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Pontifical Academy of Sciences

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Pontificia accademia delle scienze, Pontificia Academia Scientiarum) is a scientific academy of the Vatican City, established in 1936 by Pope Pius XI. Its aim is to promote the progress of the mathematical, physical, and natural sciences and the study of related epistemological problems. The Accademia Pontificia dei Nuovi Lincei ("Pontifical Academy of the New Lynxes") was founded in 1847 as a more closely supervised successor to the Accademia dei Lincei ("Academy of Lynxes") established in Rome in 1603 by the learned Roman Prince, Federico Cesi (1585–1630), who was a young botanist and naturalist, and which claimed Galileo Galilei as its president. The Accademia dei Lincei survives as a wholly separate institution.

The Academy of Sciences, one of the Pontifical academies at the Vatican in Rome, is headquartered in the Casina Pio IV in the heart of the Vatican Gardens.

History

Cesi wanted his academicians to adhere to a research methodology based upon observation, experimentation, and the inductive method. He thus called his academy "dei lincei" because its members had "eyes as sharp as lynxes," scrutinizing nature at both microscopic and macroscopic levels. The leader of the first academy was the famous scientist Galileo Galilei.

Academy of Lynxes was dissolved after the death of its founder, but was re-created by Pope Pius IX in 1847 and given the name Accademia Pontificia dei Nuovi Lincei ("Pontifical Academy of the New Lynxes"). It was later re-founded in 1936 by Pope Pius XI and given its current name. Pope Paul VI in 1976 and Pope John Paul II in 1986 subsequently updated its statutes.

Since 1936, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences has been concerned both with investigating specific scientific subjects belonging to individual disciplines and with the promotion of interdisciplinary co-operation. It has progressively increased the number of its academicians and the international character of its membership. The Academy is an independent body within the Holy See and enjoys freedom of research. The statutes of 1976 express its goal: "The Pontifical Academy of Sciences has as its goal the promotion of the progress of the mathematical, physical, and natural sciences, and the study of related epistemological questions and issues."

Activities
Since the Academy and its membership is not influenced by factors of a national, political, or religious character it represents a valuable source of objective scientific information which is made available to the Holy See and to the international scientific community. Today the work of the Academy covers six main areas:

 * fundamental science
 * the science and technology of global questions and issues
 * science in favor of the problems of the Third World
 * the ethics and politics of science
 * bioethics
 * epistemology

The disciplines involved are sub-divided into eight fields: the disciplines of physics and related disciplines; astronomy; chemistry; the earth and environmental sciences; the life sciences (botany, agronomy, zoology, genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, the neurosciences, surgery); mathematics; the applied sciences; and the philosophy and history of sciences.

Principal among the many publications produced by the Academy are:
 * Acta – proceedings of the Plenary Sessions
 * Scripta Varia – major works such as full reports on Study Weeks & Working Groups held at the Academy; some, due to their special importance, have been taken up by foreign publishers
 * Documenta & Extra Series – for quick publication of summaries and conclusions of Study Weeks and Working Groups; also for rapid diffusion of Papal addresses to the Academy, and of significant documents such as the "Declaration on the Prevention of Nuclear War"
 * Commentarii – notes and memoirs as well as special studies on scientific subjects.

With the goal of promoting scientific research, the Pius XI Medal is awarded by the Academy every two years to a young scientist who is under the age of 45 and shows exceptional promise. A few of the winners have also become members of the Academy.

Goals and hopes of the Academy
The goals and hopes of the Academy were expressed by Pope Pius XI in the motu proprio "In multis solaciis" which brought about its re-foundation in 1936:

 * "Amongst the many consolations with which divine Goodness has wished to make happy the years of our Pontificate, I am happy to place that of our having being able to see not a few of those who dedicate themselves to the studies of the sciences mature their attitude and their intellectual approach towards religion. Science, when it is real cognition, is never in contrast with the truth of the Christian faith. Indeed, as is well known to those who study the history of science, it must be recognized on the one hand that the Roman Pontiffs and the Catholic Church have always fostered the research of the learned in the experimental field as well, and on the other hand that such research has opened up the way to the defense of the deposit of supernatural truths entrusted to the Church.... We promise again that it is our strongly-held intention, that the 'Pontifical Academicians', through their work and our Institution, work ever more and ever more effectively for the progress of the sciences. Of them we do not ask anything else, since this praiseworthy intent and this noble work in the service of the truth is what we expect of them."

Forty years later (10 November 1979), John Paul II once again emphasized the role and goals of the Academy, on the 100th anniversary (centenary) of the birth of Albert Einstein:

 * "The existence of this Pontifical Academy of Sciences, of which in its ancient ancestry Galileo was a member and of which today eminent scientists are members, without any form of ethnic or religious discrimination, is a visible sign, raised amongst the peoples of the world, of the profound harmony that can exist between the truths of science and the truths of faith.... The Church of Rome together with all the Churches spread throughout the world attributes a great importance to the function of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The title of 'Pontifical' given to the Academy means, as you know, the interest and the commitment of the Church, in different forms from the ancient patronage, but no less profound and effective in character.... How could the Church have lacked interest in the most noble of the occupations which are most strictly human – the search for truth?"

 * "Both believing scientists and non-believing scientists are involved in deciphering the palimpsest of nature which has been built in a rather complex way, where the traces of the different stages of the long evolution of the world have been covered over and mixed up. The believer, perhaps, has the advantage of knowing that the puzzle has a solution, that the underlying writing is in the final analysis the work of an intelligent being, and that thus the problem posed by nature has been posed to be solved and that its difficulty is without doubt proportionate to the present or future capacity of humanity. This, perhaps, will not give him new resources for the investigation engaged in. But it will contribute to maintaining him in that healthy optimism without which a sustained effort cannot be engaged in for long."

On 8 November 2012 Pope Benedict XVI told members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences:
 * "Dialogue and cooperation between faith and science are urgently needed for building a culture that respects people and the planet.... Without faith and science informing each other, the great questions of humanity leave the domain of reason and truth, and are abandoned to the irrational, to myth, or to indifference, with great damage to humanity itself, to world peace and to our ultimate destiny.... (As people strive to) unlock the mysteries of man and the universe, I am convinced of the urgent need for continued dialogue and cooperation between the worlds of science and of faith in building a culture of respect for man, for human dignity and freedom, for the future of our human family, and for the long-term sustainable development of our planet."

Members
The new members of the Academy are elected by the body of Academicians and chosen from men and women of every race and religion based on the high scientific value of their activities and their high moral profile. They are then officially appointed by the Roman Pontiff. The Academy is governed by a President, appointed from its members by the Pope, who is helped by a scientific Council and by the Chancellor. Initially made up of 80 Academicians, 70 who were appointed for life. In 1986 John Paul II raised the number of members for life to 80, side by side with a limited number of Honorary Academicians chosen because they are highly qualified figures, and others who are Academicians because of the posts they hold, including: the Chancellor of the Academy, the Director of the Vatican Observatory, the Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library, and the Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives.

President
The president of the Academy is appointed from its members by the Pope. The current president is Joachim von Braun, as of 21 June 2017, who assumed the position after Werner Arber, who is a Nobel Prize Laureate and was the first Protestant to hold the position.

The list of all current and past presidents of the Academy is below:

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also an executive producer on Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

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Ingleburn

Ingleburn may refer to:

 * Ingleburn, New South Wales a place in Australia
 * Tetbury Avon, a river in England, known locally as the Ingleburn

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Rest-harrow

Rest-harrow may refer to:

 * Ononis, a genus of perennial herbs and shrubs, including:
 * Ononis repens, common restharrow
 * Aplasta ononaria, a species of moth

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Lingelsheimia

Lingelsheimia is a plant genus in the families Phyllanthaceae (and previously placed in the family Putranjivaceae), first described as a genus in 1909. It is native to central Africa and Madagascar.

 * Species
 * 1) Lingelsheimia abbayesii (Leandri) Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
 * 2) Lingelsheimia ambigua  (Leandri) Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
 * 3) Lingelsheimia fiherenensis (Leandri) Radcl.-Sm. - Madagascar
 * 4) Lingelsheimia frutescens Pax - Gabon, Zaire
 * 5) Lingelsheimia manongarivensis  (Leandri) G.L.Webster - Madagascar
 * 6) Lingelsheimia sylvestris  (Radcl.-Sm.) Radcl.-Sm. - Tanzania

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LA CityBeat

Los Angeles CityBeat was an alternative weekly newspaper in Los Angeles, California, debuting June 12, 2003. The publication ceased production with the March 26, 2009, issue. LA CityBeat was available every Thursday at more than 1,500 distribution locations throughout the Los Angeles area, with an initial circulation of 100,000 (dropping to 65,000 in its final year).

History
Southland Publishing, which published a group of newsweeklies that covered counties, cities and neighborhoods in Greater Los Angeles – the "Southland" – also owned Valley Business Printers in the neighborhood of Sylmar, Los Angeles. Amongst Valley Business Printers' third party customers, until the end of March 2003, was the city-wide LA Weekly; in June 2003, just three months after LA Weekly cancelled its contract for printing services, Southland Publishing launched its own publication, LA CityBeat, to compete with its former printing customer.

LA CityBeat was a member of the Alternative Weekly Network and was a rare unanimous recommendation for membership in the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Other unanimous membership votes have included New York City's The Village Voice and Halifax's The Coast.

Staff
The inaugural staff included editor-in-chief Steve Appleford, publisher Rick Haelig, deputy editor Dean Kuipers, arts editor Natalie Nichols, award-winning film editor Andy Klein, art director Dana Collins, staff writer Dennis Romero, and calendar editor Rebecca Epstein. Donnell Alexander joined later as a staff writer.

Contributors included Andrew Berardini, Mick Farren, Richard Foss, Ron Garmon, Tom Hayden, Ken Layne, and Richard Meltzer. Graphic artists who contributed regularly included Jordan Crane, Tony Millionaire, Ted Rall, and Brian Stauffer.

Photographer Gary Leonard's "Take My Picture" (a long-running photo feature that originally debuted in Los Angeles Reader and then New Times LA) appeared weekly in LA CityBeat for more than five years.

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Jamisontown

Jamisontown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 56 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith, and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. It is on the eastern side of the Nepean River, just south of Penrith and bears the name of Thomas Jamison, a pioneer landowner and First Fleet surgeon.

Aboriginal culture
Prior to European settlement, what is now Jamisontown was home to the Mulgoa people who spoke the Darug language. They lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in the Dreamtime. Their homes were bark huts called 'gunyahs'. They hunted kangaroos and emus for meat, and gathered sweet potatoes, berries and other native plants.

European settlement
In 1805, the then Surgeon-General (Principal Surgeon) of the Colony of New South Wales, Thomas Jamison (1752/53-1811), was granted 1000 acre on the banks of the Nepean River, to the south of what is now Jamison Road. Later, the property passed to his son, Sir John Jamison (1776–1844), Kt, MD, MLC - a celebrated physician, land owner and political reformer, who erected a splendid mansion (since destroyed by fire) on the nearby Regentville estate during the 1820s.

The land at Jamisontown stayed rural for the next 150 years or so. In 1911, it was the departure point for the first cross-country flight in Australia, made by William Ewart Hart. In the 1960s the area began to be subdivided and developed and in 1976, Jamisontown was officially gazetted as a neighbourhood.

Jamison Town Post Office opened on 10 May 1889 and closed in 1931.

The sikh locals formed 	 Sydney Gurdwara Penrith (Sikh Association of Australia) as well.

Transport
Mulgoa Road is the main road in the suburb, connecting with both Penrith and the M4 Western Motorway which in turn provides quick connection to greater Sydney and the Blue Mountains. The nearest railway station is at Penrith on the Western Line of the Sydney Trains network.

Busways provides three bus services in the area with route 791 connecting Jamisontown to Penrith, route 795 connecting to Penrith and Mulgoa, and route 797 connecting to Penrith and Glenmore Park.

Local Attractions
The Penrith Ice Palace is located in Jamisontown close to the river.

Education
Jamisontown Public School is the only school in the suburb. Jamison High School is actually located in South Penrith.

Demographics
According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 5,500 people in Jamisontown.
 * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.
 * The most common ancestries were English 28.4%, Australian 27.3%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 6.6% and German 3.1%
 * 74.9% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 4.7%.
 * 83.6% of people spoke only English at home.
 * The most common responses for religion were Catholic 28.4%, No Religion 23.9% and Anglican 22.3%.

Notable residents

 * Thomas Jamison (1745–1811), NSW surgeon-general and colonial landholder in Jamisontown.

Governance
At a local government level, Jamisontown is part of the south ward of Penrith City Council, represented by Jim Aitken, Mark Davies, Karen McKeown, Susan Page and Gary Rumble. The current mayor is Pat Sheehy. At the state level, it is part of the Electoral district of Penrith, represented by Liberal Stuart Ayres. Federally, it is part of the Division of Lindsay, represented by Liberal Party Melissa McIntosh.

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Abbotts Ann

Abbotts Ann is a village in the parish of the same name, approximately 2 mi south-west of Andover, Hampshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census, including Little Ann and Red Post Bridge, was 2,566.

History
The village name Ann was derived from the Celtic river name 'Anne' meaning 'Ash Tree Stream' (now known as the Pillhill Brook). The first settlements in the area can be traced back to 50BC when the Atrebates cleared the forests and cultivated the land. During Roman rule the village prospered, and at the end of Dunkirt Lane a large Roman villa was built. Mosaics taken from this villa are now in the British Museum.

First mentioned as Anna when reportedly granted to the New Minster of Winchester by King Edward the Elder, it was later recorded in the Domesday Book as an area containing 8 hides and 3 mills. The long, narrow and roughly rectangular boundary is characteristic of West Hampshire chalk land parishes. Defined in Saxon times, or possibly earlier, this shape ensured that Abbotts Ann had its share of river, down land and richer waterside meadows. Before the Norman invasion the land was granted to the abbey of Hyde and became known as Ann Abbatis ("estate on the River Anne belonging to the abbot"). Little Ann was granted to the abbey of Wherwell. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the estates passed back into secular hands.

In 1806, Robert Tasker settled in Abbotts Ann and later took over the blacksmith's business. Tasker and his brother developed the first iron plough, which become so popular that they set up the Waterloo Ironworks in Anna Valley to cope with the demand. In 1831, Robert Tasker built the Abbotts Ann school on its previous site in the village, and leased it to the Revd. Samuel Best, the Rector of Abbotts Ann. Built 39 years before education became compulsory, the school was one of the first in England to take children of all denominations. The school's name is Abbotts Ann C of E Primary School, and it has since moved to a new site which is surrounded by the countryside of Abbotts Ann.

Between 1915 and 1924 the Red Rice Estate, which included Abbotts Ann and much of the surrounding countryside, was sold. In 1934 the Government bought Little Park for the new Land Settlement Association, creating the largest influx of population into the village since AD500. The settlers came mainly from northern England and Wales, and those who stayed on made a permanent contribution to the village. Of the 517 houses in the village, in 2000, 107 had been built in the previous 20 years.

St Mary the Virgin, Abbotts Ann
The presence of a church in Abbots Ann is first recorded in a charter granted by Edward the Elder in 901. By the 14th century a second, "more substantial", church had been erected on this site.

In 1710 Thomas "Diamond" Pitt, the grandfather and great-grandfather of the Prime Ministers William Pitt the Elder and William Pitt the Younger, purchased the estate of Abbots Ann, the manor house and the church. In 1716 Pitt – who had made a huge fortune from his sale of a 410 carat (82g) diamond, purchased for £20,400 (equivalent to £0 in ) and sold to the French regent, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, for £135,000 (equivalent to £0 in )  – paid for the demolition of the existing church and the construction of the present parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Abbotts Ann.

Virgins' crowns
The church has one of the largest collections of virgins' crowns in existence, and Abbots Ann is the only parish in England which perpetuates the custom of awarding them. The crowns "may be requested by the relatives of the deceased person, who must have been born, baptised, confirmed and have died, unmarried, in the parish, and must have been of unblemished reputation." The crown is made of hazelwood and decorated with paper rosettes, with five paper gloves or gauntlets attached to it to "represent a challenge thrown down to anyone to asperse the character of the deceased."

At the funeral the crown is "suspended from a small white wand and carried by two girls aged between twelve and sixteen and dressed in white with folded handkerchiefs on their heads at the head of the funeral procession, laid on the coffin in the church and afterwards in the churchyard until the body is committed to the ground." It is then hung from a hook in the church gallery. If unchallenged after 3 weeks, the crown is hung from a hook near the ceiling of the church, with an escutcheon recording the name and date.

The oldest crown dates from 1740, and the most recent from 1973. Writing in 1992, local historian and author Pamela J. King observed that "With today's increasingly mobile population very few people are likely to spend all their lives in one parish and this ancient custom may disappear."

Present
Today the village contains a village shop run by volunteers (which itself contains a post office – one of many recently threatened with closure), which achieved first prize in the Best Rural Retailer 2009 competition. The village also has a village hall, a primary school, a playing field and a pub called the Eagle, as well as another well-known pub in the neighbouring hamlet of Little Ann, called the Poplar Farm Inn. The village is also home to one of the last remaining classic red phoneboxes left in England, unfortunately it no longer has a working phone and instead houses local information.

Abbotts Ann Players
The Abbotts Ann Village Players is a community amateur dramatics society inside the village of Abbotts Ann it performs most of its performances inside the Abbotts Ann village Hall which is known as a hub of the village. The village hall boasts a large stage the players normally perform on, the players have also performed at local village primary school known as the Abbotts Ann Church of England primary school. The Abbotts Ann Players have been running for the last 40 years performing shows such as 'beauty and the beast' and 'jack and the bean stalk'. The players are made up of residents from Abbotts Ann and surrounding villages and towns.

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Putranjiva

Putranjiva is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae, first described as a genus in 1826. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, Japan, southern China, and New Guinea.

Along with Drypetes (of the same family), it contains mustard oils as a chemical defense against herbivores. The ability to produce glucosinolates is believed to have evolved only twice, in the Putranjivaceae and the Brassicales.
 * Species
 * 1) Putranjiva formosana Kaneh. & Sasaki ex Shimada - Guangdong, Taiwan
 * 2) Putranjiva matsumurae Koidz. - Honsu + Ryukyu Islands in Japan
 * 3) Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. - Indian Subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka), Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea
 * 4) Putranjiva zeylanica (Thwaites) Müll.Arg.  - Sri Lanka

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Narancsos Bukta

 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. Although the comments are few, even the editor choosing 'cleanup' admits there may be factual errors/problems in the article. The other commentors have no doubts about deletion. -Splash 01:00, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Narancsos Bukta
Title is a neologism in Hungarian, not widely used (36 non-duplicate Google hits, most of these is a username at a discussion forum). Article is orphaned, and full of statements that have nothing to do with reality. Delete. KissL 07:57, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Article needs a substantial cleanup but contains notable factual information not available elsewhere. Either Redirect and merge to Politics of Hungary or retitle as Hungarian elections 2002 . --Demogorgon's Soup-taster 10:27, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This doesn't make the term notable in any way. Also, please cite one factually correct piece of information not mentioned elsewhere. (I can't find a single one.) KissL 10:41, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. I must confess I only looked at the entries for Politics of Hungary and Elections in Hungary - I couldn't find the relevant info in either. Agree about the term not of itself deserving a separate entry.  If the rest of the info does appear elsewhere, this should be deleted, but the info (from here or elsewhere) should still be merged to Elections in Hungary.  --Demogorgon's Soup-taster 10:52, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The thing is, the only factually correct information this article contains is (1) that MSZP (not MaSZoP: this is a twisted version of the name which sounds similar to "it sucks", used colloquially by those who dislike that party) won the elections in 2002 (though not with 52%, see Politics of Hungary), and (2) that Péter Medgyessy (not Medgyessi) resigned in August 2004, and was subsequently replaced by Ferenc Gyurcsány (but there was nothing like a "coup"). Both points are pretty much covered elsewhere. KissL 11:06, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I bow to your superior knowledge! Still a shame this info isn't on the Elections in Hungary entry. -Demogorgon's Soup-taster 11:57, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete POV issues, lack of references. DV8 2XL 12:11, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - not encyclopaedic information. Adam78 16:42, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
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Opening Night (1977 film)

Opening Night is a 1977 American psychological drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, and starring Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, and Cassavetes. Its plot follows a stage actress who, after witnessing the accidental death of one of her fans, is haunted by a recurring apparition of the deceased woman, spurring a nervous breakdown while she prepares for the premiere of a Broadway play.

Though set in Connecticut and New York City, Opening Night was shot on location in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California, with the theatrical performance sequences taking place at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

Plot
Myrtle Gordon is a famous but troubled middle-aged actress performing out-of-town previews in New Haven, Connecticut of a new play called The Second Woman before its Broadway run. While leaving the theatre after a performance, Myrtle signs autographs and encounters an obsessive teenaged fan, Nancy, who runs after Myrtle into the street and is struck by a car. Myrtle is unsettled by the incident, and even goes to the girl's shiva, though her family greets her coolly.

Myrtle struggles to connect with the character she is playing in The Second Woman, finding her to have no motivation beyond her age. Over the course of numerous performances, Myrtle departs from the play's script in myriad ways, including changing her lines, throwing props around the set, breaking the fourth wall, and collapsing on stage. This frustrates others involved in the play. The writer, Sarah Goode, attempts to force Myrtle into facing her age. Myrtle admits to her that she has been seeing the apparition of Nancy—the teenager killed in the car accident—which Myrtle believes is a projection of her youth.

Myrtle's state of mind continues to deteriorate, and she begins to drink heavily. She imagines Nancy attacking her, and later she throws herself against the walls of Sarah's hotel room, breaking her sunglasses and slashing her face. The incident disturbs Sarah, who expresses her wish to have Myrtle replaced in the play, feeling she is psychologically unable to perform. After storming out of a rehearsal, Myrtle visits Sarah's spiritual medium for help and has another violent encounter with her vision of Nancy, this time fighting back and “killing” Nancy's ghost. Myrtle attempts to seduce Maurice Aarons—her leading man and a former lover—but he refuses.

Myrtle fails to show up on time for her call on opening night. When she finally arrives, Myrtle is so drunk that she can barely stand. With the audience growing restless, director Manny Victor demands the show go on. Myrtle struggles through the show's opening scenes, collapsing before her entrance and again on stage. As the show continues, Myrtle finds something of a rhythm. By the end, she and Maurice go off script and improvise the play's final act, to the producers’ chagrin and the audience's rapturous applause.

Analysis
Writing in a 2018 retrospective for Esquire, critic Dom Nero describes Opening Night as a horror film or art horror film, writing: "In the way that its title sequence magnifies the mundane cheers of an audience into a violently furious sound, it takes our reality and presents the concurrent darkness within like the truth-driven horror films such as Get Out. In the way that it drapes Gena Rowlands in long, black, specter-like capes and collars—and the primal world around her colored in bright, bloody reds—it turns a funhouse mirror onto the crushing, almost satanic rituals of film acting and movie star culture like in Mulholland Drive. In the way that its haunting and minimalistic score is reminiscent of a John Carpenter theme, it makes a psychological break as foreboding as a masked bogeyman haunting suburban teenagers."

Production
Though set in New Haven, Connecticut and New York City, Opening Night was shot on location in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California. The film's theater sequences were shot at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

Release
In common with earlier films, Cassavetes struggled to get Opening Night distributed in the United States. After a number of preview screenings, it opened on December 25, 1977, at the Fox Wilshire Theater, Los Angeles where it played to almost empty houses, and closed in February having never been commercially shown elsewhere. Screenings in New York City that March were similarly ignored. The film was only picked up by an American distributor in 1991, two years after Cassavetes' death.

In 1978, it was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where Gena Rowlands won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

The film was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.

Reception
Opening Night was critically panned in the US on its release. The review in Variety that appeared after a press screening concluded, "One must question whether more than a handful of moviegoers are interested in the effort, whether audiences have not already seen enough of Cassavetes' characters ... He's made these films before and not many seemed interested in them." When it opened in New York, the film was not reviewed at all in most newspapers and magazines.

The film was better received in Europe, with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominating Rowlands and Blondell for the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, at the 35th Golden Globe Awards.

Its reputation has improved since its initial release. It currently holds a 96% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 27 reviews; the consensus states: "Opening Night is as dense and difficult as one would expect from John Cassavetes, but even the director's detractors will be unable to deny the power of Gena Rowlands' performance."

In popular culture
The film has been referenced by several musicians. Back to the Beat, an EP from the band, Motion City Soundtrack, features a song titled "Opening Night", in reference to the film. The Hold Steady's 2008 album Stay Positive makes various allusions to the film; the closing song "Slapped Actress" is the most explicit. "Shut Up"—the first track on Savages' 2013 album Silence Yourself—opens with dialogue between Rowlands and Blondell sampled from the film. Róisín Murphy's music video for "Exploitation", from the album Hairless Toys, serves as an homage to the movie.

Jessica Pratt cited the film as an influence on her album Quiet Signs and titled the instrumental first track "Opening Night." Describing her reaction to the film after viewing it at a screening, she said, "Sometimes when you see a film, especially an emotional, anguishing film like that, it can just simmer in your subconscious for a while. It definitely did that for me."

Pedro Almodóvar repeats the film's accident scene in his film All About My Mother as the center of the dramatic conflict.

Rufus Wainwright and Ivo van Hove have adapted the film into a musical set to premier at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End in March 2024.

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Songs from Black Mountain

Songs from Black Mountain is the eighth studio album by Live. It was released in most countries on April 10, 2006, but was released on May 9 in Canada, May 29 in the UK and June 6 in the US. It was their only release through Epic Records. The first single, "The River", was released on March 21, 2006. It is the last album to feature lead vocalist Ed Kowalczyk before his departure from the band in 2009. It is also the final studio album to feature the original lineup (Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor, Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad Gracey). Kowalcyzk rejoined in 2016, but Taylor, Dahlheimer, and Gracey were all fired from the band by the end of 2022.

Although the album had some international success, including reaching number 1 in the Netherlands, it had the lowest US sales of any of Live's studio albums since their first album, Mental Jewelry, peaking at number 52 on the Billboard 200.

Background
Live signed with Epic Records in 2005, having left Radioactive after the release of their 2003 album, Birds of Pray. Singer Ed Kowalczyk explained that Songs from Black Mountain is in the same vein as Birds of Pray: "The album itself kind of took its lead from where we were with Birds of Pray, which was just a really basic, stripped [approach]...It's just amazing. It's just a great album and the excitement level of [Epic] and the band, everybody is just really pretty blown away by it."

Personnel
Live
 * Patrick Dahlheimer – bass guitar
 * Chad Gracey – drums
 * Ed Kowalczyk – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, executive production
 * Chad Taylor – lead guitar

Additional personnel
 * Charlie Bisharat – violin on "Mystery"
 * Dom Camardella – Hammond organ on "Get Ready", "Love Shines (A Song for My Daughters About God)", and "Home", additional engineering
 * David Campbell – string arrangement on "Mystery", conducting on "Mystery"
 * David Coleman – art direction
 * Larry Corbett – cello on "Mystery"
 * Brian Dembow – viola on "Mystery"
 * Andrew Duckles – viola on "Mystery"
 * C. J. Eiriksson – engineering
 * Laurence Greenfield – violin on "Mystery"
 * Julian Hallmark – violin on "Mystery"
 * Gerardo Hilera – violin on "Mystery"
 * Ted Jensen – mastering
 * Phil Kaffel – additional engineering
 * Suzie Katayama – cello on "Mystery"
 * Gary Kurfirst – executive production
 * Timothy Landauer – cello on "Mystery"
 * Adam Olmstead – assistant mixing
 * Alyssa Park – violin on "Mystery"
 * Readymade99 – artwork, design
 * Myriam Santos-Kayda – photography
 * Haim Shtrum – violin on "Mystery"
 * David Thoener – mixing
 * Philip Vaiman – violin on "Mystery"
 * Jim Wirt – engineering, production

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Kareela

Kareela is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

History
Kareela was the first mixed-use estate developed by Stockland, developed in 1953. The estate was originally called Sylvan Headland. Sylvan Headland changed to Kareela after the estate opened. Kareela is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'place of trees and water' or alternatively 'south wind' or 'wind rider'. The name for the suburb was approved by the Geographical Names Board in 1968. Most of the streets in Kareela are named after outright winners and line-honours winners of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race between 1945 and 1970.

Commercial area
Kareela had a small shopping centre, which as of 2013, has undergone major redevelopments. Formerly Kareela Shopping Centre; Kareela Village is a 14 million dollar project which was completed in 2015. The redevelopment includes the addition of specialty shops such as travel agent, medical centre, cafes, fashion shops, restaurants, fruitier, beauty & hair salons plus an early childhood learning centre and homewares as well as above and underground parking. Coles is the supermarket.

Population
According to the 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population, there were 3,459 residents in Kareela. 76.8% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 3.2% and England 3.1%. 79.3% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.4% and Greek 3.2%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 29.4%, No Religion 24.1%, Anglican 21.2% and Eastern Orthodox 6.4%.

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Kearns, New South Wales

Kearns is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 57 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region.

History
Kearns was named after a local farmer, William Kearns, who owned a large property in the area during the 1800s. He gained notoriety for a court case in 1824 where a neighbour sued him for getting his 14-year-old daughter pregnant. During the case, Kearns was defended by William Charles Wentworth a young Lawyer at the time, Wentworth had evidence proving the neighbour was a man who lied about other matters so not a person to be trusted. Kearns had to pay a far lesser amount than the neighbour had wanted. William and his new wife Elizabeth went on to bring up the little girl from the former relationship the child adored her father. Kearns's land was originally owned by the Tharawal people until they were dispossessed by British settlers in the 1820s. They first named the land River Hill but by 1828 it had been renamed Epping Forest by Kearns. By purchasing neighbouring land grants, he expanded his property to 360 acre and established a thriving dairy farm and orchard. After his death in 1880, the property stayed within the family until 1978.

In 1975, Campbelltown Council began planning a major development in the area and chose the name Kearns for the suburb since Epping Forest would have caused confusion with the suburb of Epping elsewhere in Sydney. Streets were named after famous rivers of the world such as Mississippi, Danube and Yangtze and the first residents moved in in 1985. Not long after, a primary school was established in 1992.

Heritage listings
Kearns has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
 * Mississippi Crescent: Epping Forest, Kearns

People
According to the 2016 census from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Kearns had a population of 2,745 which could be best described as young families on better than average incomes. The average age was 33 compared to the national average of 38 and the median family income was $2,115 per week compared with a national median of $1,734. 57.9% of the population were families with children and almost the entire suburb (95%) was detached housing. 76.3% of people were born in Australia and 79.1% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic at 4.0%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 35.6%, No Religion 19.7%, Anglican 18.0% and Islam 6.3%.

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Sibangea

Sibangea is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae, first described as a genus in 1883. It is sometimes included in Drypetes. It is native to central Africa.

 * Species
 * Sibangea arborescens Oliv. - Cameroon, Gabon
 * Sibangea pleioneura Radcl.-Sm. - Tanzania
 * Sibangea similis (Hutch.) Radcl.-Sm. - Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria

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Kellyville, New South Wales

Kellyville is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 36 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of The Hills Shire. It is part of the Hills District region.

History
Kellyville is believed to be named after Hugh Kelly, who owned land comprising the Kellyville Estate.

Kelly owned a hotel on the corner of Wrights and Windsor Roads called the Bird-In-Hand. Kellyville's origins as a landmark date to at least 1810 with the grant of land and the 1820s construction of the White Hart Inn. The foundations for the Inn remain. The Inn was a popular stable and accommodation on the main road to Windsor. The White Hart Inn existed long prior to its competitor The Bird In Hand. Ironically, the original owner of the land grant on which the White Hart Hotel was built was Hugh Kelly. The NW Rail Line has conducted extensive archaeological research on the site and documented the history of the Inn including information about Hugh Kelly. Originally, the area had been known as 'There and Nowhere' followed by 'Irish Town' for the clan of Kellys that lived in the area. Kelly died in 1884 a respected local. Following his death, John Fitzgerald Burns, James Green, George Withers, Tiger Lilly, and Adam and Stephanie Corbishley (who went on to be divorced) purchased portions of several early land grants, which were subdivided into farmlets as part of the 'Kellyville Estate', thereby giving the suburb its name. Their original land boundaries explain the present route of Windsor Road. The first subdivisions of 100 acre lots were made in 1884.

Kellyville Post Office opened on 1 January 1889. The original post office building stands on the corner of Acres Road and Windsor Roads. It now houses a car rental operation.

Parts of Kellyville have become separate suburbs over the years. Beaumont Hills, north of Samantha Riley Drive, was renamed in 2002. Kellyville Ridge, west of Old Windsor Road, is a separate suburb in the City of Blacktown. North Kellyville was proclaimed a separate suburb in June 2018.

Kellyville Public School is a historic building which was established in 1873. For most of the 20th century, Kellyville was semi-rural. From the 1960s to the 1980s about 900 homes were developed in an area around Acres Road, known locally as 'The Village'. Major developments such as Kellyville Plaza have encouraged residential growth. Due to the suburb's location, Kellyville is a major growth area in The Hills.

Commercial areas
Kellyville Village (formerly Kellyville Plaza) located on Wrights Road, features a Coles supermarket and 38 speciality stores with services, groceries and fashion. The centre and Woolworths supermarket next door both opened in 2003. Other shopping needs are met by the various shops located on a light commercial strip in an area known as 'The Village' on Windsor Road, Kellyville

The newly opened North Kellyville Square located on the corner of Withers and Hezlett Roads to the north of the suburb provides a Woolworths and specialty stores to the area which is booming in population.

Furthermore in 2023 Kellyville Grove Shopping Centre which also contains another Woolworths supermarket and othe speciality stores opened up in the south of the suburb close to the new housing developments around Memorial Avenue.

Residential areas
Kellyville possesses a combination of semi-rural, older suburban and modern residences offering a variety of lifestyles, spanning from medium-density townhouse developments along Kellyville Shopping Plaza to opulent residences sited adjacent to natural creeks and bushlands. As a result of the suburb's strategic location, Kellyville offers a relaxed and quiet lifestyle being surrounded by rural areas and suburban Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills and Glenhaven.

Housing estates:
 * Duncraig Estate (Cattai Creek Drive, north-east Kellyville) - Known for being a popular choice among home buyers due to both leafiness and diverse choice of house types, ranging from modest modern housing to large affluent properties. Residential land sizes range between 450 and 2000 m2
 * Highlands Estate (Wellgate Avenue, far-northern Kellyville area) - Renowned for being an upmarket neighbourhood surrounded by natural bushland and creek. Residential land sizes range between 800 and 900 m2
 * Elizabeth Macarthur Estate (Macquarie Avenue, far-western Kellyville area). Residential land sizes range between 450 and 600 m2. Noted for its easy access to Rouse Hill Town Centre, Stanhope Gardens and North-west T-way.
 * Old Homeworld Display Village - Known as being originally the first 'New Homeworld', an estate of various display houses for aspiring brand new home buyers
 * New Homeworld Display Village (Homeworld IV - River Oak Circuit, western Kellyville area). Billed as the largest display village in the world with 120 homes, it is a neighbourhood of display homes which are designed to encourage purchase of home construction. After being used as a display village, the houses are sold for normal residential occupancy. Residential land sizes range between 450 and 550 m2

Education
Primary & secondary schools:
 * Kellyville Public School - Public Primary School
 * Sherwood Ridge Public School - Public Primary School
 * St Angela's Primary School - Catholic Primary School
 * Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School - Catholic Primary School
 * Kellyville High School - Public High School
 * William Clarke College - Private School for students from Kindergarten to Year 12
 * Beaumont Hills Primary School - Public Primary School
 * Australian International Academy (AIA) - Kindergarten to Year 12 International Baccalaureate school

Special needs schools:
 * Tallowood School - School for disabled students from ages 4 to 18

Road
Windsor Road is a significant road linking Parramatta, in the City of Parramatta, with Windsor, in the City of Hawkesbury. Recent infrastructure development in the Hills District has increased the accessibility of Kellyville. Windsor Road, formerly one-lane each way, was upgraded to a two-lane road in 2006 and has significantly improved traffic flow in the area. Green Road was completed as a two-lane road in 2006 and links Kellyville with the nearby Victoria Avenue, Castle Hill trading zone 2 km down the road, home to three Homemaker centres, car dealers, light industrial areas and many other retail outlets. The old Glenhaven Bridge is a wooden, shared one-lane bridge and was replaced with the new Glenhaven Bridge, which is a proper concrete bridge suitable for heavy vehicles. Built in 2007, the bridge runs over Cattai Creek and allows for normal traffic flows between Kellyville and Glenhaven. An unorthodox bailey bridge (Circa ?) and former roadway have been retained in Golden Grove Reserve. This former road bridge can be found between James Mileham Dr and Geewan Ave in the reserve. This bridge once was the extension to Acres Road joining Hezlett Road.

Kellyville now has the advantage of faster travel to Sydney CBD fuelled by the Lane Cove Tunnel and the M2 Hills Motorway. In good conditions, travel takes approximately 35 minutes.

Bus and rail
Transport to Parramatta by bus in the far-western side of Kellyville has been improved through the development of the bus-only North-West T-Way, which runs parallel with Old Windsor Road.

The Metro North West Line connects the Hills District to Chatswood and opened in 2019.

Sport and recreation
The Bernie Mullane Sporting Complex is a major recreational facility which was officially opened in March 2003 with a total project cost of more than $13 million. As part of the project, an indoor facility for a gym and other indoor sports, tennis courts, soccer fields and cricket grounds were constructed. The complex provides for a wide range of indoor and outdoor health, recreational and sporting programs and services.

Other recreational venues include:
 * Caddies Creek Reserve - Radisson Place
 * Commercial Road Netball Reserve - Wellgate Avenue
 * Kellyville Memorial Park - Memorial Avenue
 * Macquarie Avenue Reserve - Macquarie Avenue
 * The Hills Centenary Park - Cnr Commercial & Withers

Recreational facilities in close proximity include Castle Hill Country Club and Fred Caterson Reserve in Castle Hill. Fred Caterson Reserve is set within a 60 hectare bushland setting directly less than 1 km south-east of Kellyville, and offers a range of outdoor options including bushwalking tracks, BMX track, cycleways, remote control car track and many other sporting fields.

Demographics
In the, the population of Kellyville was 27,971. Residents had a younger median age than the country overall: the median age was 35 years, compared to the national median of 38 years. Children aged under 15 years made up 24.3% of the population (national average is 18.7%) and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population (national average is 15.7%). 61.0% of residents were born in Australia, the next most common countries of birth were India 4.2%, China 4.1%, England 3.0%, South Africa 2.2% and Philippines 2.0%. 64.3% of residents only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 5.3%, Cantonese 2.5%, Hindi 2.3%, Arabic 2.0% and Persian 1.6%.

The most common responses for religion were Catholic 30.3%, No Religion 18.3% and Anglican 13.4%.

Notable residents
Some of Kellyville's notable residents include -
 * Maxine Beneba Clarke - award-winning author, poet and illustrator
 * Greg Page - former member of The Wiggles
 * Anthony Field - member of The Wiggles
 * Waqar Younis - former Pakistan cricketer
 * Ryan Papenhuyzen - NRL player

Environmental impact
Kellyville, as with other newer suburbs in both the south-west and north-west districts of Sydney, has been viewed in the media as a suburb of larger homes that are low-cost in design and mediocre in terms of build quality. Most of the newer homes are built at a high house-to-land ratio, resulting in small distances between neighbours, smaller backyards, and smaller setbacks. With less land and much larger floor plans (double what a typical house would cover), environmental impact is a concern. More trees are planted to offer natural shade from extreme summer heat and more energy is needed to run air-conditioners and heaters.

Public transport deficiency
The deficiency of public transport in the area is often criticised. Due to low density planning the bus service within many of the suburbs is slow and infrequent. As a result, commuters to the city are forced either to drive through expensive and congested tollways or take buses which are almost always overcrowded. Transportation has significantly improved after the opening of the Sydney Metro North West line on 26 May 2019

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Kemps Creek, New South Wales

Kemps Creek is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 39 km west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Penrith and City of Liverpool. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

History
Kemps Creek is named after Anthony Fenn Kemp (1773–1868), who was granted two adjoining properties in this district. The first grant here was 300 acre in 1810, straddling Elizabeth Drive and Mamre Road. The other was 500 acre granted in 1820 and named Mount Vernon. A school was established in 1885 called Exeter Farm School after the large property subdivision in neighbouring Badgerys Creek but the name was changed a few years later to Kemps Creek Public School.

Kemps Creek Post Office opened on 27 March 1925.

Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 2,268 people in Kemps Creek. 60.9% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was Italy at 6.5%. 50.0% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 10.1% and Arabic 6.4%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 46.1% and No Religion 13.2%.

Commercial area
Elizabeth Drive runs through the suburb horizontally, and on it are the Rural Fire Service, petrol stations, cafes, telephone, post office and Bill Anderson Park, which has a playground and toilet facilities. The Kemps Creek commercial area is also now home to the new Animal Welfare League NSW shelter that rehomes surrendered and abandoned animals plus offer pet boarding. The northern half of the suburb is dedicated to logistics warehouse and other offices such as The YARDS, Aspect Industrial Estate or Yiribana.

Geography
The suburb is bound to the west by South Creek, and to the south-east by Kemps Creek. A number of reservoirs dot the landscape. The Kemps Creek Memorial Park is located on Western Road. The southern border is Fifteenth Avenue. To the north Mamre Road runs from south-east to north-west through the suburb. Kemps Creek flows into the main reservoir and then joins South Creek. The Mills Cross, a radio telescope, is situated between South Creek and the main reservoir, near Argus Technologies. The University of Sydney runs the Fleurs Radio Observatory and Fleurs Farm sites. Industry is present in such forms as Roladuct. In the far north of the suburb Ropes Creek flows in the north-west in a south-north direction and in the north-west, west of Mamre Road, is Cosgrove Hill. The northern boundary is the Sydney Water Supply Pipeline which goes from Prospect Reservoir to the west.

Transport
The suburb of Kemps Creek is connected by the M12 Motorway and Future Metro.

Schools
Kemps Creek has five schools, Kemps Creek Public School, Christadelphian Heritage College Sydney both located on Cross Street, and Mamre Anglican School, Trinity Catholic Primary School and Emmaus Catholic College located on Bakers Lane to the north.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ann L. Kim

 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 speedy delete. Rob Church Talk 00:39, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Ann L. Kim
Delete - non-notable biography, no response to requests for explanation of notability after 16 days, google test brings up only this article -Werdna648 08:01, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete - Worse, the author says the article was made as a personal birthday gift. --rob 11:28, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete NN DV8 2XL 12:12, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete - vanity article with no assertion of notability. Proto t c 14:24, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I think "nationally known" constitutes a claim of notability, thus not fulfilling CSD:A7... Usrnme h8er 17:13, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

 * strong delete vanity... already userfiedRoodog2k 16:29, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - vanity. Usrnme h8er 17:13, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I wish Ann a happy birthday. However, as she is not yet notable enough as a lawyer to warrant an article, I also vote to Delete this article. Capitalistroadster 19:03, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Funnier than most articles of this kind. I wish Ann and Kyster the best and hope that Kyster gets, uh, whatever it is that he was hoping to get out of this. Although reading the Nesting section I have to wonder what she will think and whether perhaps on the whole a dozen long-stemmed roses would be more effective. Note that the article has already been userfied. Dpbsmith (talk)
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Kenthurst

Kenthurst is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 39 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of The Hills Shire. It is part of the Hills District region.

Kenthurst is a semi-rural suburb with blocks of land on an average of 5 acre. Features of the suburb include a large park (Kenthurst Park), a shopping village and park complex, numerous schools, two petrol stations, a function centre, a rural fire service station and a public swimming pool. Home of the Kenthurst “Bush Boys” Soccer Club.

History
The original inhabitants of the Dural area were the Darug people.

Kenthurst is derived from the English County of Kent and hurst meaning a woody hillock or clearing.

The area was originally known as Little Dooral and later Little Dural. In 1886 a public meeting was held to discuss a change of name. Charles Gibb was the main agitator who declared that the settlement needed a more elegant title. "Kent Forest" was suggested as an appropriate name for the area where settlers from Kent County that had settled in the area, but it wasn't popular and eventually Kenthurst was chosen. The meeting applied to the government ministry for permission to change the name, which was successful and was in general use from 1887.

In the 1890s, Dural and the Hills district was the chief supplier of citrus fruit for most of Australia. Poultry and vegetable farms also flourished.

Kenthurst Post Office opened on 1 August 1887.

Shopping complex
The Kenthurst shopping complex features a post office, supermarket, butcher, bottle shop, hairdresser and other shops. Outside the village centre there are several preschools and a second real estate agent. There are numerous local businesses in the area such as timber yards, florist, wholesalers, earthmovers and other similar businesses.

Village green
The village green is situated across Nelson St from the shopping village. It features a public swimming pool, a basketball/netball court, barbecue facilities, a playground, park benches and a large grassed area. The village green is maintained by Kenthurst Rotary

Schools
Schools within Kenthurst include:
 * Kenthurst Public School (public, primary)
 * St Madeleine's (Catholic Systemic, primary)
 * Marian College (Catholic Systemic, secondary)
 * The Hills Grammar School (private, K-12)
 * Kenthurst Preschool (community-based, not-for-profit)

Sport and recreation
Kenthurst has its own cricket club, soccer club, netball club and village green maintained by Kenthurst Rotary.

Demographics
At the 2016 census, the suburb of Kenthurst recorded a population of 5,037 residents. Of these:
 * Age distribution : The distribution of ages in Kenthurst was fairly similar to the country as a whole. Kenthurst residents' median age was 42 years, compared to the national median of 38. Children aged under 15 years made up 19.4% of the population (national average was 18.7%) and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population (national average was 15.8%).
 * Ethnic diversity : 78.0% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 4.2%. 52.4% of people had both parents born in Australia. 84.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian at 2.3%
 * Religion : The most common responses for religion were Catholic 37.1%, Anglican 19.7% and No Religion 18.9%.
 * Finances : The median weekly household income was $2,604, compared to the national median of $1,234.  Real estate values were correspondingly high: the median mortgage repayments were $3,000 compared to the national median of $1,438.
 * Housing : Most (89.1%) private dwellings were family households and 10.0% were single-person households. Stand-alone houses accounted for 95.2% of dwellings. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Agriculture
The suburb is home to a large number of whole-sale nurseries.

Notable residents

 * Don Burke (born 1947), television personality
 * Andrew Leeds (born 1965), Australian rugby player
 * James Millar (born 1980), theatre actor and writer
 * Greg Page (born 1972), singer, musician and actor

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Kearns

Kearns may refer to:

Places

 * Kearns, Ontario, part of an incorporated township in Canada.
 * Kearns, New South Wales in Australia
 * Kearns, Utah in the United States

Other uses

 * Kearns (surname)

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