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Does anyone have any sources on Nystrom's hexadecimal time system? What did his proposal entail other than to divide the day into sixteen hours? --W.

It seems that his works are published in the Franklin Institute Journal N°46, Philadelphia 1863. -- Peter 2005 17:16, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

"There are always 256 hexadecimal minutes in a hexadecimal hour and 16 hexadecimal seconds in a hexadecimal minute."

Does this mean that hexminutes and hexseconds simply do not apply to 256-hour days? It would make no sense to use a system of 32*256*16 hexadecimal seconds per day when you group bits by 8. Z-d 19:17, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

"Thus, the conception of hexadecimal time once sixteen hours a day implicates only eight mean longitudinal great circles. Furthermore, the congruency to the familiar cardinal positions of all the three pointers at 3, 9, 12 o'clock is deleted. In this format, the position of the pointers of an analog hexadecimal clock is identical to an analog 12-hour clock only once a day, at midnight."

What does this mean? I can't even parse it. I think it just means that, since the 16-hour clock covers a whole day, but the traditional clock only covers half, the hands won't be in the same position at the same time. If so, this has nothing to do with how many hours the day is sliced up into. -Dmh 16:13, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

This means that the positions of the three hands of an twice 16 hours hexadecimal clock are identical to the position of an twice 12 hours clock eight times a day: am 3H00, am 6H00, am 9H00 and at noon, just like as at pm 3H00, pm 6H00, pm 9H00 and at midnight. It's easy to understand. I restore now the former version. -- Paul Martin 20:48, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

PS. Also see:  Hexadecimal metric system.

 * I honestly don't find this "easy to understand". For example, are the hands in the same position as a normal clock once a day (as the article says) or eight times a day (as you say above)?
 * If the day is divided into 16 hours (or is it 32? Let's say 16 since this is hexadecimal time), and traditional midnight is hour zero, then traditional noon is hour 8, traditional 6am is hour 4 and so forth.  On a clock dial, hour 0H ought to be at the top, 4 on the right 8 at the bottom and C on the left.  In this setup, the hands will be in their usual places only at midnight.  But again, this is because the hands normally go around the clock twice in a day, but on the hex clock I'm describing (I have no idea if it's the setup the article describes), the hands go around once a day.
 * On the other hand, if a hex clock runs from zero to eight and the hands go around twice in a day (or if it reads zero to 10 hex = 16 dec) then the hands will always be in the same positions as for a normal clock. Only the numbers on the face will be different.  Again, this has nothing to do with how many numbers there are, only how many times the hands go around in a day.  The hands would never be on the same numbers, since a normal clock has 12, not zero at the top (when I say "zero to eight" I really mean sliced into eight sectors, take your pick whether you put 0 or 8 at the top).
 * If you put zero at the top of both a 12-hour and a hex clock (be it 8- or 16-hour, so long as the hands go around twice a day), then the hands and numbers will agree twice a day (noon and midnight). Otherwise, they will agree at 0 hour (midnight) only.
 * This seems like an awful lot of nothing, really. Unless this is describing something unique to hex clocks — and as far as I can tell it's not — I'd suggest deleting it. -Dmh 05:31, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

inter-REM time: is the hexadecimal hour the "natural" hour?
The average interval between one human REM (rapid eye movement sleep) phase and the next, while sleeping, is about 1 hexadecimal hour (90 conventional minutes). Some scientists discovered that when humans wake up about 90 minutes after a REM, their wakening is pleasant and quick. --79.50.224.215 (talk) 22:39, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

 * I reverted the "see also" between these two articles. The article text doesn't actually relate them at all, so the "see also" seems quite inappropriate and confusing when you try to follow between it. Picking hexidecimal hours as somehow being related to REM (because they're closer to a REM interval than a normal hour) seems arbitrary, and besides that you haven't provided citations. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 23:22, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

each hour into 256 hexadecimal minutes
Why is the hour   divided into 16^2, instead of rather into 16 as are the day and minute? --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:59, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Weird order: 8 J 9
In the image it looks like the hours go 6, 7, 8, J, 9. Is this the case? Why? Mateussf (talk) 18:30, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

 * They wanted the digits to be essentially 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 where the last half are rotated variants of the first half. Note that 0 and 8 on the transition are already symmetric. Looks pretty, but is really confusing. -- Jonathan Haas (talk) 07:49, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

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Lloyd's of London (film)

Lloyd's of London is a 1936 American historical drama film directed by Henry King. It stars Freddie Bartholomew, Tyrone Power, Madeleine Carroll, and Guy Standing. The supporting cast includes George Sanders, Virginia Field, and C. Aubrey Smith. Loosely based on historical events, the film follows the dealings of a man who works at Lloyd's of London during the Napoleonic Wars. Lloyd's of London was a hit; it demonstrated that 22-year-old Tyrone Power, in his first starring role, could carry a film, and that the newly formed 20th Century Fox was a major Hollywood studio.

Plot
In 1770, youngster Jonathan Blake overhears two sailors discussing something suspicious in his aunt's ale-house in a Norfolk fishing village. He persuades his more respectable best friend, Horatio Nelson, to sneak aboard the sailors' ship with him. They overhear a plot involving insurance fraud. Jonathan decides to warn the insurers, walking 100 miles to London to Lloyd's Coffee House, where the insurers conduct their business. Mr. Angerstein, the head of one of the syndicates there, listens to him and is saved from a great loss. When asked, Angerstein explains to Jonathan that waiters at Lloyd's are also insurance auctioneers. Instead of a monetary reward, Jonathan asks to work as a waiter.

Many years later, when he is a grown man and Lloyd's has moved and become Lloyd's of London, Jonathan shows Angerstein a system of semaphore telegraph apparatuses he has invented, which can relay messages across the English Channel in five minutes. Around the turn of the century, while gathering news in France disguised as a French priest, he rescues Elizabeth, a secretive young Englishwoman picked up by the French after Napoleon orders the arrest of all English people. On the boat trip back to England, they fall in love. Elizabeth departs before Jonathan learns her full name and residence, but he finds out her address from the driver who transported her. He calls on her uninvited and learns that she is Lady Stacy, married to Lord Everett Stacy, a caddish gambler who has been frequently refused admission to the syndicates at Lloyd's. Insulted at being dismissed by Stacy as a mere "waiter" at Lloyd's, Jonathan vows to make himself so rich and powerful that even the aristocracy will have to pay him respect.

Within a few years, Jonathan has his own very successful syndicate, but he has become cynical and hardened. He meets Lord and Lady Stacy again and begins seeing her in secret. Stacy, with heavy gambling losses and hounded by creditors, inveigles Jonathan to give him a share of the profits of his syndicate by insinuating he will expose them. War with France results in disastrous losses in 1805 that threaten to bankrupt Lloyd's.

When the insurers raise their rates, British shipowners refuse to sail unless the old rates are restored. Angerstein proposes that the old rates be restored by persuading the Admiralty to provide armed escorts to the merchant vessels. But Horatio Nelson now commands the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet and Jonathan objects that such a course would halve Nelson's fleet at a time when it needs to keep the French fleet blockaded in Toulon, threatening England's survival. He commits his syndicate to the old rates without escorts, single-handedly keeping British commerce going and Nelson's force intact. Stacy hounds Jonathan for funds, but as the losses mount, the syndicate runs out of money and he refuses. Elizabeth agrees to give her newly inherited fortune to Stacy in return for a divorce. However, the French fleet escapes Nelson's blockade anyway and Jonathan is abandoned by his syndicate members. Elizabeth forsakes her divorce and puts her fortune at Jonathan's disposal over his protests. Soon even this runs out.

Lord Drayton, First Lord of the Admiralty and Stacy's uncle, agrees to order half of Nelson's fleet to convoy the merchant ships. Before the order can be sent, Jonathan receives a letter from Nelson thanking him for his sacrifices and urging him "at all costs" to protect his fleet from being divided. Jonathan sends a false message from France reporting a victory by Nelson. Stacy, however, learns that Jonathan was in Calais on the day the message was sent and goes to Angerstein. Angerstein warns him that if he denounces Jonathan, he himself will be ruined because Elizabeth's fortune is tied up in the syndicate as well. Stacy finds Jonathan and Elizabeth in each other's arms and shoots his rival in the back. Jonathan, however, has bought enough time for Nelson to win the Battle of Trafalgar, although Nelson is killed. A recovering Jonathan watches from the window as his friend's funeral procession passes by.

Cast

 * Freddie Bartholomew as Jonathan Blake (as a boy)
 * Madeleine Carroll as Lady Elizabeth
 * Sir Guy Standing as John Julius Angerstein
 * Tyrone Power as Jonathan Blake
 * C. Aubrey Smith as Old "Q"
 * Virginia Field as Polly [a waitress at the coffee house who loves Jonathan]
 * Douglas Scott as Horatio Nelson
 * George Sanders as Lord Everett Stacy
 * J. M. Kerrigan as Brook Watson
 * Una O'Connor as Widow Blake [Jonathan's aunt]
 * Forrester Harvey as Percival Potts
 * Gavin Muir as Sir Gavin Gore
 * E. E. Clive as Magistrate
 * Miles Mander as Jukes
 * Montagu Love as Hawkins
 * Arthur Hohl as 1st. Captain
 * Robert Greig as Lord Drayton
 * Lumsden Hare as Captain Suckling
 * Will Stanton as Smutt
 * Murray Kinnell as Reverend Nelson
 * Billy Bevan as Innkeeper
 * Elsa Buchanan as Servant Girl
 * Georges Renavent as French Lieutenant
 * Reginald Barlow as 2nd. Captain
 * May Beatty as Lady Markham
 * Lester Matthews as Captain Hardy
 * Vernon Steele as Sir Thomas Lawrence
 * Barlowe Borland as Joshua Lamb
 * Hugh Huntley as Prince of Wales
 * Charles Croker-King as Willoughby
 * Ivan Simpson as Old Man
 * Holmes Herbert as Spokesman
 * Charles McNaughton as Waiter
 * Leonard Mudie as Waiter
 * Charles Coleman as Waiter
 * Thomas Pogue as Benjamin Franklin
 * Yorke Sherwood as Dr. Sam Johnson
 * Arthur Blake as Member of Jonathan's Syndicate (uncredited)
 * Winter Hall as Dr. Beatty (uncredited)
 * Olaf Hytten as Telescope Man (uncredited)

Reception
The New York Times wrote, "Lloyd's of London ... is a pleasing photoplay, crammed with authentic detail of the Georgian England where its scene is laid ... threaded by a semi-fictional story of romance and business daring. Under the graphic direction of the veteran Henry King, a cast that is capable down to its merest fishmonger and chimney sweep brings alive to the screen the London of the waning years of the eighteenth century and the early years of the next ...." Writing for The Spectator, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly positive review, characterizing it as "a fairly astute piece of sentimentality which occasionally overreaches itself". Greene's chief complaint was about the film's authenticity in that the stage would at times become "a little too packed with historical figures rather oddly juxtaposed", and that the mannerisms of Madeleine Carroll and the overall dialogue made it instantly obvious that this was an American film.

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Art Direction by William S. Darling and the other for Best Film Editing by Barbara McLean. Lloyd's of London was the second of the 29 films directed by Henry King that McLean edited.

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Hormonal sentience

Hormonal sentience, first described by Robert A. Freitas Jr., describes the information processing rate in plants, which are mostly based on hormones instead of neurons like in all major animals (except sponges). Plants can to some degree communicate with each other and there are even examples of one-way-communication with animals.

Acacia trees produce tannin to defend themselves when they are grazed upon by animals. The airborne scent of the tannin is picked up by other acacia trees, which then start to produce tannin themselves as a protection from the nearby animals. When attacked by caterpillars, some plants can release chemical signals to attract parasitic wasps that attack the caterpillars.

A similar phenomenon can be found not only between plants and animals, but also between fungi and animals. There exists some sort of communication between a fungus garden and workers of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa. If the garden is fed with plants that are poisonous for the fungus, it signals this to the ants, which then will avoid fertilizing the fungus garden with any more of the poisonous plant.

The Venus flytrap, during a 1- to 20-second sensitivity interval, counts two stimuli before snapping shut on its insect prey, a processing peak of 1 bit/s. Mass is 10–100 grams, so the flytrap's SQ is about +1. Plants generally take hours to respond to stimuli though, so vegetative SQs (Sentience Quotient) tend to cluster around -2.

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Dummy (2002 film)

Dummy is a 2002 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Pritikin. The film stars Adrien Brody as an ex-office worker who becomes a ventriloquist. It also stars Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Walter, Ron Leibman, and Jared Harris. It premiered at the American Film Market on February 21, 2002, and received a limited theatrical release on September 12, 2003.

Plot
Steven Schoichet is a recently unemployed ne'er-do-well who has difficulty expressing himself. Steven finds he has a knack for ventriloquism. Steven's best friend is Fangora "Fanny" Gurkel, an aspiring punk rock singer who, along with Steven, is just looking for her niche. Eventually, Fanny takes a shine to klezmer music when she learns of an opportunity to get an actual gig. Through his newfound talent, Steven discovers that he is able to overcome his social problems through his dummy and decides to try impressing and winning the heart of Lorena Fanchetti.

Cast

 * Adrien Brody as Steven Schoichet
 * Milla Jovovich as Fangora "Fanny" Gurkel
 * Illeana Douglas as Heidi Schoichet
 * Vera Farmiga as Lorena Fanchetti
 * Jessica Walter as Fern Schoichet
 * Ron Leibman as Lou Schoichet
 * Jared Harris as Michael Foulicker
 * Mirabella Pisani as Bonnie
 * Helen Hanft as Mrs. Gurkel
 * Richmond Hoxie as Sorensen
 * Adam LeFevre as Theatre Director
 * Poppi Kramer as Jen Freed
 * Alan Demovsky as Talking Mime
 * Lou Martini Jr. as Unemployed Italian
 * Gabor Morea as Unemployed Frottager
 * Edward Hibbert as Unemployed Actor
 * Robert Larkin as Pharmacist
 * Alan Semok as Professor Parlepancia
 * John Elsen as Cop
 * Debbie Ross as Le Bagel Waitress
 * Lawrence Leritz as Groom (uncredited)
 * Natalia Paruz as musical saw player

Casting
In May 2000, it was reported by Variety that Adrien Brody and Milla Jovovich had been cast in the film, Brody as the lead character of Steven, and Jovovich as the best friend of Brody's character. The following month, in June 2000, it was announced that Illeana Douglas had joined the cast in a supporting role. Vera Farmiga, Ron Leibman, Jared Harris and Jessica Walter were also cast in supporting roles. Brody (who had no previous experience as a ventriloquist) performed all of the ventriloquism and puppetry live during shooting, doing so without puppeteering stand-ins or voiceover dubbing. He was coached prior to and during production by veteran actor-ventriloquist-puppetmaker Alan Semok, who is credited in the film as special consultant and designer/creator of the title character.

Filming
Principal photography took place in New York City, Wayne, New Jersey, and Long Island, New York in July and August 2000.

Box office
The film was given a limited release in the United States. Dummy made $30,130 from 5 theaters in its opening weekend. It made an additional $41,516 at the box office for a total domestic gross of $71,646.

Critical reception
Dummy received mostly positive reviews from film critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 71%, based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 6.15/10. The site's consensus reads, "Dummy is a sweet family comedy that succeeds due to charming performances, even if the final product feels slightly undercooked." On Metacritic, the film holds a 48% rating based on 12 critical reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

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Lennox Yearwood

Lennox Yearwood, Jr. is a minister and community activist. Yearwood currently serves as president of the Hip Hop Caucus, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that empowers young people to participate in elections, policymaking and service projects. Yearwood has led or been involved in a number of high-profile campaigns to engage young voters, as well as working on human rights issues in the Gulf Coast region after Hurricane Katrina.

Early life and education
Yearwood was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of the District of Columbia in 1998 and received a M.Div. degree from Howard University in May 2002. Yearwood was the student government president at both schools and was issued an honorary doctorate from Saint Paul University in May 2011. He also served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve as an officer and chaplain.

Early activism
Yearwood was a co-creator of the 2004 campaign "Vote or Die" with Sean Combs. He was the Political and Grassroots Director for Russell Simmons' Hip Hop Summit in 2003 and 2004, and functioned as Senior Consultant to Jay Z's "Voice Your Choice" campaign. He served as a Senior Consultant for P. Diddy's Citizen Change, where he provided a 50-state strategy for engaging the hip hop generation in community-building dialogues.

During the 2004 Presidential election, Yearwood, Russell Simmons, and Jonathan Lewis created the "Hip Hop Team Vote Bus Tour." Yearwood is also the founder of Hip Hop Voices, a project of Voices for Working Families (AFL-CIO).

H.R. 2206 protest
Yearwood and others protested the United States Senate passage of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 on April 26, 2007. Yearwood was arrested with thirteen other protesters in the Hart Senate Office Building

Guantanamo Bay
Yearwood organized "Shut It Down," a hip hop concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, calling for the end of torture at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp and for the camp's closure. The concert featured Dead Prez and several other hip hop artists. Amnesty International and the ACLU were partners in the event.

Hip Hop Caucus
Yearwood is the president and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, founded September 11, 2004, on the premise that the hip hop generation is uniquely qualified to address human-rights for the 21st century. Since its founding, the Hip Hop Caucus has developed a database of approximately 700,000 members and has field teams in 48 cities across 30 states.

Respect My Vote!
In 2008, "Respect My Vote!", a national voter engagement campaign, was led by the Hip Hop Caucus and spokesperson, multi-platinum, Grammy Award winning rapper, T.I. together with celebrities such as Keyshia Cole, T-Pain, Young Jeezy and others. The campaign successfully registered voters in 12 states and executed a 20 city Bus Tour to Get Out the Vote the month before the 2008 presidential election.

In 2010, Yearwood and the Hip Hop Caucus revived the "Respect My Vote!" campaign to engage new and young voters in the mid-term elections.

Make Hip Hop Not War
During March and April 2007 the Hip Hop Caucus undertook a sixteen city "Make Hip Hop Not War" national bus tour with hip hop artists, Iraq War veterans, youth leaders, peace and security experts, and members of Congress. Events, rallies and roundtables were held in each city to educate audiences on the costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to motivate young people to take action and have their voices heard. The continuation of the "Make Hip Hop Not War" campaign throughout 2007 focused on calling for Congress to de-fund the War in Iraq; raising awareness about the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for communities in the USA; and exposing the plight of Iraqi refugees in the Middle East as a result of the war.

Arrest at Petraeus hearing
Yearwood was arrested by Capitol Hill police outside of a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on September 10, 2007, and charged with disorderly conduct and assault on a police officer. According to Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, spokeswoman for the Capitol Police, Yearwood was stopped from entering the room after allegedly attempting to cut in front of people waiting to get in. "What he tried to do was jump to the front of the line. He was told he couldn't do that," Schneider said. "And he pretty much charged at the officers to get past them into the room, after he was told not to." In a press release from the Hip Hop Caucus, Yearwood said that he was prevented from entering the hearing because he was wearing a button that said "I love the people of Iraq." In the press release he called his arrest an example of "democracy while black." UPI reports that the video being circulated on the Internet "does not seem to show an assault."

Yearwood was treated at George Washington University Hospital "for injuries to his ankle" according to Liz Havstad, a spokeswoman for the Hip Hop Caucus. In an interview three days later on the Democracy Now! news program, Yearwood told Amy Goodman that he asked Capitol Police if he could leave the line to do a radio interview and was told okay. When he returned to line, he said, he and two other activists were singled out and told they would not be able to enter, and when he tried to find out why, he was arrested. In the interview Yearwood claimed he had torn ligaments in his leg during the incident, and said he was on crutches.

The Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign
Yearwood is known for his activist work as the National Director of the Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign, in which he organized a coalition of national and grassroots organizations to advocate for the rights of Hurricane Katrina survivors. On September 19, 2005, David Banner joined forces with fellow artists and Yearwood for "From the Hill to Hood." The event was held in New York City to raise money for survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Yearwood led the first march in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in November 2005, to protest the racial profiling of survivors in the days after the storm. The march led to convictions of officers who denied basic human rights to African-American families. The following year the Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign successfully pushed back FEMA’s preemptive temporary housing evictions of Katrina survivors, through public mobilization, two marches in Washington, DC, testimony to Congress, and a public relations campaign. This work earned the Hip Hop Caucus the 30th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award.

One World One Voice
Yearwood's most recent movement, "One World One Voice", involves encouraging young people in the US to join the global movement and work to solve climate change. The "Green and City" campaign engages African American mayors in the movement to "green" their cities, and the "Green the Block" is a partnership with the Hip Hop Caucus and "Green For All" that was launched from the West Wing of the White House in 2009 focusing on education, awareness and service.

Hip Hop Rev
Yearwood was featured in a documentary titled "Hip Hop Rev" produced by Discovery Communications.

During the course of filming, cameras followed Yearwood from his roots in Louisiana, to the birthplace of the Hip Hop Caucus in hurricane hit New Orleans, to community organizing in South East Washington, DC, to a national Clean Energy Bus Tour with former Vice President Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection, which visited nine cities across America in seven days.

"Hip Hop Rev" premiered on Discovery Communications Planet Green Channel April 23, 2011.

Recent climate activism
Yearwood is on the advisory board of The Climate Mobilization, a grassroots advocacy group calling for a national economic mobilization against climate change on the scale of the home front during World War II, with the goal of 100% clean energy and net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. In 2015, Yearwood issued a call "to revitalize our economy and put America back to work by declaring a U.S. goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2025." He added that: "Some will no doubt call this bold national goal unrealistic, but they would underestimate the innovative genius and social conscience of the American people. America has a long and proud history of overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds (consider World War II, Apollo program and Abolitionist movement). What is unrealistic is thinking we can put off for decades action that is desperately needed now to ensure our survival as a species."

Media appearances
Yearwood has appeared on CNN, BET Tonight, Al Jazeera, PBS, Fox, MTV, BBC, C-SPAN, and Hardball with Chris Mathews, and has been featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times and Vibe.

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Paul Beard (spiritualist)

Paul Beard (14 October 1904 – 9 June 2002) was an English author and poet who for 16 years was the President of the College of Psychic Studies. Beard was based in London, England. The organization was devoted to finding in spiritualism evidence of life after death. During his tenure as a member and president Beard wrote an article that was published in Spiritual Frontiers in 1970 on "How to Guard Against Possession." During this research he experimented extensively with using an ouija board. In his role as President of CPS, he lectured and mentored many aspiring students in the art of spiritualism. Beard has written a trilogy of books analyzing the evidence for and against the survival of the human soul after death. He made a lifetime study of psychical research. He was also a member of the Society for Psychical Research for some 25 years.

Books

 * Survival of Death. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966. ISBN 0-946259-25-9.
 * Living On. A study of altering consciousness after death. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1980. ISBN 0-04-133009-9. Reprint Pilgrim Books, 1987; ISBN 0-946259-24-0.
 * Hidden Man. Pilgrim Books, 1986; ISBN 0-946259-16-X.

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Who produced this album?

erm .... mild vandalism?
I'm not 100% sure what this is even supposed to mean. Recommend removal until the writer can explain?

"Although the name of the album and the album's content in general have been seen as not influenced by, but instead ripped off from entirely in his effort to cash in on this trend's popularity."

For starters, ripped off from who/what exactly? Sharing a thematic element (ie catastrophic events) isn't exactly a ripoff, otherwise every love song maker since the dawn of time could be accused of it. 193.63.174.10 (talk) 13:55, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

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Grêmio Esportivo Brasil

Grêmio Esportivo Brasil, commonly referred to as Brasil de Pelotas, is a Brazilian professional club based in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul founded on 7 September 1911. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Gaúcho, the top flight of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league.

History
Grêmio Esportivo Brasil was founded after a dispute between players and directors of Sport Club Cruzeiro do Sul, which was supported and managed by employees of Cervejaria Haertel. On September 7, 1911, the Brazilian Independence anniversary, the club was founded at Santa Cruz street, in the residence of José Moreira de Brito, father of one of the former members of Cruzeiro do Sul, after a meeting between him and the other former members. The colours chosen were yellow and green, which are the colors of Brazil. Later, the club changed its colours to red and black, after Clube Diamantinos, a defunct club. The colours were also changed because EC Pelotas, rival of Brasil has similar colours.

The greatest moment in the club's history came during the 1985 Brazilian League, when Brasil managed to reach the semi-finals after moving past giants such as Flamengo. However, the club from Pelotas did not manage to defeat Bangu from Rio de Janeiro and ended up missing the glory of taking part in the final match.

The following years were not nearly as successful. Even though the club was frequently invited to take part in the Brazilian League due to their fanatic crowd, performances were usually disappointing. In the league of Rio Grande do Sul, the club spent a few years in the second division. In 2004, Brasil won the second division of the regional league, the first title in many years.

On January 16, 2009 the team bus plunged 130 ft into a ravine in Rio Grande do Sul when returning from a friendly match against Santa Cruz. Striker Claudio Milar, defender Regis and goalkeeping coach Giovani were killed in the accident caused by the driver losing control when making a turn, more than 20 others were injured.

Rivalries
Brasil de Pelotas' biggest rival is Pelotas, that together make the biggest derby in the southern region of the state, and one of the biggest in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Another rival is Farroupilha.

Stadium
Brasil de Pelotas' stadium is the Estádio Bento Freitas, built in 1943. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 18,000 people.

Honours

 * Campeonato Gaúcho
 * Winners (1): 1919
 * Copa Governador do Estado
 * Winners (1): 1972
 * Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2
 * Winners (3): 1961, 2004, 2013

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IGA Stadium

IGA Stadium (French: Stade IGA), originally Stade Du Maurier and formerly Stade Uniprix  after a major pharmacy chain in Quebec. The stadium is the main tennis court at the Canadian Open tournament in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Built in 1996 and completed the following year, the centre court stadium currently holds 11,815 spectators. On Monday, April 16, 2018, Tennis Canada announced the stadium would have a naming rights contract with Empire Company, a Nova Scotia-based conglomerate that branded the stadium as Stade IGA, for their licenced grocer brand operated by their subsidiary Sobeys. The stadium grounds is located in Jarry Park within the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.

The twelve courts at this venue use the DecoTurf cushioned acrylic surface, a surface previously used at the U.S. Open Grand Slam event. The Canadian Open is part of the US Open Series of events leading into the Grand Slam event. Uniquely, the Canadian Open is held in two cities, Montreal and Toronto, with the men and women alternating venues each year. Beginning 2021, IGA Stadium hosts the WTA in odd-numbered years and hosts the ATP in even-numbered years.

Its core seating area is a remnant of the former Major League Baseball stadium on the site, Jarry Park Stadium, the original home of the Montreal Expos (now Washington Nationals), with the main road being 285 Rue Gary Carter, named for the National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee whose career primarily was in the city.

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List of fractals by Hausdorff dimension

According to Benoit Mandelbrot, "A fractal is by definition a set for which the Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension strictly exceeds the topological dimension." Presented here is a list of fractals, ordered by increasing Hausdorff dimension, to illustrate what it means for a fractal to have a low or a high dimension.

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Summary
The cover of the 2001 House of Stratus edition of Eric Malpass's novel Oh My Darling Daughter (1970).

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MultiDimensional eXpressions

Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) is a query language for online analytical processing (OLAP) using a database management system. Much like SQL, it is a query language for OLAP cubes. It is also a calculation language, with syntax similar to spreadsheet formulae.

Background
The MultiDimensional eXpressions (MDX) language provides a specialized syntax for querying and manipulating the multidimensional data stored in OLAP cubes. While it is possible to translate some of these into traditional SQL, it would frequently require the synthesis of clumsy SQL expressions even for very simple MDX expressions. MDX has been embraced by a wide majority of OLAP vendors and has become the standard for OLAP systems.

History
MDX was first introduced as part of the OLE DB for OLAP specification in 1997 from Microsoft. It was invented by the group of SQL Server engineers including Mosha Pasumansky. The specification was quickly followed by commercial release of Microsoft OLAP Services 7.0 in 1998 and later by Microsoft Analysis Services. The latest version of the OLE DB for OLAP specification was issued by Microsoft in 1999.

While it was not an open standard, but rather a Microsoft-owned specification, it was adopted by a wide range of OLAP vendors.

The XML for Analysis specification referred back to the OLE DB for OLAP specification for details on the MDX Query Language. In Analysis Services 2005, Microsoft added some MDX Query Language extensions like subselects. Products like Microsoft Excel 2007 started to use these new MDX Query Language extensions. Some refer to this newer variant of MDX as MDX 2005.

mdXML
In 2001 the XMLA Council released the XML for Analysis (XMLA) standard, which included mdXML as a query language. In the XMLA 1.1 specification, mdXML is essentially MDX wrapped in the XML  tag.

MDX data types
There are six primary data types in MDX

 * Scalar. Scalar is either a number or a string. It can be specified as a literal, e.g. number 5 or string "OLAP" or it can be returned by an MDX function, e.g.  (number),   (string),   (number or string) etc.
 * Dimension/Hierarchy. Dimension is a dimension of a cube. A dimension is a primary organizer of measure and attribute information in a cube. MDX does not know of, nor does it assume any, dependencies between dimensions - they are assumed to be mutually independent. A dimension will contain some members (see below) organized in some hierarchy or hierarchies containing levels. It can be specified by its unique name, e.g.  or it can be returned by an MDX function, e.g.  . Hierarchy is a dimension hierarchy of a cube. It can be specified by its unique name, e.g.   or it can be returned by an MDX function, e.g.  . Hierarchies are contained within dimensions. (OLEDB for OLAP MDX specification does not distinguish between dimension and hierarchy data types. Some implementations, such as Microsoft Analysis Services, treat them differently.)
 * Level. Level is a level in a dimension hierarchy. It can be specified by its unique name, e.g.  or it can be returned by an MDX function, e.g..
 * Member. Member is a member in a dimension hierarchy. It can be specified by its unique name, e.g., by qualified name, e.g.   or returned by an MDX function, e.g.  ,  ,   etc. Note that all members are specific to a hierarchy. If the self-same product is a member of two different hierarchies (  and  ), there will be two different members visible that may need to be coordinated in sets and tuples (see below).
 * Tuple. Tuple is an ordered collection of one or more members from different dimensions. Tuples can be specified by enumerating the members, e.g.  or returned by an MDX function, e.g..
 * Set. Set is an ordered collection of tuples with the same dimensionality, or hierarchality in the case of Microsoft's implementation. It can be specified enumerating the tuples, e.g.  or returned by MDX function or operator, e.g. ,  ,  ,   etc.
 * Other data types. Member properties are equivalent to attributes in the data warehouse sense. They can be retrieved by name in a query through an axis PROPERTIES clause of a query. The scalar data value of a member property for some member can be accessed in an expression through MDX, either by naming the property (for example, ) or by using a special access function (for example,  ). In limited contexts, MDX allows other data types as well - for example Array can be used inside the   function to specify an array that is not processed by MDX but passed to a user-defined function in an ActiveX library. Objects of other data types are represented as scalar strings indicating the object names, such as measure group name in Microsoft's   function or KPI name in for example Microsoft's   or   functions.

Example query
The following example, adapted from the SQL Server 2000 Books Online, shows a basic MDX query that uses the SELECT statement. This query returns a result set that contains the 2002 and 2003 store sales amounts for stores in the state of California.

In this example, the query defines the following result set information

 * The SELECT clause sets the query axes as the Store Sales member of the Measures dimension, and the 2002 and 2003 members of the Date dimension.
 * The FROM clause indicates that the data source is the Sales cube.
 * The WHERE clause defines the "slicer axis" as the California member of the Store dimension.

Note: You can specify up to 128 query axes in an MDX query.

If you create two axes, one must be the column axis and one must be the row axis, although it doesn't matter in which order they appear within the query. If you create a query that has only one axis, it must be the column axis. The square brackets around the particular object identifier are optional as long as the object identifier is not one of the reserved words and does not otherwise contain any characters other than letters, numbers or underscores.

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Mikhail Shchepkin

Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin (Михаи́л Семёнович Ще́пкин, 17 November 1788, the village Krasnoe, Oboyan county, Kursk Province — 11 August 1863) was the most famous Russian Empire actor of the 19th century. He is considered the "father" of realist acting in Russia and, via the influence of his student, Glikeriya Fedotova, a major influence on the development of the 'system' of Konstantin Stanislavski (who was born in the year in which Shchepkin died). Shchepkin's significance to the Theatre of Russia is comparable to that of David Garrick to the English theatre.

He distinguished between two kinds of actors, both of whom are dedicated to the art of acting: (1) those who have developed the art of pretense on the basis of intelligence and reason; (2) those who express feelings actually experienced by the actor in performance and work on the basis of "a flaming-soul, heavenly spark." Shchepkin considered the effect of the latter approach superior to that of the former. He was opposed to the principles advanced by the French playwright and philosopher Denis Diderot in his Paradox of the Actor (published posthumously in 1830), which inverted Shchepkin's evaluation.

Life
Shchepkin was born in the village of Krasnoe, in the Kursk Governorate of the Russian Empire, to a serf family owned by Count G. S. Volkenshtein. Shchepkin's freedom had to be bought by his admirers in 1821. Three years later, he joined the Maly Theatre in Moscow, which he would dominate for the next 40 years—it became known as the 'House of Shchepkin'. Shchepkin was the first to play Famusov in the Woe from Wit (1831) and the Mayor in The Government Inspector (1836). His acting was acclaimed by Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Alexander Herzen, and Ivan Turgenev for its subtlety, with much attention given to realistic detail and understatement.

Acting philosophy
Shchepkin argued that an actor ought to get into the skin of a character, identifying with their thoughts and feelings; observation of life and the actor's knowledge of their own nature provide the source for an actor's work. In 1848 he wrote: It is so much easier to play mechanically—for that you only need your reason. Reason will approximate to joy and sorrow just as an imitation approximates to nature. But an actor of feeling—that's quite different. [...] He just begins by wiping out his own self [...] and becomes the character the author intended him to be. He must walk, talk, think, feel, cry, laugh as the author wants him to. You see how his efforts become more meaningful. In the first case you need only pretend to live—in the second you really have to live. Shchepkin's distinction between the 'actor of reason' and the 'actor of feeling' influenced the formation of the ideas about acting contained in the 'system' devised by Konstantin Stanislavski.

Family
In 1812, Shchepkin married Elena Dmitrievna ("Alyosha") who was a Turkish captive during the Siege of Anapa. They had five children, including the philologist ; the publisher and teacher ; the lawyer Petr Mikhailovich; and the actresses Fyokla (Faina) Mikhailovna and Alexandra Mikhailovna.

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Sarafan

A sarafan (сарафа́н, from sarāpā, literally "[from] head to feet") is a long, trapezoidal Russian jumper dress (pinafore dress) worn by girls and women and forming part of Russian traditional folk costume.

Traditional Russian costume consists of straight, flowing lines. Beginning at the turn of the 18th century, the sarafan became the most popular article of peasant women's clothing in the Northern and Central regions of Russia. Sarafans were regularly worn until well into the 20th century, having first been mentioned in chronicles dating back to the year 1376. The origin of the term Sarafan lies in Persia, but the structure of the sarafan was inspired by Viking women clothing. Old Russia cultivated especially during the era of Grand Principality of Moscow strong ties to Western Asia and Southwest Asia and served also as an intermediary in the trade between European countries like Sweden, and Asian countries like Persia, and what is today Turkey. The sarafan most likely originated from a kaftan-like costume that was worn in Russia by women and men. Sarafans became most popular in the Central and Northern Russian regions. Through trade with Central Europe, the quality and colour of clothes grew.

Sarafans had originally a tighter form but became wider through the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church.

After the reforms of Peter the Great, which also introduced various Westernised or modernised cultural standards to Russia (with contention), only peasants wore the sarafan for daily use, while the upper classes switched to Central European fashion.

In many areas of the former Grand Principality of Moscow and today's Southern Russia the poneva costume was also worn by women. Today the garment is most often seen at performances of Russian folk song and dance, and is worn on Russian folk and religious holidays. Designers from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine are re-imagining the sarafan style with its old national heritage for the 21st century as a summertime light dress that can be with its modern shape a part of today's woman's wardrobe.

The outer layer of a Matryoshka doll is traditionally depicted as wearing a sarafan.

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Greek script legends
Corrections are needed to the "greek legends" in the righthand box with the coin photos.

The greek text is a mixture of Latin and Greek characters -- it should be made all standard Greek capital letters.

Especially note:

The Latin "V" should be Greek capital upsilon (looks like "Y")

In "KAΔAΦEC" the Latin "C" should be Greek capital sigma (standard sigma, not lunate sigma as the actual character on the coin seems to have a middle projection)

Several of the words are also suspicious -- may be a local dialect and/or use local letterforms, or may be typos in Wikipedia text.

The original author should check the text of the numismatic source.

 * Thanks for the heads-up. I checked the legends as described in Whitehead "Coins of the Indo-Greeks".
 * For the first coins the exact legend is: BACIΛEΩΣ ΣTHPOΣΣΥ EPMAIOΥ. As far as I know the C starts to replace the Σ around that time in Hellenistic Greek script.
 * For the second coin, the exact legend is KOZOΛA KAΔAΦEC XOPANOΥ ZAOOΥ. Same remarks. The only inexact character is the "P" in XOPANOΥ, which should be written like P with the curve (semi-circle) located in the middle of the vertical bar (instead of his top extremity):Þ. This is the "Sh" sound, as in "Kushan", developed specially for the Kushan language.
 * Indeed the Greek on these coins is barbarized. For example ΣTHPOΣΣΥ is thought to be a deformation of ΣΩTHPOΣ (Sotiros), the traditional title of Hermaeus on his coins. And, yes, BACIΛEΩΣ should be written BAΣIΛEΩΣ. PHG 10:57, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

 * You didn't address one of the concerns of the original comment - the Greek text you've written is mostly normal Latin letters, with Greek only used whenever there is no Latin letter with the same shape. Even though some of them look the same, Greek letters are encoded differently than Latin letters in digital text (you can click on the letters in the legend below the edit box if you can't easily type Greek). There's also no need to substitute C and Þ when the correct characters Ϲ and Ϸ exist (although they are somewhat less common in fonts). I've fixed everything in the article to use the correct characters. DopefishJustin 06:19, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Years
The years were listed in standard birth, death format. But the year thirty appears to be start of reign, not birth, according to both the succession boxes and the statement in son's article, ""Qiujiu Que (Ch: 丘就卻 "Ch’iu-chiu-ch’üeh", Kujula Kadphises) was more than eighty years old when he died. His son, Yan Gaozhen (Ch:閻高珍)". Gene Nygaard 06:57, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Anxi = Parthia or Indo-Parthia?
I have reversed the identification of Anxi back Indo-Parthia because there is no evidence of Kujula invading "Parthia Proper" but plenty showing him conquering much if not all of "Indo-Parthia." John Hill 05:38, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Updates
I have taken the liberty of updating two quotations that were based on my early draft translation of the text from the Hou Hanshu that were online at the Silk Road Seattle website, for more up-to-date ones from my 2009 book, Through the Jade Gate to Rome. I have removed all the references to footnotes from the quoted text, as they are not checkable here. If anyone has any concerns about me giving quotes from my own book, please raise it here and notify me on my Discussion page. Many thanks, John Hill (talk) 01:01, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

 * I cannot find Professor Sims-William's early translation of the Rabatak Inscription on the net any more, but he kindly provided an up-dated "provisional" translation for me when I was writing my book whicw, very fortunately and gratefully was able to include in my book. I suggest that I include the pertinent translated section from the article (which shows the family relationship betweem Kanishka and Kujula Kadphises, including a reference to his father, grandfather and Kujulu, who was his great grandfather.
 * I believe Professor Sims-Williams was planning to do further research on the inscription and may well come out (or have already come out) with a revised edition (and others have worked on it too - notably Fussman anmd Mukherjee). However, this is the most up-to-date version I have to hand and so thought I should include the relevant sentence here onm the article - being aware there may be changes in the future, at which point it may be changed. Please feel free to update it if a changed version appears. The inscription is notably unclear and difficult to interpret with full confidence in places. Hope this is OK with everyone. Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 15:06, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

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USS Gettysburg

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Gettysburg for the Battle of Gettysburg.

 * USS Gettysburg (1858) was built in 1858, captured in 1863, commissioned in 1864 and decommissioned in 1879
 * USS Gettysburg (PCE-904) was commissioned in 1945, named Gettysburg in 1956 and sold for scrap in 1960
 * USS Gettysburg (CG-64) was commissioned in 1991 and is currently in active service

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Cataonia

Cataonia (Kαταoνία) was one of the divisions of ancient Cappadocia.

It is described by Strabo, who had visited it, as a level plain surrounded by mountains: on the south by the Amanus, and on the west by the Antitaurus, which branches off from the Cilician Taurus and contains deep narrow valleys (in one of which was situated Comana, a considerable city on the river Sarus, which flows through the gaps of the Taurus into Cilicia and the Mediterranean). Through the plain of Cataonia flows the river Pyramus, which has its source in the middle of the plain, and also passes through the gaps of the Taurus into Cilicia. The plain is very productive, except that it has no evergreens. Strabo speaks of a temple of Zeus Dacius, where there is a salt-lake of the considerable extent with steep banks, so that the descent to it is like going down steps; it was said that the water never increased, and had no visible outlet.

The plain of Cataonia contained no cities, but it had strong forts on the hills, such as Azamora and Dastarcum, round which the Carmalas flowed, probably the modern Zamantı River. It also contained a temple of Cataonian Apollo, which was in great repute in all Cappadocia. Ptolemy has a list of eleven places in his Cataonia, including Cabassus and Heraclea Cybistra, which is far beyond the limits of Strabo's Cataonia. In fact Ptolemy's Cataonia, if there is truth in it, must be a different division of the country. Cataonia also contains Mut (Claudiopolis). Cucusus, mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary, is today Göksun. The inhabitants of Cataonia were distinguished by the ancients from the other Cappadocians as a different people, but Strabo could observe no difference in manners or in language.

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I strongly suggest the cover art should be added, but the screenshot kept and placed underneath it. --Addict 2006 02:59, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

The Atari logo?
The boxart for this game has the Atari logo on it. Is this a mock/vandalism, or did Atari distribute the game elsewhere (e.g. Australia)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.34.212 (talk) 15:07, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

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Prov Sadovsky

Prov Sadovsky was the stage name of Prov Mikhailovich Yermilov (1818-1872), a Russian actor who founded the famous Sadovsky theatrical family.

The family were regarded as the foremost interpreters of the plays of Aleksandr Ostrovsky in the Malyi Theatre until the mid-20th century. It has been said that Sadovsky and his relatives made of Ostrovsky's plays a national institution.

Some of his most famous family members who were also actors of the Maly Theater include:
 * Son Mikhail Provich Sadovsky (1847-1910) and his wife Olga Osipovna Sadovskaya (1849-1919)
 * Granddaughter Yelizaveta Sadovskaya (1872-1934)
 * Grandson Prov Sadovsky Jr. (1874-1947)
 * Grandson Mikhail Mikhailovich (senior) (1878-1962)

Prov Sadovsky is mentioned in Anton Chekhov's famous 1896 play, The Seagull, in a comparison to a famous Russian comedian of the same era, Pavel Chadin. Both men were known at the time to play the same character, Rasplyuev, from the comedy, The Marriage of Krechinsky by A. Sukhovo-Kobylin.

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Sarafan (disambiguation)

Sarafan may refer to one of the following:

 * Sarafan, a Russian traditional women's clothing
 * List of Legacy of Kain characters
 * Sarafan (horse), a racehorse

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Guangyuan

Guangyuan is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, China, bordering the provinces of Shaanxi to the northeast and Gansu to the northwest. The city has a population of 2,305,657 as of the 2020 census.

Located roughly between the provincial capitals Chengdu, Lanzhou, Xi'an and Chongqing municipality, it is considered the northern gateway to Sichuan. It is an ancient city, notable for its relics and tombs.

History
Formerly known as Lizhou (利州, or Li prefecture), Guangyuan was the birthplace of Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to rule directly as emperor.

On 12 May 2008, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurred. 4,822 people were killed, 28,245 injured, and 125 missing in the city as of 7 June 2008.

Economy
Guangyuan's economy is based on a diverse array of heavy industry, as well as mining and agriculture. Plant 821, a former large plutonium producing reactor, now used to process nuclear waste, is located near Guangyuan. The city is an important production center for traditional Chinese medicine.

Transport
Located roughly between the provincial capitals Chengdu, Chongqing, Lanzhou, Xi'an, Guangyuan is an important traffic hub in northern Sichuan. The city has a port on the Jialing River, which is the closest inland port to Northwest China, and navigable all the way the east coast.

 * China National Highway 212
 * G5 Beijing–Kunming Expressway
 * G5012 Enguang Expressway
 * G75 Lanzhou–Haikou Expressway
 * Baoji–Chengdu railway (part of the main route from Chengdu to Xi'an and Beijing)
 * Xi'an–Chengdu high-speed railway (completed in December 2017)
 * Lanzhou–Chongqing high-speed railway
 * Guangyuan Panlong Airport

Cuisine
Guangyuan is known for Wangcang noodles.

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AM Best

AM Best is an American credit rating agency headquartered in Oldwick, New Jersey, that focuses on the insurance industry. Both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have designated the company as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO) in the United States.

Business
AM Best issues financial-strength ratings measuring insurance companies' ability to pay claims. It also rates financial instruments issued by insurance companies, such as bonds, notes, and securitization products.

AM Best publishes a series of printed and online resources of insurance professionals and publications. The oldest and best known is Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys & Adjusters. Insurance publications include BestWeek, a weekly newsletter, Best's Review, a monthly digital & print magazine, and an online wire service called BestWire.

History
Founded in 1899 by Alfred M. Best in New York City, the privately held company moved to Morristown, New Jersey, in 1965, and subsequently to Oldwick in 1974. It also maintains offices in London, Hong Kong, Dubai, Mexico City, Singapore and a news bureau in Washington, D.C.

While the company is best known in the United States, it is becoming increasingly well known in Europe, the Pacific Rim and Latin America. The company's London offices consist of A.M. Best Europe—Rating Services and A.M. Best Europe—Information Services. A.M. Best Asia-Pacific is located in Hong Kong and Singapore. A.M. Best America Latina is located in Mexico City. AM Best recently opened a branch of A.M. Best Europe in Amsterdam that provides Ratings Services.

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George Vernon (cricketer)

George Frederick Vernon (20 June 1856 – 10 August 1902) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club. He also played one Test match for England during the first-ever Ashes tour in 1882-83.

Biography
Vernon was the son of George Vernon of 32 Montagu Square. He was educated at Rugby School, and first appeared at Lord's as a member of the Rugby eleven in 1873, and was captain in 1874. He later went on to play 103 first-class games for Middlesex. Besides the 1882–83 tour, he also toured Australia in 1887–88.

Vernon toured India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1889-90 as the leader of a team of amateurs, of which the other notable player was Lord Hawke. The other players could not really be said to be first-class, but the team was of a quality much higher than any seen in India at that time. This was the first ever tour by a foreign team to India. They won seven games and drew another before they were due to play the Parsi Gymkhana of Bombay (now Mumbai) on 30 January 1890, just after that great cricket stalwart, Lord Harris, had been named as the next Governor of the Bombay Presidency. The match was billed as being for the "Cricket Championship of India". At the time it was the greatest sporting event to have happened in Bombay, and to the astonishment of the British rulers, the Parsi side won.

Vernon toured India again in 1892-93 as part of a team led by Lord Hawke that also lost to the Parsis. His last first-class game, which was for the Marylebone Cricket Club came in 1898.

He represented the England national rugby union team as a forward on five occasions.

By profession Vernon was a barrister, who was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple. He was engaged in the colonial service, and worked for the West Africa Police in the Gold Coast Colony at the time of his death.

Vernon died aged 46 of malaria fever in the Gold Coast (now Ghana).

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Indianapolis Tennis Center

The Indianapolis Tennis Center, originally known as the Indianapolis Sports Center, was a tennis stadium complex with additional outdoor and indoor tennis courts on the campus of Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in Indianapolis, Indiana. The stadium, which seated 10,000 spectators, was built in 1979. At that time it was the venue for the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships tournament. It was also the site of the tennis events for the 1987 Pan American Games.

When originally constructed, the 13 acre complex included 14 outdoor courts, all of which, including the stadium court, had a clay surface. In 1989 an indoor facility featuring six DecoTurf Ii courts was added, and the stadium court and other outdoor courts were converted from clay to DecoTurf. Due to the change in playing surface, the name of the tournament was changed to the RCA Tennis Championships. The name of the tournament changed again to the Indianapolis Tennis Championships in 2007 due to the loss of the RCA sponsorship.

Changes to the date of the tournament to a less desirable point in the ATP tour combined with the loss of sponsorship resulted in the tournament being sold and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Maintenance costs due to the loss of tournament income plus IUPUI's need for the land for future development led to the closure of the facility in August 2010 and its subsequent demolition that year.

History
The City of Indianapolis and IU Trustees proposed a multi-use recreational center be built as the site of the National Clay Court Tournament. The proposed project would be constructed in two phases: Phase I, estimated to cost $6 million, would include a permanent 8,000-seat, air stadium and 17 adjacent courts Phase II calls for a clubhouse that would include dining facilities, racquetball courts, and locker room. The IU School of Physical Education, now known as the School of Health and Human Sciences, taught tennis classes at the complex up until its demolition in 2010.

The Indianapolis Tennis Center was built in 1979 and designed by Browning, Day, Mullins, Dierdorf, Inc. Originally known as the Indianapolis Sports Center, the stadium possessed 10,000 seats. Following its completion in 1979, the Tennis Indianapolis Tennis Center hosted the National Clay Court Tournament, which would later change its name to the RCA Tennis Championships and then the Indianapolis Tennis Championships. The original complex included 14 outdoor courts with a clay surface. The complex had an air-conditioned box for reporters, a Champions room below the south stands, two electronic scoreboards, and multiple locker rooms.

The Tennis Center was the site of tennis events during the 1987 Pan American Games. In 1989, an indoor facility consisting of six DecoTurf style courts was added and the original courts were converted from clay to DecoTurf. In June 1988, Justice Inc. hosted a Pride event at the Indiana Tennis Center which marked one the first LGBTQ events that took place in a public space in Indianapolis. IUPUI assumed management of the Indianapolis Sports Center in 1992 under an agreement with Municipal Recreation Inc. In 2007, the Indianapolis Tennis Center lost the RCA sponsorship, prompting the tournament to change its name to the Indianapolis Tennis Championships. The Tennis Center was closed in August 2010 and demolished the following year.6

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Donald McGill

Donald Fraser Gould McGill (28 January 1875 – 13 October 1962) was an English graphic artist whose name has become synonymous with the genre of saucy postcards, particularly associated with the seaside (though they were sold throughout the UK).

The cards mostly feature an array of attractive young women, fat old ladies, drunken middle-aged men, honeymoon couples and vicars. He has been called 'the king of the saucy postcard', and his work is collected and appreciated for his artistic skill, its power of social observation and earthy sense of humour. Even at the height of his fame he only earned three guineas a design, but by the 2000s his original artwork could fetch thousands of pounds.

Early life
McGill was born in London in 1875. He lost a foot in a school rugby accident, and, having studied at Blackheath Proprietary School where his best friend was Campbell Richard Hone, a future Bishop of Wakefield, McGill spent most of his life in the Blackheath area of southeast London, living at 5 Bennett Park, SE3 – a blue plaque location.

He was a naval draughtsman until his career in postcards began accidentally in 1904 when an in-law encouraged him after seeing an illustrated get-well card he had made for a sick nephew. Within a year it was his full-time occupation. He studied art and married the daughter of the owner of Crowder's Music Hall in Greenwich.

Artistic career

McGill spent virtually the whole of his career creating the distinctive colour-washed drawings which were then reproduced as postcards. He ranked his output according to their vulgarity as mild, medium and strong, with strong being much the best sellers. His family, however, was steadfastly respectable. He said of his two daughters, "They ran like stags whenever they passed a comic postcard shop."

During the First World War he produced anti-German propaganda in the form of humorous postcards. They reflected on the war from the opinion, as he saw it, of the men serving, and the realities facing their families at home. Cards dealing with the so-called "home front" covered issues such as rationing, home service, war profiteers, spy scares and interned aliens. Recruitment and "slackers" were other topics covered.

Many cards were designed to appeal to the soldier who wished to send a card home to his sweetheart and these cards showed couples. Cards showed soldiers in training, and there were many light-hearted jokes about the Scottish soldier and his kilt. A few cards showed images of nursing sisters, and at least one showed three female munitions workers. There were relatively few cards depicting a soldier in action, and some depicted men in the Navy. Only a few of the military-themed cards were serious, such as one showing a British Red Cross medic caring for a wounded German soldier. In 1941, author George Orwell wrote an essay on McGill's work entitled "The Art of Donald McGill". Orwell concluded that in spite of the vulgarity and the low artistic merits of the cards, he would be sorry to see them go.

Approaching 80, McGill fell foul of several local censorship committees, which culminated in a major trial in Lincoln on 15 July 1954 for breaking the Obscene Publications Act 1857. He was found guilty and fined £50 with £25 costs. The wider result was a devastating blow to the saucy postcard industry; many postcards were destroyed as a result, and retailers cancelled orders. Several of the smaller companies were made bankrupt, as they had traded on very small margins.

In the late 1950s, the level of censorship eased off and the market recovered. In 1957, McGill gave evidence before a House of Commons select committee set up to amend the 1857 Act.

McGill produced an estimated 12,000 designs, of which 200 million copies are estimated to have been printed. He died in 1962 with all his designs for the 1963 season already prepared. He was buried in Streatham Park Cemetery in an unmarked grave. Despite their wide circulation, McGill earned no royalties from his designs; in his will, his estate was valued at just £735.

One of his postcards, featuring a bookish man and an embarrassed pretty woman sitting under a tree, with the caption: "Do you like Kipling?" / "I don't know, you naughty boy, I've never kippled!", holds the world record for selling the most copies, at over 6 million.

Museum
On 10 July 2010, McGill's grandson Patrick Tumber opened the Donald McGill Postcard Museum, created by James Bissell-Thomas in Ryde, Isle of Wight. In 1953, Ryde had witnessed police raids on five shops in the town and the seizure of over 5,000 postcards, the majority by McGill.

In popular culture
McGill's Kipling joke is used in a 1962 episode of The Beverly Hillbillies, "Pygmalion and Elly", in a scene with Elly May Clampett (Donna Douglas) and Sonny Drysdale (Louis Nye). The Kipling joke is also used in The Muppet Show and in the 1985 film Clue, in a scene with Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren) and Col. Mustard (Martin Mull).

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Alexander Yuzhin

Alexander Ivanovich Yuzhin (Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ю́жин; 1857–1927) was a stage name of the Georgian Prince Sumbatov (Sumbatashvili), who dominated the Malyi Theatre of Moscow at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He was best known for the Romantical parts in the dramas by Schiller and Victor Hugo but also penned a number of plays himself. Yuzhin lived on to become one of the first People's Artists of the Republic  in 1922.

He was a freemason. Initiated to February 17, 1908 in the masonic lodge "Renaissance" (Grand Orient of France).

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Indian Wells Tennis Garden

The Indian Wells Tennis Garden is a tennis facility in Indian Wells, near Palm Springs, California, in the Coachella Valley. The 16,100-capacity Stadium 1 is the largest stadium at the tennis complex, and the second largest outdoor tennis stadium in the world (after the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the US Open).

It is the home of the BNP Paribas Open (previously the Pacific Life Open), a joint event of both the men's ATP World Tour and the women's WTA Tour, and constitutes the fifth largest tournament in the world, held each year in March. The Indian Wells Tennis Garden also hosts junior and adult United States Tennis Association events year-round. In addition to these large events, during the week members can use the courts for recreational play, and the Tennis Garden sets up matches for individuals who want to play. Additionally, the venue offers clinics, and there are professionals on staff available for a fee.

History
The $77 million facility was built in March 2000, and was designed by Rossetti Associates Architects. It was a result of former no. 1 US player, tournament chairman and owner of the BNP Paribas Open, Charlie Pasarell, partnering with Raymond Moore, to privately raise the money to fund the $77 million development. It was financed by IMG, led by Bob Kain. When Pasarell and his partners first purchased 88 acres of sand in the middle of the Coachella Valley, many doubted its ability to attract people, as all other major tournaments are located in large metropolitan areas, such as Paris, London, New York City, and Melbourne. However, subsequent owners have shared and built on Pasarell's vision for the center.

In 2006, the Indian Wells Tennis Garden was bought by a group of private investors including Tennis Magazine owners George Mackin and Bob Miller, Pete Sampras, Chris Evert, Billie Jean King, Greg Norman, Charlie Pasarell, and Raymond Moore. In December 2009, Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, became the owner of both the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and the BNP Paribas Open. A long-term tennis enthusiast, Ellison continually invests in upgrading the facility, including a new, permanent Stadium 2 with 8,000 seats, two 19,000-square-foot shade structures, 29 world-class courts, 23 lighted courts, upgraded locker rooms and fitness areas, a 108-seat press room and 18 broadcast booths, eight acres of outdoor exposition space and 54 acres of outdoor parking.

In total, the Tennis Garden contains 29 tennis courts, including a 16,100-seat Stadium 1, 9 match courts and 6 practice courts. Stadium 1 is the second largest tennis-specific stadium in the world.

As well as tennis, the venue has hosted concerts by artists such as The Eagles, The Who, Tom Petty, Andrea Bocelli, and RBD. The NBA has played three pre-season exhibition games at Indian Wells, with all these events involving the Phoenix Suns. The first game featured the Suns against the Denver Nuggets on October 11, 2008; the NBA's first outdoor game since September 1972. On October 10, 2009, the Suns played the Golden State Warriors and on October 9, 2010, the game featured the Suns and the Dallas Mavericks.

Indian Wells Masters
The Indian Wells Masters, also known by its currently sponsored name BNP Paribas Open, has been held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden since 2009. Previously, it was home to the Pacific Life Open and the Indian Wells Masters tennis events. The tournament is held annually at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in the second week of March. The tournament is an ATP Tour Masters 1000 on the ATP Tour and a WTA 1000 on the WTA Tour. The tournament also helps local charities with donations, and the tennis stars themselves sometimes help out.

Expansion
After the conclusion of the 2013 BNP Paribas Open, the Tennis Garden underwent an expansion, including a new permanent Stadium 2 with a capacity of 8,000 and containing three new restaurants overlooking the court, a new Tennis Garden Village (18,000 sq ft), and additional seating to the outer and practice courts. A grand entrance to the tennis grounds on Washington Street, with a new box office and an additional 2,000 paved parking spots. Numerous video walls were added throughout the Tennis Garden with new information towers. The expansion was complete by the start of the 2014 BNP Paribas Open. The revamping of the tennis center also included a "Pro Purple" interior court color created specifically for the ATP Masters Series and first used at Indian Wells, citing the purple color being 180 degrees opposite the yellow of the ball on the color wheel.

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Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area that encompasses the 130 mi long Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake between Grand Coulee Dam and Northport, Washington, in eastern Washington state. The Grand Coulee Dam was built on the Columbia River in 1941 as part of the Columbia River Basin project. Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is a unit of the National Park Service and provides opportunities for fishing, swimming, canoeing, boating, hunting, camping, and visiting historic Fort Spokane and St. Paul's Mission. Crescent Bay Lake in Grant County just southwest of Lake Roosevelt also falls under the jurisdiction of the National Recreation Area.

It was established in 1946 as the Coulee Dam Recreational Area and was created by a memorandum of agreement with the Spokane Tribe, Colville Indian Reservation, and United States Bureau of Reclamation. It has, uniquely with Curecanti National Recreation Area, never been established by Congress or the president. The recreation area was renamed for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1996, over objections from the Colville Tribe.

History

 * St. Paul's Mission was a Jesuit mission church established in the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in the 1830s. The mission was built near the HBC's Fort Colville, on the bluff then overlooking Kettle Falls on the Columbia River.
 * Fort Spokane was a U.S. Army frontier outpost in Lincoln County, Washington. Located at the confluence of the Columbia and Spokane rivers, it separated the Colville and Spokane tribes from Spokane. The fort was closed in 1929.
 * Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation is in north central Washington

 * Spokane Tribe of Indians is in northeastern Washington, centered at Wellpinit. The reservation is located almost entirely in Stevens County, but also includes two small parcels of land (totaling about 1.52 acres) in Lincoln County, including part of the Spokane River.

Things to Do

 * Boating, Canoe & Kayak – 22 public boat launches, plus 4 available to non-members on the Colville Reservation, by permit.
 * Camping – 3 Standard campgrounds, 9 Boat-in campgrounds
 * Fishing
 * Swimming

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects

This is a list of the winning and nominated programs of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a series, miniseries, film, or special. Since the award ceremony of 1998, the category has been divided into Special Visual Effects for a Series and Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special. In 1991, the Television Academy nominated four programs, but did not determine a winner.

Before becoming well-known directors, Neill Blomkamp, Gareth Edwards, and Robert Stromberg were nominees for the award.

Winners and nominations
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Programs with multiple awards

 * 7 awards
 * Game of Thrones

 * 3 awards
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * Star Trek: Voyager

 * 2 awards
 * Battlestar Galactica
 * Boardwalk Empire
 * The Mandalorian
 * Star Trek: Enterprise

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 9 nominations
 * Star Trek: Voyager

 * 8 nominations
 * Game of Thrones
 * Stargate SG-1
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation

 * 7 nominations
 * Star Trek: Enterprise
 * Vikings

 * 6 nominations
 * Battlestar Galactica
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

 * 5 nominations
 * The Walking Dead

 * 4 nominations
 * Black Sails
 * Boardwalk Empire
 * The Crown
 * Star Trek
 * Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

 * 3 nominations
 * The Borgias
 * Gotham
 * The Handmaid's Tale
 * Heroes
 * Lost in Space
 * The Man in the High Castle
 * The Mandalorian
 * Stargate Universe
 * Stranger Things
 * The Umbrella Academy
 * Westworld
 * The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

 * 2 nominations
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Band of Brothers
 * Da Vinci's Demons
 * Falling Skies
 * Lost
 * The Nevers
 * Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
 * Rome
 * Sherlock
 * Stargate Atlantis
 * Star Trek: Discovery
 * Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
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Don't you think it looks a lot like the gigantic "Shelob" of "The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King" ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Haisook (talk • contribs) 13:20, 21 August 2005 (UTC).

I only know it looks damn scary. By the way, there's one of them sitting behind your screen right now. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.202.3.11 (talk • contribs) 18:12, 21 January 2006 (UTC).

{SHRIEKS!} Criminey, people! I like spiders just fine, but I'm minding my own business, scrolling down the page and that thing jumps out at me. Yikes. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jengod (talk • contribs) 12:44, 1 March 2006 (UTC).

Could we get an idea of scale - how big is the critter in the hole? Drutt 02:34, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:The Internationale (album)

I think "the Red Flag" was written by Jim O'Connell, not James Connolly. Bolak77 20:21, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Just Jim Connell actually, but yes, not James Connolly. --rbrwr± 20:23, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Oops - I've just checked the history and that was my gaffe. Thanks for spotting it. --rbrwr± 20:26, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

 * ...though in my defence Red flag was wrong on this point at the time. --rbrwr±

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Olga Knipper

Olga Leonardovna Knipper-Chekhova (Ольга Леонардовна Книппер-Чехова; 21 September 1868 – 22 March 1959) was a Russian and Soviet stage actress. She was married to Anton Chekhov.

Knipper was among the 39 original members of the Moscow Art Theatre when it was formed by Konstantin Stanislavski in 1898. She played Arkadina in The Seagull (1898), played Elena in the Moscow premiere of Uncle Vanya (1899), and was the first to play Masha in Three Sisters (1901) and Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard (1904). She married Anton Chekhov, the author of these plays, in 1901. She played Ranevskaya again in 1943, when the theatre marked the 300th performance of The Cherry Orchard.

Early life
Knipper was born on 21 September 1868 in Glazov to Austrian-born Leonhardt August Knipper and his wife, Anna Ivanovna von Saltza, who was of Baltic German noble descent. Though both of her parents were of German origin, her father claimed Russia as their family heritage. Around the time of Olga's birth, her father, Leonard, was in charge of a factory in Glazov, a small town northeast of European Russia. Two years after she was born, her family moved to Moscow, where they became accustomed to an upper-middle-class lifestyle. Growing up in between her two brothers, Konstantin and Vladimir, Olga was pampered. She attended a private school for girls, was fluent in French, German and English, and took music and singing lessons after rigorous school days. She showed considerable promise as a painter and was her own accompanist on the piano when she entertained friends and family at dinner parties. Her father, however, who was anxious to conform to the social conventions of his adopted country, made it clear that Olga's aspirations should be confined to marrying well and becoming a housewife. Her mother, a talented singer and pianist, had been forced to give up any hopes of a career in the arts, and felt that Olga should do the same.

In 1894, Olga's father died unexpectedly, leaving the 25-year-old and her mother with debts he left behind from living well beyond their means. They began giving music and singing lessons to make ends meet, dismissed four of their five servants, and moved to a smaller flat. Olga's hopes of becoming a successful stage actress had not yet diminished. Proceeding with her intentions without her mother's approval, and giving up her social circle relations, were sacrifices she was willing to make: "Whenever in my life I really wanted something, and really believed in the possibility of achieving what I wanted and acted energetically, I always succeeded and never regretted going my own way", she wrote.

Career
She enrolled briefly into the Maly Theatre's drama school, although she dropped out one month later. With the help of her reluctant mother, Olga enrolled at the Philharmonic School, where she was taught by the future co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. Nemirovich introduced Knipper and fellow student Vsevolod Meyerhold (who would later become one of the most prominent figures of Russian theatre after the Revolution) to Constantin Stanislavski.

Told in strict confidence, Nemirovich confessed to Knipper and Meierhold that he and Stanislavski were planning the creation of a new theatre company. Nemirovich assured the two actors that they would be invited to join this company and to help lead it to greatness. After many weeks, enough capital was finally secured to found the new company. The company gathered in Pushkino, where Stanislavski addressed Knipper and the other members, telling them that he hoped they had all come to dedicate their lives to creating the "first rational, moral, and universally accessible theatre in Russia."

Chekhov
While rehearsing for The Seagull on 9 September, Olga's 30th birthday, she met Russia's most eligible literary bachelor and playwright of The Seagull, Anton Chekhov, then 38. Knipper and Chekhov exchanged telegrams and letters for the next few years, while Olga became more familiar with Chekhov's younger sister, Masha. Random letters of teasing and playfulness became letters of love and deep remorse that they lived so far apart from each other. Olga's true colors shone throughout her letters of correspondence. Her ill-moods, volatile tempers, combined with her sporadic high spirits, kept Chekhov on his toes. In the winter of 1900, Chekhov returned from Yalta and headed to Moscow, with a new play that he had written with a 'dear actress' in mind. "What a part I’ve got for you in Three Sisters. Give me ten rubles and you can have it, otherwise I’ll give it to another actress", Chekhov wrote to Olga.

Many similarities existed between Olga Knipper and the character Chekhov wrote for her in Three Sisters, Masha. Knipper was to play the middle of three sisters and one brother. The only married sibling of the foursome and "the most original and talented of the three sisters. To portray a young woman of culture and refinement, who speaks French, German and English, and is a first-class pianist" was no problem for Knipper who already acquired those skills. Knipper received much praise for her portrayal as Masha, much to Chekhov's amusement.

Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper eventually married on 25 May 1901 at the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, in Moscow. It was a spur of the moment, small wedding about which hardly anyone knew, including Chekhov's mother and sister, and Olga's mother. Many close friends and family were hurt by the secrecy. Their marriage ended when Chekhov died of tuberculosis in 1904.

It has been claimed in 1902 she had an operation to abort an ectopic pregnancy. The conception must have taken place at a time when she and Chekhov were temporarily living apart and he could not have been the father; as Chekhov was a doctor he would have realised this.

Death
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Tennis Center at Crandon Park

The Crandon Park Tennis Center is a tennis facility in Key Biscayne, Florida. It features a 13,800-seat venue named Stadium Court as its centerpiece, and was home of the Miami Open from 1987 until 2018. The Miami Open used twelve courts for competition courts, plus six practice courts. The facility is also home to two European red clay courts, four American green clay courts, and two grass courts. During the majority of the year when the Miami Open is not on site, the Tennis Center is a Miami-Dade County park that is open to the public year-round. All aforementioned playing surfaces, including the stadium court, are available for public use. There are 27 courts in total, including 13 that are lighted.

The Tennis Center at Crandon Park was the third home of the Miami Open. It began in Delray Beach in 1985 and moved to Boca Raton in 1986, before settling in Key Biscayne in 1987. The Miami Open then moved to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens starting in 2019. The Tennis Center is also home to the United States Tennis Association's player development program headquarters and from 1999 to 2010 the 16-and-under Junior Orange Bowl.

During the 2013 Miami Masters, plans were unveiled to fully renovate Crandon Park Tennis Center which would include building three permanent show courts. Legal issues regarding restrictions on the Park's usage prevented the plan's implementation. The subsequent move of the Miami Open to Hard Rock Stadium presumably ended any efforts to redevelop the site.

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Shawn Mitchell

Shawn Mitchell is a former Republican member of the Colorado Senate, representing the 23rd district from 2005 to 2013. Previously he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1999 to 2004.

Background
Mitchell received a B.S. magna cum laude from Brigham Young University and graduated from law school at the University of California at Berkeley.

He is now an attorney in a private law practice in Denver and Adams counties. Mitchell served as Special Counsel to the Colorado Attorney General, where he was a legal policy advisor and one of the top aides to former Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton. He worked on significant litigation, including the Amendment 2 case and First Amendment litigation on issues of church and state. Mitchell also represented Colorado in fighting criminal appeals in the Colorado Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.

Legislative career
Before serving in the senate, Mitchell served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1999 to 2004. He was elected in 2004 to represent Senate District 23. Mitchell won his campaign for re-election against Joe Whitcomb in 2008. Term limited, he did not run for re-election in 2012.

Controversy
Mitchell came under fire in 2010 for "sexist" and "degrading remarks". The comments were made at a formal hearing of the Workers' Compensation committee: Mitchell tried to comfort a nervous witness, by stating, "I just want to pass on a tip that sometimes when I'm in committee and I'm nervous I relieve that by imagining the chairwoman in her underwear."

According to news sources Mitchell apologized saying his remarks were "inappropriate" and "unprofessional". Senator Morgan Carroll accepted his apology.

Private life
Mitchell has also written for the conservative website Townhall.com.. Mitchell is a former Senior Fellow at the Independence Institute, a conservative and free-market think tank in Denver. He continues to write and speak often on public policy issues. He has served as the president of the Colorado Chapter of the Federalist Society. He also served 3 years on the Denver Rocky Mountain News Board of Editorial Contributors.

Mitchell and his wife Yvette have seven children.

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Felix the Cat (video game)

Felix the Cat is a platform video game by Hudson Soft, based on the cartoon character of the same name. It was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1992, and for the Game Boy in 1993. Although Felix the Cat was developed in Japan, it was only released in North America and Europe.

A compilation of both versions was developed by Limited Run Games and published by Konami for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4, on March 28, 2024.

Gameplay
The player controls Felix the Cat as he sets out to defeat the evil mad Professor, who has kidnapped Felix's girlfriend Kitty. The Game Boy version plays the same as the NES version, aside from featuring fewer levels.

Felix the Cat has simple game mechanics. The A button is used to jump (press repeatedly to fly or swim), and the B button is used to attack. The type of attack varies depending on the magic level. When Felix falls into the bottomless pit (past the bottom of the level), runs out of time, or loses all his health, he loses a life. Scattered items replenish health and magic. Enemies include moles, tree trunks, cannons, birds, fish, and eight boss monsters. Enemies generally follow a regular pace back and forth, and Felix can shoot them. If Felix takes a hit, his magic power goes down one level. If Felix is at the lowest magic power and gets hit, he loses a life. There are nine worlds.

Release
Felix the Cat was released in North America and Europe. A Famicom version was planned for Japan but never released. Game Champ reported a planned Japanese release for December 1992.

On March 28, 2024, Konami released a compilation of the NES and Game Boy versions of the game for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4. The compilation emulates the games through Limited Run Games' Carbon Engine, and features the ability to save and rewind gameplay at any time.

Reception
GamePro gave the NES version 5 out of 5. Three reviewers in Game Informer gave the NES version 7.5, 6.5, and 8.25 (all out of 10). Allgame editor Skyler Miller described the game as "an example of the right way to produce a game using a popular license". French magazines Player One and Consoles+ gave the NES version 79% and 87% respectively.

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Florida Citrus Parade

The Florida Citrus Parade was an annual parade in Orlando, Florida which celebrated the holidays and two annual college football bowl games: the Pop-Tarts Bowl and the Citrus Bowl.

Started in 1980, the parade was previously known as the Florida Power (Progress Energy) Super Holiday Parade, the Orlando Citrus Parade, and most recently the Fresh From Florida Parade. In 2005, Delta Air Lines sponsored the parade, calling it The Orlando Citrus Parade, presented by Delta Air Lines. Since 2007, Spherion was a major sponsor of the parade along with Delta Air Lines as co-sponsor, being called The Spherion Orlando Citrus Parade, presented by Delta Air Lines. In 2011, the parade was sponsored by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, being renamed as the Fresh From Florida Parade for one year. Now it is known as the Florida Citrus Parade. In 2018 the parade was televised in the Orlando market as the "All New Orlando Citrus Parade" in a star studded celebration to benefit the Give Kids The World Village.

In 2019 the Orlando Citrus Parade organizers choose not to stage the event citing the cost of planning and producing the event.

The Florida Citrus Parade was an event which was planned and produced by The Florida Citrus Sports Foundation, as part of the annual Orlando Bowl Week. The event was placed in between the college football games during the last week in December.

The parade was previously videotaped and syndicated to over 100 television stations for broadcast during the New Year's Day Holiday; TVS Television Network handles distribution. Visitors to the parade can number over 50,000 along the parade route.

The parade would consists of both high school and Bowl-attending university marching bands from the Big Ten Conference or Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference, along with theme park characters from Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando. Also, local and national celebrities participates in the event. The main features were the citrus-themed floats. These floats were decorated with citrus fruits in a similar style to the Lemon Festival in Menton, France. They also followed the tradition of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. However, instead of decorating the floats with petals, they were decorated with oranges, grapefruits and tangerines.

The citrus floats were prepared and filled by over 600 volunteers who gave their time during the 4 days between December 26th and 29th. Then, generally on the last week of December of every year (In rare occasions, the parade was done on the 29th, because December 30 was a Sunday, or 31st of December, if the Citrus Bowl football game comes on January 2), the streets of Downtown Orlando were packed with visitors from other places who came to see their high school marching band and the marching bands for the two universities which would have a match up at the Citrus Bowl that year.

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Maria Yermolova

Maria Nikolayevna Yermolova (Мария Николаевна Ермолова; 15 July 1853 in Moscow – 12 March 1928, id.) was a Russian actress, said to be the greatest in the history of the Maly Theatre in Moscow and the first person to be proclaimed the "People's Artist of the Republic" (1921).

Career
In the course of her 50-year career, Yermolova particularly excelled in the roles which allowed her to "emphasize her independence of spirit and her popular heroism in defiance of corrupt authority", as the Encyclopædia Britannica put it. Her contemporary and fellow Russian actor Constantin Stanislavski proclaimed her the greatest actress he had ever observed, thus placing her above Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse.

From 1889 to 1928 she lived in a house on Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow.

Following her death, her flat was designated a national monument, and the Yermolova Theatre in the Tverskoy District of Moscow still bears her name. A minor planet 3657 Ermolova, discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova in 1978 is named after her. Ermolova crater on Venus is also named in her honor.

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Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center

The Cullman–Heyman Tennis Center is an 8-court indoor intercollegiate tennis facility and outdoor stadium located on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The Cullman–Heyman Tennis Center is part of the Yale University tennis complex which consists of 17 outdoor and 8 indoor DecoTurf hardcourts. Across Yale Avenue from the Yale Tennis Complex is the Connecticut Tennis Center Stadium, which hosted men's and women's professional tennis tournaments, hosted its last WTA tournament in 2018. In 2019 approval was given to convert the stadium into a concert venue. The outdoor stadium was built in 1991 for the Volvo Tennis Championships, and by 2009 it had seats for 15,000 spectators. The current capacity of the Connecticut Tennis Center Stadium is around 15,000, making it the third largest tennis venue in the United States and one of the largest in the world by capacity, behind the French Open's Roland Garros Stadium. The Cullman–Heyman Tennis Center is located at 279 Derby Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516. The facility has a master scoreboard and there are HD video cameras on every court that support streaming. All eight courts also have individual scoreboards.

The facility has hosted major intercollegiate national championships like the ITA Indoor Collegiate Individual Championships in 2009 and the ITA Women's Team Championships in February 2017. CHTC also hosts the ECAC Championships and the ITA Regional Individual Championships every year.

Construction
When the USTA/Volvo Tennis announced in 1989 that the Volvo Tennis Tournament was going be held annually at Yale University and City of New Haven (site of a US Open qualifier tournament for ATP and WTA players), the organizers chose Architects Edward Larrabee Barnes and John My Lee Architects to build the permanent facility in 1991 due to Barnes' previous Yale projects. The entire design and construction process took only 11 months from start to finish, most of the structure was made of prefab concrete components made on site and pieced together. This was done by Blakeslee Prestress Inc.

Lead architect, Lee, an avid tennis player and fan, said the open sides, "Reduced the fishbowl effect and made the construction access much easier."

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List of tennis venues

This is a list of tennis venues to have held a notable tournament, sorted by country.

Portugal

 * Estoril Court Central

Puerto Rico
Mayagüez University Campus Tennis Courts Central American and Caribbean Games (2010)

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