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User talk:Laurascudder/Archive1

Thanks for your help!
I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to TeXify the equations on the nondimensionalization, and the creation and annihilation operators page. I'll take a look at the links you gave me, and hopefully will become proficient enough to write the math equations out nicely! HappyCamper 01:07, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

WikiReader
Firstly, thanks very much for showing an interest in the project! I, similarly not an historian, considered that the vast resources of wikipedia could probably put together a comprehensive textbook, though you are the first respondent of any kind I've got! I will certainly stick your suggestions on the page, and any other thoughts you have, please feel free to put them there.

I am in the middle of exam season at the moment, so I'll have very little time to do anything over the next couple of months. I think the WikiReader Projects hold great potential for raising the profile of all things wiki, much like the recent German DVD release was reported and rose to bestseller on amazon.de Ta for your input, --Mark Lewis 10:47, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

VfD RURAL MARKETS
FreplySpang Laura Scudder Mindmatrix Smoddy

Article RURAL MARKETS under VfD. The article has been redone by me – would you please take a relook? Thanks. --Bhadani 08:03, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Physics
Physics has always been an interest of mine but I am unsure how one can apply it in real life, careerwise. I was wondering if you could suggest some possible options, seeing as you have already graduated from college. Thank you --Vincent Gray 01:56, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Category:Physics
Laura, please don't move articles back in. Instead, I suggest creating a nice introductory article that introduces a number of topics at once. I've moved almost 200 articles out of this category, I want to have a core of 20 or 30 left. Between the category leaders, and the remaining articles, there's about a hundred links that will remain. Adding things back to the general category doesn't help in any way. Things like Zeeman effect don't qualify. Its one of hundreds of topics that undergrads will learn about ... moon tides due to gravitational potential wells are just as interesting (and the physics of which are similar to zeeman effect) ...but that's not listed. Instead, focus on improving a few articles that are category leaders, such as atomic physics which currently pretty much sucks as an intro to that topic. linas 17:23, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi, yes, I'm thinking that we need a Category:Introductory physics for things like potential well. I ran across a number of topics that are taught to undergrads as "general concepts" (such as potential well), but don't have legs, don't go anywhere; aren't talked about as a topic of current physics research. ("Oh, what do you do? I study potential wells") ("Did you see the new book by Wolfram on potential wells?") I found it hard to figure out wha to do with some of these topics linas 17:39, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, apearent weight was one of those that were painful to categorize. Care to create the Category:Introductory physics? Or can you think of a better name? "Elementary physics" nahh .. "Basic physics" Hmm Basic physics could work ... linas 17:51, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Covariant, et al,
Hi Laura,

Please feel free to join the party at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mathematics. I think I agree with you, the current structuring is a mess. But I didn't bring this up, and I don't want to do the work myself. Only one tiny bit of practical advice: *first*, merge all the articles into one. Get that one article to work. Then, because it will end up being too big, split it out into pieces. Then it will be clear what the pieces should be, and whether or not we actually need distinct articles on covariant and contravariant vectors, or tensors, or whatever. linas 07:07, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

To Do
Hi Laura,

I've looked over the articles in your to do list. I plan to work on some of them if that's alright. I also noticed you have Einstein model on the list, I assume you are referring to Einstein model of the solid? If so, then I have written that article some time ago. Check it out -- Einstein solid.

Thanks for the phonon polarization language, my undergraduate degree is in optics -- completely forgot to explain where the mysterious 3 comes from.

hbar 04:59, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Max Planck
Hi, thanks for your nice work on translating my German article on Max Planck. I did some minor corrections and changes. I will by and by try to continue the translation, or maybe we can do it jointly somehow. Nullstein 15:38, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Regarding other's name-calling on talk:feces
SlimVirgin has said she will ignore the results of an IP check, and she has said she will unilaterally ban me from editing the article for being 'disruptive'. Please see the bottom of the page for her OWN words.

And, nobody will do an IP check. My name is being smeared and I'm being denied due process. Eyeon 11:55, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

AID project
On this week's Article Improvement Drive voting, an article you supported was selected. This week we focus on improving Abortion to featured article status. Hope you can help. -- the wub (talk) 12:54, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Galveston Hurricane of 1900
The file Media:Galveston hurricane of 1900.ogg appears to be corrupt. At least, I can't get it to play, and other spoken articles work for me. -- Cyrius|✎ 14:27, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Whatever you did seems to have worked. I'm not actually going to listen to the whole thing. It was weird enough seeing the article translated into German, I don't think I could take hearing someone else reading the whole thing. -- Cyrius|✎ 23:37, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

some comments
i am user why writing some polemic articles and autor of Japanese nationalism.

in first place,i how poses very little oportunity to knowed in read japanese first hand sources,knowed some japanese persons why living in these historical times and poses some ancient books at respect.in my proper family exists some japanese ancestors or another oldests parents reffer about japanese secret agents why knowed during wartimes too,if this my personal identification with these interesting country and your history.

over my interests in jap history,i am readed in depth about Japanese military aircrafts,weapons,the navy plan against panama canal and Subs I-400 and the Japanese army plans for invaded soviet siberia. but i poses informations over the Japanese lifestyle and other things relationed with Japanese empire,and treated in my limits to sended ,but no poses the adequate "instruments" for making this.

i am no stay interest in poses authority licenses or liked any fame or none similar,my particular interest stay in sended any very little knowed info or in case of battles mentioned,my pourpose reiterally if no atributed any autority in writing,is unically giving to know about these historical details,but when i advised about the autority rigth violation,one thing i very little knowed for me,inmendiatelly decided to retireing this.

respect at me,i am i thinking well and in nexts days decided my definitive retireing of this present media,no poses the gramatics knowledge or writings habilities for continuing in this.

i agreed at you respect at your advise.

thanks

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texas rangers refs
LOL. thanks! i noticed the things were flipped, but had written it off to changes in the template; i'd seen them arguing about what symbols to use, whatever. ha. appreciate the fix and the note. now i need to flip them all in the bonnie and clyde page. what an idiot!

yeah, the refs on the texas rangers page were meant to be mostly general, i guess, though one might be able to find logical points to put them. they were the refs i used, but i don't think it makes much sense to assign them to one fact. any suggestions, please let me know. thanks. SaltyPig 02:08, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * just got around to really looking into the ref/note system (via the link you provided -- which i'd seen before but just skimmed). probably not going to use it anymore. i think it's a disincentive to providing references, and a system that won't be around much longer. if it's your preference, please don't hesitate to zap those tags entirely in the texas ranger refs. SaltyPig 09:05, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

WikiProject Physics
Just dropped by to say "Hi" and thanks for signing up on WikiProject Physics. I hope that after a while it will grow and become usefull for all of us wikiphysicists! Karol 08:49, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

Galveston Hurricane
Hey, I wanted to let you know that I just finished listening to your recording of Galveston Hurricane of 1900, and I think you did a fantastic job. Contrary to what you wrote on User talk:Cyrius, I think you have a great voice for this sort of thing =). --Spangineer  (háblame)  18:14, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Fantastic recording. Thanks. I'm listening to the 75 most recent spoken articles (currently 439 MB) and it's nice to hear an expressive female voice in the mix. DanielHolth 29 June 2005 06:45 (UTC)

I'd like to "third" the above sentiments. Nice reading. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) July 5, 2005 14:55 (UTC)

Eightfold way
Hi, I'm translating your article in to the italian version of Wikipedia. I ask to you the permission to edit your images on my translation. Could I? Thanks. Huatulco 18:55, Jul 02, 2005 (CEST).

 * Feel free to use and edit them as much as you want! That's what the GFDL is all about.  If you use LaTeX I've left the source code I used on the image talk pages.  Make sure to add an interlanguage link on eightfold way (physics).  --Laura Scudder | Talk 2 July 2005 23:32 (UTC)

Pics on San Antonio Texas
Hi. I just finished uploading 6 or 7 pics onto the San Antonio, Texas page tonight after receiving permission to upload and display them on wikipedia. Im not sure what tag to put on them though.--Zereshk 6 July 2005 23:56 (UTC)

Teach the Controversy
Are you sure that you know what you're getting yourself into here? If so, I respect your courage (but doubt your sanity). --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 8 July 2005 08:05 (UTC)

Private negotiations
The private negotiations were really aimed towards being able to get them to a point where they could discuss the a compromise civily on Talk:Texas rather than actually decide one. I tried to accomplish this through encouraging mutual apologies and discussion of possible compromises. There is no compromise, per se, that has been agreed on, only ideas I threw out to them for getting feedback as to what might be acceptable to them. My intention always was/is to get them to remove the uncivil diatribe and replace it with a more civil conversation (with an understanding of what each of them would and would not agree to, hopefully avoiding another flare up). Any policy proposal will be posted on Talk:Texas. -JCarriker 04:47, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * BTW there is something in my sandbox that may interest you. -JCarriker 05:02, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Again there is something new in my sandbox that may interest you. -JCarriker 05:36, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Please give me your opinion on this as soon as possible. -JCarriker 15:58, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Please monitor Talk:Texas. Thanks. -JCarriker 23:57, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

Herbil the Gerbil Hermann the German
The article says it's the local name. Do you know if he/it has a different official name? — Sebastian (talk) 05:20, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

I've never lived anywhere near the monument, but simply always heard Herman the German as an alternate name for Arminius. This says the official name is Herman monument though. --05:26, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll put that in the article. — Sebastian (talk) 05:40, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Tv characters in wheelchairs
Thanks very much for your reply to my query at WP:RD. I am grateful. PedanticallySpeaking 17:13, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Korea's president
Thanks for your reply at the reference desk re the difference between "r" and "n". I am grateful. PedanticallySpeaking 18:11, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Ethylene glycol
Hi. You seem to have some knowledge about this. Does the NASA link at the bottom of the page belong? Thanks for checking. hydnjo talk 20:18, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bleeding rabbits

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

The result of the debate was Delete. Redwolf24 01:16, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Bleeding rabbits
Band-vanity. Fails to meet WP:Music notability guidelines -LtNOWIS 03:44, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * "I've been waiting for their website to come up but their drummer has personally told me that it will be up soon. BLEEDING RABBITS ROCK!" My drummer personally told me "Delete." RasputinAXP   talk  *  contribs  04:02, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete standard nn band vanity. --TheMidnighters 08:31, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * "... and practicing at their frontman (may he remain nameless)'s house" -- Yes. Yes he may remain nameless.  nnbv-delete JDoorjam 19:14, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. As yet, NN garage band. Alf 21:13, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete sigh. NN band vanity. -- Etacar11   22:58, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * "Will your town be next to meet the wrath of the rabbit?" Yes, because I live in the town called Delete.  Tempshill 00:40, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nnandity. But open to good reasons for redirects to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. -Splash 02:32, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.

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Van Dyke

Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke is an Americanized or anglicized form of the Dutch-language toponymic surname Van Dijk, Van Dijke, Van Dijck, or Van Dyck. Meaning living near the dike.

Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke may refer to:

As a surname

 * The Van Dyke family of American entertainers:
 * Dick Van Dyke (born 1925), actor
 * Barry Van Dyke (born 1951), actor
 * Shane Van Dyke (born 1979), actor, screenwriter, and director
 * Jerry Van Dyke (1931–2018), comedian and actor, brother of Dick
 * Kelly Jean Van Dyke (1958–1991), actress and adult film performer

 * Aldo Calderón van Dyke (1968–2013), Honduran journalist and news anchor
 * Alex Van Dyke (born 1974), American football wide receiver
 * Anthony E. Van Dyke, United States Marine Corps colonel
 * Antony van Dyke, variant English spelling of the Flemish-born painter Anthony van Dyck, (1599–1641)
 * Arlington P. Van Dyke (1926–1990), American businessman and New York politician
 * Ben Van Dyke (1888–1973), American baseball pitcher
 * Bill Van Dyke (1863–1933), American baseball player
 * Bruce Van Dyke (born 1944), American football guard
 * Carl Van Dyke (1881–1919), American soldier, lawyer and politician from Minnesota
 * Charie Van Dyke (born 1965), American film producer
 * Charlie Van Dyke (born 1947), American former radio disc jockey
 * Conny Van Dyke (born 1945), American singer and actress
 * David Van Dyke (born 1959), American serial killer
 * DeMarcus Van Dyke (born 1989), American football cornerback
 * Dick van Dyke (politician) (fl. 1985), American (Washington State) politician
 * Earl Van Dyke (1930–1992), American soul musician, keyboardist for Motown Records
 * Edwin Van Dyke (1849–1952), American physician and entomologist
 * Harry Van Dyke (born 1972), American actor and music producer
 * Henry van Dyke (1852–1933), American author, educator, and clergyman
 * Hilary Van Dyke (born 1970), American actress and singer
 * Inger Vandyke, Australian wildlife photojournalist, explorer and expedition leader
 * James A. Van Dyke (1813–1855), American lawyer, mayor of Detroit in 1847
 * Jan Van Dyke (1941–2015), American dancer and choreographer
 * John van Dyke (canoeist) (born 1935), American sprint canoer
 * John Van Dyke (politician) (1807–1878), American jurist and Whig Party politician
 * John Charles Van Dyke (1856–1932), American art historian and critic
 * John Wesley Van Dyke (1849–1939), American oil refiner
 * Joost van Dyke (died c.1631), Dutch privateer in the West Indies
 * Lawrence VanDyke (1972 - ), American judge
 * Leroy Van Dyke (born 1929), American auctioneer and singer
 * Les Vandyke (1931–2021), English pop singer and songwriter
 * Louis van Dyke, international spelling of Louis van Dijk (1941–2020), Dutch pianist
 * Marcia Van Dyke (1922–2002), American violinist and actress, niece of W.S. Van Dyke
 * Matthew VanDyke (born 1979), American documentary filmmaker and Prisoner of War in the Libyan civil war
 * Milton Van Dyke (1922–2010), American aerospace engineer and aerodynamicist
 * Nicholas Van Dyke (governor) (1738–1789), American lawyer and President of Delaware
 * Nicholas Van Dyke (senator) (1770–1826), American lawyer and Senator from Delaware
 * Paul Van Dyke (1859–1933), American historian, brother of Henry Van Dyke
 * Phillip Van Dyke (born 1984), American voice actor
 * Ria van Dyke (born 1989), New Zealand model and beauty pageant
 * Ronny van Dyke, stage name of Jörg T. Hartmann (born 1956), German singer and songwriter
 * Russ Van Dyke (1917–1992), radio and television newsman in Iowa
 * Ryan Van Dyke (born 1980), American football quarterback
 * Vonda Kay Van Dyke (born 1943), American model, 1965 Miss America
 * W. S. Van Dyke (1889–1943), American film director
 * Walter Van Dyke (1823–1905), American justice of the California Supreme Court
 * Willard Van Dyke (1906–1986), American filmmaker, photographer, and Museum of Modern Art director

As a derived given or middle name

 * Van Dyke Brooke, stage name of Stewart McKerrow (1859–1921), American actor, screenwriter and film director
 * Van Dyke Parks (born 1943), American musician and actor
 * Walter Van Dyke Bingham (1880–1952), American applied and industrial psychologist
 * Henry Vandyke Carter (1831–1897), English anatomist, surgeon, and anatomical artist
 * Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (1787–1855), English painter
 * Henry Van Dyke Johns (1803–1859), American Episcopal clergyman, Chaplain of the Senate
 * Samuel Van Dyke Stout (1786–1850), American (Tennessee) Whig politician

Places

 * Jost Van Dyke, island of the British Virgin Islands named after Joost van Dyk
 * M-53 (Michigan highway), highway in the U.S. state of Michigan known as Van Dyke Avenue and Van Dyke Road in Metro Detroit
 * Van Dyke, Michigan, former community in the United States
 * Vandyke, Texas, unincorporated community in Comanche County
 * Vandyke, Virginia, unincorporated community named after the postmaster Henry Vandyke
 * Van Dyke Public Schools, Michigan school district
 * Vandyke Upper School, School in Bedfordshire, England

Others

 * Van Dyke beard, 19th century name for a style of beard, as worn by the painter and his subjects
 * Van Dyke brown, colour, named after the painter Anthony van Dyck
 * Van Dyke brown (printing), printing process named after Anthony van Dyck
 * Van Dyke mango, a named mango cultivar that originated in south Florida
 * Vandyke Productions, British film production company between 1947 and 1956
 * Van Dyke Records, American record label from about early 1929 through 1932

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User:Brent S.

I am Brent. I am awesome.

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Talk:Reidgotaland

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The information that "hreidr" means "bird's nest" is very enlightening. Presumably this is a noun rather than a verb, meaning "place where chicks are raised" (perhaps made of "reeds"). Most birds re-nest in the same spot, rather than moving around (as did the Ostrogoths and Visigoths), so perhaps a better translation of Reidgotaland would be "Goth birth-place" or "Goth home-land"? In the tales of King Heidrek, the reference is clearly to the Geats/Gautar (the Goths remaining behind in Scandinavia) rather than those roaming around the continent. The Geats were also called the WEDErs. Is this connected to the sWEDEs? Is "Geat" connected with "git" and/or "goat", given the folk-mythology (untrue in reality)that Swedes are a little "slow"? Jeff Stevenson.

In my opinion it is better to link the "mainland" goths to the Scandinavian "Gutar" or "Gotlanders", than the "Geats", given the etymology of the namnes. In west Norse the ethnonym "Gotar" is given both the "Goths" and the "Gotlanders". The east Norse equivalent is "Gutar", which for instance accure in the famous runic inscription of the Swedish "Rök-stone". The population on the island of Gotland still refer to themselves in their own mothers-tongue as "Gutar".(Joar)

 * In Heidrek's case it is quite obvious that Reidgotaland refers to the Ukraine, see Hervarar saga. I don't think that there's any connection between weder and swede, since weder was an Anglo-Saxon word and the Swedes were called Sweon in Anglo-Saxon.--Wiglaf 09:30, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Is the claim that the Hrei∂goths were specifically the Ostrogoths based on a suggested etymological connection with "Greuthungi"? --Abou 17:36, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Removing obsolete scholarship
I had removed some obsolete stuff, apparently taken from page 437 and 438 of the 1889 edition of Nordisk Familjebok. Much of that text was replaced in the 1915 edition, of which I put in a web link, even though that does not really reflect current understanding. As usual, User:Berig resists changes, and klinging to 19th century scholarship, reintroduced the stuff from the 1889 edition. I am flabbergasted. /Pieter Kuiper 20:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * You're right of course. Regarding that 19th c stuff and that user: WP:OR and WP:NPOV should be embraced fully by each and every editor. This is an international encyclopedia, not a the-"winners"-write-the-history encyclopedia. Said: Rursus (☻) 09:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Buzz Burbank

deletion?
Buzz Burbank should not be considered for deletion. The name circulates around the U.S. (especially the DC are) and many people who are out of the loop should get to know at least a paragraph about him. The entry now is a good fit. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.50.46.198 (talk • contribs).

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Acuminite

Acuminite is a rare halide mineral with chemical formula: SrAlF4(OH)·(H2O). Its name comes from the Latin word acumen, meaning "spear point". Its Mohs scale rating is 3.5.

Acumenite has only been described from its type locality of the cryolite deposit in Ivigtut, Greenland.

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The Ballad Collection

The Ballad Collection is a 2000 compilation of ballads recorded by R&B group Boyz II Men, released by Universal Records. It includes both hit singles and album tracks.

Track listing

 * 1) "On Bended Knee"
 * 2) "Doin' Just Fine"
 * 3) "Please Don't Go"
 * 4) "End of the Road"
 * 5) "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"
 * 6) "Can You Stand the Rain"
 * 7) "Girl in the Life Magazine"
 * 8) "One Sweet Day" (with Mariah Carey)
 * 9) "Four Seasons of Loneliness"
 * 10) "Water Runs Dry"
 * 11) "A Song for Mama"
 * 12) "I'll Make Love to You"
 * 13) "Your Home Is in My Heart" (featuring Chante Moore)
 * 14) "I Will Get There"
 * 15) "Yesterday" [Spanish Version]
 * 16) "End of the Road" [instrumental]
 * 17) "So Amazing"

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User talk:KarlJetter

New user? I don't think so. Coqsportif 03:46, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Do you have a source for the reason Murdoch started Fox News? It'd help with the Bias section rewrite. Thanks! crazyeddie 07:00, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

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The Rivoli

The Rivoli is a bar, restaurant and performance space, established in 1982, on Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The club originally earned a reputation as one of Canada's hippest music clubs, and many major Canadian comedy and musical performers have played on its stage, including The Kids in the Hall, Gordon Downie, The Frantics, Sean Cullen and the infamous Dark Shows. The Drowsy Chaperone premiered at the Rivoli and went on to subsequent productions and eventually a highly successful run on Broadway.

Venue layout & design
The venue is divided into three main areas, the front, the upstairs and the back. The front of the venue has a bar along most of its west wall. The east side of the front room, separated from the bar by a dividing wall, are tables for dining. Upstairs there is a pool hall with 11 vintage and antique tables. The space is large and sometimes dance nights or private parties are hosted there. The back room of the venue contains a stage at the back. There is a smaller bar in the back room, and some bar seating along the side walls.

The audience area is sometimes open for standing room, sometimes tables and chairs are set up, and sometimes chairs are set up in rows. Seating is rarely assigned or reserved. Patrons are typically free to eat or drink in the front room without paying for admission to shows. The Rivoli's menu is known for an eclectic and upscale motif.

The Rivoli sign, seen outside the club on Queen Street West, features the handwriting of musician Mary Margaret O'Hara.

History
Launched in 1982 by the hospitality entrepreneurs Andre Rosenbaum, David Stearn, and Jeff Strasburg (already partners, since 1978, in Queen Mother Cafe down the street), their new venture the Rivoli almost immediately became synonymous with Toronto's 1980s black-garbed Queen West scene. Mike Myers' Saturday Night Live German club character Dieter was inspired by a Rivoli waiter. This reputation waned as the club's clientele became more eclectic and upscale, but the Rivoli's atmosphere is still unique.

Comedy
The Rivoli has had a long association with alternative comedy, of the sketch, improv, and stand-up variety. Additionally, primarily through its Monday night comedy shows, the venue developed a reputation as a breeding ground or career springboard for talented comedy performers, some of whom would go on to prominent careers in the entertainment industry. Talent scouts for Montreal's Just For Laughs comedy festival and the major television networks still routinely trawl the Monday night comedy shows.

The Kids in the Hall
Soon after opening, among the variety of acts, the Rivoli began hosting an early iteration of The Kids in the Hall comedy troupe, consisting at the time of Toronto-based improv comedy performers Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, and Luciano "Luc" Casimiri who did their short 10-minute sketch comedy sets at the back of the bar-restaurant in addition to appearing at other performance venues around the city such as the Poor Alex Theatre, Factory Theatre, and Theatresports competitions at Harbourfront Centre. The group would soon be joined by Frank van Keeken, Norm Hiscock, Garry Campbell, Toronto actor Scott Thompson, as well as Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney who had moved from Alberta.

By 1984, the troupe found its core five on-stage players—Foley, McDonald, Thompson, McCulloch, and McKinney—who began performing a lot more frequently at the Rivoli as part of comedian Briane Nasimok's comedy night showcase on Mondays, eventually taking it over for themselves. On McCulloch's insistence, the group decided to do a fresh stage show every week at the venue—getting together on Fridays after finishing their full-time day jobs and coming up with an hour worth of material by Monday night. Their 2-hour Monday night Rivoli shows consisted of an hour of new material followed by an hour of improv.

Though initially performing for small audiences of 10 to 15 people, the troupe kept on with their Monday night Rivoli shows, and, over the years that followed, continued developing a quirky and surreal sketch comedy repertoire —distinct from other Toronto comedy staples, the Second City and Yuk Yuk's. Building an audience proved difficult due to the group's insistence on not repeating previously-performed material; they often faced situations with individual audience members liking them one Monday and returning the following week, bringing more people along, only to then be disappointed by not recognizing any of the sketches. To that end, during spring 1985, the Kids decided to temporarily break with their new-material-every-week practice by doing a 'best of' week, which they were accommodated for by the Rivoli owners that in addition to Monday, also allowed them to perform on the more coveted Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. Within a few months, the Kids would be noticed by the Saturday Night Live scouts and its co-creator and returning producer Lorne Michaels, an established Toronto-raised show business insider who, following an audition that also took place at the Rivoli, proceeded to hire McCulloch and McKinney as writers for SNL's 1985-86 season. Three years later, in fall 1988, he put the entire troupe on television as a 25-minute sketch show pilot on CBC in Canada and HBO in the United States, leading to it being picked up as a series in 1989 by both networks.

From 1987 to 1990, the Journal of Wild Culture held its regular avant-garde vaudeville nights, the Café of Wild Culture, featuring a mix of artists exploring the magazine's ecology and imagination mandate.

The ALTdot COMedy Lounge
Since the 1990s the Rivoli has been home to The ALTdot COMedy Lounge, Toronto's most popular alternative comedy show.

Music
Many big name Canadian and international artists who have played at the Rivoli:

• Adele

• Arcade Fire

• Archers of Loaf

• Beck

• Blue Rodeo

• Caribou

• Chalk Circle

• Cowboy Junkies

• Do Make Say Think

• Elliott Smith

• Feist

• The Flaming Lips

• Hole

• Iggy Pop

• Injury Reserve

• Indigo Girls

• Jane Siberry

• Jonathan Richman

• L7

• Michelle Shocked

• Moist

• Moe Tucker

• NoMeansNo

• Screaming Trees

• Stone Temple Pilots

• Sum 41

• Tori Amos

Canadian music legend Neil Young played a private concert at The Rivoli on November 10, 2023. The event was a 50th birthday celebration for the billionaire CEO of the Canada Goose clothing company, Dani Reiss. Arkells also played at the event.

Recent history
In 2014, the original owners sold the business to Jenna Wood, Sarah Henning, and Jessica McHardy. Henning left the venture in early 2020; several months later amid the COVID-19 pandemic, remaining partners Wood and McHardy listed the business for sale for Can$500,000.

In May 2022, on the occasion of The Kids in the Hall television show returning after 27 years, the Rivoli unveiled a plaque honouring the troupe and recognizing its association with the venue.

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Augustina Stridsberg

Augustina Stridsberg, formerly Augustina Jirku (1892–1978), was an American citizen, and the mother of Margietta Voge (née Jirku). Both mother and daughter worked for Soviet intelligence between 1943 and 1944. Stridsberg worked for the KGB San Francisco office. Her code name with Soviet intelligence, as deciphered by the Venona project, was "Klara".

Stridsberg was also a writer and an interpreter as well as a literary translator.

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Taradise

Taradise (also known as Wild On Tara!) is an American reality series hosted by actress Tara Reid that aired on E! from August 10, 2005, to 2006.

Overview
Taradise was originally intended to be a new season of E!'s long-running series Wild On!, with Reid as the new host. A week before the season began, E! changed the title to Taradise and re-edited the series as a reality show based around Reid instead of Wild On's format as more of a travelogue show. Reid visited destinations such as Spain, Greece, Italy, France, and Monaco, where she sampled the local cuisine, visited nightclubs, and shopped.

Cancellation
The show was part of E!'s lineup, with new episodes premiering Wednesdays at 10 p.m. EST. In September 2005, E! announced that it was canceling the series due to production complications that arose from the shooting. According to E! president Ted Harbert, "The show was incredibly difficult to produce with someone well-known".

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Kumba (roller coaster)

Kumba is a steel roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride opened in 1993. It stands 143 ft tall and has a top speed of 60 mph. Kumba features a total of seven inversions across the 3-minute ride.

History
Kumba was officially announced in November 1992 as a record-breaking Bolliger & Mabillard roller coaster set to become the park's signature attraction. The ride officially opened to the public on April 21, 1993. When Kumba opened, it featured the world's tallest vertical loop, and was also the tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster in Florida. In 1995, Kumba conceded the title of ride with the world's tallest vertical loop to Dragon Khan at PortAventura Park which features a 118 ft vertical loop. In 1996, it conceded Florida's titles of tallest and longest roller coaster to Montu, a B&M inverted coaster in the Egypt section of the park. In 1999, it conceded the fastest title to Islands of Adventure's The Incredible Hulk Coaster, yet another B&M sitdown coaster.

Characteristics
The 3978 ft Kumba stands 143 ft tall and has a drop of 135 ft, with a top speed of 60 mph. The ride features seven inversions including a 114 ft vertical loop, a dive loop, a zero-g roll, a cobra roll and two interlocking corkscrews. The vertical loop featured on Kumba wraps around the lift hill. This element was later seen on The Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain and Banshee at Kings Island. Kumba was the first ride in the world to feature a number of now-common roller coaster elements, including interlocking corkscrews and a dive loop. Riders of Kumba experience up to 3.8 times the force of gravity on the 3 minute ride.

Kumba features four steel and fiberglass trains, each containing eight cars. Each car seats four riders in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train. The block sections only allow for three trains to be on the track at any one time, meaning the ride can still operate at full capacity when one train is undergoing maintenance. With all three trains operating, the ride can achieve a capacity of 1,700 riders per hour.

The name Kumba was derived from the translation of the word "roar" in the African Kongo language.

Ride experience
The ride begins with a right-hand, 90-degree turn out of the station which then begins to climb the 143 ft chain lift hill. After reaching the peak, trains go through a small pre-drop. The ride then goes down a 135 ft drop to the left into a 114 ft vertical loop that wraps around the lift hill. After leaving the vertical loop, the ride rises up into a diving loop, followed by a zero-g roll, where riders experience a feeling of weightlessness. A straight section of track and a small hill leads to a Cobra roll. After exiting the cobra roll, the trains rise up into the mid-course brake run. The exit from the brake run leads into a pair of interlocking corkscrews. The train then dives into a tunnel and exits into an upward clockwise helix. The train then hits the final brake run, before making a right hand turn and returning to the station.

Reception
Kumba has generally been well received. Robb Alvey of Theme Park Review stated Kumba was his favorite ride in the Florida area, describing it as "an old-school, intense ride" that he has been on hundreds of times. Dewayne Bevil of the Orlando Sentinel gives Kumba ratings of 4 out of 5 for both thrill and theming. Keith Kohn, also of the Sentinel, described the ride as "an amazing experience".

The opening of Kumba had a significant impact on park attendance figures. In its debut year, park attendance increased approximately 15% to an estimated 3.8 million visitors. The park expected that trend to continue into 1994. In 1995, Joe Fincher, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay's general manager, described Kumba as a "superstar roller coaster" that "has been terrific for us".

In Amusement Today annual Golden Ticket Awards, Kumba has consistently ranked highly. It is also one of only seven roller coasters to appear in the top 50 every year since the award's inception in 1998. It debuted at position 4 in 1998, before dropping to a low of 31 in 2011 and rising to 23 the following year.

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Talk:Mark 48 torpedo

Speed data
Recent show on the Virginia class on the Discovery channel mentions the ADCAP runs at around 60 knots. --Calyth 03:54, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Designed by the Royal Navy?
I am unaware that the Royal Navy designed the Mark 48, I believe at the time they were involved in the testing and production of the Tigerfish Torpedo which was a far inferior design and was replaced by the Spearfish Torpedo which is at least as good as the latest ADCAP Mod 6. Given the restraints on the British defense spending I have a bit of a problem believing that they would design a Torpedo for the US and then develope a worse design for themselves... Anything is possible but we really need a citation for that one. Tirronan 16:31, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

An American research scientist directed the program that developed the Mark 48 ADCAP. He either served in, or acted as a contractor for, the US Navy for more than 50 years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.145.104.73 (talk) 05:30, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Rename/move proposal
Would there be support for moving this article to "Mark 48 torpedo"? Most of the internal links point to that page, which in turn redirects here; it's also a more descriptive name when the article shows up on category lists. Engineer Bob 07:35, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm for it. - Alureiter 15:23, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Article has been moved; I'm in the process of cleaning up the remaining redirects. Engineer Bob 08:16, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Cleaned out
"'The official performance data may be a gross understatement, according to non-military sources that put the depth at greater than 600 meters, the top speed between 60 to 75 knots (110 to 140 km/h), the range at top speed at more than 20 nautical miles (37 km), and the range at lower speeds at more than 30 nautical miles (56 km).'"

This is about as bad a case of unsourced statement as possible. Putting here if someone complains. Just in case, this is incorrect anyway, particularly the speed speculation. CP/Mcomm |Wikipedia Neutrality Project| 07:19, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Measurements
The primary units of measurement in this article ought to be feet and inches for small measurements and yards, knots, and nautical miles for large measurements because those are the units used by the US Navy, and any official data is published under those parameters. 66.71.40.143 (talk) 09:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008
Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 17:58, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

is the unit price correct —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.230.194.225 (talk) 02:41, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Photo is mirror reversed
If you look carefully at one of the toolboxes, the logo "snap-on" is backwards. Flipping the image horizontally will correct this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.113.85.199 (talk • contribs)

✅ Good eye! Binksternet (talk) 19:25, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

This was the torpedo, which destroyed KURSK submarine. Please add this to the article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.75.165.204 (talk) 05:32, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

 * That is plain silliness. A Russian submarine was carrying an American Mark 48 torpedo? The Russians have quite capable torpedoes of their own.Wzrd1 (talk) 00:27, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

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Torpedo for Turkey ?
2014/05/13 : Turkey will use the MK 48 Mod 6 Advanced Technology All-Up-Round Warshot Torpedoes on its new CERBE Class of submarines. Has this contract been completed? :

http://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2014/05/13/US-selling-torpedoes-to-Turkey/7251400012824/ L'amateur d'aéroplanes (talk) 07:09, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Singaporean torpedo
Is there any evidence that Singapore bought mark 48s. I checked sipri arms transfer but there's nothing. If not I'll just edit it out Hulubalang2584 (talk) 11:32, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Explosive type
Which specific HE does the Mk 48 use? Nuclear_torpedo suggest that it's HBX-3, but the sources are books that I can't access. Artoria2e5 🌉 12:24, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

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User:RasputinAXP/FFINN

Fan Fiction Is Not Notable
Fan fiction. We've all seen it, whether it's Kirk kissing Spock, Gimli fisting Legolas or milder fics, the problem is, it's entirely non-notable when it comes to Wikipedia.

It's nothing personal against ficwriters. I have some friends with that sickness as well.

It's just not notable.

At all.

Sorry.

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Clerks: The Animated Series

Clerks (retronym: Clerks: The Animated Series) is an American adult animated sitcom created by Kevin Smith for ABC. Based on Smith's 1994 comedy film of the same name, it was developed for television by Smith, Smith's producing partner Scott Mosier and former Seinfeld writer David Mandel with character designs by Stephen Silver, known for character designs in Disney Channel's Kim Possible and Nickelodeon's Danny Phantom. It is the first television show to be set in Smith's View Askewniverse. It is Disney’s second adult animated television series after The PJs.

Six episodes of the show were produced; only two episodes aired before the show was cancelled by ABC, with the remaining episodes burnt off at Comedy Central.

Production
Clerks: The Animated Series was produced by Miramax, View Askew Productions and Woltz International Pictures Corporation in association with Touchstone Television. In addition to being Disney's second adult animated series after fellow Touchstone Television production The PJs, it was also the first (and so far only) adult animated series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, which ultimately went uncredited.

According to the commentary for the series premiere episode, Smith and Mosier first had the idea of the animated series in 1995. In that same commentary, Mosier claimed that they pitched the series to "every" network, including HBO, Fox, The WB, and several others. They were given a thirteen-episode order from UPN, but turned down the offer in order to be on a bigger channel like ABC, having been told that UPN would be off the air within a year.

On a DVD bonus feature, Smith revealed that they initially cast Alan Rickman as the voice of Leonardo Leonardo, so they decided to design the character after Hans Gruber from the film Die Hard (1988). Rickman disapproved of the design because he did not want to play the character again. ABC eventually turned him down anyway for budgetary reasons and recast the role with Alec Baldwin. In 2024, while appearing on the Blank Check podcast, Smith revealed that Rickman's voice for Leonardo Leonardo was an impression of Ross Perot.

Broadcast history
Only two episodes were broadcast on ABC in the year 2000 before the series was canceled. Several factors contributed to the cancellation, including low ratings, the show's not fitting in with ABC's other programming, unsuccessful test-screening to older audiences, and ABC's decision to air the shows out of order. ABC aired the fourth episode first, as opposed to the intended first episode, and then aired the second episode despite the fact that the second episode is the 'flashback' episode, and derives much of its humor from the fact that it flashes back to the first episode (as well as the beginning of that very episode) rather frequently. Additionally, the second episode aired without the scene from "Flintstone's List", the fictional RST Video rental that spoofed Schindler's List.

All six episodes were released on DVD in 2001, marking one of the first occasions in which a short-lived TV series found success in this format. The DVD commentary features cast and crew who frequently cite their disagreements with the network over the show's development. The entire series was eventually aired on Comedy Central, with the unaired episodes airing for the first time on television on December 14, 2002. In 2006, digital Freeview channel ITV 4 in the UK, began broadcasting episodes late on Monday nights. Starting November 14, 2008, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block aired the series on Friday nights. It also aired on the El Rey Network during their "Jay and Silent Bob Takeover Marathon."

Several scenes filmed for, but cut from, Smith's 2001 film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (but included on the film's DVD release) contain metafictional moments when Randal makes references to the animated series, as well as its cancellation. On his DVD commentary for the film, Smith said the intent was to make the quick cancellation of the series a running gag.

Voice cast

 * Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks
 * Jeff Anderson as Randal Graves
 * Jason Mewes as Jay
 * Kevin Smith as Silent Bob
 * Alec Baldwin as Leonardo Leonardo
 * Dan Etheridge as Mr. Plug
 * Tara Strong as Giggling Girl
 * Walt Flanagan as Fanboy
 * Bryan Johnson as Steve-Dave Pulasti
 * Charles Barkley as Himself
 * Gilbert Gottfried as Jerry Seinfeld and Patrick Swayze
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Narrator
 * James Woods as Major Blakava
 * Michael Buffer as Himself
 * Gwyneth Paltrow as Herself
 * Judge Reinhold as Honorable Judge Reinhold
 * Kenny Mayne as Himself
 * Bryan Cranston as Various
 * Jeff Bennett as British Customer
 * April Winchell as Bailiff
 * Phil LaMarr as Alex Foley
 * Lauren Tom as Various
 * Kerri Kinney-Silver as Mother/Muffin Lady
 * Brian Posehn as Albert/Man on Fire
 * Michael McKean as Professor Ram/Creepy Old Guy
 * Kath Soucie as Jay's Granddaughter/Angry Customer/Starstruck Woman
 * Dana Gould as Guy in 80's Flashback
 * Kevin McDonald as Batman Fan/Freak
 * Paul Dini as George Lucas
 * Frank Welker as Bill Clinton

Aftermath
For several years following the series' cancellation, Smith announced plans to make an animated film. He revealed in a commentary on Episode 6 that it would go theatrical (with the hopes of winning the newly launched Academy Award for Best Animated Feature), but later made plans to go direct-to-video. The basic plot involved Dante and Randal making a movie about their lives at the Quick Stop, a reference to the production of the original film. In an interview, Smith expanded on the delays surrounding the film. Apparently, when the Weinsteins left Miramax, owned at the time by Disney, the split was not completely amicable. The rights to the Clerks television show were still owned by the Disney company, who as a result were reluctant to work with The Weinstein Company, throwing the future of Clerks: Sell Out into question. At the 2007 Cornell Q&A, Smith said due to the Miramax/Weinstein argument "you will see a Jay and Silent Bob cartoon before Clerks: Sell Out."

However, when Miramax was purchased by Filmyard Holdings in 2011, Smith revealed on Twitter that Miramax had contacted him for new projects, and the possibility of reviving the series came up. In October 2019, Smith announced that a repurposed version of the script for Sell Out would serve as the basis for the live-action Clerks III. In 2020, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Smith teased about bringing the show back on Hulu.

Reception and legacy
Clerks: The Animated Series was named the 98th best animated series by IGN, comparing it to Firefly due to its partial, out of sequence airing. They specifically praised the second episode for its parody of the old television staple of clip shows, by showing clips of the previous episode as well as clips from the episode itself.

In 2011, Complex included it on their list of "The 25 Most Underrated Animated TV Shows Of All Time".

Home media
The series was released in a two-disc collector's edition DVD set called Clerks Uncensored. The "Uncensored" refers to the restoration of a second episode segment cut from broadcast, as well as an uncensored episode, introduced by Mewes and Smith, in character as Jay and Silent Bob. The DVD was given an R-rating by the Motion Picture Association of America for "some sexual humor".

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terry Gasper

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

The result of the debate was Delete. Redwolf24 01:18, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Terry Gasper
Terry Gasper is a game commonly played by Worthington,_Ohio and environs teens specifically students at Linworth AP and Thomas Worthington High School

A Google search for "Terry Gasper" Linworth gets 0 hits. Either this is completely made up or too insignificant for Wikipedia. —Snargle 03:55, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

The game is an underground sensation getting bigger. I understand the criteria for what should be included in an encylopedia but I think the idea that its relevency is directly tied to its google score (or apparent lack thereof) is pure folly. I mean, if you do a search on 'columbus teens whippits' or any phrasing close to that you pull up nothing but porn yet last month no less than four local Columbus establishments were busted for selling 'whippit kits' to youngsters. Now, this is a significant story and issue and yet has no coverage from Google except to the Columbus Dispatch and other subscription only (and thus non-annexable by Google) local newspapers. cgardner 01:24, 18 August 2005 (EST)

 * All I have is your word. And I see that this is your only edit.  And I definately think Terry Gasper is a bunch of bull. —Snargle 15:01, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

This "game" or "activity" or whatever you choose to call it is real, and only getting bigger. As a former resident of Worthington, class of 2003 graduate, and class president I can assure all the unbelievers that this passtime exists. Sure it is still struggling for popularity, and it is doubtful there will ever be tournements, it is still a huge part of youth culture in a small suburban midwestern town.

 * Delete, nn. Sdedeo 16:00, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

I can vouch for this game. I'm from Worthington and graduated high school in 2000. Though I don't know who this Terry Gasper guy is, I can tell you that the game has reached Miami University of Oxford, Ohio where I first learned about it at a party. It's not as big as beer pong by any stretch, but I'd go as far as to say that most people around campus would have heard of it. I don't know if this helps or not. -D.G.

 * Delete Give me a break, I don't buy this, it's a hoax. And if it isn't it's NN. --Lomedae 18:03, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as an attack page. -- BD2412 talk 18:04, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete nn. Dottore So 18:11, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete NN Nezu Chiza 20:43, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. As yet NN. Alf 21:25, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn nonsense. -- Etacar11   23:01, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. While high schools may be notable, games played there generally aren't unless they become widely notable such as rugby or are well-established traditions namely Eton Wall Game or Eton Field Game. There is no verifiable evidence that Terry Gasper is currently as notable.Capitalistroadster 01:02, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep... interesting and notable. Voyager640 19:01, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete If not a hoax, definately NN. PlainSight 02:08, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'm sure it's of interest to some. -- Reinyday
 * Keep. This game is HUGE in Worthington, and even has Spin-off games such as "Drunken Terry" and "Terry or Carry" It is not a hoax.
 * Delete. Probable hoax, possible attack page, definitely non-notable. MysteryDog 19:32, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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Alice Randall

Alice Randall (born May 4, 1959) is an American author, songwriter, producer, and lecturer. She is best known for her contributions to country music, in addition to her novel and New York Times bestseller The Wind Done Gone, which is a reinterpretation and parody of the 1936 novel Gone with the Wind.

Early life
Mari-Alice Randall was born on May 4, 1959, in Detroit, Michigan, and was raised in Washington, D.C. She attended Harvard University, where she earned an honors bachelor's degree in English and American literature and graduated cum laude.

In 1983, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to become a country songwriter, where she still resides on the Vanderbilt University campus. Alice Randall was married until 1990 to Avon Nyanza Williams III, son of Avon N. Williams and together they had a daughter, Caroline. In 1997, She married David Ewing, a ninth-generation Nashvillian, historian and former lawyer. She is currently a writer-in-residence and Professor at Vanderbilt University.

Music
On her second night in Nashville in 1983, Alice Randall was discovered by Steve Earle at the Bluebird Cafe. Earle taught Randall how to be a country songwriter, beginning that evening. After starting her career in country music under the mentorship of Steve Earle, Randall founded her own music production company titled Midsummer Music in Nashville.

Randall is the first African-American woman to write a number-one country hit. The single "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" was released in 1994 by country music singer Trisha Yearwood. Over 20 of her songs have been recorded, including several top 10 and top 40 records; with many of her songs having been performed by Trisha Yearwood and Mark O'Connor. Additionally, she contributed to Johnny Cash's "The Chicken in Black", which was on the US Hot Country Songs by Billboard for twelve weeks.

In addition to her song writing, Randall also wrote the video of the year "Is There Life Out There" by Reba McEntire, which won at the 1992 Academy of Country Music Awards.

Fiction
Randall is the author of six fiction novels:
 * The Wind Done Gone (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001)
 * Pushkin and the Queen of Spades (2004)
 * Rebel Yell (2009)
 * Ada's Rules: A Sexy Skinny Novel (2012)
 * The Diary of B.B. Bright, Possible Princess (2013) winner of the Phillis Wheatley Award
 * Black Bottom Saints (2020)

Her first novel The Wind Done Gone, is a reinterpretation and parody of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind. The Wind Done Gone retells Gone with the Wind from the viewpoint of Scarlett O'Hara's half-sister Cynara, a mulatto slave on Scarlett's plantation.

Randall and the publishing company of The Wind Done Gone, Houghton Mifflin, were sued in April 2001 by Mitchell's estate on the grounds that The Wind Done Gone infringed the copyright of Gone with the Wind. The lawsuit, Suntrust v. Houghton Mifflin Co., was settled, allowing The Wind Done Gone to be published on the condition of a label of "An Unauthorized Parody". In addition, Houghton Mifflin agreed to make a financial contribution to the Morehouse College, a historically black education institution in Atlanta supported by the Mitchell estate. The novel became a New York Times bestseller.

Randall's second novel, Pushkin and the Queen of Spades, was named as one of The Washington Post's "Best Fiction of 2004."

Non-fiction
Published by Random House in 2015, the cookbook "Soul Food Love" was co-written by Randall and her daughter, Caroline Randall Williams, an author and poet. Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams wrote the cookbook to inspire healthy living in their lives and in the African American community, by reducing fats and sugars, while paying homage to traditional soul food. In February 2016, the book received the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Literature (Instructional).

In 2006, Alice Randall also wrote My Country Roots, alongside Carter and Courtney Little. She published this non-fiction piece in Nashville, by Naked Ink.

In 2024, Alice Randall released *My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future through Atria/Black Privilege Publishing. A companion album, *My Black Country - The Songs of Alice Randall - Various Artists - CD was released by Oh Boy Records.

Production
Randall wrote and produced the pilot of the television movie XXX's and OOO's, a film about four ex-wives of country music singers, on CBS in 1994. The 1 hour and 50 minute film was directed by Allan Arkush and co-written by John Wilder.

Education
Randall is now a professor at Vanderbilt University, where she resides as a writer-in-residence and serves as the Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities. At Vanderbilt, she specializes in soul food, African American children's literature, African American film, and creative writing. She teaches courses including lectures on "Country Lyric in American Culture" and "Soul Food as Text and In Text". While at Vanderbilt, she is working on using the arts in the American health disparity as well as the international health disparity.

Awards
Randall received the Al Neuharth Free Spirit Award in 2001 and the Literature Award of Excellence from the Memphis Black Writers Conference in 2002. She was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award in 2002. Randall was also accepted for a prestigious writing residency at the famed Yaddo artist's community from June 23, 2011, to July 24, 2011. Randall and her daughter, Caroline Randall Williams, received the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Literature (Instructional) for their book, Soul Food Love.

Randall was inducted into the Silver Circle in 2008, in honor of working in the country music industry for a quarter of a century. She was inducted alongside 10 other nominees, notably Reba McEntire, whose video of the year she wrote in 1992.

Songs

 * The Ballad of Sally Anne – Mark O'Connor, River City Ramblers
 * Big Dream – Samantha Mathis
 * Blinded By Stars – Adrienne Young
 * Get the Hell Out of Dodge – Walter Hyatt
 * Girls Ride Horses Too – Judy Rodman
 * I'll Cry for Yours (Will You Cry for Mine) – Tamra Rosanes
 * Many Mansions – Moe Bandy
 * Reckless Night – The Forester Sisters
 * Small Towns (Are Smaller for Girls) – Holly Dunn
 * Solitary Hero – Carol Elliot
 * The Resurrection – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
 * Went for a Ride – Radney Foster
 * Who's Minding the Garden – Glen Campbell
 * XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl) – Trisha Yearwood

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Helmholtz theorem (classical mechanics)

The Helmholtz theorem of classical mechanics reads as follows:

Let $$H(x,p;V) = K(p) + \varphi(x;V)$$ be the Hamiltonian of a one-dimensional system, where $$K = \frac{p^2}{2m}$$ is the kinetic energy and $$\varphi(x;V)$$ is a "U-shaped" potential energy profile which depends on a parameter $$V$$. Let $$\left\langle \cdot \right\rangle _{t}$$ denote the time average. Let
 * $$E = K + \varphi, $$
 * $$T = 2\left\langle K\right\rangle _{t},$$
 * $$P = \left\langle -\frac{\partial \varphi }{\partial V}\right\rangle _{t},$$
 * $$S(E,V)=\log \oint \sqrt{2m\left( E-\varphi \left( x,V\right) \right) }\,dx.$$

Then $$dS = \frac{dE+PdV}{T}.$$

Remarks
The thesis of this theorem of classical mechanics reads exactly as the heat theorem of thermodynamics. This fact shows that thermodynamic-like relations exist between certain mechanical quantities. This in turn allows to define the "thermodynamic state" of a one-dimensional mechanical system. In particular the temperature $$T$$ is given by time average of the kinetic energy, and the entropy $$S$$ by the logarithm of the action (i.e., $\oint dx \sqrt{2m\left( E - \varphi \left( x, V\right) \right) }$ ). The importance of this theorem has been recognized by Ludwig Boltzmann who saw how to apply it to macroscopic systems (i.e. multidimensional systems), in order to provide a mechanical foundation of equilibrium thermodynamics. This research activity was strictly related to his formulation of the ergodic hypothesis. A multidimensional version of the Helmholtz theorem, based on the ergodic theorem of George David Birkhoff is known as the generalized Helmholtz theorem.

Generalized version
The generalized Helmholtz theorem is the multi-dimensional generalization of the Helmholtz theorem, and reads as follows.

Let
 * $$\mathbf{p}=(p_1,p_2,...,p_s),$$
 * $$\mathbf{q}=(q_1,q_2,...,q_s),$$

be the canonical coordinates of a s-dimensional Hamiltonian system, and let

 * $$ H(\mathbf{p},\mathbf{q};V)=K(\mathbf{p})+\varphi(\mathbf{q};V) $$

be the Hamiltonian function, where

 * $$K=\sum_{i=1}^{s}\frac{p_i^2}{2m}$$,

is the kinetic energy and

 * $$\varphi(\mathbf{q};V)$$

is the potential energy which depends on a parameter $$V$$. Let the hyper-surfaces of constant energy in the 2s-dimensional phase space of the system be metrically indecomposable and let $$\left\langle \cdot \right\rangle_t $$ denote time average. Define the quantities $$E$$, $$P$$, $$T$$, $$S$$, as follows:

 * $$E = K + \varphi $$,

 * $$T = \frac{2}{s}\left\langle K\right\rangle _{t}$$,

 * $$P = \left\langle -\frac{\partial \varphi }{\partial V}\right\rangle _{t}$$,

 * $$S(E,V) = \log \int_{H(\mathbf{p},\mathbf{q};V) \leq E} d^s\mathbf{p}d^s \mathbf{q}. $$

Then:

 * $$dS = \frac{dE+PdV}{T}.$$

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Adamsite-(Y)

Adamsite-(Y) (previously IMA 1999-020), chemical formula NaY(CO3)2·6H2O is a mineral of sodium, yttrium, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. It is named after Frank Dawson Adams (1859–1942), professor of geology, McGill University. Its Mohs scale rating is 3.

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The Remix Collection (Boyz II Men album)

The Remix Collection is a 1995 remix LP for R&B group Boyz II Men, issued by Motown Records. Released against the group's wishes, it began a chain of events that led to the eventual dissolution of Boyz II Men's relationship with Motown.

International edition
The album was produced by Dallas Austin and Jheryl Busby.
 * 1) "Countdown Interlude" / "Under Pressure (Dallas Austin Mix)" / "Sympin' Interlude"
 * 2) "Vibin' (The New Flava)" (ft. Treach, Craig Mack, Busta Rhymes and Method Man)
 * 3) " I Remember" / "Motownphilly Interlude"
 * 4) "Water Runs Dry (Strat Mix)"
 * 5) "U Know (Dallas Austin Mix)"
 * 6) "I'll Make Love to You (Make Love to You Version)" / "Motownphilly Interlude"
 * 7) "Uhh, Ahh (Dedication Mix)"
 * 8) "Motownphilly (Quiet Storm Version)"
 * 9) "On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Mix)"
 * 10) "Brokenhearted (Soulpower Groove Mix)" (ft. Wanya Morris, Brandy and Sheree Ford Payne)
 * 11) "Thank You (Moog Flava Mix)"
 * 12) "Sympin' (Dallas Austin Mix)"

US edition
The album was produced by Dallas Austin and Jheryl Busby.
 * 1) "Countdown Interlude" / "Under Pressure (Dallas Austin Mix)" / "Sympin' Interlude"
 * 2) "Vibin' (The New Flava)" (ft. Treach, Craig Mack, Busta Rhymes and Method Man)
 * 3) " I Remember" / "Motownphilly Interlude"
 * 4) "Water Runs Dry (Strat Mix)"
 * 5) "U Know (Dallas Austin Mix)"
 * 6) "Hey, Lover" (LL Cool J (ft. Boyz II Men)
 * 7) "I'll Make Love to You (Make Love to You Version)" / "Motownphilly Interlude"
 * 8) "Uhh, Ahh (Dedication Mix)"
 * 9) "Motownphilly (Quiet Storm Version)"
 * 10) "On Bended Knee (Human Rhythm Mix)"
 * 11) "Brokenhearted (Soulpower Groove Mix)" (ft. Wanya Morris, Brandy and Sheree Ford Payne)
 * 12) "Sympin' (Dallas Austin Mix)"


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Nantucket Memorial Airport

Nantucket Memorial Airport is a public airport on the south side of the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. It is owned by the Town of Nantucket and is located three miles (5 km) southeast of the town center. It is the second-busiest airport in the state, after Logan International Airport, due to intense corporate travel to and from the island in the high season.

History
In the late 1930s, Leslie Holm, a farmer in Nobadeer, plowed over and smoothed some of his cornfields with the help of David Raub, a former test pilot who had moved to Nantucket, and together they formed the Nobadeer Flying Service with three small planes they had bought for charter and instruction. Soon, they began allowing the Town of Nantucket to use fields on his property as an airfield. Holm's farmhouse, located at the intersection of Old South and Nobadeer Farm Roads, is still standing today, although airport buildings have been built around it.

During World War II, the U.S. Navy took control of the airport and operated it as Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Nantucket. The Navy constructed temporary bunkers and buildings, of which the buildings were torn down after the war. The bunkers, which were constructed using concrete and steel, are currently used for airport storage.

The airport was returned to the Town of Nantucket on June 20, 1946 and on August 25, 1946 it was dedicated as Nantucket Memorial Airport to honor the 11 Nantucket men who lost their lives in the war and all the people from Nantucket who served in the war.

Terminal and facilities
The airport covers 1,200 acre at an elevation of 48 ft above sea level. It has two asphalt runways:

 * Runway 6/24: 6303 x, ILS/DME equipped, with approved GPS approaches.
 * Runway 15/33: 4500 x, has approved GPS approaches.

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2021, the airport had 50,963 aircraft operations, an average of 140 operations per day: 56% air taxi, 41% general aviation, 2% commercial and 1% military. In April 2022, there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 15 single-engine and 3 multi-engine.

In 2009, the terminal was updated with an upgrade of the previous 12000 sqft and an expansion of 18000 sqft at a cost of approximately $29 million. A major goal of the expansion was to increase the capacity of the terminal substantially over the original 1950s facility. Another goal was to segregate air-taxi passengers, who do not require security screening, from airline passengers, who do.

The airport apron for commercial aircraft has eight parking stands for Cessna 402 aircraft mainly operated by Cape Air and Nantucket Airlines. There are also four larger parking stands for JetBlue Embraer 190 jets, American Eagle Airlines CRJ-200/CRJ-700/CRJ-900 and Embraer 175 regional jets, Delta Connection CRJ-200/CRJ-700 regional jets and United Express ERJ-145 regional jets. More stands are available if needed. Most of the parking is reserved for general aviation aircraft, with parking for the larger, commercial services located on the north side of the terminal.

Historical airline service
Up through the 1990s, a variety of airlines served Nantucket, some of which used jet airliners as large as the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 which was operated into the airport in 1969 on a seasonal basis during the summer months by Northeast Airlines on nonstop flights to New York JFK Airport and Hyannis with Northeast also serving Nantucket with Fairchild Hiller FH-227 turboprops at this time. Major air carrier Continental Airlines also served the airport in the past with DC-9-30 jets. Business Express, a Delta Connection air carrier operating on behalf of Delta Air Lines, also operated seasonal jet flights into Nantucket utilizing British Aerospace BAe 146-200 aircraft. The Official Airline Guide (OAG) lists several commuter and regional airlines serving Nantucket over the years. In the spring of 1975, Air New England was the only airline serving the airport according to the OAG with this commuter air carrier operating Beechcraft 99 and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprops as well as Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft. By the fall of 1979, small air carriers Gull Air, Hyannis Aviation and Nor-East Commuter Airlines had joined Air New England at the airport. Up until 1989, Provincetown-Boston Airlines (PBA) served Nantucket, using Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft and NAMC YS-11 turboprops. PBA also operated Eastern Express flights into the airport on behalf of Eastern Airlines with DC-3 aircraft. Continental Express flying on behalf of Continental operated ATR 42, Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia and Saab 340 regional turboprop airliners into the airport in the past. US Airways Express previously served Nantucket in the past as well on behalf of US Airways with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 and Saab 340 turboprops. In June 1999, five airlines were serving Nantucket according to the OAG: Cape Air operating Cessna 402 commuter aircraft, Continental Express flying Beechcraft 1900 commuter turboprops, Delta Connection operated by Business Express Airlines flying Saab 340 regional turboprops, Island Airlines operating Cessna commuter prop aircraft and US Airways Express flying Beechcraft 1900 and de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 turboprops.

Air Force Two at Nantucket
The airport is currently home to a variety of general aviation aircraft, ranging from Piper J-3 Cubs to Boeing Business Jets in the summer months. The 46th President of the United States and former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden visited the island on seven Thanksgiving holidays during his eight-year vice presidential term, arriving and departing on board a U.S. Air Force operated Boeing 757-200 (USAF aircraft designation Boeing C-32) flying as Air Force Two. The aircraft was accompanied by a USAF operated Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet. The C-32 and C-17 are currently the largest aircraft ever to land and takeoff from Nantucket. The largest regularly scheduled passenger airliner flown in mainline service was the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jet operated by Northeast and Continental. Currently, the largest commercial jetliner serving the airport is the Embraer 190 operated by JetBlue.

Accidents

 * On the evening of August 15, 1958, Northeast Airlines Flight 258, a Convair CV-240-2 crashed 0.3 mi northeast of ACK attempting a VOR instrument approach to runway 24 in heavy fog. The aircraft struck the ground 1450 ft short of the runway and 600 ft to the right of the extended centerline. Of the 34 on board, 22 passengers and three crew members died. Pilot error was the cause of the accident.

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Queensway station (Ottawa)

Queensway station is located around and under the Queensway along the Southwest Transitway in Ottawa, Canada. The upper platforms provide access to crosstown route 55, while the lower platforms are for Transitway routes such as routes 74 and 75 and eastbound trips of routes 61, 62, 63, and 64.

The station serves nearby residential areas through the bikepath, which is to the west of the transit station.

The station is scheduled to be demolished when construction begins for phase two of the O-Train.

Service
The following routes currently serve Queensway station:

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Great Tree

Great Tree is a hamlet in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated one mile north of East Looe on the B3253 road.

Looe Bay Holiday Park, a large holiday park and campsite, is located at Great Tree.

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where in Cornwall is this? Never heard of it.Talskiddy
 * It is exactly where the coords put it – one mile north of Looe

 * Great Tree does exist, I have been there, I just can't for the life of me remember where it is in Cornwall. I spent about an hour pouring over multimap trying to find it with no luck. Problem is there are so many little villages in Cornwall that it's like looking for a needle in a haystack.--Badharlick 06:40, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Edited this article to remove a bunch of rubbish that was totally unrelated to the place. Something about some Ash tree and some fighting... I don't know. I looked at the references and they certainly weren't relevant. Also corrected the fact that Cornwall is a duchy, not a county, that cornwall is NOT in England, and that nobody cares about whether or not some place has a bus service. 99% of Cornwall isn't served by busses simply because it's so sparsely populated. There really isn't much point in having an article on Great Tree because there's pretty much nothing there except for a huge caravan site and some houses. Nearby Hessenford, No Man's Land, or Widegates would be better, since Great Tree is no more than a farm labourer's hamlet. ▫Bad▫ harlick♠ 23:10, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

 * While you are right to have removed that irrelevant content, I contest your assertion that there ...isn't much point in having an article on Great Tree because there's pretty much nothing there except for a huge caravan site and some houses...

 * Firstly, it is a specific place in Cornwall and that in itself makes it notable – if size or "nothing there" was the criterion we'd lose most of the Cornwall places articles. Secondly, the fact there is a huge caravan site and some houses makes it notable and contradicts your assertion there's nothing there.

 * Hessenford, No Man's Land, and Widegates all now have articles.

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List of places in Delaware

This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Delaware also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnny Extreme

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

The result of the debate was Delete. Redwolf24 01:18, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Johnny Extreme
Seems a non-notable TV character. Google for "Johnny Extreme" only gets 471 hits, "Johnny Extreme" G4 gets 97. ral 315  04:03, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn, not even anything to merge. --TheMidnighters 08:32, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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Talk:Blanka

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I think this article is flawed in the sense that, for one, it states that Blanka "encountered the outside world for the first time" after meeting Jimmy. However, wasn't Blanka living a normal life in the "outside world" up until his untimely plane crash?

 * Blanka was just a child when the plane crashed so he did not know much about the outside world.

Also, it states that Blanka's mother recognized him by his anklets. But these anklets are not referenced anywhere else in the article. I'm curious about their origins, and adding this type of detail would really give your article more legitimacy.

 * The Anklets were worn by Blanka when the plane crashed and he kept them on as he grew up in the jungle. His mother recognised him by them in the SSF2 ending.

Finally, it really seems like an unbelievable coincidence that his mother just so happens to enjoy watching World Warrior competitions.

 * Yup it's coincidence that his mother was there. That's what you get from a 1990s video game plot.

On the subject of the anklets, I would like to add that, if they were given to him by his mother before the tragic, life-changing event of the untimely plane crash, then they would be of a size meant for a young boy. But how could a young boy's anklets fit on this enormous green fighting warrior? Also, anklets are for girls, so it could be said that Blanka is gay.

 * That's absurd. He lived in the jungle so he can hardly be expected to know that wearing anklets is for girls.

 * I'm not even going to comment on the Homophobic remarks.

There's one important thing this article doesn't explain: Why in the world is Blanka GREEN?! To my knowledge there are no green humans, either in real life or in the SF world. Edrigu 20:59, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, if he can "learn bioelectricity" from eels, he can learn how to be green from lizards.

 * His colour change was pure fantasy writing. Apparently in a world where men can throw balls of fire they can also be green.

I still prefer to think Blanka is in fact Charlie Blanka, aprisioned and tranformed by M.Bison (Vega), before the movie, the magazines already tolds that. (Marcelo) 6 october 2005

 * No they did not. NEVER has there been so much as a HINT that Blanka and Charlie have anything to do with each other. It is total and utter bull**** created by the worst movie adaptation ever made. --DanHibiki 21:48, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

For anyone still intrested here is a good link to Blanka's ending: SF2 ending

I think Blanka is a unique character and I've read something about Wendigo's from Native North American Folklore. To me Blanka could fit pretty good in that category but then as the first Wendigo that existed in Native South American Folklore. Features of Wendigo's are cannibalism and that they can move super fast. Those features really fits with Blanka also the fact that they are internally imbalanced. However, to the contrary of Blanka's character a Wendigo is also described as a person that is also imbalanced towards the larger community of human and spiritual beings around them, out of equilibrium and estranged by their communities, individuals thought to be afflicted by the wendigo spirit unravel and destroy the environmental balance around them. It could be that the original concept of Blanka was more close being anti social or a misanthrope and that they later on changed those characteristic features because as far as I understood is that he had a pretty strong bond with those Amazonian villagers which their platform became his stage to fight his challengers on. Also the fact that he learned how to use electricity from electric eels living in the rain forest and Capoeira moves probably from some of the villagers or which he taught it himself by observing villagers training and/or playing with some Capoeira moves. It could be that Blanka became green because of the environmental conditions of plants and moss that over a firm time period became part of his skin and made his skin unchangable green colored. The type of Wendigo that comes the closest of the looks of Blanka is the one of Marvel. Waikikipedian (talk) 12:05, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Blanka's History section
I suggest that somebody with enough time to fix the History section of Blanka. Not only is it messy and difficult to follow, it also contains some irrelevant contents. One example of what need to be fixed in that section would be "In Street Fighter Alpha 3, his character design was again changed to make him look less ferocious-looking." In my opinion, the statement is not relevant and is an original research, but also the Blanka page already has Characteristic section. I would appreciate your contributions. Shavoba55 07:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Blanka's Name
I have a small bone to pick with the etymology of his name.

First, "hombre blanco" is Spanish. In Brazil they speak Portuguese. So, the term "homem branco" should be used.

Next, that nickname in either language means "white man." Why the color white? He is green. Was he white before? Even if, he wouldn't be the "only white man" in Brazil.

Lastly, the letter "a" at the end of nouns and adjectives and the like (with few exceptions) always refers to someone or something feminine in both Spanish and Portuguese. In terms of the word for "white" ("blanco or branco"), no male would ever be referred to with the feminine ending, unless possibly to imply so kind of innuendo. And even then only maybe. This is actually something I've been wondering for years.
 * "no male would ever be referred to with the feminine ending, unless possibly to imply some kind of innuendo." Maybe it's because he wore those anklets. :)
 * All these plot holes tell me one thing: videogames are videogames, and most of them are not very well written. So maybe we don't need a separate article for every contrived back-story on every videogame character ever made. Hmm... Kafziel 19:28, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm no expert in spanish languages, but I believe that this information citation was a error on the creators. Even though it may be gramattically incorrect, its still established "canon" from CAPCOM and we cannot really dispute that. -MegamanZero|Talk 19:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm an anonymous portuguese user just coming by.. The name Blanka (or Branca, as you wish), comes from the simple fact that "branca" besides being an adjective (color) for something feminine, also stands for loss of memory. I guess that explains why he's called Blanka. -Demihuman, JNR
 * In japanese, "Blanka" is spelled (in katakana) as BU-RA-N-KA, which is the same spelling for the word "Branca". This enforces the fact that the original name for the character was actually "Branca" but someone from Capcom Japan did a mistake in the romanization of the name. This is not the first time Capcom Japan did it, as it happenned previously with Andore (Andre) and Rolento (Laurent), from the Final Fight series. By the way, I remember early screenshots for the Genesis port of SF2:CE and Blanka was displayed as "Branka". -XGargoyle

I'm brazilian and there are a few things I would like to add: 1) The creator of Street Fighter said in an interview here that Blanka was created because they heard Brazil had a big forest, and they decided to use it for the character. He actually apologized for Blanka during the interview, thinking that brazilians would be offended by the portrayal of a beastman (which is worng, since we brazilains love Blanka). 2) Also, that explains why his name doesn't make sense. They definatly did not make hefty research to explain the origin of the name based on brazilian culture. For example, we wouldn't call never him "homem branco" for having pale skin, but instead we would call him "gringo"(foreigner) ou "alemão"(german). 3) "Branca" may mean just the color. Since colour in portuguese is feminine, when we say "the colour white", translating to portuguese would be "a cor branca". That explains a bit, but other then that, I think the developers just missed the mark. 4) "Was he white before? Even if, he wouldn't be the "only white man" in Brazil." The majority of the brazilian population is white, FYI. The ActRaiser (talk) 13:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Blanka's Color
I know the guy is green like EVERYWHERE else, but his default color was yellow in the original Street Fighter 2. (References: )  Anyone know why?
 * It's really more of a light green than yellow. Yellowish green, perhaps. Jacquismo 00:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Blanka's Country of Birth
Why is it stated that blanka was born in brazil? Where do you get this information, he comes from Brazil but how do we know where he was born. Wouldn't he be Thai because his mother is Thai? The game only states that his plane crashed over Brazil and that's it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.56.69.88 (talk) 07:05, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I've looked into it and his birthplace is not explicitly stated. Presuming him to be Thai is original research, so I just removed it. JuJube (talk) 07:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Since we have no confirmation, we should follow the Capcom country status from Street Fighter II where fighters travel to Brazil to fight with him. There is a flag of Brazil, a map of Brazil and Brazil name itself spoken by narrator. Sufficient arguments to endorse until Capcom provide a final statement where Blanka comes from. --Ciao 90 (talk) 10:57, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Blanka's inspiration
Blanka is a huge rip off of The Amazon from the NES game Pro Wrestling. Does anyone disagree? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.57.19.126 (talk • contribs)
 * Yes. Danny Lilithborne 08:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

 * For those who don't know of The Amazon, he is basically green with orange hair, has sharp teeth, and bites his opponents. Does this sound anything like someone we all know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.57.19.126 (talk • contribs)
 * He also looks like the Swamp Thing. Danny Lilithborne 08:54, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The swamp thing is not from the Amazon, does not have orange hair or sharp teeth, and does not bite opponents. Take a look at a clip of Pro Wrestling  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.57.19.126 (talk • contribs)
 * I know the Amazon bites his opponents. My response is a lukewarm "So what?"  In any case, since it's all speculation, it doesn't go in the main article. Danny Lilithborne 09:25, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * There's more to it than just speculation, there are obvious similarities that are at the least mentionable regardless of how lukewarm you are. Blanka bit off of The Amazon(No pun intended). It doesn't have to be put like that but let's not be ignorant of an apparent stereotype that the Japanese had about people from the Amazon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.57.19.126 (talk • contribs)
 * Read WP:V and drop it, please. I'm tired. Danny Lilithborne 10:03, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I've only stated facts about the two characters appearances. Thats all that has to be in the article let the readers make their own judgements, instead of you making the judgements for them. Have you read Fei long's article, it starts out talking about his similarities to Bruce Lee even though Capcom has never made any official statments. I think you should clean up that article and remove all of the Bruce Lee references. Almost every character's article talks about who they look like, Ryu and Ryo, and who they are similar to. What harm is it to say that Blanka bears a striking resemblance to The Amazon?
 * he looks nothing like blanka. amazon is a green man who bites, and (presumably) from brazil, thats about where it ends. he does not leap, he is not built like a monster, he does not electricute, he has no ankle things, and according to that youtube video, has pink hair, which isn't in a style anything like blankas. they fight in totally different ways too. Its like saying Amazon was inspired by Mike Tyson (if that were chronologically possible). hes a man from the americas who bites, and fights.
 * Haha I always thought the same thing.. Funny.

In Summary
Let's see if I have this right. Blanka is an inexplicably-pigmented wild man from Brazil who has a name with an irreconcilable etymology, and _has_ a name despite being unable to speak human language for most of his life. He's larger than any normal human, yet wears anklets that he was given as a small child, and gained bioelectricity from electric eels just by watching them. ... Any wonder he's always been my favorite SF character? ^_^

Here here! I agree! No wonder he gets all the ladies. Bokan (talk) 18:43, 15 March 2008 (UTC)Bokan

Blanka's green due to plant chlorophyll. This is stated in the book SFII: Mysteries of the Hadouken.Vasili10 01:59, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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Mizar (disambiguation)

Mizar is a bright star in the constellation Ursa Major.

Mizar may also refer to:
 * The Mizar system, for writing mathematical definitions and proofs
 * AVE Mizar, a flying car
 * USS Mizar, two ships in the United States Navy
 * Mizar (band), from North Macedonia
 * Mizar (album), their 1988 debut album
 * Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare), a 1954 Italian war film
 * Mizar (mountain), mentioned in Psalm 42 of the Bible
 * Mizar, the antagonist in the Jet Force Gemini video game
 * Mizar, a character in the book The Sandman: Endless Nights

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Caroline Munro

Caroline Jane Munro (born 16 January 1949) is an English actress, model and singer known for her many appearances in horror, science fiction and action films of the 1970s and 1980s. She gained prominence within Hammer and horror circles, starring in Dracula AD 1972 and Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974), garnering a cult following for the numerous films that she starred in. She also acted in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973), and in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). In 2019, she was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame.

Early life and education
Born in Windsor, Berkshire, Munro was the youngest child of a lawyer and a housewife. As a young child, Munro and her family moved to Rottingdean, near Brighton where she attended a convent school.

Career
Munro's career began in 1966 when her mother and a photographer friend entered some headshots of her in The Evening News's "Face of the Year" contest: "'I wanted to do art. Art was my love. I went to art school in Brighton but I was not very good at it. I just did not know what to do. I had a friend at the college who was studying photography and he needed somebody to photograph and he asked me. Unbeknownst to me, he sent the photographs to a big newspaper in London. The fashion photographer, David Bailey, was conducting a photo contest and my picture won.'"

This led to modelling work for Vogue magazine at the age of 17. She moved to London to pursue modelling work and became a cover girl for fashion and television advertisements while there. She had bit parts in films such as Casino Royale (1967) and Where's Jack? (1969). One of her photo advertisements led to a screen test and a one-year contract with Paramount where she was cast as Richard Widmark's daughter in the comedy western A Talent for Loving (also 1969). Photographs of Munro were used to portray Victoria Regina Phibes, the wife of the title character (played by Vincent Price) in The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971), and its sequel, Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972).

Hammer Horror films
The chairman of Hammer Films, Sir James Carreras, spotted Munro on a Lamb's Navy Rum poster/billboard. He asked his assistant, James Liggett, to find and screen test her. She was promptly signed to a one-year contract. Her first film for Hammer proved to be a turning point in her career. It was during the making of Dracula AD 1972 (1972) that she decided from this film onward she was a fully-fledged actress. Munro acted in Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974). Directed by Brian Clemens, she played the barefoot gypsy girl Carla. In Paramount Pictures' DVD commentary, Clemens explains that he envisioned the role as a fiery Raquel Welch-type redhead.

Munro has the distinction of being the only actor ever signed to a long-term contract by Hammer Films. She turned down the lead female roles in Hammer's Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974), the unmade Vampirella,  Force 10 from Navarone (1978) and The World Is Full of Married Men (1979) as they all required nudity.

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Brian Clemens helped her to be cast in the role of Margiana, the slave girl in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973). "'I got the part – I had been signed by Hammer, for one year, for a contract, out of which I did two films, one being Dracula AD 1972, and the second one being Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter, which, kind of, would come full-circle, to Sinbad. It was written and directed by Brian Clemens, who wrote the screenplay for The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, so, I was lucky enough to be chosen for Captain Kronos, and they were searching for somebody to do Sinbad, and they wanted a big name, somebody American, or well-known, but Brian said 'No'. He kept lobbying Charles Schneer [producer] and Ray Harryhausen — saying: 'I think you should come and look at the rushes, and see what you think, because I think she's right.' So, they said 'No', but, eventually, Brian persuaded them to do that, and they saw the rushes, and that was how I got the part. So, it was lovely, like work-out-of-work. I was very lucky to have done that.'"

Munro has served as a trustee of the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation.

Other appearances during this time included I Don't Want to Be Born (1975) with Joan Collins, and At the Earth's Core (1976) with Peter Cushing and Doug McClure. She appeared also as Tammy, a nursing employee of a sinister health farm, in "The Angels of Death", an episode of the TV series The New Avengers that featured also rising stars Pamela Stephenson and Lindsay Duncan.

Late 1970s and 1980s
In 1977, Munro turned down the opportunity to play villainess Ursa in Superman in favour of Bond girl Naomi in The Spy Who Loved Me.

Munro continued to work in numerous British and European horror and science fiction films throughout the 1970s and 1980s, such as Starcrash (1978) with David Hasselhoff, Christopher Plummer and Marjoe Gortner.

Munro's career continued to thrive well in the 1980s, and she appeared in many slasher and Eurotrash productions. Her first film shot on American soil was the William Lustig production Maniac (1980). This was soon followed by the "multi-award winning, shot during the Cannes Film Festival" shocker The Last Horror Film (1982) (directed by David Winters), in which she was reunited with her Maniac (and Starcrash) co-star Joe Spinell. She had a cameo role in the film Don't Open Till Christmas (1984), Slaughter High (1986), Paul Naschy's Howl of the Devil, and Jess Franco's Faceless (1988), followed in rapid succession. She reteamed with Starcrash director Luigi Cozzi for Demons 6: De Profundis (aka Il gatto nero, 1989).

Between 1984 and 1987, Munro was a hostess on the Yorkshire Television game show 3-2-1. Munro was a popular pin-up girl during this time, although she refused to pose nude. In the early 1980s, she appeared in music videos for Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes" (1982) and Meat Loaf's "If You Really Want To" (1983).

Since 1990
Munro's film roles were confined to performing cameos as herself in Night Owl (1993), as Mrs. Pignon in To Die For (1994), as the counselor in her friend Jeffrey Arsenault's film Domestic Strangers (1996), and as Carla the Gypsy in Flesh for the Beast (2003).

In 2018, Munro re-teamed with her Dracula A.D. 1972 co-star Christopher Neame to appear in the horror film House of the Gorgon (2018).

In September 2021, Munro started presenting Talking Pictures TV’s new, exclusive series The Cellar Club. In the series, Caroline introduces celebrated and obscure horror films from her Cellar Club and gives her personal, insider perspective. In October of the same year, Munro contributed an introduction to the LGBT+ horror short story collection Shapes in the Dark. She describes appearing opposite Christopher Lee 'in full Count attire' as a 'lightbulb moment' cementing her relationship as an actor with the genre. In 2023, Caroline appeared in Leigh Tarrant's britflik horror 'The Presence Of Snowgood'.

Music
An early effort of Munro's was a single release by Columbia, "Tar and Cement", backed with "The Sporting Life". The musicians who played on the recording included Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker. She also recorded several singles with her former husband Judd Hamilton  including:

 * "You Got It", backed with "Where Does Love Begin"
 * "Rhythm Of The Rain", backed with "Sound Of The Rain"
 * "Love Songs", backed with "Sound Of The Sun"

In 1984, Munro collaborated with Gary Numan for the single "Pump Me Up", which was released on Numan's Numa record label.

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