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Robert Gould

Robert Gould (1660? – 1708/1709) was a significant voice in Restoration poetry in England.

He was born in the lower classes and orphaned when he was thirteen. It is possible that he had a sister, but her name and fate are unknown. Gould entered into domestic service. His first employer is unknown, but hints in his poetry indicate that it was a lady and that his job was as a footman. By the age of twenty, however, he had entered the employ of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset. Dorset was known for his libertine lifestyle and his patronage of the arts, and Gould possibly learned to read and write and was afforded books to read while in Dorset's employ. He appears to have moved to the pantry side of domestic service.

Poetry
Gould began his poetic career with a number of odes to peers, and his odes to ladies are particularly stylised and idealistic. In the seventeenth century, a writer of an ode could expect remuneration, either in the form of a gift or, at the least, a higher fee from the bookseller in anticipation of sales to the flattered subject's supporters and family. Gould did sell his odes, but he appears to have made very little by them. In 1683, however, Gould changed employers and made a name for himself as an author by writing Love Given O'er: Or a Satyr on the Inconstancy of Woman. The poem was at least partially an imitation of Juvenal, but it pursued its theme of misogyny with a fury and detail even Juvenal would not have dared.

It featured nearly pornographic detail. For example, Gould complains of the lust of women thus, "And now, if so much to the World’s reveal’d, Reflect on the vast store that lies conceal’d. How, oft, into their Closets they retire,                   Where flaming Dil– does inflame desire,                 And gentle Lap-d--s feed the am’rous fire.               How curst is Man! when Brutes his Rivals prove, Ev’n in the sacred business of his Love! Unless Religion pious thoughts instil Shew me the Woman that would not be ill, If she, conveniently, cou’d have her will?" (lines 114-123)

 * 1) A "closet" is a dressing-room or toilet.
 * 2) The term "dildo" was capitalized, a la Rochester's To Seignore Dildo, and the omphalos is treated as a person, thus "Dildo does."
 * 3) Suspicion over lapdogs was a fixture in misogynistic satire.  Watteau even depicts inappropriate use of lapdogs in a painting.

These lines are less scathing than the repetition of the anecdote of the Ephesian lady (from Juvenal) who would meet her lovers at her husband's tomb, the statement that women envy the greatness of Eve's sin, and that a prostitute is far better than a wife, since she only damns the soul, while a wife will damn the soul and destroy all happiness. The poem is a merging of many tropes that were well established attacks on womankind before Gould, and the poem is programmatic in that it takes up the pride, then inconstancy, then lust of women (exactly as its title dictates). However, there is a remarkable amount of invention and specificity in each section, and those topoi he adapts from Classical and other poetry are always given a Restoration application. The particular vehemence in these scourges, along with the relentless pacing of the critique, make the poem stand out in its age and as an epitome of misogyny.

The poem sold extremely well and prompted a verse epistle battle from pretended "Sylvia"s ("Sylvia" having spurned the poet, he vows to be quit of love) who would offer to defend women from Gould's cruelty and pretended "answers" from the author of Love Given O'er (even though few of the "Sylvia" poems were by women, and only one of the "answer" poems was by Gould (a year after the publication of the Love Given O'er)) (Sloan). Gould enjoyed a high profile, and in the same year, 1683, Gould was employed by James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon.

If Abingdon was not the one who encouraged the poem's composition, he at least enjoyed having the celebrated poet in his household. At around this time, Gould also became a friend of Fleetwood Sheppard's, who appeared to treat the poet with great generosity. The next poems from Gould continued the misogyny of Love Given O'er (e.g. A Satyr on Wooing, Epistle to One Made Unhappy in Marriage, A Scourge for Ill Wives, inter al.) and attempted to broaden out the satire into an attack on human vanity in particular and mankind in general. Gould's A Satyr on Mankind was, in its own day, noted for its excellence, and Alexander Pope paraphrases it. Additionally, Jonathan Swift uses some of the same satirical figures, and it is likely that both authors had read Gould in the 1709 version of his poems. Also in 1683 (on 17 June), Gould married Martha Roderick, and the two would later have a daughter named Hannah. Between 1683 and 1689, Gould produced a number of satires, some of them providing unique insight into the English Restoration. Satyr Upon the Play-House (1688), for example, attacked the parentage and pretense of Elizabeth Barry and Thomas Betterton, as well as the dissipate, drunken, whoring patrons of the theater. It records the life of London around Covent Garden, complete with demobbed soldiers, thieves, prostitutes, and the nobility who only cover their filth in gold, cosmetics, and perfumes. He also produced a few topical satires, such as To Julian, Secretary of the Muses, which attacks an anonymous lampoon author and gives specific detail about the personalities and personages of some of the dramatists of the day. He even wrote a poem in honour of a retarded villager of Lavington before, two years later, writing a violent attack on the stupidity and obduracy of all the "simple folk" of the country.

By 1689, Gould had been employed by Abingdon on his estates in West Lavington, Wiltshire, in some capacity other than as a domestic. In that year, Gould published Poems, Mostly Satyrs. The book was a last-chance effort at financial independence for Gould, and it appears to have succeeded. Gould left domestic service and, with the help of Abingdon, became a teacher full-time in West Lavington. However, the year after the publication of Poems, Gould engaged in a bitter exchange with the Poet Laureate, John Dryden. Gould was infuriated by Dryden's change of religion, and his Jack Squab (a reference to the Laureate being paid with food as well as brandy) was one of the most vicious (and uncharacteristically crude, for Gould) attacks made on Dryden. The poem is only attributed to Gould on slim evidence, as there are figures of speech and metaphors in it that closely resemble those employed by Gould in The Play-House, but it was not collected into his later Works (1709) and is unusually directed at a single public figure (where Gould's previous habit had been to attack a sin and provide numerous examples of it rather than to devote a whole poem to the viciousness of a single person).

After 1692 and the second edition of Poems, mostly Satyrs, Gould did not publish again until his death (excepting The Rival Sisters, see below). Having left the household of a peer and having left London, Gould had few occasions for urbane satires. However, the profession of school master apparently left the author with time for revision, for during the two decades that followed, he revised and edited and supplemented his poems extensively. In 1709, Martha Gould, Robert's wife, had Works of Robert Gould published. Robert Gould himself died in January 1709 (1708 in the Old Style), before the volume's publication. However, the text of the Works has high authority, and every element of the volume appears to have been carefully set by the author. The Satyr on Mankind and Satyr on the Play House, in particular, were vastly rewritten.

As a tragedian
Gould also wrote tragedy. His first tragedy, Innocence Distress'd, was never performed. He took it to the United Company soon after writing it, in 1689. Thomas Betterton was the de facto manager of the theater, and Elizabeth Barry was one of the star actresses. Whether Gould had offended them prior to Satyr on the Play House or not, the two stars would not give him any aid after it. In October 1695, Gould's second tragedy, The Rival Sisters, was performed at Drury Lane, even though, again, Betterton and Barry opposed it. (By that time, Gould says in the introduction to the 1709 Works, Betterton had forgiven him, but Barry remained obstinate. Therefore, in the 1709 Works, Gould adds another section of the Satyr on the Play House just for Barry and lessens the invective against Betterton.)  The tragedy had music by Henry Purcell, and it was a moderate success by the standards of that troubled year. (See Restoration drama for more on the crises of 1695.)

Style and literary importance
In content, Gould was a sincere, harsh Royalist. In his satires, the families and ancestors of living noblemen are ridiculed viciously, if they took the Cromwellian side in the English Civil War. Additionally, Gould not only asserts Church of England positions, but he has nothing but vitriol for radical Protestants, from Richard Baxter to George Fox onward. His attacks on ladies and lords show all the marks of estrangement. They are attacked for being less than they would appear. Gould appeared to believe that the nobility should be, in fact, better than the general run of mankind. It is the lie that enrages him most, with betrayal being next in his catalogue of sins to lash.

Stylistically, Robert Gould's poetry looks forward somewhat to the poetry of the 1710s. He was the friend of John Oldham, and there is some similarity in poetic forms. He was also a friend of Fleetwood Shepheard, addressing several poems to him. Shepheard was a confidante to Matthew Prior and Thomas Rymer, and Shepheard gave both financial aid to Gould and personal friendship (Sloan). He wrote almost exclusively in closed heroic couplets. Other than Dryden, whose poetic output was lowering, few poets of the 1680s are well preserved, and Gould occupies an interesting position. He is a generation younger than the primary Restoration wits (Dryden, Rochester, Buckingham) and younger even than Aphra Behn. His is the first Restoration generation, and he had only stories about the Interregnum. He is additionally unique in the literature of the Restoration in being a servant who composed poetry. While the Restoration had many figures who rose from common, or even poor, families, Gould used his writing to win his independence in the most literal way. His pen earned him a profession other than servitude and enabled him to escape a menial life, and, at the same time, allowed him to treat wealthy and established figures on an even footing.

Although Gould was apparently well known to his own and the next two generations of poets, his reputation was virtually erased in the nineteenth century. By the 1730s, when Alexander Pope began to reject the "licentious" Restoration poets and other "Tory" writers gradually distanced themselves from the Cavalier wits, Gould's works fell out of publication and public consciousness. Because his satires are sexually frank and exceptionally vicious, he was wholly unacceptable to the Victorian era critics who attempted literary histories and were responsible for the twentieth century's canon formation in literature. At the end of the twentieth century, his name was revived as an example solely of "subliterary misogyny" by feminist literary critics such as Felicity Nussbaum, whose The Brink of All We Hate held out Gould's most scabrous satires (and almost exclusively Love Given O'er and the passage quoted above) as typical of an unpreserved tradition of misogyny. There remains one biography of Gould (by Eugene Sloan) and no contemporary edition of his works.

Works

 * Robert Gould, The Corruption of the Times by Money (London: Matthew Wotton, 1693).

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Talk:List of Pokémon characters

Request for comment on articles for individual television episodes and characters
A request for comments has been started that could affect the inclusion or exclusion of episode and character, as well as other fiction articles. Please visit the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(fiction). Ikip (talk) 12:00, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Miror B
He deserves a page, or at least a photo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knowledgeabletome (talk • contribs) 04:26, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

List overhaul
I think that this needs to be completely redone. It should be named List of Pokémon video game characters. Most of this is repeated info from Pokémon Adventures protagonists, List of characters in the Pokémon anime series, Pokémon crime syndicates, and the List of **** Gym Leaders. What isnt in other lists should be Video Game characters. It can have the main characters, professors, NPCs, Gym Leaders(Links to the main lists), Elite Four, and tag battle partners. --Blake (talk) 21:48, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I just cleaned up the list here in my userspace and moved the E4, since they take up so much room, to annother page that can be named List of Elite Four members. They are just rough drafts and can be fixed up more. Is this something we want to try though? I can try and find references from guides if we want to do this and I can make the E4 page like the List of **** Gym Leaders and add references from the anime, manga, and maybe even game guidebooks if I get enough time.
 * Don’t say they aren’t notable or they don’t deserve a page or something though, because right now they are sitting there and look really ugly. This is a BIG help. --Blake (talk) 00:17, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure... they seems like indiscriminate lists that lack any verifiable, third-party sources. Perhaps a more appropriate venue is AfD?  Artichoker [ talk  ] 20:15, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * What? It diddnt need to be deleted before, but now that I touched it it needs to be deleted? -.- This is getting annoying. Can you link me to the guidelines for lists? Why do they need 3rd party sources? They should only need those if it is going to be a real article. Lists don't need that stuff, otherwise they would be articles. --Blake (talk) 21:35, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Not sure what you mean by not being deleted before, but if no verifiable, third-party sources to establish notability can be found, then I don't think it needs to be around. Anyways, here's the guideline for lists: Lists. Per "Lists, whether they are embedded lists or stand-alone lists, are encyclopedic content as are paragraphs and articles, and they are equally subject to Wikipedia's content policies such as Verifiability, No original research, Neutral point of view, and others." lists do indeed need 3rd party sources.  Artichoker [ talk  ] 21:43, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I mean that the list is there right now. It looks very bad and repeats alot of information. The only information that isnt repeated somewhere else is the Video Game characters. I think this is a big help to the article to change it like this. Also, if you want the Elite Four can stay where they are in the article. It just needs some official game guide references for some of the characters. --Blake (talk) 22:07, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

New Page 4 the Elite 4
The Elite Four Members are all notable enough to have their own page. All the other randoms can stay on this page, but there should be a page just for Elite Four Members. It would make this page less bulky and would give these important game characters the fame they deserve. 2D Backfire Master (talk) 15:56, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * As you can see from the above discussion, I did make a page for the E4, but I ended up just merging it here after fixing it up. Without them there really arent many characters unique to this list. If you find some good sources about them that let them warent an article, then go ahead. The list would look alot better without it, but without the E4 on this list, it wont have many characters here that make the list need an article. Blake (Talk·Edits) 22:14, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Elite Four
Shouldn't the Elite Four for each region be split into a separate article like we've done for the Gym Leaders? --70.129.186.69 (talk) 02:05, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * If they would be split anywhere it would be into one article. They dont appear as much as the Gym leaders do. They really don't have anymore sources then the Gym Leaders do though. As you can see from the above discussions, I tried to fix this article but it never went anywhere. Blake (Talk·Edits) 02:12, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

including, but not limited to
"Including, but not limited to" is lawyer-speak and is unnecessary since "including" implies additional items already. --Unimath (talk) 16:03, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Rowan's assistant isn't a true rival
You never fight or even compete with him or her, so calling Lucas and Dawn rivals doesn't make much sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.87.156.246 (talk) 11:56, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * They are what is called psudo-rivals. They don't really antagonize you, but you still rival with them. Blake (Talk·Edits) 14:49, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

localized is localized. Original is Original. 　Educate common sense.
The conceited fan does not know that English version is localized version. 61.214.5.118 (talk) 07:49, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * We do not need to use the word "localized" on this article to refer to the English version. It can just be called the "English version". The word "original" has been retained for the Japanese version, however.— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 09:19, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Sinnoh Rival is named "Barry"?
Correct me if I'm wrong but the rival for Sinnoh region had no default name. Its random and not just "Barry" appeared on the selection. Just because the anime says that his name is 'Barry' then why should we name him Barry here? Barry is his name in the anime but not in-game. Bleubeatle (talk) 07:49, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Never mind I read it again. But why put "Barry" there when he really doesn't have a default name? Is it right to put his anime name instead? Bleubeatle (talk) 07:51, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
 * What name should be put instead? Are you saying we should call him "that one dude"? If a name should be picked, Barry isn't a bad choice. Blake (Talk·Edits) 14:43, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Re-mentioning names on different sections
I find it repetitive to mention characters like Cheren and Wallace in more than 2 sections. Why can't we just state other information about them becoming Gym Leaders or Champions in their own section? Only put those characters that are new to the game's series. Like for Black & White 2's gym leaders, was it really necessary to mention Elesa under there as well? We were only talking about the Gym leaders of the Unova region. I reckon we should only put Roxie/Homika and Shuizu because they are the only new characters that are introduced into the region of Unova for Pokemon Black & White 2. Bleubeatle (talk) 06:07, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, if we do that it will look like we have missing information. Is it that bad to have a line that says "X is a gym leader in this game, too" when discussing the characters from that subsequent game?— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 07:06, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
 * No I don't think its bad. But because we already mentioned "X" character in another section it will look like we are talking about another character of the same name. It will end up looking like we are talking about 2 different characters instead of 1. Besides this page is about the list of characters in the Pokémon world. Not the list of who's the gym leaders, champions, etc. in each game. Bleubeatle (talk) 01:45, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Not if it's blatantly clear that we are referring to the same character as elsewhere on the page.— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 06:29, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Pokémon crime syndicates
This article is mostly redundant to the list. There seem to be some missing that should be merged over, while much of the info is overly bloated and unnecessary to keep. TTN (talk) 16:39, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't see why not.— Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 16:45, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Disagree: This is article is not about individual characters but about organisations. Retartist (talk) 10:08, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * This article could contain the main characters of said organizations perfectly easily instead of the massive list that the syndicate page currently contains.— Ryulong ( 琉竜 ) 11:04, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Images
I have restore a few images after they were verified to have fair use rationales. I would like to open a discussion to see if any regular editors of this page agree, though. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 22:33, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * None of the images that you added to this article can be put on this article for several reasons, mostly because of the non-free content criteria policy, which is much stricter than the US fair use doctrine:
 * None of them have non-free use rationales for this particular page (NFCC 10c)
 * You have added way too many of them (NFCC 3a)
 * They add nothing of educational importance to this particular article (NFCC 8)
 * The images you have added are simply decorative on this page, and because they depict characters as they are found in the TV series rather than a general description of the characters in the video games. An image of Ash has no purpose here, nor does one of the Diamond and Pearl main characters. Please do not add the images back here. Also, the use of the Team Rocket image at the list of anime characters page is also superfluous. There is no reason to pick just the Team Rocket image.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 03:13, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Elio and Selene
I think it is now clear that the Sun and Moon player characters ARE INDEED officially named as Elio and Selene. Look at this on the Pokémon Center website: https://www.pokemoncenter.com/figma-selene-figure-%28preorder-ends-november-29%29-703-03094

characters from Masters
should anyone add the characters who appear in Masters (so far we have Paulo, Bellis, Team Break and the nurse trio)? I don't see any info regarding Lear, Rachel and Sawyer... On an unrated note, is it possible to list characters' voice actors from Masters? It seems to be the first official speaking appearance for all who appear in it... Visokor (talk) 09:50, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

To the user who keeps claiming Kris and Lyra are the same character and who keeps reverting Ethan to "Gold".
1. HGSS art director Takao Unno (who designed Lyra) has said himself she was designed from scratch.

2. Kris and Lyra appear as completely separate characters in Pokemon Masters. If you want to act like you have more authority than the Pokemon Company, go nuts but your personal headcanons will not be taken as fact here.

3. "Gold" was never the canon name of the GSC protagonist.

4. The Pokemon Masters twitter page clearly said "Ethan from Pokemon Gold and Silver", not Gold.

5. If "Gold" appears as a separate character in Pokemon Masters, you will have a point. Until then do not revert again or we will take this further.

6. Lastly stop writing irrelevant waffle about anime counterparts. Ethan being called "Jimmy" and then appearing later as Ethan is not evidence of "Gold" and "Ethan" being separate. Jimmy was simply what they called him as he had no canon name yet and they weren't gonna call him Gold for the same reason they didn't call Ash "Red". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevenbfg (talk • contribs) 22:48, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

can somebody add officer jenny to 'trainer classes'?
i saw that nurse joy and the clerks from pmex were there but not jenny :(

22:32, 13 October 2020 (UTC)2601:640:C400:68A:48EC:EA6C:FBF3:5473 (talk) 22:32, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Some work I just did
Hey guys, I'm not usually a Pokemon guy, but I just through a bunch of anchors in this page from broken redirects and editing a couple of the redirect pages as well. (There were over 100 so I tried to do some anchors instead of editing every one of the redirects). Again, not a pokemon hu, but I found the following list of articles that don't seem to be mentioned here. I through the on those pages. Feel free to change what I did, but I wanted to draw your guys' attention to these.

 * Orange Islands related
 * Rudy (Pokémon)
 * Cissy (Pokémon)
 * Luana (Pokémon)
 * Danny (Pokémon)
 * Drake (Orange Islands)
 * List of Orange Islands Gym Leaders
 * List of Pokemon Orange Island Gym Leaders
 * List of Pokemon Orange Islands Gym Leaders
 * Other
 * Gabby and Ty

Thanks for yall's great work on wikipedia! Signed, I Am Chaos (talk) 04:38, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Missing Paldea Elite Four(and more)
Rika is the Ground type member, Poppy is the steel type member, Larry is the Flying type member, and Hassel is the Dragon type member. The Top Champion is Geeta. I have played the game so I know this, so they need to get added in to the Pokémon League section. And for the other characters section, Arven and Penny are important characters in Scarlet and Violet and they need to get added in.Hackecas001 (talk) 05:06, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Splitting article
Hi, I think that this article could really go for a restructure and split. In my opinion, it would be best if we did a list of characters by their respective generation or, if that is too complicated, by game. Thoughts? - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 07:46, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

 * I would have agreed if the article was not mostly plotcruft. There's nothing to split without the ensuing article being unencyclopedic, so it can't really be split off.
 * Likely the best option is instead to trim the minor characters from the list. For each game, only the main characters, rival, professor(?) and primary villain should be listed. Individual gym leaders, side characters, and enemy team members don't really matter in the grand scheme of things. With that done, I doubt the list would be overly large even when including every major Pokemon game to date. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:33, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I think that'd be fine as a loose guideline, but I also think that some character exceptions are required. For example, Larry has multiple articles about him specifically. I think, at the very least, we should either structure this article by generation or game. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 08:47, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, if a character has a full article about them, they should be included regardless of their prominence. I would otherwise sort it by generation of game, because the current organization scheme makes no sense to typical readers trying to put it in context. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:38, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I agree. Whether any gens are split or not, this will be the most ideal setup. I'm going to boldly restructure the article. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 11:25, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I think if people like Larry are included we should include other gym leaders for consistency, however, like noted, much less detail is needed. (Also possibly merge this with the list of anime characters in order to consolidate the information and not have a lot of duplicate info between a character's arc in the anime and in the games. DecafPotato (talk) 20:09, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I disagree. Most gym leaders aren't really that notable on their own other than for being a gym leader. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 20:12, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, but it would just bug me if Larry got a spot on the list (as he should), but the other gym leaders didn't get at least a mention, lol. DecafPotato (talk) 20:18, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * It bugging you is completely irrelevant in this case. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 20:19, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * i know :( DecafPotato (talk) 20:20, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * On this topic, though, I think we should have a more rigid inclusion criteria than just "major character". Like, what defines "major" in this case? DecafPotato (talk) 20:24, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Reliable sources mentioning them or being the player character of their respective games. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 20:28, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Would a merge with List of Pokémon anime characters be good? I think because the anime is more story-based, there's more actual discussion of characters in it to be useful for an encyclopedic list, and like 90% of the anime characters are also in the games (articles dedicated to Pokémon characters – like Brock – discuss them in all media together as well). DecafPotato (talk) 20:44, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Maybe. I'm honestly not sure. If a merge were to happen what would happen to the characters that only exist in the anime such as Jesse and James (they were only introduced to the games with Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu which I see as more of an anime tie-in similar to Yellow) ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 20:46, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Probably just explain them as a part of Team Rocket/a Gen I character. Also LGPE are mainline games so we would probably need them on this list if the lists aren't merged. DecafPotato (talk) 22:37, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Actually that article might be better off nuked. I just had to remove what was basically an essay as to why Meowth was a good companion to Jesse and James and scrolling through, it just gets worse and worse. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 20:50, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

The issue with a single list covering an entire 20+ year old series is that there's no way to cover everyone in any meaningful detail without ballooning the page to millions of KB. Rather than split into individual game lists, I think this list should cover recurring (notable) characters only and single game characters should belong in a Characters section of that respective game. Axem Titanium (talk) 22:09, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This list as it looks right now actually looks pretty decent. I would cut out all the entries on characters who have not been covered by reliable sources, and at that point the length will certainly no longer be a concern. I wouldn't merge this with the anime list; I think it's helpful to keep the two separate like this. We could interpret any overlapping characters still completely separate interpretations of them. ~ Maplestrip/Mable ( chat ) 12:31, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I still don't see the upside of sequestering game-specific characters away from the plot sections of their respective articles. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is not overly long and could benefit from an overview of major characters before diving into the story. I actually think that's true regardless of the length of this page. Axem Titanium (talk) 21:37, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Ultimately I'm just happy I could help get this article on the right track. :) - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 01:13, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I think I'd be down to restructure the article to be only recurring characters. I'll be bold again and trim it down to only characters who appear in at least two games (obviously not, like, "appears in Red and Blue" or "Red and FireRed"). - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 11:03, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay how's this structure looking - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 11:13, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The structure for the first few gens is looking much better. However, the alternate protagonists used in the games don't seem necessary or useful. Perhaps they could be folded into Red's section like so: In addition to Red, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen feature an alternate female protagonist, Leaf (リーフ, Leaf). Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! name their male and female protagonists Chase (カケル, Kakeru) and Elaine (アユミ, Ayumi) instead. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 15:19, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I disagree with the Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee one since those are separate from gen 1 despite being based in Kanto. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 15:29, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! are 2018 remakes of the 1998 Game Boy role-playing video game Pokémon Yellow. (According to the article's lead sentence.) For all intents and purposes, they are not considered separate - I'm sure they are different enough, but non-fans will not notice or care, and Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia. They should likely be lumped in with Gen 1 protagonist. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 16:43, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah I don't have any special attachment to the LGPE characters, I just made a point of having a generous paring down of characters to reduce the likelihood of objection. I actually thought to remove them, but I didn't want to remove Leaf, and it would definitely be a POV thing to decide that Leaf is warranting her own entry but not the LGPE protags. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 18:36, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I understand your point, however at the same time they're also a part of Gen 8 since they were made before Sw/Sh. Maybe we could add a note stating that while LGPE are technically a part of gen 8, they are included with Gen 1 as they are remakes of that game. I guess you could say the same thing about FR/LG with Leaf since those are technically part of Gen 3, however I think most people still include her with Gen 1. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:44, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I think Let's Go might be the only direct remakes that introduced new Pokémon, which is why they're listed as Gen 7 on the List of Pokémon? (though technically they were introduced in Pokémon Go I guess). Regardless, they are very direct remakes featuring the map and characters of the original games (Oak, all of the Gym leaders, Elite Four, Bill, minor characters not listed). Moreover, the Pokémon Company itself would likely group it with the other Kanto-based games (as they don't use the "Generation" language). We could refactor this article as "characters who come from Kanto"; ".. from Johto", etc. ~ Maplestrip/Mable ( chat ) 09:18, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

The aces of various characters
I don't think the ace pokemon of some of these characters is important. The average person looking at this list woudl probably have no clue what an "ace" pokemon even is. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:19, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

 * I've been a Pokemon fan for a while and never heard the term. It feels like an extremely recent thing that was WP:OR extended backwards in the series, whereas previously all a gym leader's Pokemon were on relatively equal footing besides maybe a few instances. That said, it's likely most gym leaders should be removed anyway so it doesn't make a tremendous difference. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 14:26, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Fair. I don't think it's necessarily an OR thing extended backwards but rather just a term that's been used more recently. I've heard the term before and, while I'm not exactly sure what it means (i'm sure Bulbapedia has the answer), I think it's supposed to mean it's either their strongest pokemon or the pokemon they are most well known for (for example Leon and his Charizard or Cynthia and her monster Garchomp) ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:29, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I only heard it very recently, it basically means their strongest mon IIRC. That kind of cruft should definitely go. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 15:06, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Definitely, maybe if the characters have a unique theme other than being based around one type (for example Penny using a full team of Eeveelutions) or one of their mons is specifically known for one thing (For example Cynthia's Garchomp being notoriously difficult in both D&P and BDSP) however the first option may sitll not be that important unless reliable sources make note of it, and the second option is only if a lot of reliable sources make note of it. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 16:17, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree with everyone above. It's cruft. Sergecross73   msg me  16:54, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I might look to see if there are reliable sources that mention some of the character's pokemon outside of "This character's ace pokemon is X" cause i Wouldn't be surprised if some of these characters' pokemon are notable in relation to them outside of simply being one of their pokemon. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 17:15, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Like, Ash's Pikachu is significant to his character and should be included in something like this. Kabu's Centiskorch is the definition of cruft, lol. DecafPotato (talk) 20:14, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * There are definitely exceptions, like Ash's Pikachu or Cynthia's Garchomp, but the majority of signature Pokemon are just WP:INDISCRIMINATE fan material ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:30, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Agree. DecafPotato (talk) 16:49, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Gym leaders
In this edit I removed the listing of most Gym leaders. Feel free to reinstate some stuff from this if you feel it appropriate. Though honestly, it would be nice if new information is only added to this article when there are sources for it. ~ Maplestrip/Mable ( chat ) 15:18, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Japanese
There seems to be some inconsistencies with how Japanese is used in this article. Some use nihongo4 with 3 parameters (mainly the protags and the Professors). Some use the template with just 2 parameters with the Romaji as the 2nd. Some use the template with the 2 parameters and the direct translation of the name as the 2nd, and some don't even use the template at all and instead place the Katakana directly in parentheses. I feel we should determine which format we should be using and then use that throughout the entire article. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 15:33, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

 * Also, some don't even have the Japanese name. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 16:29, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest matching a featured list like this. That format looks nice. This list isn't entirely consistent either in its usage (see Minor characters), but I'm not entirely sure what the logic is. It's clear that the most recent sections of our list are somewhat incomplete here. ~ Maplestrip/Mable ( chat ) 10:46, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I might be able to use Bulbapedia to get some of the Japanese names (yes I could just play the games in Japanese which I'm planning on doing anyway, but Bulbapedia tends to be good with that kinda stuff) ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 12:56, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I'll start by adding the ー after every vowel/character with a macron in Romaji ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 12:58, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok something weird is going on here. It looks like wherever there should be a chōonpu it uses the Katakana for u (ウ) and I don't know why. I'll be checking all of the names that have the Katakana u to see if it makes sense where it's placed. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 13:19, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Link to Professor Oak
Hyperlinks to Professor Oak do not land on him. This needs to be corrected. Should Professor Oak have his own wiki page? He seems to be a recurring and primary and iconic character of Pokémon. Dakolson (talk) 17:10, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I fixed the Professor Oak redirect. After restructuring, there's probably a bunch of redirects that no longer work, so we might have some work there. Either way, don't worry about a separate article for Professor Oak while the section on him here still doesn't even have any citations! ^_^; ~ Maplestrip/Mable ( chat ) 10:19, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Riko article?
Since Riko's the new protagonist of Pokemon should we give her an article? HiGuys69420 (talk) 22:34, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

 * Liko's article needs sources to justify its existence: in-universe importance is not an article make. (Otherwise, most if not all of Ash's traveling companions would have articles.)
 * If sources exist out there that describe Liko in some depth (Such as reviews or critiques of the recent anime series discussing her character and the reception to her) then yes, an article would be justified if there was enough. But as it stands, I don't think she needs an article just yet. (Though I do feel that there's a good chance we'll get some sources focused on explicitly her as the series progresses, that time hasn't come yet, at least not to my knowledge) Pokelego999 (talk) 04:44, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

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Rollover (film)

Rollover is a 1981 American political thriller drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofferson. The film was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Actor for Kristofferson.

Plot
Lee Winters (Fonda) is the widow of the Chairman and primary stockholder of Winterchem Enterprises, a chemical company, who is attempting to obtain financing of the purchase of a processing plant in Spain while trying to determine why her husband was murdered.

Apparently, her late husband discovered some damning information about an Account Number 21214, a secret slush fund involving asset transfers.

Respected financier Hubbell Smith takes over as president of Borough National Bank at the request of First New York Bank chairman Maxwell Emery (Cronyn), in an attempt to have Smith discover the financial status of Borough National.

Smith discovers that the bank isn't just in trouble, it's essentially so insolvent that it can't even pay its next dividend. It needs to find a customer who needs to borrow a lot of money and either loan the money or act as broker in the deal in order to raise some quick cash and stave off intervention by the Federal Reserve.

One of the largest customers of Borough National is Winterchem, but because of federal lending limits, the bank "can't loan them a dime" but conceivably could be involved in brokering a deal between Winterchem and some other lender capable of loaning the approximately $500 million needed to buy the plant, and the bank would receive a 1% finder's fee for making the arrangement. Later there are tense moments when Borough National are waiting for Arab oil money deposits to be renewed in a "roll over". The bank would be unable to refund the deposits, but at the last minute the roll over occurs, except for some money diverted to account 21214.

Smith becomes involved, both financially and romantically, with Winters in her attempts to finance the purchase of the petrochemical plant and in the discovery of the mystery of account 21214. They finally do so by brokering a deal with some Arab investors who take control of her stock as security for the transaction.

Smith later discovers that account 21214 is actually a slush fund where Emery is moving money belonging to the Arabs into gold as a safe haven against potential losses if the dollar collapses. The Arabs are extremely worried that if anyone finds out, their assets will vanish in a public panic as American currency becomes worthless.

Winters also discovers the Arabs are behind account 21214, and wants her stock back in exchange for her silence; she has overheard part of Smith's conversation with Emery and mistakenly believes he was double-crossing her. A fake limo driver who is actually working for the Arab investors tries to kidnap her with the intent of killing her—as it turns out they did to her husband—to prevent her from disclosing what she knows, and when the attempt on her life fails, the Arabs panic and pull all of their money out of every bank in the United States,and possibly the entire world.

The globe is gripped by panic and rioting as people discover all of their money is now worthless. Emery is shown in his office - dead, an apparent suicide. The economic crisis paralyzes the world, but by spilling over boundaries between east and west blocs, and between developing and industrialized nations, it also unites the world in common cause. In the penultimate scene, workers at Borough National stand idle while listening to a report of the growing economic crisis. As the camera pans across the trading floor of the bank, the viewer sees that it's now empty of workers, the lights off, the desks and machines covered - completely inactive. Only Smith remains. Winters joins him in the final scene. Smith tells her that he's looking for a way to start anew. Winters offers to become his partner.

Cast

 * Jane Fonda as Lee Winters
 * Kris Kristofferson as Hubbell Smith
 * Hume Cronyn as Maxwell Emery
 * Josef Sommer as Roy Lefcourt
 * Jodi Long as Betsy Okamoto
 * Macon McCalman as Jerry Fewster
 * Martha Plimpton as Miss. Fewster
 * Norman Snow as Hishan
 * Paul Hecht as Khalid
 * Bob Gunton as Naftari

Reception
The film opened the same weekend as Buddy Buddy and finished at number one with a gross of $2,260,889  and eventually gross $10,851,261 in the United States and Canada. The movie was a box-office bomb as it lost money on its budget of $16 million.

The film holds a 70% score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews. Janet Maslin of the The New York Times called the film one "so badly bungled that it can't help but rivet the audience's attention" while citing its ineffective casting and direction.

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Larry Farmer (law professor)

Larry Farmer (born 20 February 1942) is a professor of law at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He is also noted for pioneering the method of document assembly.

Career
Farmer has a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Brigham Young University in 1975. He is an expert in legal counseling. He has been a member of the Clark Law School faculty since 1974 and has also been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School.

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User:Dukiebbtwin

Hello,

Currently, I am a sophomore at Duke University in Durham, NC studying chemistry and computer science. I am a huge Duke basketball fan and have camped out in Krzyzewskiville for over a month for the UNC vs. Duke basketball game. I hope to improve on gaming and computer related articles, as well as articles related to Duke.

I am from Fallston, MD where I attended Fallston High School and graduated in 2004. If I have some time - I'll make an article for my school :).

For the past several summers I have worked at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense.

This is a quick summary - I'll make it nice later, but thanks for stopping by :).

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Family and Friends

Family and Friends is a short-lived Australian television soap opera by the Nine Network which debuted on 7 February 1990.

The series was intended to be the networks response to the already successful soaps on the rival channels - Neighbours and E Street on Network Ten and Home and Away on the Seven Network.

Synopsis
Family and Friends was set in a suburban community the series and focused on two families - the Chandler and the Italian-Australian Rossi families - who were linked by a long-standing vendetta stemming from an accidental death in the 1950s. Old enmities were renewed by the Romeo-and-Juliet style romance between Jennifer Chandler (Roxane Wilson) and Robert Rossi (Renato Bartolomei).

Despite a strong cast which included actors known for previous soap roles including: Anne Phelan (Prisoner as Myra Desmond ) and Maxine Klibingaitis (from Prisoner and Neighbours) ), Justine Clarke (Home and Away) and Abigail and Alyce Platt (both from Sons and Daughters), the series failed to catch on with the viewers. Episodes were initially broadcast in one-hour installments up against Ten's E Street on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 19:30–20:30, but ratings were disastrous. The show was promptly reformatted as half-hour episodes stripped at 17:30 weeknights, but ratings remained very low. And now that it was lead-in to National Nine News's 6pm bulletin its low ratings meant it remained in a precarious position.

The series then underwent a major revamp which included the loss of six cast members and addition of new cast members including Rebecca Rigg. A week's worth of episodes were produced in the new format, when the series was abruptly cancelled on 26 April 1990. The final episodes went to air in a late-night timeslot during the 1990-1991 summer non-ratings period. In total 96 episodes had been produced.

Cast

 * Abigail - Doreen Stubbs
 * Renato Bartolomei - Robert Rossi
 * Rachael Beck - Claudia Rossi
 * Justine Clarke - Cheryl Brooks
 * Diane Craig - Pamela Chandler
 * Robert Forza - Joe Rossi
 * Jonathan Hardy - Brother Ignatius
 * Gavin Harrison - Renato
 * Maxine Klibingaitis - Gloria Stubbs
 * Adrian Lee - Marco Rossi
 * Dominic McDonald - Greg Chandler
 * Anna-Maria Monticelli - Luciana Rossi
 * Sean Myers - Greg Chandler
 * Ross Newton - Bartholomew Purvis (Thommo)
 * Anne Phelan - Dawn Rossi
 * Alyce Platt - Stephanie Collins
 * Rebecca Rigg - Pasquelina
 * Mario Rossello - Mikey Rossi
 * Dinah Shearing - Antoinetta Rossi
 * Wendy Strehlow - Janet Simmonds
 * Simon Westaway - Damien Chandler
 * Kym Wilson - Blondie
 * Roxane Wilson - Jennifer Chandler

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James Still (poet)

James Still (July 16, 1906 – April 28, 2001) was an American poet, novelist and folklorist. He lived most of his life in a log house along the Dead Mare Branch of Little Carr Creek, Knott County, Kentucky. He was best known for the novel River of Earth, which depicted the struggles of coal mining in eastern Kentucky.

Early life
Lonie, Still's mother was sixteen when she moved to Alabama due to a tornado destroying the family home. His father, J. Alex Still, was a horse doctor with no formal training. James Still was born July 16, 1906, near Lafayette, Alabama. Still was considered a quiet child but a hard worker. He along with his nine siblings worked the family farm. They farmed cotton, sugar cane, soybeans and corn. At the age of seven, Still began grade school. He found greater interest not in the school text books but at home where there was an edition of the Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge. He became enriched with philosophy, physics and the great British poets – Shakespeare and Keats.

Education
After graduating from high school, Still attended Lincoln Memorial University of Harrogate, Tennessee. He worked at the rock quarry in the afternoons and as a library janitor in the evenings. He would often sleep at the library after spending the night reading countless works of literature. Upon graduation in 1929, he began graduate work at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. While at Vanderbilt, he became involved in a controversial miner strike in Wilder, Tennessee. The miners were starving due to holding the picket line; Still delivered a truckload of food and clothing for the miners. Still graduated with an MA in English in 1930. He later completed additional graduate work at the University of Illinois.

Career
Still tried various professions including the Civil Service Corps, Bible salesman, and even a stint picking cotton in Texas. His friend Don West—a poet and civil rights activist, among other things—offered Still a job organizing recreation programs for a Bible school in Knott County, Kentucky. Still accepted the position but soon became a volunteer librarian at the Hindman Settlement School. Knott County would become Still's lifelong home, though for many years he was the creative force behind the Morehead Writers' Workshop at nearby Morehead State University, where he taught literature during the 1960s.

James Still served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army in World War II and was stationed in Egypt in 1944.

Literature
Still moved into a two-story log house once occupied by a crafter of dulcimers, Jethro Amburgey. He would remain here till his death. Here, he began writing his masterpiece, River of Earth. It was published February 5, 1940. River of Earth is a discussion of change in Appalachia, depicted as the struggles of a family trying to survive by either subsisting off the land or entering the coal mines of the Cumberland Plateau in the reaches of eastern Kentucky. This tension is depicted in the tension between Brack and Alpha Baldridge. Alpha Baldridge longs for settled solidity. "Forever I've wanted to set us down in a lone spot, a place certain and enduring, with room to swing arm and elbow, . . . . So many places we've lived—the far side of one mine camp and next the slag pile of another. I'm longing to set me down shorely and raise my chaps proper (50–51)." Conversely, her husband Brack is committed to the mines and answers her as the family provider: "It was never meant for a body to be full content on the face of this earth. Against my wont it is to be treading the camps, but its bread I'm hunting, regular bread with a mite of grease on it. To make and provide, it's the only trade I know, and I work willing (51)." His version of stability is perhaps more transitory than hers. She longs to see things grow of a season, whether gardens or children; he looks for the high-return of mine work, despite the dangers (which are not major factors in the book) and the irregularity of the work. She is willing to trade the sentence of living from hand to mouth through the year for the security of a personal place; he, to endure famine for the short seasons of feasting that mine work allows. The perspectives of both characters represent the dead-end choices of Appalachians who chose to remain in the hills.

Still received the Southern Author's Award shortly after publication, which he shared with Thomas Wolfe for Wolfe's work You Can't Go Home Again. Still went on to publish a few collections of poetry and short stories, a juvenile novel and a compilation of Appalachian local color he collected over the years. The children's book "Jack and the Wonderbeans" was adapted for the stage by the Lexington Children's Theatre in 1992. Still participated in one performance, reading a portion of the book to open the show. He died April 28, 2001, at the age of 94.

Legacy
Wolfpen, the log house, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

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Burston

Burston may refer to:

Places

 * Burston, Buckinghamshire
 * Burston, Devon, a United Kingdom location
 * Burston, Norfolk
 * Civil parish of Burston and Shimpling
 * Burston railway station
 * Burston, Staffordshire, a United Kingdom location
 * Civil parish of Sandon and Burston

Fictional places

 * Burston, England, fictional location of two fictional universities: Burston Central University and the University of Burston

People with the surname

 * James Burston (1856-1920), Australian soldier and businessman, father of Roy
 * Louis Burston or Louis Burstein (1878-1923), American film producer
 * Roy Burston (1888–1960), Australian soldier and physician, son of James
 * Winifred Burston (1889-1976), Australian pianist and teacher
 * Janet Burston (1935–1998), actress
 * Brian Burston (born 1948), Australian politician
 * Michael Burston, known as Würzel (1949-2011), English rock musician
 * Keith Burston or Keith Burstein (born 1957),
 * Sid Burston (born 1959), American actor
 * Paul Burston (born 1965), journalist
 * Bradley Burston (retired 2019), Israeli journalist
 * Jane Burston (born 1981), British scientist
 * Matt Burston (born 1982), basketball player

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Kamal (name)

Kamal is a male given name used in several languages.

 * In Sanskrit, it is usually spelled Kamal for males and Kamala for females, meaning "lotus" or "pale red".
 * Kamal or Kamaal (كمال kamāl) or Turkish Kemal. The Arabic name which is also a noun means "perfection, superiority, distinction" and "completion, conclusion, accomplishment". The name bears the notion of "completeness of a thing without any deficiency" and "perfection of morals and ethics (adjective: اِكْتِمال iktimāl)". Also the name may be used as an abbreviation of Kamal ad-Din.
 * In Persian, it means "beauty, perfection, excellence, completion, utmost level".
 * Azerbaijanis use it as a male name in the meaning of "competent, mature".
 * In Turkish, it is the misspelling of Kamâl which means "siege, blockade, encirclement" (from the Uzbek qamal) and "castle, rampart" (from the Kazakh qamal).
 * In Turkish transliteration of Arabic and Persian name كمال, it is sometimes used instead of Kemal. According to Nişanyan Dictionary, most of the parents who named their children Kamal in Hatay Province of Turkey adopted the Arabic spelling of Kemal.

People with the given name Kamal

 * Kamal (director), commonly known name of Malayalam film (India) director Kamaluddin Mohammed
 * Kamal Mehdi Abdullayev (born 1950), Azerbaijani scientist
 * Kamal Adham, Turkish-born Saudi businessman and intelligence head
 * Kamal Amin, Egyptian artist
 * Kamâl Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic
 * Kamal Bayramov (born 1985), Azerbaijani professional footballer
 * Kamal Kheir Beik, Syrian poet and dissident
 * Kamal Elfadel, Sudanese basketball player
 * Kamal Foroughi, British-Iranian businessman imprisoned in Iran
 * Kamal Haasan, film actor in Tamil cinema
 * Kamal Habibollahi, the final commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy
 * Kamal Hadden (born 2001), American football player
 * Kamal Heer, Indo-Canadian Punjabi singer
 * Kamal Hossain, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician
 * Kamal Ibrahim, former Egyptian wrestler
 * Kamal Kaya Efendi, Turkish military officer
 * Kamal Jafarov (born 1989), Azerbaijani politician
 * Kamal Khan (singer), Bollywood playback singer
 * Kamal Khera, Indian-born Canadian politician
 * Kamal bin Kupli, Malaysian killer sentenced to death in Singapore
 * Kamal Khan-Magomedov (born 1986), Russian judoka
 * Kamal Məmmədbəyov, one of the first honored architects of Azerbaijan
 * Kamal Hassan Mansur, Libyan politician
 * Kamal Martin (born 1998), American football player
 * Kamal Mirzəyev (born 1994), Azerbaijani professional footballer
 * Kamal Nasser, Palestinian political leader, writer and poet
 * Kamal Nath, Indian Union Minister
 * Kamal Quliyev (born 1976), retired international footballer from Azerbaijan
 * Kamal Qurbanov (born 1995), Azerbaijani professional footballer
 * Kamal Rifaat, Egyptian military officer and politician
 * Kamal Ruhayyim, Egyptian writer
 * Kamal Al Din Salah, Egyptian diplomat
 * Kamal Sarabandi, Iranian-American scientist from University of Michigan
 * Kamal Shalorus, Iranian mixed martial arts fighter
 * Kamal al-Haydari, Iraqi Shia Cleric
 * Kamal Stino, Egyptian politician
 * Kamal al-Hadithi, Iraqi poet and journalist

People with the surname Kamal

 * Abdallah Kamal (1965–2014), Egyptian journalist and politician
 * A. K. M. Shahjahan Kamal, Bangladeshi politician
 * Ali Abu Kamal, teacher and criminal responsible for the 1997 Empire State Building shooting
 * Doğa Rutkay Kamal (born 1978), Turkish actress and TV presenter
 * Ibrahim Ahmed Kamal, lead guitarist for Bangladeshi heavy metal bands Aurthohin and Warfaze
 * İlham Namiq Kamal (born 1949), Azerbaijani actor and director
 * Kadir Kamal (born 2000), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler
 * Kerem Kazım Kamal (born 1999), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler
 * Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho), freedom fighter of Bangladesh Liberation War, awarded the highest recognition of bravery of Bangladesh, Bir Sreshtho.
 * Mustafa Kamal (politician), Bangladeshi politician, cricket official, and businessman
 * Osama Kamal (born 1959), Egyptian engineer and politician
 * Said Kamal (1938–2017), Palestinian politician
 * Syed Kamal, Pakistani film actor, director and producer
 * Yousef Hussain Kamal, Qatari politician and businessman
 * Zahira Kamal, Palestinian activist and politician

Fictional characters

 * Kamal in Marvel comics
 * Alex Kamal, a spaceship pilot and one of the main characters in the novel series The Expanse and in the eponymous TV series based on it.
 * Kamal, a character in the Indian KGF (film series)

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Arnold Moss

Arnold Moss (January 28, 1910 – December 15, 1989) was an American character actor.

Early years
Born in Flatbush, Moss was a third-generation Brooklyn native. He attended Brooklyn's Boys High School. His first involvement with acting came when he was in college, after which he joined the Eva Le Gallienne Apprentice Group.

Radio
Moss was an announcer at two Baltimore, Maryland, radio stations, moving to WCAO in 1931 after having worked at WTAM. In 1932, he was the youngest announcer at CBS.

He played Dr. Fabian in Cabin B-13 on CBS radio in 1948–49, played in Cafe Istanbul on ABC radio in 1952, was Ahmed on Stella Dallas, was Philip Cameron in Against the Storm and was the first voice of the character of Ted White on the radio serial, The Guiding Light, from April 1948 to May 1949.

Teaching
In the early 1930s, Moss taught speech at the Brooklyn branch of City College of New York.

Film
Moss made two appearances in Bob Hope films, as Hope's Casablanca contact in the espionage spoof My Favorite Spy and as a conniving Venetian doge in Casanova's Big Night. Moss appeared in the feature film The 27th Day (1957) as The Alien. In Kim (1950) he played Lurgan, the shopkeeper and secret spy trainer.

Stage
Moss's stage career began when he acted and directed for Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre, with his first production being Peter Pan (1929). He played Prospero in Margaret Webster's 1945 production of Shakespeare's The Tempest for a combined total of 124 performances, the longest run of the play in Broadway history. He appeared in the original Broadway production of the Hal Prince/Stephen Sondheim musical Follies, playing impresario Dimitri Weismann.

Moss also was narrator for orchestras in Boston, Detroit, and Milwaukee.

Television
Moss appeared in dozens of television programs during the golden age of TV. On November 22, 1950, he starred in "Lord Mountdrago" on Somerset Maugham TV Theatre. He appeared on television in Star Trek (1966) as mysterious actor Anton Karidian, alter-ego of the tyrannical Gov. Kodos of Tarsus IV, in the episode "The Conscience of the King". He also played in The Rifleman as the school teacher, Mr. Griswald, and as Chief Lonespear in Bonanza episode "In Defense of Honor" in 1968. Other television appearances include The Time Tunnel, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and the anthology series The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, General Electric Theater, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Suspense, Tales of Tomorrow, Studio One, and Kraft Television Theatre.

Personal life
Moss married Stella Reynolds, an actress who performed with him in the La Gallienne troupe.

Death
Moss died from lung cancer at his home in New York City on December 15, 1989. He was 79.

Partial filmography

 * Temptation (1946) - Ahmed Effendi
 * The Loves of Carmen (1948) - Colonel
 * Reign of Terror (a.k.a. The Black Book) (1949) - Fouché
 * Border Incident (1949) - Zopilote
 * Kim (1950) - Lurgan Sahib
 * Quebec (1951) - Jean-Paul Racelle
 * Mask of the Avenger (1951) - Colardi
 * My Favorite Spy (1951) - Tasso
 * Viva Zapata! (1952) - Don Nacio
 * Salome (1953) - Micha
 * Casanova's Big Night (1954) - the Doge
 * Bengal Brigade (1954) - Rajah Karam
 * Jump Into Hell (1955) - General Christian De Castries
 * Hell's Island (1955) - Paul Armand
 * The 27th Day (1957) - the Alien
 * Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 4 Episode 1: "Poison") - Dr. Ganderbay
 * The Rifleman (1960, TV Series) - Stevan Griswald
 * The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (Season 1 Episode 5: "Captive Audience") - Victor Hartman
 * Route 66 (1963, TV Series) - The King in S4:E23, "I'm Here to Kill a King"
 * The Fool Killer (1965) as Reverend Spotts
 * Star Trek (1966, TV Series) - Anton Karidian in S1:E13, "The Conscience of the King"
 * Gambit (1966) - Abdul
 * The Time Tunnel (1967, TV Series) - Kalech, High Priest of Jericho (Walls of Jericho)
 * The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967) - Mr Shanari
 * The Monkees (1967) – Vidaru in S2:E3, "Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik"
 * Bonanza (1968, TV Series) - Chief Lonespear (In Defense of Honor)
 * Serpico (1976, TV Series) - Tiller

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Lyn St. James

Lyn St. James (born Evelyn Gene Cornwall; March 13, 1947) is an American former race car driver. She competed in the IndyCar series, with eleven CART and five Indy Racing League starts to her name. St. James is one of nine women who have qualified for the Indianapolis 500, and became the first woman to win the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award (oldest to win the award at 45, a record she held for 30 years until Jimmie Johnson won it when he was 46 in 2022). She also has two class victories at the 24 Hours of Daytona, and won the GTO class, partnering with Calvin Fish and Robby Gordon, at the 1990 12 Hours of Sebring. Additionally she has competed in endurance racing in Europe, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, at which her AMC Spirit AMX team placed first and second in class in 1979.

St. James founded the Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation in 1994 and is a motivational speaker. She has served on the board of trustees of Kettering University, and since 2015, serves as an appeal panelist for NASCAR's National Motorsports Appeals Panel.

In 1986, she was driving a Ford Probe during the IMSA LA Times Grand Prix at Riverside International Raceway and was in a big accident involving both Chip Robinson and Doc Bundy.

Achievements
Lyn St. James has been invited to the White House on multiple occasions, meeting with Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. She was also named by Sports Illustrated as among the “Top-100 Women Athletes of the Century." Working Woman Magazine added her to the “Top 350 Women who changed the world between 1976-1996.” In 1994, she was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame, and is only one of two women in it for auto racing. She was also President of the Women's Sports Foundation from 1990-1993.

Awards

 * She was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2023.

Speed Records
Lyn St. James became the first woman driver to reach over 200 mph on a race track. She drove a number of different cars including Aston Martin, Porsche, Ferrari, and Mazda, but for the majority of her career she drove a Ford Mustang. She used a Ford Thunderbird to break a closed course record for women with 227.32 mph.

American Open Wheel racing results
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Personal
Lyn St. James was born Carol Gene Cornwall, but shortly after birth, her first name was changed to Evelyn, after her aunt. After her first marriage to John Carusso, she changed her name to Lyn Carusso. Eventually she would adopt the professional name Lyn St. James in her business and racing activities. She got the idea from the name of actress Susan Saint James. Upon her divorce from Carusso, she legally changed her name to Lyn St. James.

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Shirabyōshi

Shirabyōshi (白拍子) were Japanese female entertainers in the Heian and Kamakura periods who sang songs and performed dances. They danced dressed as men. The profession of shirabyōshi became popular in the 12th century. They would perform for the nobility, and at celebrations. The word shirabyōshi can also refer to the songs they sang and the dances they performed.

They are sometimes referred to as courtesans in the English language, but by nature they were performers. Some shirabyōshi did sometimes sleep with their patrons and give birth to nobles' children, but this was not their intended purpose as entertainers. The best known shirabyōshi were Shizuka Gozen, Giō and Hotoke, who were featured in The Tale of the Heike.

History
The name shirabyōshi may be interpreted as "white beat" or "simple rhythm"; it may refer to the white suikan robe they wore, or alternatively the hyōshi (拍子) rhythm of the lit. 'trendy' (今様) songs that they sang and danced to, which were also performed by asobi. Shira (白) means "white", although scholars believe that it should be interpreted as "plain" (素); in this interpretation shirabyōshi therefore refers to the lack of musical accompaniment apart from the rhythmic hyōshi percussion.

Shirabyōshi appeared during the mid-Heian period (794–1185). During a time of transition of power and societal change, a change in fortune for some aristocratic families resulted in the daughters of these families needing to perform as shirabyōshi in order to survive. As educated and cultured ladies, they become a superior group of courtesans noted for their singing, dancing and poetry as well as beauty. Shirabyōshi became popular as entertainers in the 12th century, and many women then chose to be shirabyōshi because of their popularity. A shirabyōshi was always a woman who dressed in men's attire. They were popular in the late Heian and early Kamakura period in the 12th century, but during the 13th century, their status declined. They disappeared around the end of the Kamakura or the beginning of the Muromachi period in the 14th century.

It has been said that the shirabyōshi culture greatly influenced Noh drama by bringing forth kusemai, an unorthodox form of dancing, and introducing it to Noh.

Attire and appearance
Shirabyōshi were recognizable for their clothing, which was Shinto-inspired. It was a man's outfit and featured the following:

 * A tate-eboshi hat; tall black hat worn at court
 * A tachi a samurai's sword
 * Red hakama, worn primarily by men
 * White suikan and red suikan, a male Shinto outfit
 * A kawahori hand fan, which men carried

Shirabyōshi also wore oshiroi, white face makeup. This would cover their face and neck, and their eyebrows would be painted higher on the forehead (hikimayu). Their hair was worn simply, and was left long and pulled back into a loose ponytail secured with a ribbon called a takenaga.

The tate-eboshi hat and the sword were only worn by shirabyōshi in the early period, and in later eras, they danced only in white suikan, which gave rise to the belief that shirabyōshi were named after the robe they wore.

Music
Shirabyōshi songs were mostly based on Buddhist prayers. The songs were usually slow and rhythmic, with great meaning in the words. They also would sing imayō songs, which were poems using images of nature to convey meanings of circumstances in their lives. These songs typically had lines of seven and five syllables. Trademarks of their music included their voices, the drum and the flute.

Shizuka
Shizuka, commonly referred to as Shizuka Gozen, was the concubine and lover of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the tragic hero of many folk legends. She was possibly born in 1168, and is popular in folk legends herself. She and Yoshitsune met and fell in love, but by the time she had become pregnant, Yoshitsune was on the run for his life. Shizuka was captured and taken to the shōgun, Minamoto no Yoritomo in Kamakura, Yoshitsune's older brother. There she gave birth to a son, who was, according to some versions of the tales, promptly killed by his uncle Yoritomo, but survived in others.

In some tales, Shizuka was then forced to perform a dance for Yoritomo and his wife Hōjō Masako at a temple celebration, where she sang a song of praise for her lover Yoshitsune. This greatly angered Yoritomo, and he intended on having her put to death but Masako begged for her life. Shizuka was freed and sought to follow Yoshitsune, but she learned of his death. She became a nun and died in 1189. Her song is famous and is still sung today by geisha.

Giō and Hotoke
The story of Giō and Hotoke, featured in the Heike Monogatari, tells of the most famous shirabyōshi, Giō, who had won the heart of Taira no Kiyomori, being ousted by a younger and more talented shirabyōshi named Hotoke. Kiyomori cruelly sent Giō away, which grieved her greatly, and Hotoke was constantly ridden with guilt. A year later, Giō was asked to perform a dance for Hotoke at Kiyomori's command, who actually intended on humiliating her. In her grief and humiliation, Giō, her sister and their mother became nuns seeking for a happier life. A few years later, the guilt was too great for Hotoke and she too became a nun. She asked for forgiveness from Giō, who willingly forgave her and the four women lived out the rest of their days in prayer.

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hurricane Katrina Eye viewed from Hurricane Hunter.jpg

Hurricane Katrina Eye viewed from Hurricane Hunter

The picture shows a high resolution view of eye in the recent city killer hurricane katrina. The quality of the clouds in the image just stuck out in my mind. After reviewing it a couple of times, I decided to nominate it for fpc.

Antilived, I think you put a little too much compression on that image. The 8x8 JPEG blocks are visible even in the thumbnail.PiccoloNamek 17:27, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Nominate and support. - ZeWrestler   Talk 19:10, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * There is a reflection in the upper left hand area of the photo that really ought to be corrected. 129.108.25.68 19:34, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Much better. BTW, the above anon is me; I forgot to log in ealier. TomStar81 01:46, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * How about this? I healed it up in Photoshop. Some of the highlights were clipped, I tried to fix that as well.PiccoloNamek 22:14, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Out of curiosity, what's the link to the NOAANEWS story which uses this image? Or a page that has the image on it? I'd like to send someone a link to it, but I'd rather not link directly to the file. However, their website is tortuous to navigate. Excellent picture, anyway, and I'm not too troubled by the reflection. -Ashley Pomeroy 22:24, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support the edited version TomStar81 02:15, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support second version. I personally wouldn't want to be up in that plane, but it's a spectacular view. Raven4x4x 05:05, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Second version is a big improvement, but the sky's still quite grainy. —Cryptic (talk) 05:25, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * support I tweaked the image a bit more to make it look nicer. -- antilived 11:48, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support second version. James F. (talk) 13:00, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. I think it's the subject matter here that's the key; probably wouldn't have voted support otherwise because the bits of the aircraft visible are distracting. Enochlau 13:23, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * How about the version I've just uploaded? Is it better? -- antilived 08:12, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. I think the "Hurricane Hunter" probe reaching out towards the eye adds to the drama and understanding. --Surgeonsmate 22:31, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. artefacts in the clouds. - Mgm|(talk) 09:13, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Amazing that someone could take this pic --Fir0002 07:45, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support second now. —Cryptic (talk) 07:51, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. You know what's funny? Photoshop is now being used to create great pictures. Isn't it weird that we have to use PS to make a picture good? The photographer no longer needs to be skilled... everything can be taken care of in processing. Just my thoughts. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 22:06, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply:I don't think that's fair. Using Photoshop is no different than working in the darkroom. It's just more vertisle. Do you think Ansel Adams' pictures looked as good as they do straight out of the camera? And what if Photoshop is the only way the photographer can realize what is in their imagination?PiccoloNamek 23:20, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well then let them be an artist. Stop having them try and pass off a photoshopped image as a great picture. A picture should be a real, true representation of the subject. Not what the photoshopper wants it to be. Oh well. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 13:37, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I disagree. Film photographers have been fixing their photos in the darkroom since photography has first existed, it shouldn't be any different for digital photographers with their "pixelroom". Many of the most commonly used Photoshop techniques have darkroom equivs' such as doding and burning, cloning (spotting), brightness/contrast, etc. Perhaps you just can't get it.PiccoloNamek 14:05, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Nah, I get it. I just think there is a huge difference between a darkroom and Photoshop. If you think they are the same, you might be smokin' something. You probably would like to see the entire world computer-generated. Someone could PS the most beautiful mountain view or anything they could imagine... but that does not make it real. I just like the "real world", I guess. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 15:07, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - MPF 16:15, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support (second version) Absolutely stunning pic! -- Chris 73 Talk 07:50, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support: Shows the intensity of a hurricane. Rentastrawberry 01:38, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
 * This link is Broken 04:42, 17 September 2005 (UTC)


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Emerald City (disambiguation)

The Emerald City is the capital city of the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books and in the 1939 film adaptation The Wizard of Oz.

Emerald City may also refer to:

United States

 * Los Angeles in the 1920s, California
 * Dublin, Georgia
 * Eugene, Oregon
 * Seattle, Washington

Elsewhere

 * Sydney, Australia
 * Esmeraldas, Ecuador
 * Green Zone, International Zone of Baghdad, Iraq
 * Muntinlupa, Philippines

Music

 * Emerald City (Teena Marie album), released in 1986
 * Emerald City (John Abercrombie and Richie Beirach album), released in 1987
 * Emerald City (John Vanderslice album), released in 2007
 * The Emerald City (Melanie Doane album), released in 2011
 * The Emerald City, by The Tossers, released in 2013
 * "Emerald City" (song), recorded as a single in 1967 by The Seekers
 * "Emerald City", a song by Prodigal from the 1984 album Electric Eye
 * "Emerald City", a song by Dramarama from the 1985 album Cinéma Vérité

Television

 * Emerald City (TV series), a 2017 American fantasy television series on NBC based on L. Frank Baum's Oz series
 * The Emerald City (1976-1979), LGBTQ television series that aired on Channel J
 * "The Emerald City" (Boardwalk Empire), a season 1 episode of the television series Boardwalk Empire (2010)

Other arts, entertainment, and media

 * Emerald City (play), a 1987 satirical play by David Williamson about the Australian film industry
 * Emerald City (film), a 1988 Australian film starring Nicole Kidman, adapted from David Williamson's play
 * Emerald City (magazine), a science fiction fanzine published from 1995 to 2006
 * Emerald City, a prison unit in the fictional Oswald Maximum Security Prison of HBO's Oz television series (1997–2003)
 * Emerald City Comicon, an annual comic book convention in Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Enterprises and organizations nicknamed "Emerald City"

 * Emerald City, former theme of the MGM Grand Las Vegas hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
 * Foxwoods Resort Casino, in Connecticut, U.S.
 * Oracle Corporation headquarters in Redwood Shores, California, U.S.
 * Washington, D.C. Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kensington, Maryland, U.S.

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Uranyl nitrate

Uranyl nitrate is a water-soluble yellow uranium salt with the formula UO2(NO3)2 * n H2O. The hexa-, tri-, and dihydrates are known. The compound is mainly of interest because it is an intermediate in the preparation of nuclear fuels. In the nuclear industry, it is commonly referred to as yellow salt.

Uranyl nitrate can be prepared by reaction of uranium salts with nitric acid. It is soluble in water, ethanol, and acetone. As determined by neutron diffraction, the uranyl center is characteristically linear with short U=O distances. In the equatorial plane of the complex are six U-O bonds to bidentate nitrate and two water ligands. At 245 pm, these U-O bonds are much longer than the U=O bonds of the uranyl center.

Processing of nuclear fuels
Uranyl nitrate is important for nuclear reprocessing. It is the compound of uranium that results from dissolving the decladded spent nuclear fuel rods or yellowcake in nitric acid, for further separation and preparation of uranium hexafluoride for isotope separation for preparing of enriched uranium. A special feature of uranyl nitrate is its solubility in tributyl phosphate, which allows uranium to be extracted from the nitric acid solution. Its high solubility is attributed to the formation of the lipophilic adduct UO2(NO3)2(OP(OBu)3)2.

Archaic photography
During the first half of the 19th century, many photosensitive metal salts had been identified as candidates for photographic processes, among them uranyl nitrate. The prints thus produced were called uranium prints or uranotypes. The first uranium printing processes were invented by Scotsman J. Charles Burnett between 1855 and 1857, and used this compound as the sensitive salt. Burnett authored a 1858 article comparing "Printing by the Salts of the Uranic and Ferric Oxides" The process employs the ability of the uranyl ion to pick up two electrons and reduce to the lower oxidation state of uranium(IV) under ultraviolet light. Uranotypes can vary from print to print from a more neutral, brown russet to strong Bartolozzi red, with a very long tone grade. Surviving prints are slightly radioactive, a property which serves as a means of non-destructively identifying them. Several other more elaborate photographic processes employing the compound appeared and vanished during the second half of the 19th century with names like Wothlytype, Mercuro-Uranotype and the Auro-Uranium process. Uranium papers were manufactured commercially at least until the end of the 19th century, vanishing due to the superior sensitivity and practical advantages of silver halides. From the 1930s through the 1950s Kodak Books described a uranium toner (Kodak T-9) using uranium nitrate hexahydrate.

Stain for microscopy
Along with uranyl acetate it is used as a negative stain for viruses in electron microscopy; in tissue samples it stabilizes nucleic acids and cell membranes.

As a reagent
Uranyl nitrates are common starting materials for the synthesis of other uranyl compounds because the nitrate ligand is easily replaced by other anions. It reacts with oxalate to give uranyl oxalate. Treatment with hydrochloric acid gives uranyl chloride.

Health and environmental issues
Uranyl nitrate is an oxidizing and highly toxic compound. When ingested, it causes severe chronic kidney disease and acute tubular necrosis and is a lymphocyte mitogen. Target organs include the kidneys, liver, lungs and brain. It also represents a severe fire and explosion risk when heated or subjected to shock in contact with oxidizable substances.

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