964 when I-80S became I-76.

Route description
I-176 begins at the Morgantown interchange with I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) near the community of Morgantown in Caernarvon Township, Berks County. The highway heads north from the trumpet interchange through the toll plaza and continues north as a four-lane freeway called the Morgantown Expressway, coming to an interchange with Pennsylvania Route 10 (PA 10) that provides access to Morgantown to the south. At this interchange, the freeway turns to the west, with a southbound runaway truck ramp just past the southbound exit ramp for PA 10. I-176 heads into the borough of New Morgan and runs through forested areas. The road comes to a southbound exit and northbound entrance with SR 2089, a four-lane freeway that heads south to an intersection with PA 10/PA 23 in Morgantown. This used to be I-176's old alignment before it was realigned between that point and its current terminus at the Turnpike. At this point, the freeway curves to the northwest and forms the border between Caernarvon Township to the west and New Morgan to the east, passing through wooded surroundings as it heads to the west of a landfill. The route turns north and becomes the border between Robeson Township to the west and New Morgan to the east, before fully entering Robeson Township as it continues through forests. I-176 runs through wooded areas with some farm fields, passing over Allegheny Creek and PA 568 before it comes to a northbound exit and entrance with the parallel PA 10 to the east in Green Hills. From here, the freeway continues through woodland with nearby development and passes over PA 10 prior to entering Cumru Township and coming to a southbound exit and entrance connecting to PA 10 to the west. The road heads north-northeast through forested hills, curving to the north. The route reaches a diamond interchange with PA 724 and passes over Norfolk Southern Railway's Harrisburg Line #1 and the Schuylkill River Trail as it heads west of industrial areas. I-176 reaches its northern terminus at a trumpet interchange with the US 422 freeway southeast of the city of Reading.

History
Prior to 1996, motorists wanting to get to I-176 from the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) had to travel through Morgantown on PA 10 and then enter I-176 northbound to Reading at a traffic light, similar to that found on I-70 in Breezewood. Since 1996, a replacement Pennsylvania Turnpike interchange and a new stretch of I-176 have eliminated the need to travel through Morgantown, with the old section, now a spur numbered SR 2089, still maintained as ramps leading to and from exit 2. The entire highway, except for the new direct connection, has a 65 mph speed limit.

In May 2018, I-176 was dedicated as the Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Highway, the Persian Gulf War Veterans Memorial Highway, and the Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans Memorial Highway in honor of veterans from the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Iraq War, and War in Afghanistan.

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August Cesarec

August Cesarec (4 December 1893 – 16 July 1941) was a Croatian writer and communist activist from the interwar period.

Cesarec was born in Zagreb, then part of Austria-Hungary. He was the son of a carpenter who was a member of the Social Democratic Party, and August himself published a short story in the party's magazine as early as 1910. As a high-school student he became involved in radical nationalist politics and joined the group that tried to assassinate Croatian ban (viceroy) Slavko Cuvaj in 1912. For his role in the failed assassination he received a prison sentence of two years, which he served in Sremska Mitrovica penitentiary (in present-day Serbia). He was provisionally released after 21 months because he contracted tuberculosis. In prison he began to study books by Stirner and  Kropotkin, which gradually led him to adopt Marxist philosophy. When World War I started, Austro-Hungarian police put him on a watchlist. In 1915 he was drafted in the Austro-Hungarian Army, and spent most of the war in Kruševac, from where he returned in 1918. By the end of the war he became an enthusiastic supporter of the Russian 1917 October Revolution and of Communism.

After the war, he became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. Consequently he often had to deal with police; in 1919 was implicated in the so-called Diamantstein affair, which made him escape to Prague and Vienna. In 1920 he returned, but next year the Kingdom of Yugoslavia issued the Proclamation (Obznana) which banned the Communist Party and he went underground. Cesarec was collaborating with the terrorist organization Crvena pravda to the extent of being there for Alija Alijagić the night before he was executed for assassinating the Yugoslav Minister of Internal Affairs. Later he published favorable obituaries of Alijagić, which led to multiple incarcerations.

Cesarec, who had discovered his literary talent in his teenage years, became known as one of the leading Croatian literary figures of his time.

Together with Miroslav Krleža he was one of the founders of the literary magazine Plamen in 1919. Cesarec had a significant body of work in literary magazines, over 200 articles in total, two collections of which were separately published in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

He initially wrote a number of poems, which were often an expression of his feelings and ideas on social and political issues. He later stopped writing poems and switched to prose. He wrote about seventy works of prose, most of them short stories and novellas, with some novels, a handful of dramas and some travel memoirs (not all of which were literary). The bulk of these were written between 1922 and 1932. Only a third of these had been published during his lifetime.

In 1922 he fled to Moscow for a congress of the Comintern, and as he returned in 1923 he was captured and sentenced to six months prison time. In 1928 he became a member of Matica hrvatska in response to anti-Croatian politics of the Yugoslav regime, and in 1929 he was briefly jailed again. In 1933, he left Matica hrvatska because he did not agree with the prevailing pro-fascist influences in the organization at the time.

In 1934, he illegally crossed the border again to attend the First Congress of Soviet Writers in Moscow and then the 7th Congress of the Comintern in 1935. In 1937, he went to Spain during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. He then went to Paris, and in 1938 returned to Yugoslavia, where he was arrested at the border again.

Cesarec was a known polemicist, having contributed to Plamen, Borba, Književna republika, Komunista, Zaštita čovjeka, Nova riječ and Izraz.

He often argued for Marxist points of view, having redacted and prepared for print the Serbo-Croatian translation of Das Kapital made by Moše Pijade and Rodoljub Čolaković. At the same time, Cesarec advocated for the Croatian peasant movements led by Stjepan Radić, against Greater Serbian hegemony, and was one of the first people at the time to publicly recognize the Macedonians as a nation. He was also one of the first people among his contemporaries in Yugoslavia to write about Adler's individual psychology. Another one of the topics he was known for was arguing against the regressive nature of fascism and evaluating the work of Ante Starčević and Eugen Kvaternik as revolutionaries and against the clerical and Frankist (far-right) interpretations. As World War II started in Europe, he provided insightful analysis of world events and predicted the demise of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.

In March 1941, a few days before the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, he was arrested and interned in Kerestinec prison in Croatia, together with some 90 leading members of the Croatian left-wing intelligentsia. A few weeks later the prison was taken over by the new Ustasha regime. On 9 July, the Ustasha had ten prisoners, including Božidar Adžija, Otokar Keršovani and Ognjen Prica, shot in retaliation for Partisan activities. Fearing the impending execution of the rest of the inmates, the Croatian Communist Party organised a prison-break on the night of 13 July 1941. The prison guards were overpowered and inmates escaped. But the operation proved poorly organised, and most of the prisoners, including Cesarec, were quickly recaptured and shot in the Maksimir woods. There are no exact records on his death, but it is assumed that he was part of a group shot on 17–18 July in the Dotrščina forest.

The manuscripts of August Cesarec are preserved in the Archive of the Croatian Institute of History. A number of monographs were made about him, including those published in Zagreb 1946–1964, a collection published in Belgrade/Zagreb/Sarajevo in 1964, a section in the "Five centuries of Croatian literature" published in Zagreb in 1966, and collections published in Zagreb 1970–1972 and then in 1982–1986.

Posthumously, his novels Careva kraljevina, Zlatni mladić and Bjegunci achieved the most acclaim, in addition to the short story Tonkina jedina ljubav.

The phrase zlatni mladić, lit. 'golden youth', based on the protagonist of his 1920s novel who engaged in excesses of nouveau riche, entered the general vocabulary in Croatia.

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Talk:Bikram Yoga

Bikram Choudhury's claim to have studied under Bishnu Charam Ghosh
Bikram's claim that he studied under B.C. Ghosh has been investigated in detail, and found to be false, like several other of his claims. There is no reliable independent evidence that he did study under Ghosh to support his assertions, and on that front alone we should not assert that he did. The most we can do is to state in a footnote that he made the claim, but even that ought to be accompanied by the later evidence that he did not. The evidence includes Jerome Armstrong's 2018 book Calcutta Yoga: Buddha Bose & the yoga family of Bishnu Ghosh and Yogananda. Bikram's claim is unsafe and should not be in the article, specially not in Wikipedia's voice. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:35, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * It's what all the included sources in the article state. All 3 references to reliable sources, in the 2 places where it is mentioned currently in the article, do state that he studied under B.C. Ghosh. What one of those sources contends, is at what age he did start his training and also states that he was not a yoga child prodigy. If there is an independent reliable source that clearly states that he never studied under Ghosh please present it here. There is a lot of evidence that he did. The book you quoted does not say that he did not study under Ghosh. Quite the oposite, it clearly states that in 1962 at the age of 18 he was a student of Ghosh. Please see here]. Again, what could be another false claim by Bikram is the age at which he started, but that is not mentioned in the article. Regards. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 08:53, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, I began this with the knowledge that apparently good sources made the claims you mention, but also with the certainty of Bikram's lying about taking part in yoga competitions which didn't exist at the time, not to mention later proof of his character. I guess there is no hurry here; evidence will emerge of any falsehood. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:26, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you you are right, there are big discrepancies in many of his claims, and some of them were very easy to disproof. In this case however, even critical sources state that he did study under Ghosh, just not the way he tells it. Regards. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 16:13, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

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Du Ruisseau station

Du Ruisseau station is a future Réseau express métropolitain (REM) station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, expected to open for REM service by the end of 2024. It was formerly a commuter rail station on the Deux-Montagnes line until Exo ended service in 2020.

Origin of name
Du Ruisseau takes its name from nearby Boulevard Du Ruisseau, located in the heart of the subdivision.

Prior to the modernization of the Deux-Montagnes Line, between 1993 and 1995, this area was served by the now defunct Monkland station, located some 700 m further west at the O'Brien Avenue level crossing. It was intended that Line 2 be extended at this end. The proposed Bois-Franc metro station could have been intermodal with the former Monkland station.

Location
The station is located at 3735 Henri-Bourassa Boulevard West, between Jules-Poitras Boulevard and Dutrisac Street, just west of Autoroute 15 exit # 3 in Saint-Laurent on the border with Cartierville. It is located about one kilometre from the Bois-de-Boulogne station on the Saint-Jérôme line.

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Mouse Hunt

Mouse Hunt is a 1997 American slapstick black comedy buddy film written by Adam Rifkin and directed by Gore Verbinski in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Maury Chaykin, and Christopher Walken. The film follows two Laurel and Hardy-like brothers in their struggle against one small but crafty house mouse for possession of a mansion which was willed to them by their father. While the film is set in the late 20th century, styles range humorously from the 1940s to the 1990s. It was the first family film to be released by DreamWorks Pictures, who released it in the United States on December 19, 1997, to mixed reviews, but was a commercial success. It has also grown a cult following in recent years.

This was one of William Hickey's final roles before he died, and the film was dedicated in memory of him.

Plot
When the once-wealthy string magnate Rudolf Smuntz dies, he leaves his factory and an abandoned Victorian mansion to his two sons; the dutiful and optimistic Lars, and venal cynic Ernie, who has ignored the family business to become a chef; he walks out of the reading of their father's will, taking a box of cigars. At Ernie's restaurant, a cockroach crawls out of the box of cigars and into a dish prepared for the mayor, causing him to have a fatal heart attack when he accidentally bites into it. Ernie's restaurant is shut down and he becomes homeless. Meanwhile, a cord company called Zeppco International offers Lars a buyout for the string factory, but he remembers he promised his father to never sell it, and refuses. Lars' gold digger wife April furiously kicks him out. With nowhere else to go, the brothers spend the night in the mansion.

The brothers cannot sleep due to noises caused by a mouse, and while investigating find blueprints of the property. The blueprints reveal the mansion was the final design of a famous architect, Charles Lyle LaRue, and it would be worth a fortune if restored. The brothers decide to renovate and auction the mansion to recover their lives. Ernie, fearing a repeat of the cockroach incident, convinces Lars they must also get rid of the mouse. Conventional methods fail when the mouse demonstrates itself to be exceptionally intelligent. The brothers resort to extreme measures to remove the mouse, including buying a monstrous Maine Coon cat named "Catzilla" and hiring an eccentric exterminator named Caesar; the mouse drops Catzilla to his death in a dumbwaiter, and drags Caesar through the mansion using his truck's winch line.

Ernie had borrowed against the mansion's mortgage to help pay for the renovations, and the bank informs them they will be evicted in two days unless they reimburse the money. With their limited funds the brothers cannot pay their workers, causing them to go on strike. Ernie finds Zeppco's business card and arranges a meeting to secretly accept their buyout offer. Lars goes to the factory to manufacture enough string to pay off the mortgage and is met by April, who has learned of the mansion's value and takes Lars back, giving him the funds they need. Ernie's meeting with Zeppco's representatives goes awry when he attempts to impress some women and is hit by a bus. The brothers return to the mansion and find it surrounded by emergency personnel, who received a mysterious 911 call of Caesar screaming from inside a trunk.

The brothers chase the mouse with a shotgun and accidentally ignite a bug bomb Caesar had dropped, blowing a massive hole in the floor. Lars overhears Zeppco on the answering machine, revealing Ernie's plans, and the two argue with the mouse watching. When Lars throws an orange at Ernie, he ducks and the mouse is struck and stunned, but is still alive. The brothers cannot bring themselves to kill it and mail it in a box addressed to Fidel Castro. The brothers reconcile and finish their renovations. The night of the auction Lars discovers the postal box returned to the mansion and a hole chewed in it, while Ernie sees the mouse on his podium as he speaks to the auctioneers. As the auction begins, the brothers try flushing the mouse out with a garden hose, filling an inner wall of the mansion with water until it bursts, washing the auctioneers out and causing the mansion to collapse. April leaves with a wealthy bidder and the brothers are left with nothing, but take solace that the mouse was surely killed in the collapse.

The brothers spend the night in the factory, unaware the mouse has survived and followed them. Seeing their sorry state, the mouse takes pity on them and activates the factory's machinery, dropping a block of cheese into the wax boiler to produce a ball of string cheese. Inspired, the brothers renovate the factory to produce string cheese and other cheese-based products. Lars runs the factory with Ernie as his chef, and the mouse as their taste-tester for new cheese combinations.

Cast

 * Nathan Lane as Ernie Smuntz, a man who refused heirdom to his father's string factory to become a chef.
 * Lee Evans as Lars Smuntz, Ernie's brother and the heir to their father's string factory.
 * Maury Chaykin as Alexander Falko, a wealthy LaRue collector.
 * Christopher Walken as Caesar, an odd and eccentric exterminator hired by the Smuntz brothers to rid them of the mouse.
 * Vicki Lewis as April Smuntz, Lars' money-hungry former wife.
 * William Hickey as Rudolf Smuntz, a string magnate and the late father of Ernie and Lars.
 * Eric Christmas as Ernie and Lars' lawyer.
 * Michael Jeter as Quincy Thorpe, a LaRue historian.
 * Cliff Emmich as Mayor McKrinkle.
 * Debra Christofferson as Ingrid, a Belgian model.
 * Camilla Søeberg as Hilde, a Belgian model.
 * Susan Blommaert as Ms. Park Avenue
 * Carmen Filpi as Pallbearer #4
 * Ian Abercrombie as the auctioneer.
 * Annabelle Gurwitch as Roxanne Atkins, a photographer.
 * Eric Poppick as Theodore Plumb, the banker.
 * Ernie Sabella as Maury, a worker at the cat shelter.
 * Jack Angeles as Kennel Employee
 * Thom Barry as a doctor (scenes deleted)

Release
Mouse Hunt was released in North America on December 19, 1997 and opened in the #4 spot. The film was released in the United Kingdom on April 3, 1998, and opened at #2, behind Titanic.

Home media
Mouse Hunt was released on VHS on May 5, 1998, and DVD on December 8, 1998, by DreamWorks Home Entertainment. It was released on Blu-ray on February 2, 2021, by Paramount Home Entertainment.

Box office
The film was a box office success, partially due to releasing during the Christmas and New Year's period. It grossed $6,062,922 in its opening weekend, averaging $2,817 from 2,152 theaters. In its second weekend, it stayed at #4 and increased by 60 percent, making $9,702,770, averaging $4,428 from 2,191 theaters, and bringing its 10-day gross to $21,505,569. In its third weekend, it once again stayed at #4 and dropped by only 13 percent, making $8,418,001, averaging $3,804 from 2,213 theaters, and bringing its 17-day gross to $40,021,527. It closed on July 1, 1998, with a final gross of $61,917,389 in the North American market and $60,500,000 in other territories for a worldwide total of $122,417,389.

Critical response
Mouse Hunt received mixed reviews from film critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 44% of 33 critics had given the film a positive review. The critics consensus reads: "Mouse Hunt gets trapped under the weight of its excessive slapstick antics." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 54 out of 100 based on reviews from 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.

Roger Ebert gave the film two stars, calling it "not very funny, and maybe couldn't have been very funny no matter what, because the pieces for comedy are not in place... A comedy that hasn't assigned sympathy to some characters and made others hateful cannot expect to get many laughs, because the audience doesn't know who to laugh at, or with." His colleague Gene Siskel disagreed and liked the film.

Regarding the digital special effects, Ebert deemed the film "an excellent example of the way modern advances in special effects can sabotage a picture (Titanic is an example of effects being used wisely). Because it is possible to make a movie in which the mouse can do all sorts of clever things, the filmmakers have assumed incorrectly that it would be funny to see the mouse doing them."

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Bois-Franc station

Bois-Franc station is a future Réseau express métropolitain (REM) interchange station in the Bois-Franc neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. REM service is expected to begin at the station in the fourth quarter of 2024.

It was formerly a commuter rail station on the Deux-Montagnes line until Exo ended service in 2020.

Origin of name
Bois-Franc takes its name from the nearby Bois-Franc residential development, itself named for chemin du Bois-Franc, the original name of the stretch of boulevard Henri-Bourassa through this area, which had previously ended at the Laurentian Autoroute. Bois Franc was also the original name of the nearby pioneer airstrip that later was known as Cartierville Airport, until its closing in the 1980s.

History
The original station was named Lazard (likely for the Franco-American merchant bank Lazard Frères & Co. which underwrote the construction of the Mount Royal Tunnel on this rail line). In 1926, the station was renamed Val-Royal. After the modernization of the Deux-Montagnes Line, between 1993 and 1995, a new station named Bois-Franc was built; the original station was then demolished at the request of the Canadian National Railway and with the permission of Transport Canada on June 5, 1995. The old station site is now a parking lot on the east side of Boulevard Marcel-Laurin.

Location
The station is located at 5465 Henri Bourassa Boulevard West, between Marcel-Laurin Boulevard/Boulevard Laurentien (Route 117) and Grenet Street in Saint-Laurent on the border with Cartierville.

Cartierville branch and station
A single-track electrified (2400 V DC) branch to Cartierville, a relic of when the line terminated there in Canadian Northern Railway days, left the line at (then) Val-Royal station. When the line was run by Canadian National, only one rush-hour trip was scheduled in each direction. It was abandoned in the early 1980s when STM predecessor STCUM took over operations of the Deux-Montagnes line. The Cartierville station was located at the corner of Gouin West and Laurentian boulevards. The Cartierville Station was to have been the terminus of Line 3 (Red) of the Montreal Metro.

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Talk:Sambia Peninsula

Samland
I do think that "Samland" should be the principal name of the article (with a re-direct from "Sambia"), rather than the other way around, since "Samland" is by far the more frequently-used English-language name. -- Picapica 11:31, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I concur. Olessi 01:50, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I too agree. In any case 'Sambia' appears to be a Polish word. Samland was never in Poland. Samland appears on every map I have ever seen, from the 15th to the 20th century. Christchurch 08:00, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the . Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

no consensus. — Nightst a  llion  (?) Seen this already? 12:00, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Requested move
Sambia → Samland – "Samland" is used more in English publications about the peninsula, while "Sambia" usually refers to unrelated topics.

Survey

 * Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with  ~

 * Support as originator. Olessi 14:28, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Support; see my comment, above, and below in Discussion.Christchurch 19:19, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Support, since more common--Aldux 18:52, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The peninsula is in Russia. The Russian name is Sambia. --Ghirla -трёп- 08:42, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Could you correct the current Russian listing and add the Cyrillic spelling? It is currently "Semlyandsky poluostrov", a variation of Samland... Olessi 23:25, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * My knowledge of Russian is limited, but it seems both Самбия (Sambia), Самбийский полуостров, Земландский полуостров (Semlyandsky poluostrov) and Калининградский полуостров are in use. The first of these seems to be more common, at least according to Google. There might be a distinction between Sambia the historical region and Semlyandsky poluostrov as a geographical feature.  Some of these names might be used in historical contexts only.  Can anyone shed more light on this? Balcer 04:13, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Oppose - per Ghirla. Balcer 22:08, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Russian, Polish, Latin and English names are Sambia, no need to change it to German name here.  // Halibutt 22:14, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why you think that "Sambia" is English as I indicated below that Samland is used more, but I would support keeping the article at Sambia if that is the current Russian name for this Russian peninsula. Olessi 23:41, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Discussion
While Sambia is the peninsula's name in Polish and Latin, the traditional German name Samland has been used more often in English-language publications. Google searches indicate that Sambia is used as a different spelling of Zambia, can refer to the Sambia tribe of Papua New Guinea, or could mean Sambia, Comoros.

Because most regular Google searches are clouded by the results from the aforementioned other uses, the following are some Google Books and Google scholar searches.

Google Books: --
 * Samland: 2,240 (258 actual results, some in German)
 * "Samland Peninsula": 15
 * Samland + Baltic: 180 (114)
 * Samland + Prussia: 319 (121)
 * Samland + Russia: 56 (45)
 * Samland + amber: 119 (74)
 * Sambia: 3,610 (270 actual results, the vast majority of which refer to Zambia or the Papua New Guinea tribe)
 * "Sambia Peninsula": 1
 * "Sambian Peninsula": 4
 * Sambia + Baltic: 9
 * Sambia + Prussia: 14
 * Sambia + Russia: 19
 * Sambia + amber: 4

Google Scholar: --
 * Samland: 760 (748 actual, many of which refer to the surname Samland)
 * "Samland Peninsula": 11
 * Samland + Baltic: 81
 * Samland + Prussia: 66 (65)
 * Samland + Russia: 69 (68)
 * Samland + amber: 41 (most are relevant)
 * Sambia: 1,070 (990, the overwhelming majority of which refer to Zambia or the Papua New Guinea tribe)
 * "Sambia Peninsula": 7
 * "Sambian Peninsula": 15
 * Sambia + Baltic: 26
 * Sambia + Prussia: 11
 * Sambia + Russia: 61 (60, a few referencing Zambia)
 * Sambia + amber: 15 (most are relevant)

The 1911 Britannica used Samland. Britannica currently uses Sambia in the article about the Old Prussian language, but uses Samland when discussing the geography of the region, relevant to this Wikipedia article. Olessi 14:28, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

For those interested, here are English-language Google tests with the mirror filter using the search criteria used in the Books/Scholar searches. It is important to keep in mind that when using regular Google, the number of total search hits differs on the first page and the last page. I have put the actual total number of hits (given on the last page) in parentheses. The filter shows that a large number of the search hits for both terms using regular Google are merely wiki-mirrors.

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 * Samland: 54,700 (743, many of which refer to surnames)
 * Samland + Baltic: 10,300 (378)
 * Samland + Prussia: 750 (312)
 * Samland + Russia: 11,000 (538)
 * Samland + amber: 632 (273)
 * Sambia: 214,000 (789 actual, the vast majority of which are not related to this peninsula)
 * Sambia + Baltic: 10,000 (304)
 * Sambia + Prussia: 582 (171)
 * Sambia + Russia: 85,900 (504 again, many links for Zambia)
 * Sambia + amber: 912 (216)

Based on these searches, Samland is referenced more using Google Books and Google Scholar, while the Sambia hits are usually for Zambia or the tribe. The regular Google searches are quite often wiki-mirrors. Olessi 15:43, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

User Ghirla opposes the old name because the peninsular is now in Russia. Whilst this has been the case for the past 60 years, for the previous 700 years it was known as Samland in every book and upon every map. Students of history are today having immense difficulty coping with name-changes where no link whatsoever is made to the original names. The modern renaming becomes entirely meaningless. The place might as well be at the South Pole. Given the disparity in centuries, above, I cannot understand why some sort of logical compromise here cannot be reached. Christchurch 19:28, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * If Sambia is the term currently used in Russia to refer to a peninsula in Russia, then the article's name should be Sambia. I proposed this Move Request because I had not found any indication that "Sambia" was the preferred term in Russia (and the article currents lists "Semlyandsky poluostrov", a variation of Samland), while Samland has been used more in English publications than Sambia. Olessi 23:58, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

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

A minor note: Shouldn't we add a dab notice at the top, since "Sambia" can also refer to Zambia (e.g. in German)? — Nightst a  llion  (?) Seen this already? 12:00, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. Regards, David Kernow 14:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately people seem to have lost the plot here. This is the ENGLISH language edition of Wikipedia. Will you now be changing all place names by which English-speakers know places by to local names and ditching the English names? Munich will become Munchen, Warsaw - Warszawa, Rome - Roma, Bruxelles instead of Brussells. Indeed, why not go the whole hog and use the Cyrillic alphabet? I mean, where will this end? Christchurch 15:34, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Split
Please split this article. Sambia - is historical region (see ru:Самбия), Sambian Peninsula - is geographical object (see ru:Калининградский полуостров). historical region ≠ geographical object. --Insider (talk) 14:33, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * They may be not identical, but they are largely congruent, so the historical region can be considered the history of the contemporary region. -- Hämbörger (talk) 14:16, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with Hämbörger; the two overlap enough that they should share the same space. If they were to be split, each subsequent article would amount to not much more than a stub. --Tea with toast (talk) 23:54, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with Insider. Samland peninsula is a geographical identity, while Sambia is a historical-cultural region connected with a tribe of Sambians. That is an important scientific distinction. One is a geographical term, another - ethnological. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 00:43, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Samland / Sambia; italics
A delayed response to the 7-year-old exchange that begins this page:

As a native English speaker and student of European history, I have always known the peninsula as the "Samland Peninsula." Samland was a German name based on the old Prussian name for the region, and the peninsula was not known in English as "Sambia" — at least, not before the Soviet takeover following WWII. Whether it's now known in English as the "Sambia Peninsula" I seriously doubt, since the German name was accepted in English for something like seven centuries.

I suppose the counter argument would be that all the other German names in northern East Prussia, now the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, have been changed, but in all the cases I know of (except those in the former Memelland, now in Lithuania) they were changed to something completely different from the old German names. Sambia, however, clearly has the same root, so why not stick with "Samland"?

I note that Russian Wikipedia refers to the peninsula as "Калинингра́дский полуо́стров (Земландский, Самбийский полуостров) — giving the Russian version of "Samlandic" as an alternate for what apparently now in Russian is officially the "Kaliningradski" Peninsula. Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and of course German Wikipedia entries refer to it simply as "Samland."

 * Meanwhile, I have changed the format of the sentence about the peninsula's "two famous seaside resorts" to de-italicize the former German names Rauschen and Cranz and instead to say "(former German name: x x x)." Normally, italics would be limited in this context to foreign-language words for things, concepts, etc., not place names. When Svetlogorsk was German it was officially Rauschen, not Rauschen. (By the by, the German verb rauschen denotes a resulting sound, as of leaves in the wind; as a noun, Rauschen, it means "the rustling" [of something].)

 * Sca (talk) 22:14, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

PNG geographic map
The current png file doesnt show the river Deyma, which forms the eastern boundary of Samland. Readers may wish to observe the exact shape of the peninsula/island. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.41.111 (talk) 03:47, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't know if this refers to the same map, but the map File:Kaliningradsky_peninsula_EN.svg has the name of the peninsula spelled "Kalinindragsky Peninsula". Apart from the obvious typo, it should be "Kaliningrad Peninsula" (there is no need to carry the Russian suffix over into English), or "Sambia Peninsula" in accordance with the lemma. --2.204.228.225 (talk) 03:14, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Samland/Sambia
The English name has always been "Samland". There are lots of Russian cities, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, etc,, with Anglicized names, which arent being Russianized in Wikipedia. The motive behind replacing "Samland" (easier to say in English), with "Sambia" (with more syllables) seems unclear. Is it just disliking for the language (and people) English drew it from? Also, the article states quite clearly that "Samland" is the name for the peninsula in the Germanic languages. English is a Germanic language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.41.111 (talk) 03:57, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Your first sentence is not true. --89.204.135.56 (talk) 18:50, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

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lwhat.happen.to.the.baltic.prussin 107.77.173.35 (talk) 21:26, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

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