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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bass Ledge

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The result of the debate was No Consensus. R e  dwolf24  (talk) 04:37, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Bass Ledge
Wikipedia is not a rock collection. Denni ☯ 23:42, 2005 August 28 (UTC)
 * Delete - agreed. While some small islands are notable, Wikipedia is not a collection of indiscriminate information. Who in the hell names all these little rocks? Rob Church Talk 23:44, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge back into Islands of Massachusetts, unless this can be expanded beyond a mapdef. -- Visviva 08:43, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep content, but merge and redirect. Paul August ☎ 00:44, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
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Awashonks

Awashonks ( mid-late 17th c.) was a saunkskwa, a female sachem (chief) of the Sakonnet (also spelled Saconet) tribe in Rhode Island. She lived near the southern edge of the Plymouth Colony on Patuxet homelands, not far from Narragansett Bay, near what is currently known by settlers as Little Compton, Rhode Island. In the mid-seventeenth century, English settlers of Plymouth Colony invaded her lands. While she had allied herself to the English to increase her power, English colonization eroded her standing among both the English and the Sakonnet. Awashonks is known for her special talent for negotiation and diplomacy, which helped include the Sakonnets among Native communities who received amnesty from colonists.

Awashonks as sachem
Awashonks became a saunkskwa not by inheritance, but through quality of leadership. She was referred to as a saunkskwa, or female chief. During her tenure, she was challenged by both rivals within the Sakonnet as well as English colonists.

Plymouth Colony
Awashonks was not diplomatically allied with the English until July 1671, when Plymouth leaders called her and other Indian leaders to a meeting and threatened to send an army to fight them if they refused to attend. Awashonks signed the "Articles of Agreement", in which she agreed to surrender guns and Saconet who were accused of inciting trouble. The agreement was also signed by Totatomet and Somagaonet, witnessed by Tattacommett, (a Sakonnet subsachem who later removed to his land in the Elizabeth Islands) Samponcut and Tamoueesam (alias, Jeffrey), on July 24, 1671. Not long after, in August, Awashonks' men signed a paper approving what she had done in accordance with the agreement; only three names are known: Totatomet, Tunuokum, Sausaman. On October 20, 1671 Governor Prince wrote to her, saying that he had received the list of names, and assuring her that the English would befriend her.

Awashonks made appearances in the Plymouth court system. In 1674 Mammanuah, her son, a Sakonnet rival, accused Awashonks of assault. After he had tried to sell land to English settlers, Awashonks ordered men to tie him up and threaten him. The court ruled in Mammanuah's favor, possibly to appease the English land buyers. However, the court, out of respect to Awashonks, reduced her fine to only 5 pounds rather than the 500 pounds that Mammanuah demanded.

Awashonks had two husbands, Wawayeenit and Tatoson. By Tatoson, she had her son Peter Awashanks, or Petonuitt, her daughter, Betty, and Mammanuah, who became reigning sachem and died in 1698. Mamanuah had two sons John and William Mammanuah, and John also had a son named John. Peter Awashanks did not ascend to the sachemdon in part because after King Philip's War he was prohibited from returning to Little Compton and was prevented from crossing the Sippican Line in Rochester along with other younger Sakonnet men. He was eventually given land at Manomet Ponds and the family continued for at least several generations, the name being shortened to Washanks and later simply Shanks. Peter's grandchildren Penelipa, (Penelope), Deborah, Charles and Peter were given land at the Watuppa Reservation in thanks for the Saconnet's help to the English and Benjamin Church in King Philip's War. Two great grandsons named Peter and Abel Washonks were Revolutionary War soldiers in Massachusetts and Connecticut respectively.

Awashonks also had two other sons by a man named Wawayeenit, who may have been the sachem of Nantucket. These sons were names Amos (Samponack) and Simon (Cakawehunt.) She also had two stepsons, also local subsachems named Osohmehun and Popsitigo, also known as Peter and Pope Quanawin. Their descendants would live in Dartmouth and New Bedford until the 1850s, although the name morphed into Quonwell and variants.

King Philip's War
By 1675, the relationship between the English and the Wampanoag was more tense than ever. Metacomet (Sachem of the Wampanoag tribe, also known as King Philip) was trying to build a military coalition to go to war against the Plymouth settlers. Metacomet sent six men to visit Awashonks and convince her to side with him in the fight against the English. The men told her that if she did not, Metacomet would send his men to kill the colonists' cattle and burn their houses on her side of the river - making it appear that one of her people had committed the crime. Awashonks sent for Benjamin Church; when he arrived, there were hundreds of people present and Awashonks was leading a ceremonial dance. Awashonks stopped to see Church, who told her that it was not true that Plymouth was preparing for war (as Metacomet's men had told her). Church advised Awashonks to go to the Governor of Plymouth and join with the English. In part because of aid from leaders such as Awashonks, the English defeated Metacomet in King Philip's War.

Trials
In 1683 Awashonks was called before the Plymouth court, having been accused of helping to kill an infant born to her daughter, Betty. She and Betty convinced the court that the infant was stillborn, but Betty was found guilty of fornication. The court reprimanded Awashonks for having had a woman whipped for announcing that Betty was pregnant.

Legacy
Awashonks appears in official records of New England more than any other Native woman. A boulder was erected in Wilbur Wood, Little Compton, Rhode Island in the late nineteenth century, during a period of romantic settler interest in Awashonks' story stemming from their preoccupation with the myth of the "Vanishing Indian." The engraving reads, "In memory of Awashonks Queen of Sogkonate & friend of the white man."

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H. Houston Merritt

Hiram Houston Merritt Jr. (January 12, 1902, Wilmington, North Carolina – January 9, 1979, Boston, Massachusetts) was a renowned academic neurologist. Serving as chair of the Neurological Institute of New York and Neurologist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in Manhattan's Washington Heights from 1948 to 1967, Merritt played a pivotal role in the training of numerous neurologists, with 35 of his students ascending to department chair positions in universities across the US. He also held the deanship of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons from 1958 to 1970.

Merritt's influential contributions to neurology included the discovery of the anticonvulsant properties of phenytoin (Dilantin) in 1938, alongside Tracy Putnam. This discovery marked a significant breakthrough in seizure management, as phenytoin effectively controlled seizures without the sedative effects associated with phenobarbital.

According to Goodman and Gilman's Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics:

"In contrast to the earlier accidental discovery of the antiseizure properties of potassium bromide and phenobarbital, phenytoin was the product of a search among nonsedative structural relatives of phenobarbital for agents capable of suppressing electroshock convulsions in laboratory animals."

He also was the sole author of the first five editions of Merritt's Neurology; this popular textbook is in its fourteenth edition (Louis, Mayer and Noble, 2021). His early work on the normal properties of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was updated and published by one of his students, Robert Fishman, in a text that is the acknowledged standard on the topic.

Merritt was also known in his day as an expert on neurosyphilis; his 1946 monograph on the topic provided an overview of this condition, which almost disappeared from the medical eye shortly thereafter owing to the advent of penicillin.

Charles Poser, another eminent neurologist, worked under Merritt, and credited him teaching him the importance of a thorough diagnosis.

Biography
He was a son of Hiram Houston Merritt Sr. (January 6, 1870 - May 9, 1945) and Dessie Ella Cline (September 23, 1872 - January 7, 1946), who were married on January 24, 1898, in Morehead Township, Guilford County, North Carolina.

In 1968, he was sent by the Department of Health to Portugal to assist local doctors after Salazar had a brain haemorrhage.

Merritt died in 1979 from complications of cerebrovascular disease and normal pressure hydrocephalus; ironically, the latter condition was a syndrome whose existence he had never fully accepted during his career. His students who were treating him in New York disagreed over the proper course of action. Eventually, he was taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he died from the after-effects of a neurosurgical operation.

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John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford

John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford, (21 May 1844 – 23 October 1895), styled Earl of Tyrone from 1859 to 1866, was an Irish peer and Conservative politician. He served as Master of the Buckhounds under Lord Salisbury from 1885 to 1886.

Background
Beresford was the eldest son of John Beresford, 4th Marquess of Waterford, by his wife Christiana Leslie, daughter of Colonel Charles Leslie and sister of Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet, of Castle Leslie, Glaslough, County Monaghan. He was the elder brother of Lord Charles Beresford, Lord William Beresford, and Lord Marcus Beresford.

Beresford was an avid sportsman: as with the rest of his family, he was very fond of hunting, racing and shooting. In his youth he rode to hounds with his infamous uncle, the 3rd Marquess of Waterford. He was educated at Eton, after which he was commissioned into the Household cavalry. In 1859, he became known as the Earl of Tyrone after his father succeeded to the marquessate.

Career
Lord Tyrone gained the rank of Captain in the 1st Life Guards. It was said he was "one of the handsomest officers that ever wore the uniform of the Household Brigade".

Lord Waterford was returned to Parliament for County Waterford in 1865, a seat he held until the following year, when he succeeded his father in the marquessate and took his seat in the House of Lords. In 1868 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Waterford in 1874, which he remained until his death, and was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1879. In 1885 he was sworn of the British Privy Council and appointed Master of the Buckhounds under Lord Salisbury, a post he held until the fall of the Conservative administration in early 1886.

In humour
W. S. Gilbert refers to Lord Waterford as "reckless and rollicky" in Colonel Calverley's song "If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery" from the Gilbert and Sullivan opera Patience.

Family
Lord Waterford eloped with Florence Grosvenor Rowley, wife of John Vivian and married her on 9August 1872. She died on 4 April 1873, along with her stillborn child. He married secondly, Lady Blanche Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, on 21July 1874. The second Lady Waterford suffered from a severe illness which left her an invalid. She had a special carriage designed to carry her around the estate at Curraghmore. Lord Waterford and his second wife had four children:

 * Henry de la Poer Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford (1875–1911)
 * Lady Mary Beresford (1877–1877), died in infancy
 * Lady Susan de la Poer Beresford, twin sister of Lady Mary (1877–1947), married Major Hon. Hugh Dawnay, son of Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe and had issue, including Maj-Gen Sir David Dawnay
 * Lady Clodagh Beresford (1879–1957), married Hon. Claud Anson, son of Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield and had issue

He owned 66,000 acres including 39,000 in Waterford and 26,000 in Wicklow.

Lord Waterford committed suicide in October 1895, aged 51, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his only son, Henry. Many national newspapers expressed their sorrow at Lord Waterford's suicide, especially given his position in society.


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Adelaide Equestrian Festival

The Adelaide Equestrian Festival (AEF) is an annual three-day event held in the eastern Adelaide Park Lands, which border Adelaide city centre. It was known as the Australian International Three Day Event until 2022. A CCI5* event, the top rating by the Fédération Équestre Internationale, it comprises dressage, cross-country, and show-jumping and is usually staged in late April.

History
The Adelaide International Horse Trials was created in 1997 to replace the Gawler Horse Trials that had been staged in Gawler, north of Adelaide, since 1954. In its period as the Gawler Trials, it was a successful competition and was selected to host the Eventing World Championship in 1986. On this occasion the Australian Post Office issued a special set of commemorative postmarked covers featuring a set of four stamps called Horses of Australia.

The new 1997 event in the East Parklands began with a CCI3* (3-star) rating, but was subsequently upgraded to CCI4* in 2002, becoming the only such event in the Southern Hemisphere.

In 2004, it was known as the Mitsubishi Adelaide International Horse Trials, being sponsored by Mitsubishi.

In 2007, to celebrate its 10th anniversary and better reflect its international focus, the event was renamed the Australian International Three Day Event, and was held at the end of November each year. From 2011 the Australian International became part of the FEI (Fédération Équestre Internationale) Classics series of events, for three years sponsored by HSBC.

In 2019, the event was upgraded to CCI5* status.

In 2022 the event was renamed the Adelaide Equestrian Festival and held in April each year.

Governance
The AEF is owned and run by Adelaide Horse Trials Management Inc., and is supported by the South Australian Government through the South Australian Tourism Commission.

Event
The event is held throughout the East Parklands in separate stages over three days. It is classified as a CCI5* by the international governing body FEI, meaning that it is highest level of eventing competition under the FEI banner. it is one of seven in the world, with the other taking place in the UK, France, Germany, and the US.

The event is unique in being held in a city-centre, taking place in the Adelaide Park Lands.

The dressage phase is held on Friday on the arena in front of the heritage-listed Victoria Park Grandstand. The cross-country phase is held on Saturday across the park lands and attracts the most spectators. The course starts in the arena in front of the grandstand, crosses Wakefield Road to Ityamai-itpina / King Rodney Park (Park 15) and then crosses Bartels Road into Rymill Park / Murlawirrapurka (Park 14) and then returns to the arena again. The cross-country course has been designed by Michael Etherington-Smith, who has designed courses for the Olympics in 2000 and 2008 and other CCI5* events, and more recently, by Australian Wayne Copping. The water jumps in Rymill Park are regarded as some of the most challenging in international competition. The final show-jumping phase is held on Sunday in the main arena in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16).

, the event is used to select the Australian team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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Granny Hamner

Granville Wilbur "Granny" Hamner (April 26, 1927 – September 12, 1993) was an American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). Hamner was one of the key players on the "Whiz Kids", the 1950 National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies.

Career
Hamner was born in Richmond, Virginia and graduated from Benedictine High School. His brother Garvin was also an infielder in the big leagues. "Granny" spent $15 1/2$ years with the Phillies, having come to the club as a 17-year-old during World War II. In 1945, still seventeen, he became the youngest player ever to start an Opening Day game, a record that still stands as of 2022. By the Phillies' 1950 NL pennant season, he was one of the team leaders, age 23. A right-handed hitting shortstop with moderate power, Hamner compiled more than 80 runs batted in (RBI) four times.

In the 1950 World Series, a four-game New York Yankees sweep dominated by Yankee pitchers, Hamner batted .429 (6 for 14) with three extra-base hits. In March 1952, manager Eddie Sawyer named Hamner team captain of the Phillies.

An All-Star three years in a row, Hamner was the National League's starting shortstop in the 1952 All-Star Game, played on his home field, Shibe Park, in Philadelphia. The game was called off after five innings due to rain.

On May 16, 1959, Hamner was traded to the Cleveland Indians, but he batted only .164 for the remainder of the campaign. Hamner then became a Kansas City Athletics’ Minor League Baseball (MiLB), manager, reappearing briefly with the A's as a pitcher during the 1962 season. (He had begun dabbling on the mound for the 1956-57 Phillies). But the change did not prolong Hamner's playing career. He briefly managed in the Phils' farm system in the 1970s and 1980s.

In 17 major league seasons, Hamner compiled a .262 batting average with 104 home runs. As a pitcher, he was winless with two losses, with an earned run average (ERA) of 5.40, in seven games, and $13 1/3$ innings pitched.

Later life
In 1980, Hamner was one of several drivers who were able to stop their vehicles on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida before reaching the gap in the roadway caused by the collapse of a span after the freighter MV Summit Venture collided with the bridge.

In 1981, Hamner was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

On September 12, 1993, Hamner died of a heart attack at age 66 in Philadelphia.

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Free Lunch Design

After closing
After I closed this, User:Zoe edited the close to attribute to me the words:

 * The result of the debate was no consensus. Even taking into account some socking, there just isn't consensus to delete this.

This was not the result that I called. I said "keep". In the absence of consensus, the default is to keep. The article is kept. --Tony Sidaway Talk 23:48, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, it seems to me that Zoe is right and you called the wrong result. There's no harm in going into specificis regarding a debate's outcome. Of course this won't matter to the article in question. Radiant_ >|< 07:46, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, because it really matters, hey? Because if we say there was no consensus, that means the article will be deleted... oh, no, see it won't. The outcome will still be that it's kept. I suspect that this sort of discussion is fuelled by an idea that we might at a later day relist all these articles, claiming that because there was "no consensus", we really wanted to delete them. When, actually, we really didn't much care, so they're kept. Grace Note 07:07, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

This was my original call: "The result of the debate was keep. Even taking into account some socking, there just isn't consensus to delete this."

Could you explain in what manner it differed from the call that Zoe attempted to make, except for Zoe's lack of precision in failing to state the actual result, mandated by deletion policy, that the article must be kept? In my close I mentioned the absence of consensus to delete, so it can't be that I didn't use the C-word. I've changed my wording in the interests of stemming her continued edits (which I assume was unintentional--she altered the wording in such a manner as to falsely attribute the changed form of words to me). --Tony Sidaway Talk 11:12, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Semantics are important to some people. Keep because of consensus to keep is, to those people, different from keep because of lack of consensus. Their reasons could be many - a desire to keep statistics maybe, or a desire to not generalize, or maybe they're just nitpicking. The point is that there's obvious precedent for closing VFDs as "merge", "redirect", "transwiki" et al. I note that this particular article has been redirected. I also note that said action was 1) supported in the VFD, and 2) would likely not have occured if the VFD hadn't been there. So it is semantically correct to say that the article was kept, but it's semantically also correct and more precise to say that the result of the VFD had been to redirect.
 * It would be semantically correct and less precise to simply say that the debate is now closed. That would force people who are interested to look closer to see what actually happened. Your method of closing also forces people to do that. And some of them don't like it. You are to my knowledge the only one that makes the bureaucratic distinction between an administratorial action and an editorial action. Radiant_ >|< 11:22, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * It's simply incorrect to state that redirection was in any way "supported in the VFD. Not one single person during the entire five-day discussion mentioned the possibility.

 * My first closing of this discussion, which Zoe challenged, clearly said:

 * The result of the debate was keep. Even taking into account some socking, there just isn't consensus to delete this.

 * I am not impressed by Zoe's antics. --Tony Sidaway Talk  05:39, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Nor I yours. Zoe 05:52, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Whatever. My close was utterly unobjectionable, what puzzles me about the whole thing is that you obviously don't believe that, nor does Radiant, but not for any reasons that either of you seems to be able to explain in an intelligible manner. For instance, when I point out to Radiant that my original call did refer to no consensus, he gives me a reply that seems to assume that I did not do so.

By the way, could Radiant explain why he thinks that redirection was supported by the discussion? I also think it's somewhat contentious to suggest that a redirect couldn't happen without a VfD. The one thing that strikes me about the small band of vociferous objectors that I seem to have gathered of late is their capacity for making utterly baffling and often demonstrably contrafactual statements with apparently complete sincerity.--Tony Sidaway Talk 06:03, 4 September 2005 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vegoose

 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 No consensus. brenneman (t) (c)  00:32, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Vegoose
Wikipedia is not a playbill. If something notable happens at this event, I'm sure we can add an article then. Denni ☯ 23:50, 2005 August 28 (UTC)
 * Delete - if this becomes a regular event á la Ozzfest or Glastonbury Festival, then it can have an article. One-offs don't usually count. Rob Church Talk 23:53, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless this is already established as an annual event, and the article can be thoroughly reworked to reflect that.  Paul Klenk 00:21, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes indeed, Vegoose is "slated to become an annual event in Las Vegas around Halloween", and "is expected to draw 50,000 music lovers". I gathered this information from this source. I've recently edited the article, and mentioned this. - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 01:05, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * ...is slated to become...is expected to... Then it's pure speculation, ennit? --Calton | Talk 04:05, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually "slated" means to schedule or designate, that sounds pretty confident to me. Also, what can they say? "There are definetly going to be 50,000 people there."? No, they can give you an estimate. It's not like theres gonna be 100 people, or 1000, even 10,000 people. I think we all know they'll be more... much more. At least common sense tells me that. - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 17:49, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep - as creator of the article, a Las Vegas local, and a future attendant of this event, I vouge for its signifigance. This is guaranteed to be a major event, with attendance expected to be in the several tens of thousands. Operated by the same people who do bonnaroo, many of the most well known artists in the industry will be there. Here are some other music festival articles that seemed to have made the grade, and that also appear to me to be less notable than Vegoose: Hot_Springs_Music_Festival, Darwin_International_Guitar_Festival, Brecon Jazz Festival, Pyramid Rock Festival, Samstock Music Festival(600 attendants at most), Nova Rock Festival, Yggdrasil festival (this article was created feb. 9th, 2005, and has recently been improperly VFD'd), Northwest Region Music Festival, Wireless Festival. Needless to say, Vegoose will surpass all of the forementioned festivals. What I expect will happen if this gets deleted: following the event, the relevance will be realized, and it will wind up getting recreated anyways. - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 00:52, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * And when that happens, and not before, an article on it will be welcome. Dpbsmith (talk) 01:16, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Changing vote, see immediately blow. Non-notable, advertising, and Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Can be re-created without prejudice when the event occurs and there is widespread press coverage or other clear evidence of notability. Dpbsmith (talk) 01:16, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Regarding your reference to Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, here is an excerpt, "planning or preparation for the event is already in progress and the preparation itself merits encyclopedic inclusion". Vegoose falls under this distinction. Also, this article was not intended to be an advertisment. I have nothing to gain from this. In fact I'll be losing a great deal of money attending the event ;*) And Vegoose will do well regardless of a wikipedia article, my intention was not to increase ticket sales. This event will undoubtely occur, and will be notable. Doesn't that make it notable now? - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 01:20, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * No. Produce a news article that says George W. Bush is planning to attend and I'll agree it's notable now. Heck, produce an article about it in the mainstream news media like The New York Times that says the rock world's eyes are directed on Las Vegas and I'll agree it's notable now. An assertion by R_Lee_E's that he knows the future and that it will be notable is not notable, unless R_Lee_E personally is notable, or a recognized authority. The future is not verifiable. Dpbsmith (talk) 03:02, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * P. S. Why on earth is it important to have the article in Wikipedia now? What's the problem with "userfying" it (moving it to a subpage of your personal user page) and then submitting the article again after the event has occurred? Quite likely there will be more to say about it then, and it will be a better article. Dpbsmith (talk) 03:04, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep. (Changed vote). Borderline, but references provided by R Lee E below, specifically rolling stone and Billboard, convince me that the preparations for this festival are currently legitimate national news if only within the entertainment community; Rolling Stone and Billboard seem to take the upcoming event seriously and consider it to be of some importance Dpbsmith (talk) 18:11, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. R  e  dwolf24  (talk) 01:36, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Bring it back if the event happens, maybe. Stlemur 03:03, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Let me say, with no negative intention, I find this VFD rather ridiculous. Especially considering the articles I mentioned previously, and the excerpt I mentioned from WP:NOT. Only an act of god can prevent this event from occuring now, and although I can agree that the possibility exists, I think we can agree the possibility is rather remote. Same thing goes for 2008 Olympics. It will be a very notable music festival, I think thats obvious. Though considering the direction this VFD is heading, and being that its not much of a big deal to me, I am willing to retract my vote. Though we all know it'll be back in 30 days, and sheesh, I can't see it recieving a VFD then, unless it's just out of spite. ;) Thanks for your votes, you might as well delete it now. But my opinion stands, the delete votes this VFD recieved were rather ill-concieved and apparently submitted on a whim. - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 03:27, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * P.S. Might wanna check out some of those articles I mentioned, if this very notable music festival is being considered for VFD, I can envision the same for many of those articles. - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 03:27, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * P.S.S. Might it have been more appropriate to tag it with something similar to:

 * featured on 2008 Olympics? - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 03:37, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * keep - there is an article in rolling stone [] and it does seem to be notable, since the line-up is so genre defying (an explination of the diversity deserves a special mention in the article). if concerts are in wikipedia, why not this one?  certainly an event like this in LV with $50+ tickets is of some magnitude.
 * The above post was submitted by User:209.234.66.97. - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 04:07, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, not promotional vehicle, etc. --Calton | Talk 04:05, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * The vote above is what I mean by "submitted on a whim". - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 04:09, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete Agree with first poster; one-off events should not count unless they prove to be notable (like, if Beck goes nuts and kills people) or once, in the future, they become regular events LadyClaudius 04:17, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I created a new template, just for the heck of it. I updated the article to include it. - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 07:15, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * future music festival
 * Please give a reason why it is so important for this to be in Wikipedia now. Wikipedia articles are not news reports "Wikipedia does have many encyclopedia articles on topics of historical significance that are currently in the news." Time will tell whether Vegoose is a "topic of historical significance." Is it "currently in the news" on anything beyond a local level? Dpbsmith (talk) 14:09, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Here are several news articles about Vegoose that come from large reputable, non-local companies: All of the above mentioned articles are not local to Las Vegas at all as far as I know, and they are very reputable companies. I specifically weeded those out of many, many other articles available about vegoose. While people invest hours of their time adding every single pokemon character, or every single obscure star wars character, or every single zatch bell! character to wikipedia, I'm trying to provide relevant info about a very notable music festival, expected to bring in many tens of thousands of people, and that will likely be an annual event for years to come. Thats why I think it's important now. I believe I've answered both of your questions. - R Lee E (talk, contribs) 17:41, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * another rollingstone.com article about vegoose
 * heres a billboard.com article about vegoose and beck
 * a jambase.com article about vegoose
 * heres a spin.com article about vegoose
 * heres a soulshine.com article about vegoose
 * heres even a mtvchina.com article about vegoose, what little i can understand assures me its about vegoose
 * heres a glide.com article about vegoose
 * heres a merge records article about vegoose
 * black entertainment article about vegoose and talib kweli
 * another billboard.com article about vegoose
 * one more billboard.com article about vegoose
 * heres an earthlink.com article about vegoose
 * OK. The second Rolling Stone reference (first isn't really about Vegoose at all, just mentions it as one of umpteen upcoming performances) plus the Billboard article is good enough for me. Changing my vote to "keep," as noted above. Dpbsmith (talk) 18:11, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete No matter how wonderful this may well be, it has not happened yet and it has not ever happened before. Why does R Lee E not understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not the entertainment section of the paper? We are in the business of writing about what is, not what will be. Denni ☯ 18:09, 2005 August 29 (UTC)

 * NOTE: The above vote was submitted by the same user who created this VFD.- R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 19:31, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * The references to Wikipedia_is_not_a_crystal_ball above state the criteria, and Vegoose falls under this criteria. I understand that wikipedia is an encyclopedia (thanks for demeaning me) BTW, you started this VFD didn't you? Doesn't that mean you've already submitted your default 'delete' vote? Is it nessecary, or allowed to vote twice? I may not understand the process fully, I apologize if I'm wrong. - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 18:21, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * Yep, you're wrong. My nomination does not constitute a vote, and is not counted as one in the final tally. If I want to cast a vote, I must do so explicitly. Often I do not vote on articles I bring to VfD; this time, I am. Denni ☯ 00:50, 2005 August 31 (UTC)
 * Thanks. But is there something here that I'm not understanding correctly? > "Nominations imply a Delete vote unless the nominator specifically says otherwise." from Guide_to_Votes_for_deletion and possibly "When someone has listed an article for deletion on one of the lists, anyone ELSE may comment on the request." from Deletion_policy Sorry to keep this going, but I have never seen a nominator vote. I mean its not a huge deal to me whether this gets deleted or not, but I don't want it done illegitimately. Your comment for nomination at the top of this page, "Wikipedia is not a playbill. If something notable happens at this event, I'm sure we can add an article then. " sure seems to insinuate a delete vote. - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 08:39, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, the acting admin is not going to count it twice. Relax about it. I happen think Denni is mistaken about this, but it doesn't matter. It will be perfectly clear to any admin who closes this VfD that Denni's intention is to cast one vote for deletion.
 * 10-4, relaxing. - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 04:24, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, crystal ball stuff. Methinks its supporters doth protest too much.  Zoe 07:27, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Theres nothing wrong with me trying to prevent my article from being deleted. Among the other countless tasks and chores I perform, I also like to keep tabs on my own work. I respect your vote to delete, I would hope you respect my wishes to keep. In regards to your only apparent objection to the article (crystal ball), it's been discussed, and in my opinion, shot down. - R Lee E [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] (talk, contribs) 07:42, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep. Notable enough for me. Paul August ☎ 01:00, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.

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Mary Bankes

Mary, Lady Bankes (' Hawtry'''; c. 1598 – 11 April 1661) was a Royalist who defended Corfe Castle from a three-year siege during the English Civil War from 1643 to 1645. She was married to Sir John Bankes, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Attorney-General of King Charles I.

Marriage and children
Mary Hawtry was born in about 1598, the only daughter of Ralph Hawtry, Esquire of Ruislip, Middlesex, and Mary Altham. In about 1618, she married Sir John Bankes, who later became Attorney-General to King Charles I and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. In 1635, Sir John purchased Corfe Castle in Dorset with all its manors, rights, and privileges from Lady Elizabeth Coke. Sir John died on 28 December 1644 at the age of 55.

Together Sir John and Mary had four sons and seven daughters:

 * Sir Ralph Bankes (1631–1677), married Mary Bruen, by whom he had two children.
 * Jerome Bankes
 * Charles Bankes
 * William Bankes
 * Alice Bankes, married Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet, by whom she had issue
 * Jane Bankes, married George Cullen
 * Mary Bankes, married Sir Robert Jenkinson, by whom she had issue.
 * Joanna Bankes, married William Borlase of Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, younger brother of her sister Alice's husband, by whom she had issue.
 * Elizabeth Bankes
 * Arabella Bankes, married Samuel Gilly
 * Dorothy Bankes, married Nicholas Makareth

Siege

In 1643, when civil war broke out in England, she assumed control of Corfe Castle when John Bankes had been ordered by the king to serve in combat in London and Oxford. She remained behind with her children, servants, and a force of five men. By that point, Corfe Castle was the last Royalist garrison on the Dorsetshire coast. In May 1643, a force of Parliamentarians, consisting of forty seamen, demanded the surrender of the castle's four pieces of ordnance. She, her maidservants, and her small group of soldiers retaliated with cannon fire and drove them away. Later, she gave up the ordnance in order to have some time to resupply the castle.

On 28 June, 500-600 parliamentary troops began their first siege of Corfe. Mary and her small group defended the Upper Ward and by heaving stones and hot embers from the battlements, managed to repel the assailants, killing and wounding over 100 men in August. In 1646, one of her officers, Colonel Pitman, betrayed her by leading a party of Parliamentarians into the castle via a sally gate. The Parliamentarians under the command of a Colonel Bingham reversed their jackets and were mistaken for Royalists. As a result, she was forced to surrender the castle. However, because she showed such courage she was allowed to keep the keys of the castle, which are now held at Kingston Lacy near Wimborne Minster, Dorset. The castle was slighted the same year it was captured by the orders of the House of Commons.

It is recorded that her sons Ralph and Jerome bought the manor of Eastcourt on her behalf. Upon her death, the manor passed to her daughter Joanna Borlase, who in her turn passed it on to her daughters and co-heirs.

Death
Mary died on 11 April 1661 and was buried in St Martin's Church, Ruislip. On the south wall of the chancel inside the church there is a monument to Mary with this inscription:

''To the memory of Mary, Lady Bankes, the only daughter of Ralph Hawtery, of Riselip, in the county of Middlesex, esq., the wife and widow of Sir John Bankes, knight, late Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's court of Common Pleas, and of the Privy Council of His Majesty King Charles I of blessed memory, who having had the honour to have borne with a constancy and courage above her sex, a noble proportion of the late calamities, and the restitution of the government, with great peace of mind laid down her most desired life the 11th day of April 1661. Sir Ralph Bankes her son and heir hath dedicated this''.

Lady Bankes Primary School is named after her in Ruislip Manor.

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Talk:DexDrive

MaxDrive, Datel, etc.?
See Datel MaxDrive GameShark for information about Interactive... —Preceding unsigned comment added by WulfTheSaxon (talk • contribs) 23:51, 28 August 2005

later Windows compatibility?
Can someone verify this? as I am currently able to get it working on my win 98 machine, but NOT my win XP one... using latest software Deusfaux 08:52, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

 * found this http://www.neillcorlett.com/dexter/ which is much improved anyways! Deusfaux 09:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

download *sniffle*
Seems like it's only availble from a pay site. *sigh* 66.219.200.234 00:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I added a link to a site that is hosting the software for free download. However, the driver version is slightly older. If anyone knows a place to get the newest version, please replace the link. Ham Pastrami 18:56, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Cheating?
This seems to mostly talk about using them for backing up saves with a little bit mentioning downloading them from the internet. Does nobody else remember cheating like hell using these things? Not even just downloading a save from the internet, actual save editors that specifically worked with DexDrive formatted files (there was one for Final Fantasy 8 iirc). Doesn't that deserve mention? I'd write a section if I had the time, sources, or inclination, but the complete absence of its mention seems... odd. 98.213.119.182 (talk) 20:33, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

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International Design Excellence Awards

The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) is an award program previously co-sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine, and in 2010 Fast Company magazine and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). According to the IDSA, IDEA "is dedicated to fostering business and public understanding of the importance of industrial design excellence to the quality of life and economy". Every year, designers and corporations submit entries into the competition in many categories. The program was established in 1980. The IDEA winners are honored at annual ceremonies (such as the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) / IDSA CONNECTING '07 World Design Congress in San Francisco, CA) and awarded with a statue made by New York firm, Society Awards. The name was changed from Industrial Design Excellence Awards to International Design Excellence Awards in 2007.

The judges are chosen from different design firms and corporations throughout the world using the following criteria:

 * Innovation: (design, experience, manufacturing)
 * Benefit to User: (performance, comfort, safety, ease of use, usability, user interface, ergonomics, universal function and access, quality of life, affordability)
 * Responsibility: Benefit to society, environment, culture and economy, improved accessibility to a greater percentage of the population, improves education, meets basic needs of low income populations, reduces disease, improves competitiveness, raises wealth, improves the quality of life, supports cultural diversity, improves energy efficiency, durability, addresses product lifecycle effects on the environment, uses low impact materials and processes throughout lifecycle, designed for repair/reuse/recyclability, addresses issues of toxicity, reduced material usage and waste reduction
 * Benefit to the client (profitability, increased sales, brand reputation, employee morale)
 * Visual appeal and appropriate aesthetics
 * Design Research: (usability, emotional factors, unmet needs) testing rigor and reliability)
 * Design Strategy Category (internal factors and methods, strategic value and implementation)

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Boatbill

Boatbill can refer to a number of bird species:
 * the boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius
 * the boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua
 * either of the two boatbills in the genus Machaerirhynchus:
 * Black-breasted boatbill, M. nigripectus
 * Yellow-breasted boatbill, M. flaviventer

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J. D. Roth

James David Weinroth (born April 20, 1968), known professionally as J.D. Roth, is an American television producer, actor, voice actor, game show host, and television personality.

Roth is the co-creator of the reality show The Biggest Loser on NBC and the ABC reality TV show, Extreme Weight Loss (as well as the narrator).

His hosting jobs include ABC's fall 2008 series Opportunity Knocks, the Fox adult reality game show Unan1mous, the children's reality show Endurance on NBC and the Discovery Kids Channel, and the children's game show Fun House which aired on Fox and in syndication.

Roth was the CEO of 3Ball Productions, a television production company based in Manhattan Beach, California. 3Ball Productions was sold to Dutch group Eyeworks in 2006 and was renamed to Eyeworks USA.

Roth and his wife, Christine, are parents of two children, Cooper and Duncan.

Early life
Roth was born and raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He first acquired an interest in acting when he was ten, and has been working on commercials and being in front of and behind the camera ever since. In a 1996 interview, he said that he worked 22 commercials in his first year of acting. At age 11, he booked himself an audition for a children's show at a New York nightclub, winning a spot along with others including future stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Rick Schroder, and Ricki Lake. He was one of the hosts of the kids' news magazine version of Wonderama, which aired from 1980 to 1987.

After being a finalist on Star Search, he made numerous guest appearances on Charles in Charge, As the World Turns, The Equalizer, and Tales from the Darkside as Seymour Strand in the episode Seymourlama in 1986 (series 4, episode 8). After graduating from Cherry Hill High School East in 1986, and before producing reality television, Roth's first television exposure was hosting the kids' game show Fun House, which was one of the most popular children's shows in the U.S. at the time. At age 19, he became the youngest person to host a game show. During its three-year run, he also traveled across the country hosting a live version for children. In several episodes, he claimed that J.D. stood for "Jammin' Dude." In 1987, he auditioned for the part of Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation, but lost to Wil Wheaton; and was a panelist in the Davidson version of Hollywood Squares.

Television productions
In 1991, after his Fun House stint, he went on to host the magazine video game series GamePro TV. The following year, he started his own production company, Slam Dunk Productions. He initially produced and hosted the short-lived children's game show Double Up on NBC. He emceed several other game shows, including the first season of Masters of the Maze for The Family Channel, and two of the six seasons of Zooventure, a children's game show taped at the San Diego Zoo and aired on Animal Planet. Zooventure aired in seven countries. Roth also produced a game show version of the word game Mad Libs for the Disney Channel with veteran television personality Dick Clark, who worked with Roth behind-the-scenes. He remarked that children would sometimes write in asking what grade he was in because of his youthful voice. In 1996, he took on the titular role of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, having been a childhood fan of the classic series. He found the show educational, a quality he admired whose absence he criticized in other shows billed as such. While hosting Zooventure, he hosted his first adult game show, Sex Wars, in syndication.

Moolah Beach
In 2001, he formed 3Ball Productions, along with Todd A. Nelson. Roth produced and hosted his first children's reality show, Moolah Beach, as a 30-minute weekly show for Fox as part of its Fox Kids lineup. It was later shown on ABC Family as an extended 60-minute show in the summer/fall of 2001 for 13 episodes. After ABC chose not to continue the series, Roth took the show concept to NBC and Discovery Kids as Endurance.

Endurance
A spinoff titled Endurance began on NBC and Discovery Kids in 2002. Renewed in 2007 for a sixth season, Endurance has been much more successful. Roth, who serves as creator, host, and executive producer of this show, which was nominated in 2006 for two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series. In 2007, Endurance was nominated for a Daytime Emmy as Outstanding Children's Series. The show ran for six seasons.

Other productions
From 1995 to 1997, Roth co-hosted The Disney Channel's Walt Disney World Inside Out along with Brianne Leary and George Foreman.

While not working on Endurance, Roth serves as narrator on NBC's weight loss reality show, The Biggest Loser (with Caroline Rhea and, later, Alison Sweeney), which he also co-created and produces. He also produces reality shows Breaking Bonaduce, with former child star, Danny Bonaduce on VH1 and Beauty and the Geek on the CW Network, alongside Ashton Kutcher (of That '70s Show fame).

On September 23, 2008, ABC premiered Opportunity Knocks, which received low ratings, especially in the 18-34 demographic, and was canceled after three episodes. ABC subsequently scheduled the remaining six completed episodes for broadcast, beginning on May 26, 2009.

Roth's 3Ball Productions has partnered with Milestone Entertainment to produce the California Lottery's new game show, Make Me a Millionaire, which premiered on January 17, 2009, for an initial four-year run, but was canceled due to poor ratings; the last program was on July 3, 2010.

He hosted and co-created Unan1mous, which premiered March 22, 2006. Though the show did well in the ratings, possible high production costs kept it from getting a second season. In September 2006, the Dutch company Eyeworks Group announced that it had acquired a 50-percent ownership of 3Ball Productions. He also produced the ABC game show Downfall, which aired in the summer of 2010. Hosted by wrestler Chris Jericho, the show featured contestants answering trivia questions to stop valuable prizes from falling from the roof of a Los Angeles building.

Beginning in 2011, Roth served as producer for the Spike reality show Bar Rescue. The show is currently in production on its seventh season.

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Wire protocol

In computer networking, a wire protocol refers to a way of getting data from point to point: A wire protocol is needed if more than one application has to interoperate. It generally refers to communication protocols higher than the physical layer. In contrast to transport protocols at the transport level (like TCP or UDP), the term wire protocol is used to describe a common way to exchange information at the application level. It refers to an application layer protocol and defines all the required attributes for the data exchange, like data types (units of data, message formats, etc.), communication endpoints and capabilities (such as delivery guarantees, direction of communication, etc.). Usually, the data is represented at the application level as a common infoset (e.g. XML, JSON, YAML) and requires a mechanism of data binding (using e.g. a common encoding scheme like XSD).

The wire protocol may be either text-based or a binary protocol. Although an important architectural decision, this is a separate matter from the distinction between wire protocols and programmatic APIs.

In electronics, a wire protocol is the mechanism used to transmit data from one point to another.

Functionality
A wire protocol provides the means for the interoperation of one or more applications in a network. They often refer to distributed object protocols, or they use applications that were designed to work together. As the name suggests, these distributed object protocols run in different processes in one or several computers that are connected over a network.

Types
Wire protocols provide the means for a program running under one operating system to communicate with a program running under some other operating system over a network such as an organization's intranet or the Internet. The protocol thus interconnects multiple platforms. Some wire protocols are language-independent, allowing the communication of programs written in different programming languages.

Examples of wire protocols include:

 * IIOP for CORBA
 * RTPS for DDS
 * Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) for Java debugging
 * JRMP for RMI
 * SOAP for Web services
 * AMQP for message-oriented middleware
 * PostgreSQL wire protocol

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Talk:Element (mathematics)

Unicode?
Is there a Unicode for "is element of" and "is not element of"? --137.193.16.78 19:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, U+2208 is ∈, U+2209 is ∉, U+220B is ∋, and U+220C is ∌. - MTC 12:14, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Question...
... can you have the following set?

D = {2,4,6,8,10,12,2}

?? - Ta bu shi da yu 15:17, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

 * When I first encountered set theory I found this terribly confusing. Set theory writers such as Suppes and Halmos just introduce the notion "set" as: "That which is defined by its membership". Suppes notes that in completely axiomatic systems the principal primitive (i.e. undefined) notion is that of belonging (Suppes p. 2). So why can't we have a set comprised of 6 objects as follows:
 * Basket B is the set that consists of a basket with the following 6 fruits: { banana_1, banana_2, orange_1, lemon_1, orange2, orange_3 }
 * Note: set B always contains the empty basket symbolized here as { } or as ∅

{ banana_1, banana_2, orange_1, lemon_1, orange2, orange_3, ∅ }
 * We can. Perhaps each individual banana and orange has a number written on it. Certainly each one is a distinct object. Here the notion of membership [denotes] objects as truly separate objects, not descriptions of (concepts of) object-attributes.

 * If we want to move beyond the simplest formulation of "set as a collection of members", we have to employ the axiom of specification to create one or more subsets from the über-set that we started with (e.g. the basket of fruit). This is the Aussonderonnderaxiom (the "separating" axiom that pulls out a subset from the über-set (cf Suppes p. 6) "it permits us to separate off the elements of a given set which satisfy some property and form the set consisting of just those elements."(Suppes 1972:6):
 * "Axiom of specification. To every set A and to every condition S(x) there corresponds a set B whose elements are exactly those elements x of A for which S(x) holds" (Halmos 1960:6)

∉∈∸→⊂∀∃
 * "The precise form of the axiom is: (∃Y)(∀x)[x ∈ Y ←→ x ∈ Z & φ(x)]" (Suppes p. 7, typography changed to capital Y and Z to emphasize their set-hood).
 * To say that "There exists at least one set Y such that for any element x contained in set Y" is logically equivalent to saying that "For all x, where x an element of über-set Z AND the specification φ(x) is satisfied, x is an element of at least one set Y."
 * As noted by Suppes, the fact that an uber-set Z must be specified up front prevents Russel's paradox.

 * The most common notion "set of" thus has behind it the notion of an uber-set and the notion of "separation into subsets", that is, "class(ification) of", that is, a discription of one or more attributes. Once we have passed through the specification, the set will not be individual objects themselves, but rather representives of the prescribed attribute (i.e. "concept of" versus "instance of".) Thus a set can defined by description of how to find its members, assuming there are any "members" that meet the description. So: it so happens that a set (collection) does exist such that its definition = { membership } are: " 'A type of orange-colored citrus fruit' OR 'A type of yellow-colored citrus fruit' OR 'a type of yellow-colored tropical fruit'" (here "=" stands for "is identical to"
 * { x ∈ B: those objects in the basket B that are fruit } = { orange, lemon, banana }.
 * { x ∈ B: those fruit in the basket B that are yellow { lemon, banana }

 * The problem with the nubmers-example is that the numbers 12, here indicated by the symbol "12", are in set theory really sets defined by the specification axiomn, and thus abstract notions called "12". And, by the axiom of unions, the first set "12" can absorb the second set 12 because the two sets of ordered pairs are identical because they contain the same elements:
 * From these two sets {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12} ∪ { 12 } we can select elements such that we create the set { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 }.

 * And your example would be: "All the even but non-negative, non-zero integers up to and including 12" = { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 }.
 * Note: for this to work, all these terms and symbols -- even, non-zero, integer, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 -- must be defined somewhere beforehand.
 * Thus we say that, "The number '2' OR the number '2' OR even the number '2 OR, maybe ... the number '2' when added to the number '1' produces the number '3'" is logically equivalent to our saying: "The number '2' added to the number '1' produces the number '3' ". The number '2' is a "concept" here, not the instance of an object; '2'-ness is an attribute of a pair of anything". Thus: "Napoleon OR Napoleon OR maybe even Napoleon'' was exiled to Elba" means "Napoleon was exiled to Elba."

 * Both the above and the following requires the "axiom of extension" (two sets with the same members are identical if and only if (logically equivalent) they have the same members", but also the "axiom of specification" (stated above as how to define a set) and the "axiom of union" (this notion of absorbing or spawning set members).

 * The notion of "absorbing" members is how we combine one two sets into a single set, but it can turned around to "spawn" members so we can generate more sets from a given set. That is: { 2 } ←→ { 2 } ∪ { 2 }, where ←→ means "logically equivalent". And { 2 } ←→ { 2 } ∪ { 2 } ←→ { 2 } ∪ { 2 } ∪ { 2 }, etc.
 * {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12} ←→ { 2, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 } ←→ { 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 } ←→ { 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8, 10, 12 } ←→
 * { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 } ∪ { 2, 4, 8 } i.e. the union of two sets, each with their own specification

And this union of two sets can be written as e.g. four unions by a similar method:
 * { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 } ∪ { 2, 4, 8 } ∪ { 6, 12 } ∪ { 10 }
 * { "Integers between 2 and 12, inclusive, that are even" } ∪ { "Integers between 2 and 12, inclusive, that are powers of two" } ∪ { "Integers between 2 and 12, inclusive, that have '3' as a factor AND are even" } ∪ { "Integers between 2 and 12, inclusive, that have '5' as a factor AND are even }

Bill Wvbailey (talk) 22:22, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Membership in multisets
What about membership in multisets? For a particular element (or not-element) it can be true or false, but the membership can also be given a quantity, as the multiset article says:

A member of a multiset can have more than one membership. --Abdull (talk) 16:55, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

1∈2? Is this right? 85.157.127.160 (talk) 18:33, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Origin
Where does this symbol meaning "is a member of", which looks a bit like the sign for the Euro currency, come from? Does it have a name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.16.81 (talk) 16:29, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
 * It's a stylised lower case epsilon. It was first used for set membership by Peano who chose it because it is the first letter of the latin word est, meaning "is". 176.253.168.123 (talk) 22:22, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Really lousy definition
An element is distinct, is the statement. So {1,1,1,2,2,3,3,3,3} isn't a set???? Or how about {1,2} and {2,1}: same set or different set?? Seems to me that (unless the set is ordered) the answer to my second question is "same" and the answer to my first question is "it depends". the set which contains the integer which is one greater than zero and the integer which is one less than two has one element, while the values of two observations may indeed form the set {1,1} (with some implicit measurement unit). This article does an absolutely miserable job of defining (or explaining, if you're of the school that believes some concepts are fundamental and can't be further reduced) what it is about.173.189.78.173 (talk) 05:44, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Set of colours
"'The elements of a set can be anything. For example, $C = \{\mathrm{\color{red}red}, \mathrm{\color{green}green}, \mathrm{\color{blue}blue}\}$, is the set whose elements are the colors, and .'"

What is this special formatting supposed to indicate? For me it draws attention to the ambiguity of convention; elements of set C appear to be three words, not three colours. Or is it a commonly understood mathematical convention that only the name of a colour formatted in that colour represents the concept of that colour? In that case, what does the word "red" formatted in normal black text represent? In short, I would really find more plainly put if this fragment read

"'For example, $C = \{\mathrm{red}, \mathrm{green}, \mathrm{blue}\}$, is the set whose elements are the colors red, green, and blue.'" (The normal way these words are used), or if we're worried readers won't know that the word red refers to the colour red, etc., we can link each word to the appropriate article about the colour. Or if we truly want to drive home the point that any and all elements are admissible, why not pick a truly disparate set?

"For example, $M = \{\mathrm{red}, \mathrm{2}, \mathrm{whale}\}$, is the set whose elements are the colour red, the number 2, and the animal whale.'" Orbis 3 (talk) 08:27, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree. Paul August ☎ 17:06, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

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Elements
How come there is no discussion here, in this article, of the word "elements" as in the title of the book by Euclid, or Euclid's Elements, or Elements? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.183.110.20 (talk) 05:54, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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André Gobert

André Henri Gobert (30 September 1890 – 6 December 1951) was a tennis player from France. Gobert is a double Olympic tennis champion of 1912. At the Stockholm Games, he won both the men's singles and doubles indoor gold medals.

Career
Gobert first started playing tennis at age 11.

He was a two-time winner of the French Championships in 1911 and 1920, when the tournament was only open to amateur tennis players who had a membership with a French tennis club. He also won the International Lawn Tennis Federation's World Covered Court Championship (Indoor Wood) in 1919. Also twice runner-up at the World Hard Court Championships on Clay (1913 and 1920). He won the indoor tennis gold medal at the 1912 Olympic Games. Gobert reached the Wimbledon All-Comers final in 1912, beating James Cecil Parke and Max Decugis, then lost to Arthur Gore.

He won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played on wooden courts at the Queen's Club in London, five times; in 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921 and 1922. In 1910, he won the All England Plate at Wimbledon, the competition for players who were defeated in the first and second rounds of the singles competition.

Between 1912 and 1922, Gobert played for the French Davis Cup team in five ties and compiled a record of three wins and 11 losses.

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Grand Lake o' the Cherokees

Grand Lake o' the Cherokees is situated in Northeast Oklahoma in the foothills of the Ozark Mountain Range. It is often simply called Grand Lake. It is administered by the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA).

History
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture credits Henry Holderman, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma as first envisioning Grand River as a source for hydroelectric power for the Cherokee Nation. Even prior to Oklahoma statehood in 1907, Holderman began building political support for such a project. A feasibility study by the Army Corps of Engineers attracted favorable attention in the Oklahoma legislature, leading to creation of the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA), a state agency, in 1935. Construction began in 1938 on the Pensacola Dam on the Grand River (lower Neosho River) as a Works Progress Administration project. The dam was completed in March 1940, creating the lake behind it. Between 1941 and 1946, the U.S. government took control of Pensacola Dam to divert power to the war effort. Control was returned to the GRDA by the Congress and President Truman amid local celebration in August 1946.

Pensacola Dam
Pensacola Dam is claimed to be the longest multiple arch dam in the world, its main span consisting of 51 arches totaling 5145 ft in length, and supporting a walkway and State Highway 28, a narrow two-lane highway. A 120 megawatt, 6-unit powerhouse sits at the west end, with 21 spillways on the east end. The project's chief engineer was W. R. Holway (who was also responsible for Tulsa's Spavinaw water project), while the architect of record for the PWA-style Art Deco design of the dam and powerhouse was Tulsan John Duncan Forsyth.

Another mile east, through the town of Disney, lie two small sister dams known as "the spillways" with an additional 21 gates, surrounded by public parks and launching ramp. 510,000 cubic yards (390,000 m3) of concrete were used in the construction of Pensacola Dam, poured 24 hours a day in just 20 months with Depression-era labor. The lake, and the electric utilities, as well as other projects in the region, along the Grand River are administered by the Grand River Dam Authority, an agency created by the Oklahoma legislature in 1935.

Grand Lake has a surface area of 41779 acre of water, a storage volume of 1,515,416 acre-feet, and 1366 mi of shoreline. Unlike other lakes in Oklahoma, Grand Lake is a deep and mostly rocky lake. The average depth for Grand Lake is 36.3 feet. Its mean elevation is 745 ft above sea level. In recent years, low fall elevations of 741 were kept by the GRDA to allow millet seeding for migratory waterfowl, resulting in conflict between property owners, environmentalists, and federal agencies. While not expressly built for flood control, Grand Lake contributes to the flood-prone Arkansas River watershed. The Army Corps of Engineers controls releases into the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System when lake levels exceed 745 ft, although locking into Grand Lake is not possible. Grand Lake and its neighbor, Lake Hudson (also managed by the GRDA), are the only two major lakes in the state where one can build directly on the waterfront.

Residents of the town of Miami and Native American groups have objected to proposals to increase high water levels at Pensacola Dam in order to maintain the water level at Grand Lake. Miami residents are concerned that when water backs up downstream from Miami on the Neosho River, this can contribute to Miami's flooding problems.

Recreation
The lake is a popular destination for entertainment in the Green Country region. There are a number of shows in the area, as well as resorts, and a sixty-seven-foot long, twin deck paddle wheel riverboat called the Cherokee Queen, which has been in operation since the 1940s. Consistently ranked among the top bass fishing lakes in the United States, Grand also houses a wide variety of other sport and non-sport fishing. Due to its predictable winds, it attracts sailboaters from across the country as well.

In literature

 * In the book The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, Taylor, Turtle, Estevan, and Esperanza visit the lake.

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Matsue Vogel Park

Shimane Vogel Park, or Matsue Vogel Park (松江フォーゲルパーク), is an aviary park in Shimane Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan. Amid pleasant green hills on the north shore of Lake Shinji, it has paved walkways between four aviaries holding tropical birds - mostly toucans, turacos, hornbills and ibises. The park is also home to various birds from around the world, including rare and exotic birds. There are also a number of waterfowl to be found in the aquatic birds aviary. Vogel Park also includes such birds as emus and penguins.↵An owl flight show is exhibited four times a day.

Vogel Park features one of the largest greenhouses globally, housing a diverse array of flowers that bloom year-round. Visitors can admire flowers such as Begonias, Fuchsias, and Coleus while exploring the park.

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DexDrive, etc?
See DexDrive MaxDrive GameShark

 * Fair point. I didn't know about them. Links added. BTW, it's customary to sign your name when editing talk pages. Liam Proven 23:55, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Demise?
"It has been said that Datel in part was responsible for the demise of the home computer games market." - when did the games market die? Last I checked there were at least three Game stores within walking distance of where I live. Shiroi Hane (talk) 21:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

The reference was referring to the "Home computer Market" C64, Commodore Amiga etc. Datel had copy devices for each of these system, Game stock(ed) Video Games systems. However even for the Playstation 2, Datel had their Action Replay which for some time was a "required" item for PS2 piracy (although this was not being referred to in the original quotation). Game as of late has not being doing so well although I don't think Datel can be blamed for this — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.186.84.150 (talk) 08:41, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

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Impulse purchase

In the field of consumer behavior, an impulse purchase or impulse buying is an unplanned decision by a consumer to buy a product or service, made just before a purchase. One who tends to make such purchases is referred to as an impulse purchaser, impulse buyer, or compulsive buyer. Research findings suggest that emotions, feelings, and attitudes play a decisive role in purchasing, triggered by seeing the product or upon exposure to a well crafted promotional message.

History
The original definition of an "impulse purchase" was a purchase that unplanned by the consumer that came out of the DuPont Consumer Buying Habits Study that occurred from 1948 to 1965. The definition of impulse buying was then updated, referring to the intense urge that a consumer feels when they want to buy an item right then, often causing cognitive dissonance for the consumer. This changed the focus of definition from the product to the consumer. From there, it has been expressed that impulse purchases are the result of one's own need to satisfy their wants in competition with their own rational and self-regulatory ideologies. An increase in impulse purchases has also been linked to the rise of materialism, which often causes people to splurge or make uninformed purchases.

Types of impulse purchases
In his article titled, The Significance of Impulse Buying Today, Sid Hawkins Stern describes the four different types of impulse purchases that can be seen. The first is called "Pure Impulse Buying" where the consumer breaks their normal pattern of consumption. The next is called "Reminder Impulse Buying," which is when a consumer forgets to add an item to their shopping list, and when they see the item in the store, they remember that they need the item and purchase it. The third type of impulse purchase is "Suggestion Impulse Buying" where a consumer sees a product they have never seen before, and convinces themselves that they need the item even though this is their initial encounter with it. The last type of impulse purchase that Stern includes is "Planned Impulse Buying." This type of impulse buying occurs when a consumer goes into a store with certain items in mind, but is waiting for deals to entice them to make the purchase.

Psychology behind impulse purchases
Impulse buying disrupts the normal decision making models in consumers' brains. The logical sequence of the consumers' actions is replaced with an irrational moment of self gratification. Impulse items appeal to the emotional side of consumers. Some items bought on impulse are not considered functional or necessary in the consumers' lives. Preventing impulse buying involves techniques such as setting budgets before shopping and taking time out before the purchase is made.

Research findings
In a study done by Mattila and Wirtz in 2008, they found that when a consumer perceives that their environment is over-stimulating, they are more likely to make an impulse purchase.

In a recent study, Czrnecka, Schivinski, and Keles found that cultural values such as individualism and collectivism are determinants of impulsive buying and money budgeting. The researchers reported that different levels of globalisation in terms of global consumer culture influence proneness to impulsive buying and poor money budgeting.

Vernon T. Clover found that impulse buying greatly impacts the sales of a store, and without the income that comes from impulse purchases, retailers, such as bookstores in Clover's study, would not be able to stay open. Because of this, Clover implored retailers to make impulse items more readily available for customers.

In a study conducted in a collectivistic environment in 2023, Muhammad, Adeshola and Isiaku found that factors such as aesthetic appeal, scarcity promotions and discounted prices stimulate impulse buying behaviour on Instagram by Gen-Z. Positive emotional responses evoked by these factors also influence impulse buying, whereas the impact of negative emotional responses is found to be insignificant.

A study published in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research suggests that consumers are more susceptible to making impulsive purchases for one brand over another if they are distracted while shopping. In the study, Central Michigan University Psychology professor Bryan Gibson surveyed college students by measuring their preference for a variety of soft drinks, including Coke and Pepsi. Results of Gibson's study found that implicit attitudes, or those that people may not be conscious of and able to verbally express, predicted product choice only when participants were presented with a cognitive task, suggesting that implicit product attitudes may play a greater role in product choice when the consumer is distracted or is making an impulse purchase.

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business found that impulse spending is a behavior associated with disorganized environments. The study concluded that being surrounded by chaos impairs a person's ability to perform other tasks requiring ‘brain’ power, which results in a threat to a person's sense of personal control.

Examples of impulse purchases
Marketers and retailers tend to exploit the impulsive shopping urge which is tied to the basic want for instant gratification. For example, a shopper in a supermarket might not specifically be shopping for confectionery. However, candy, gum, mints and chocolate are prominently displayed at the checkout aisles to trigger impulse buyers - and / or their children - to buy what they might not have otherwise considered. Alternatively, impulse buying can occur when a potential consumer spots something related to a product that stirs a particular passion in them, such as seeing a certain country's flag on the cover of a certain DVD. Sale items are displayed in much the same fashion.

The Apple Macintosh 128K computer's graphical user interface was so innovative in 1984, and so compelling to consumers, that one dealer described it as "the first $2,500 impulse item". Impulse buying can extend to other expensive items such as automobiles, couches, and home appliances. Automobiles in particular are as much an emotional purchase as a rational one. This in turn leads auto dealers all over the world to market their products in a rapid-fire, almost carnival-like manner designed to appeal to emotion over reason.

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While reworking the article, I encountered an edit conflict. I tried my best to incorporate all of the other user's new -- and appropriate -- material into my version. Hope I didn't step on any toes.

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-08-29/Vandals resurface

Two vandals struck Wikipedia this week: the by-now familiar Willy-On-Wheels vandal, and a new vandal, dubbed the "Love Virus".

Willy on Wheels
Willy reappeared again this week, after weeks of dormant activity. Using multiple user names with references to "Willy" and "on Wheels", the vandal mass-moved pages from their original titles to pages with "...On Wheels" added. In addition, the multiple-language portal at www.wikipedia.org was vandalised for over an hour after Willy on Wheels changed the Wikipedia logo on WikiCommons to a picture referencing himself. A long cleanup effort by dedicated Wikipedians ensued, and every page move has now been reverted.

Implications
Because of the recurrance of the vandal, several editors pleaded with developers to install limitations on page moves. Developers assured the Wikipedia community that they were working on the problem; in fact, new users must now wait a certain amount of time before having the technical capabilities to move pages. A page-move limitation scheme was also discussed.

In addition, legal action was discussed at the administrator's noticeboard, with the possibility of contacting Willy on Wheels' ISP.

Love Virus
Another vandal appeared this week. Dubbed the "Love Virus", multiple user names replaced article content with the words "Love Virus". The most-affected articles were ones dealing with AIDS and love. Unfortunately, the user names did not share a common name, and were harder to track down. It is suspected that the "Love Virus" vandal could be a bot. Administrators quickly jumped on the vandals; in fact, one "Love Virus" username was blocked by four administrators simultaneously.


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This page is a draft for the Verdugo Mountains article. If you have arrived here from a search, be aware that this article is incomplete and not widely peer edited. (Discuss)

The Verdugo Mountains are a small mountain range located just south of the western San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, Southern California. The range is commonly known simply as the Verdugos. It is also sometimes referred to as the Verdugo Hills.

Geography
The Verdugo Mountains lie within the corporate boundaries of the cities of Glendale, Burbank, and Los Angeles. The Los Angeles neighborhoods of Tujunga, Sunland, Shadow Hills, La Tuna Canyon, and Sun Valley are all adjacent to the range on its north end.

The Verdugos are part of the Transverse Ranges. They form part of the eastern boundary of the San Fernando Valley and part of the southern boundary of the Crescenta Valley. North of the range, it is separated from the San Gabriels by an area of connected valleys containing the Sunland and Tujunga neighborhoods of Los Angeles, between the Tujunga Valley at the mouth of Big Tujunga Wash and the northern end of the Crescenta Valley. The Foothill Freeway (US 210) climbs for a few miles up and over the northern end of the Verdugos after passing through the Crescenta Valley, descending into Sunland to continue along the northeast edge of the San Fernando Valley. Near where the Foothill Freeway begins to climb the Verdugos is another pass across the north end of the range through La Tuna Canyon along La Tuna Canyon Road. On the southeast end of the range, it is separated from the San Rafael Hills to the east by the Verdugo Wash. The routing of the Glendale Freeway (CA 2) along these hills north of its junction with the Ventura Freeway (CA 134) provides a largely unimpeded view of the eastern slope of the range across the valley.

The highest peak in the Verdugos is the informally named Verdugo Peak (3,126 feet) in Glendale near the northern end of the range. Another peak to the south of Verdugo Peak near Brand Park in Glendale was recently named Tongva Peak (2,656 feet) in honor of the Tongva (Gabrielino) people, the original inhabitants of much of the Los Angeles Basin, Santa Monica Mountains, and San Gabriel Valley areas. Other named peaks are Mount La Tuna on the north end of the range and Mount Thom on the south end of the range.

The Verdugo Mountains are named after José María Verdugo and family, whose property Rancho San Rafael encompassed most of the present-day city of Glendale, the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Atwater Village, Glassell Park, Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, Mount Washington, and Highland Park (part), the entire San Rafael Hills to the Arroyo Seco, and much of the Verdugo Mountains themselves.

Geology
The Verdugo Mountains are approximately 12 miles east of the epicenter of the magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck Northridge on January 17, 1994, and approximately 10 miles southeast of the epicenter of the magnitude 6.6 earthquake that struck Sylmar on February 9, 1971. The Verdugo Fault runs along the southwest edge of the Verdugos, through Sun Valley, Glendale and Burbank.

Exposed rocks in the Shadow Hills neighborhood at the northwestern end of the Verdugos are typically sedimentary, predominantly sandstone and shale. A half-inch-thick vein of blade-shaped evaporite crystals (gypsum or anhydrite?) can be found in the exposed shale just south of Wentworth Street, between Foothill Boulevard and the Foothill Freeway overpass.

Flora and fauna
Except for a tenuous link to the Angeles National Forest through Big Tujunga Wash to the north, the Verdugo Mountains are an urban wildlife island. Native-plant landscapes that may survive and even thrive in many places at the higher elevations include chaparral and oak woodlands. Hazards that the wise hiker will learn to avoid in these landscapes include poison oak ("leaflets three: let them be!"), black widow spiders, gopher holes (ankle sprainers), and rattlesnakes.

Protected areas

 * Verdugo Mountains State Park, California Department of Parks and Recreation
 * Verdugo Mountains Open Space Preserve, jointly operated by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and the City of Glendale

 * Brand Park, Glendale
 * Stough Canyon Nature Center, Burbank
 * Wildwood Canyon Park, Burbank
 * La Tuna Canyon Park, Los Angeles
 * Tujunga Ponds, Los Angeles

The Verdugo Mountains are being considered as part of the proposed Rim of the Valley Corridor National Park.

Hiking and biking
The Verdugo Mountains have many hiking trails. The trails are rather short and intermediate in difficulty.

In addition to hikers, mountain bike riders do their off-road sport on the many trails in the Verdugo Mountains. The trail that starts on La Tuna Canyon Road in the northwest end of the mountains is popular with bikers as it is one of the wider and easier trails in the mountains, with one of the easiest grades.

The entrance to the Upper Verdugo Park from the Villa Cabrinis in Burbank is a park popular with hikers who walk up the Cabrini hill.

Maps

 * Angeles Front Country Trail Map. San Rafael, California: Tom Harrison Maps, 2001. ISBN 1-877689-65-3.
 * Burbank, California, 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle map. United States Geological Survey.
 * Pasadena, California, 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle map. United States Geological Survey.
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 * Tongva Peak -
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