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Line shaft

A line shaft is a power-driven rotating shaft for power transmission that was used extensively from the Industrial Revolution until the early 20th century. Prior to the widespread use of electric motors small enough to be connected directly to each piece of machinery, line shafting was used to distribute power from a large central power source to machinery throughout a workshop or an industrial complex. The central power source could be a water wheel, turbine, windmill, animal power or a steam engine. Power was distributed from the shaft to the machinery by a system of belts, pulleys and gears known as millwork.

Operation

A typical line shaft would be suspended from the ceiling of one area and would run the length of that area. One pulley on the shaft would receive the power from a parent line shaft elsewhere in the building. The other pulleys would supply power to pulleys on each individual machine or to subsequent line shafts. In manufacturing where there were a large number of machines performing the same tasks, the design of the system was fairly regular and repeated. In other applications such as machine and wood shops where there was a variety of machines with different orientations and power requirements, the system would appear erratic and inconsistent with many different shafting directions and pulley sizes. Shafts were usually horizontal and overhead but occasionally were vertical and could be underground. Shafts were usually rigid steel, made up of several parts bolted together at flanges. The shafts were suspended by hangers with bearings at certain intervals of length. The distance depended on the weight of the shaft and the number of pulleys. The shafts had to be kept aligned or the stress would overheat the bearings and could break the shaft. The bearings were usually friction type and had to be kept lubricated. Pulley lubricator employees were required in order to ensure that the bearings did not freeze or malfunction.

In the earliest applications power was transmitted between pulleys using loops of rope on grooved pulleys. This method is extremely rare today, dating mostly from the 18th century. Flat belts on flat pulleys or drums were the most common method during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The belts were generally tanned leather or cotton duck impregnated with rubber. Leather belts were fastened in loops with rawhide or wire lacing, lap joints and glue, or one of several types of steel fasteners. Cotton duck belts usually used metal fasteners or were melted together with heat. The leather belts were run with the hair side against the pulleys for best traction. The belts needed periodic cleaning and conditioning to keep them in good condition. Belts were often twisted 180 degrees per leg and reversed on the receiving pulley to cause the second shaft to rotate in the opposite direction.

Pulleys were constructed of wood, iron, steel or a combination thereof. Varying sizes of pulleys were used in conjunction to change the speed of rotation. For example, a 40" pulley at 100 rpm would turn a 20" pulley at 200 rpm. Pulleys solidly attached ("fast") to the shaft could be combined with adjacent pulleys that turned freely ("loose") on the shaft (idlers). In this configuration the belt could be maneuvered onto the idler to stop power transmission or onto the solid pulley to convey the power. This arrangement was often used near machines to provide a means of shutting the machine off when not in use. Usually at the last belt feeding power to a machine, a pair of stepped pulleys could be used to give a variety of speed settings for the machine.

Occasionally gears were used between shafts to change speed rather than belts and different-sized pulleys, but this seems to have been relatively uncommon.

History
Early versions of line shafts date back into the 18th century, but they were in widespread use in the late 19th century with industrialization. Line shafts were widely used in manufacturing, woodworking shops, machine shops, saw mills and grist mills.

In 1828 in Lowell, Massachusetts, Paul Moody substituted leather belting for metal gearing to transfer power from the main shaft running from a water wheel. This innovation quickly spread in the U.S.

Flat-belt drive systems became popular in the UK from the 1870s, with the firms of J & E Wood and W & J Galloway & Sons prominent in their introduction. Both of these firms manufactured stationary steam engines and the continuing demand for more power and reliability could be met not merely by improved engine technology but also improved methods of transferring power from the engines to the looms and similar machinery which they were intended to service. The use of flat belts was already common in the US but rare in Britain until this time. The advantages included less noise and less wasted energy in the friction losses inherent in the previously common drive shafts and their associated gearing. Also, maintenance was simpler and cheaper, and it was a more convenient method for the arrangement of power drives such that if one part were to fail then it would not cause loss of power to all sections of a factory or mill. These systems were in turn superseded in popularity by rope drive methods.

Near the end of the 19th century some factories had a mile or more of line shafts in a single building.

In order to provide power for small shops and light industry, specially constructed "power buildings" were constructed. Power buildings used a central steam engine and distributed power through line shafts to all the leased rooms. Power buildings continued to be built in the early days of electrification, still using line shafts but driven by an electric motor.

As some factories grew too large and complex to be powered by a single steam engine, a system of "sub divided" power came into use. This was also important when a wide range of speed control was necessary for a sensitive operation such as wire drawing or hammering iron. Under sub divided power, steam was piped from a central boiler to smaller steam engines located where needed. However, small steam engines were much less efficient than large ones. The Baldwin Locomotive Works 63-acre site changed to sub divided power, then because of the inefficiency converted to group drive with several large steam engines driving the line shafts. Eventually Baldwin converted to electric drive, with a substantial saving in labor and building space.

With factory electrification in the early 1900s, many line shafts began converting to electric drive. In early factory electrification only large motors were available, so new factories installed a large motor to drive line shafting and millwork. After 1900 smaller industrial motors became available and most new installations used individual electric drives.

Steam turbine powered line shafts were commonly used to drive paper machines for speed control reasons until economical methods for precision electric motor speed control became available in the 1980s; since then many have been replaced with sectional electric drives. Economical variable speed control using electric motors was made possible by silicon controlled rectifiers (SCRs) to produce direct current and variable frequency drives using inverters to change DC back to AC at the frequency required for the desired speed.

Most systems were out of service by the mid-20th century and relatively few remain in the 21st century, even fewer in their original location and configuration.

Disadvantages
Compared to individual electric motor or unit drive, line shafts have the following disadvantages:
 * Power loss with line shafts varied widely and was typically 25% and often much higher; however, using roller bearings and good quality lubrication could minimize losses. Roller and spherical bearings gained acceptance in the decade before electrification of factories began.
 * Continuous noise
 * Maintenance costs were higher.
 * The systems were more dangerous.
 * Down time due to mechanical problems was higher.
 * It was not as easy to change speed.
 * Factory layout was designed around access to the line shafts, not in the most efficient manner for the work flow.
 * The line shafts and millwork took up a lot of space; Baldwin Locomotive Works estimated 40% more than electric drive.
 * The shafts and belting were in the way of lighting, overhead cranes and ventilation ducts.
 * Alignment of the system was critical and problematic for long shafts that were subject to expansion and contraction, settling and vibration.
 * The belting shed dust and kept it continuously circulating in the air.
 * Oil dripped from the overhead shafting.

Firms switching to electric power showed significantly less employee sick time, and, using the same equipment, showed significant increases in production. Writing in 1909, James Hobart said that "We can scarcely step into a shop or factory of any description without encountering a mass of belts which seem at first to monopolize every nook in the building and leave little or no room for anything else."

Historical alternatives to line shafts
To overcome the distance and friction limitations of line shafts, wire rope systems were developed in the late 19th century. Wire rope operated at higher velocities than line shafts and were a practical means of transmitting mechanical power for a distance of a few miles or kilometers. They used widely spaced, large diameter wheels and had much lower friction loss than line shafts, and had one-tenth the initial cost.

To supply small scale power that was impractical for individual steam engines, central station hydraulic systems were developed. Hydraulic power was used to operate cranes and other machinery in British ports and elsewhere in Europe. The largest hydraulic system was in London. Hydraulic power was used extensively in Bessemer steel production.

There were also some central stations providing pneumatic power in the late 19th century.

Early examples
In an early example, Jedediah Strutt's water-powered cotton mill, North Mill in Belper, built in 1776, all the power to operate the machinery came from an 18 ft water wheel.

United Kingdom

 * Elan Valley — non-operable lineshaft still in situ in old workshops, now in use as visitor centre
 * Ellenroad Ring Mill — line shafting from a 6 hp National oil engine drives a replica 1910 workshop with forge, power hammer, a lathe, radial arm drill and shaper
 * Queen Street Mill, Burnley — line shafting operating 600 Lancashire looms, driven by a 500 horsepower coal fired steam engine
 * Shelsley Watermill, Shelsley Walsh, Worcester, United Kingdom — partially operable grain mill
 * Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Cumbria, England — ??
 * Tees Cottage Pumping Station, near Darlington, County Durham, England — complete original maintenance workshop in working order
 * National Slate Museum, Wales — original equipment still powered by line shaft driven by the largest working water wheel in mainland Britain

United States

 * Austin Organs. Hartford, Connecticut
 * Cruiser Olympia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — operational machine shop
 * East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company. Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania — partially operable; machine shop, sheet metal shop, wood shop, blacksmiths shop, foundry
 * Empire Mine State Park machine Shop, Grass Valley, California — machine tools ??
 * Hagley Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
 * Hanford Mills Museum, East Meredith, New York — operable; sawmill, gristmill, wood shop
 * Kregel Windmill Factory Museum, Nebraska City, Nebraska — operable; windmill factory
 * Longleaf Lumber Company/Southern Forest Heritage Museum, Longleaf, Louisiana — partially operable; machine tools, sawmill
 * Mingus Mill, Great Smokey Mountains National Park, South Carolina — partially operable; grain mill
 * Rock Run Grist Mill, Susquehanna State Park (Maryland), Havre de Grace, Maryland — operable; water-powered grist mill
 * Sierra Railroad Shops/Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, California — operable; machine tools, blacksmith shop
 * Slater Mill Historic Site, Pawtucket, Rhode Island — ??
 * Thomas Edison National Historical Park, West Orange, New Jersey — machine tools ??
 * W. A. Young and Sons Foundry and Machine Shop, Rices Landing, Pennsylvania —machine shop, foundry
 * W. J. Doran Company, Waupaca, Wisconsin — fully operational; machine tools

United States

 * Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Machine Shop powered by water turbine to run woodworking machines.
 * Smithsonian Institution, Arts and Industries Building, Washington, D.C. — machine tools
 * White River Valley Antique Association, Enora, Indiana — machine and woodworking tools
 * Denton Farmpark, Denton, North Carolina — machine tools
 * Cincinnati History Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio — machine tools
 * Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware (original du Pont powder mills) — machine tools
 * Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan — machine tools
 * Mollie Kathleen Mine, Cripple Creek, Colorado — sawmill
 * Western Museum of Mining & Industry, Colorado Springs, Colorado — stamp mill, blacksmith shop, compressor
 * Boott Mills, Lowell, Massachusetts — power cotton looms
 * Silver Dollar City, Branson, Missouri — woodworking tools and bakery machinery
 * Tuckahoe Steam & Gas Association, Easton, Maryland — operating machine shop museum
 * Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia — ??
 * Baltimore Museum of Industry, Baltimore, Maryland — machine tools
 * Denton Farmpark, Denton, North Carolina — machine tools
 * Muskegon Heritage Museum, Muskegon, Michigan — Corliss engine and machine tools
 * Rough and Tumble Engineers, Kinzers, Pennsylvania - machine tools

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Namgyal Monastery

Namgyal Monastery (also often referred to as "Dalai Lama's Temple") is currently located in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala, India. It is the personal monastery of the 14th Dalai Lama. Another name for this temple-complex is Namgyal Tantric College.

The monastery's key role is to assist with rituals involving the Dalai Lama of Tibet. Its main tantric practices reportedly include those of Kalachakra, Yamantaka, Chakrasamvara, Guhyasamaja, and Vajrakilaya.

Early years
Founded in either 1564 or 1565 as Phende Lekshe Ling (on the foundations of the since defunct monastery called Phende Gon) by the second Dalai Lam Gendun Gyatso, Namgyal Monastery was renamed in honour of the female long-life deity Namgyälma in 1571.

Since the completion of construction on the Potala Palace (begun by the Fifth Dalai Lama), Namgyal was traditionally housed in the red section at the top of that building in Lhasa.

Since 1959
Following the Tibetan uprising of 1959, Namgyal Monastery relocated to Dharamshala, India, where it continues, active, to this day. According to Namgyal's website, Namgyal (Dharamshala) has "nearly 200" monks (up from 55 in 1959), representing all four main Tibetan monastic lineages.

In 1992, on the advice of the present Dalai Lama, Namgyal established an American branch in Ithaca, New York, including within it the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies. On 8 February 1996, the monks of Namgyal Monastery's Institute of Buddhist Studies offered their first "Blessing of Cyberspace" as part of the "Twenty-four Hours in Cyberspace" event.

In 1998, Namgyal incorporated a Tibetan monastery in Bodhgaya, India, called Gendhen Phelgyeling. That monastery is now known as Namgyal (Bodhgaya), and has 45 monks.

Namgyal (Dharamsala) also manages a temple in Kushinagar (since 1967), and an elderly home in Simla (since 1992).

Whether the People's Republic of China has maintained an institution with the same name inside Tibet is unclear.

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Georg Zappert

Georg Zappert (7 December 1806 in Óbuda – 23 November 1859 in Vienna) was a Hungarian historian and archaeologist.

The son of well-to-do parents, Zappert was educated at the Pest gymnasium and the University of Vienna. He began the study of medicine, but relinquished it after renouncing Judaism for Roman Catholicism in 1829, then taking up theology. This too he was forced to abandon in the second year, owing to deafness caused by a severe illness; and after this disappointment, which he felt keenly, he devoted himself to what became his life work, namely, the study of the Middle Ages.

He led a retired life in Vienna. He foretold the time of his death to the minute three days before it occurred; there have been in his family several cases of similar premonition. The Imperial Academy of Sciences elected him corresponding member on July 28, 1851.

Zappert published: "Gravure en Bois du XII. Siècle" (Vienna, 1837 et seq.); "Vita B. Petri Acotanti" (ib. 1839); and the following memoirs: "Ueber Antiquitätenfunde im Mittelalter" (in "Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften," Nov., 1850); "Epiphania, ein Beitrag zur-Christlichen Kunstarchäologie" (ib. xxi. 291-372); "Ueber Badewesen in Mittelalterlicher und Späterer Zeit" (in "Archiv für Kunde Oesterreichischer Geschichtsquellen," xxi. 5); "Ueber Sogenannte Verbrüderungsbücher in Nekrologien im Mittelalter" (in "Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften," x. 417-463, xi. 5-183); "Ueber ein für den Jugendunterricht des Kaisers Max I. Abgefasstes Lateinisches Gesprächsbüchlein" (ib. xxviii. 193-280); etc.

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Gustav Zerffi

George Gustav (or Gustavus) Zerffi, born with the surname Cerf or perhaps Hirsch (21 May 1820 – January 28, 1892) was a journalist, revolutionist and spy.

Biography
Born in Hungary, Zerffi was educated in Budapest. He became a journalist at the age of eighteen. He was the author of Wiener Lichtbilder und Schattenspiele, with twelve caricatures (Vienna, 1848); and as editor of the liberal Der Ungar (Reform) in 1848, he became conspicuous by his attacks upon the Germans and the imperial family.

With Csernatoni, Stancsits, Zanetti, Steinitz, and others he set the tone for the revolutionists, and in 1848 he was József Schweidel's captain and adjutant in the Honvéd army. He also acted for a time as Kossuth's private secretary. On the failure of the revolution he fled to Belgrade (1849) where he entered the service of the French consul. By this time, however, he had become a member of the Austrian secret service, reporting on Hungarian émigré activities (and even other groups of revolutionary exiles) for the Habsburg Ministry of the Interior until 1865.

In 1850 he translated Kossuth's complete works into German for the Europäische Bibliothek der Neuen Belletristischen Litteratur (cccxxii., cccxlvii., cccxlix.), and two years later he visited Paris, going in 1853 to London, where he became a member of the Medical royal college, and afterward secretary of the German National Association. He resigned this post under suspicion, however, although he remained in London. He published an English version of Goethe's Faust with critical and explanatory notes (1859). He became a citizen of Great Britain.

In 1868 he was appointed a lecturer in art history at the National Art Training School in South Kensington, later known as the Royal College of Art. Throughout his career Zerffi gave much attention to the subjects of decoration and history and he asserted that history should be studied as a whole on philosophical principles. He published the popular Manual of the Historical Development of Art (1876), and later more general historical works (The Science of History, 1879; Studies in the Science of General History, 1887-9; and Evolution in History, Language and Science) which were modelled on Hegel, Gobineau and Taine. Yet Zerffi was also a racist and his racism impacted on his understanding of art and broader culture. He wrote that the “Negro’s reasoning faculty is very limited and his imagination slow. He cannot create beauty, for he is indifferent to any ideal conception. He possesses only 75-83% cubic inches of brain." In contrast to this he considered white men to be “the crowningproduct of the cosmical forces of nature” claiming that "To him exclusively we owe art in its highest sense."

According to Joseph McCabe, he gave "agnostic and strongly worded" Rationalist lectures to the London Sunday Lecture Society: his published efforts in this direction included Natural Phenomena and their Influence on Different Religious Systems (1873); Dogma and Science (1876); and The Spontaneous Dissolution of Ancient Creeds (1876).

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Flag of Winnipeg

The flag of Winnipeg was adopted in October 1975 to represent the City of Winnipeg. Today, the flag with its crest is used as the official representation of the city for ceremonial and official purposes, while the logo flag (adopted in 2001) is used for promotional purposes.

In the centre of the flag lies the city's coat of arms, with blue to the upper left, and yellow to the lower right. The blue represents Winnipeg's clear blue sky, and the gold a field of wheat, the city's original primary economic activity; the colours and symbolism are thus similar to those of the flag of Ukraine.

While official colours have never formally been designated by the city, the blue and yellow design was adopted as the official colours for Winnipeg's centennial celebrations in 1973. The logo flag also incorporates the two colours, along with red and white.

The official flag itself was adopted upon a vote by City Council on October 1, 1975, and was registered as a trademark April 7 the following year.

Logo flag
On January 18, 2001, the City of Winnipeg adopted a new logo as part of a branding initiative, adapted into a logo flag with the proportions of 1:2. This flag is currently used for promotional purposes, contrast to the official flag's use in ceremonial and official purposes.

The logo flag uses the colours that are found on the official flag, as well as others. It has a dark blue field (background) with "Winnipeg" in white serifed letters, centred in the lower field. Above the letters is a medium-blue-coloured arc, above which are two crescents: yellow on the left, facing right, and dark blue on the right, inside the yellow one, facing left. Within this crescent is a red circle or droplet-like shape, meant to symbolize the 'heart' of the Winnipeg community and its people. According to the City, the logo, as a whole, "resembles a rising sun above the horizon and also mimics the form of a leaping figure."

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The adoptees who left Vietnam in April, 1975 recently returned to Vietnam for the 30th Anniversary of Babylift. Twenty-one of the 2,548 adoptees, their guests, and many of the Babylift participants were part of this official delegation, recognized by the governments of the United States and Vietnam. This trip marks the first time that such official recognition has been accorded to the Babylift adoptees. Thank you, Lana Noone. Lana@Vietnambabylift.org Plans are underway for the 35th Vietnam "Operation Babylift" Anniversary in 2010. Please contact Lana@Vietnambabylift.org for complete details and all media inquiries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.117.245.86 (talk) 22:00, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Plane crash section
This section is totally unreferenced, and it seems to have been so since it was written. I have tagged it as such and removed a very POV, unreferenced and unencyclopædic statement "News of the plane crash brought widespread attention and sympathy toward the operation and the evacuees in the U.S. and other nations." The section also differs from the version in the main article, giving different/added details. As these details were  (In 2008) by an IP w/o refs., there is no way they can be verified. eg "At 50 feet, the throttles where retarded to idle"(no mention in Main story), "The cargo compartment was completely destroyed, killing 141 of the 149 orphans and attendants."(Main story says 76 children died, no mention of 'cargo compartment' at all) etc. ♦ I'll fix it up, if I get a chance, by deleting the un-veverifiable/differing parts, or if not anyone else can! :-)) - 220.101 talk\Contribs 09:28, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Background
What was the reason for this operation? What threat faced orphans in Saigon? It should be mentioned in an article otherwise it looks like a kidnapping not a rescue operation! 91.77.244.116 (talk) 10:45, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 2nd that. Wonder what kind of law might permit such action. JB. --92.195.31.78 (talk) 02:25, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I also came here to see if there's a section for criticism here, but there's none. Similar actions in the Russian-Ukrainian war have been labeled as kidnapping. Nakonana (talk) 03:33, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Obviously this is a kidnapping, a war crime. It's not even the first time an invader has stolen children - happened to poland. I think it's amazing that there's no mention of the controversy around this incident in the article. Custody disputes were all over the newspapers in the 1970s. It isn't difficult to find stories of "orphans" who were not orphans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A442:581E:1:135A:2130:D641:6009 (talk) 02:00, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Operation Reunite
The "Operation Reunite" section only contains a link to a non-existent (defunct?) website with no other information. Not sure if it should be removed or if there's a way to beef it up with reliable references? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.36.32.223 (talk) 00:41, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * It still seems to be a 501(c)(3) organization, based in Linwood, NJ.
 * The domain extension has for whatever reason changed
 * from .org (originally for organizations not clearly falling within the other gTLDs, now unrestricted)
 * to .com (mainly for commercial entities, but unrestricted)
 * Trista Goldberg, a Vietnamese adoptee herself, is the founder of Operation Reunite. -> Amerasians - Story of Kien Nguyen and Trista Goldberg. Goldberg was born Nguyen Thi Thu in 1970 in Vietnam. -> Group helps adoptees to trace their heritage
 * See here for more -> operationreunite.com
 * --2001:9E8:4635:D226:8767:7E39:7D83:9708 (talk) 12:34, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

"Stealing babies"???
This article currently says that President Ford announced that the United States would commence stealing babies from Saigon and airlifting them to the US. I doubt very much that the President phased it that way, or that "theft" of these babies was what was intended. I do not know what words were actually used, but I am removing the word "stealing" until someone can come up with a verifiable quote that says what actually happened here. I am sure that the explanation, whatever it is, had a different pretense than outright stealing infants. A loose necktie (talk) 22:22, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

PP
I have now asked for page protection. Slatersteven (talk) 12:29, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Removal of claim about lack of consent
In revision of 02:18, 4 August 2023, the statement that the children were relocated without their consent is removed. Admittedly, there is no explicit statement in the indicated sources confirming this, but bearing in mind these were generally infants and young children in the custody of orphanages that presumably would be ceasing operations, "informed consent" would not realistically have been a plausible option. Fabrickator (talk) 03:57, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

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Maier Zipser

Maier Zipser (14 August 1815–10 December 1869) was a Hungarian rabbi. He studied in various yeshibot, among his teachers being Wolf Boskowitz and Maier Eisenstadt; and he acquired a secular education partly through the assistance of Löw Schwab and partly through his own endeavors. In 1844 he was chosen rabbi at Stuhlweissenburg, where, however, he became involved in a controversy with the Orthodox members of the community on account of a divorce which he had granted without a precedent. In his defense he wrote a pamphlet titled Me ha-Shiloaḥ: Rabbinisches Gutachten über Jüdische Ehescheidung (Budapest, 1853). About 1850 he went to England, where he published a pamphlet titled The Sermon on the Mount, defending Judaism against the parliamentary speeches of Inglis (London, 1852). In 1858 Zipser was elected rabbi of Rechnitz, and he held this position until his death. In addition to the two pamphlets already mentioned, he published various sermons and made numerous contributions to the Jewish press, especially to the Orient, the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums, and the Neuzeit, winning the reputation of being one of the most scholarly Hungarian rabbis of his day.

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Anton Zilzer

Anton (Antal) Zilzer (1860, Budapest – November 16, 1921), was a Hungarian painter.

He was a pupil of Rauscher, Gregusz, and Székely at the national model school of design, and later studied at the Munich Academy under Raupp, Hackl, Seitz, and Herterich, completing his education at Berlin, Paris, and London.

He devoted himself especially to portraits, and received the Munich gold medal in 1887.

His paintings include:
 * Alone in the Woods
 * Ludwig II on His Funeral Bier
 * Forest Idyls
 * Sunset on the Lake of Constance

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Datarock

Datarock is a Norwegian electronic rock band. The band, known for wearing red jumpsuits, formed in 2000. Original personnel were Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes and Kevin O'Brien, who soon hired Tom Mæland. O'Brien and Mæland later left the band, but the duo of Saroea and Mosnes continued the project.

Their name is derived from the Norwegian word for computer – datamaskin and the word rock (meaning rock music made on a computer).

As of 2018, they have switched out the red tracksuits with all-black tracksuits. The band currently consists of Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes, Øyvind Solheim and Stig Narve Brunstad.

Releases
The band has released four EPs and their debut album, Datarock Datarock, was released in 2005 in 10 countries on the band's own label, YAP (Young Aspiring Professionals), receiving favourable reviews, especially in the UK. They made an appearance in Australia's Triple J Hottest 100 with the single "Computer Camp Love" in 2005, placing at number 12. Saroea has commented that Australia was the only country to pick up Datarock early aside from their homeland. This song was #88 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.

Their song "Fa-Fa-Fa" was featured in a Coca-Cola advert, and is also featured in Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective, NHL 08, FIFA 08, and NBA Live 08. It also appears in The Sims 2: FreeTime, and The Sims' video team was asked to create a custom music video for "Fa-Fa-Fa". Another one of their songs, "New Song", is featured in Madden NFL 08. In addition, "I Used to Dance with My Daddy" is featured in UEFA Euro 2008 and Need for Speed: ProStreet (only remix version), also "True Stories" is featured in FIFA 09. Datarock is also featured in FIFA 10 with "Give It Up".

Datarock was also featured in an Apple advertisement for the fourth generation iPod Nano. The ad showed the song "Fa-Fa-Fa" playing on an orange iPod Nano. The cover art for Datarock Datarock was also shown. "Fa-Fa-Fa" is also featured as a free premium track on the iPhone/iPod Touch game Tap Tap Revenge 3.

Fredrik Saroea also has solo aspirations and has recorded several individual tracks, including a duet with fellow Norwegian pop-star Annie for the song "I Will Always Remember You", which has been included on later presses of the band's debut LP.

Datarock's song "True Stories". featuring lyrics made up entirely of Talking Heads song titles is featured as a promotional download in MP3 format from The Sims 3.

Their song "Dance" was used in an episode of the MTV reality show Jersey Shore.

Their song "Amarillion" was used in a key scene in the Chuck episode "Chuck vs. the Nacho Sampler".

Their song "Fa-Fa-Fa" was used in an episode of the Comedy Central series, Workaholics.

Their song "Smile for the Camera" was used in an episode of the Nick Jr. Channel series Yo Gabba Gabba.

Their song "Fa-Fa-Fa" was also used by Google to promote the "Material Design" language on their Android mobile operating system.

A looped instrumental version of "Fa-Fa-Fa" is also the default alarm sound on Logitech Squeezebox devices.

In 2018, they released their first studio album in nine years, Face the Brutality, which received very positive reviews in Norwegian and international press. They also released a music video for their single, "Laugh in the Face of Darkness", created by the videographer Sjur Kristian Pollen.

Members
Current
 * Fredrik Saroea – vocals, guitars, drums, keyboards (2000–present)
 * Ketil Mosnes – bass, programming, keyboards, backing vocals (2000–2009, 2016–present)
 * Øyvind Solheim – drums, backing vocals (also plays in the band Ungdomskulen) (2016–present)
 * Stig Narve Brunstad – keyboards, backing vocals (2005–2009, 2016–present)

Past
 * Kevin O'Brien – vocals (2000)
 * Tom Mæland – keyboards (2000–2003)
 * Tarjei Strøm – drums (also plays in the band Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band) (2009–2015)
 * Kjetil Møster – saxophone, percussion, keyboards, vocals (2009–2016)
 * Adrian Meehan – drums (2000–2014)
 * Thomas Larssen – bass guitar (also plays in the band Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band) (2010–2016)

Studio albums

 * Datarock Datarock (2005)
 * Red (2009)
 * The Musical (2015)
 * Face the Brutality (2018)
 * Media Consumption Pyramid (2023)

EPs

 * Demo/Greatest Hits (2002)
 * See What I Care (2007)
 * California (2011)
 * Roller Coaster (2011)
 * A Fool at Forty is a Fool Indeed (2019)

Singles

 * "Computer Camp Love" (2005)
 * "Fa-Fa-Fa" (2006)
 * "I Used to Dance With My Daddy" (2007)
 * "See What I Care" (2007)
 * "Princess" (2008)
 * "The Pretender" (2009)
 * "Give It Up" (2009)
 * "Amarillion" (2009)
 * "True Stories" (2009)
 * "Catcher in the Rye" (2010)
 * "In E" (2014)
 * "Ruffle Shuffle" (2017)
 * "Feathers & Wax" (2018)
 * "Laugh in the Face of Darkness" (2018)
 * "Digital Life" (2020)
 * "Tick Tock" (2020)
 * "Video Store" (2021)
 * "Double Vision" (2022)
 * "Heart Shaped Circle" (2023)
 * "Rabbit Hole" (2023)
 * "DISCObedience" (2023)

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Talk:List of Japanese Army and Navy members in military or politic services in Proper Japan, Korea, Manchuria,occupied China,and nearest areas in previous times and Pacific War epoch (1930-40s)

Isn't this page title a little long, perhaps? -- Francs2000 | Talk 14:54, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It desperately needs a new name. Punkmorten 18:35, 20 August 2005 (UTC)


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Ignaz Ziegler

Ignaz Ziegler (Ziegler Ignác; 29 September 1861 in Dolný Kubín, then Hungary – 1948) was an Austrian-Czech rabbi, chief rabbi of Karlovy Vary.

He was educated at the Budapest University of Jewish Studies and at the University of Budapest (Ph.D. 1888). Immediately after his graduation he was called to the rabbinate of Carlsbad. Through his efforts the Kaiser Franz Josef Regierungs-Jubiläum Hospiz was erected at Carlsbad, at a cost of 500,000 Austrian crowns, to provide food, shelter, and medical treatment for indigent Jews who come to that city in large numbers in search of health. This institution was opened on 1 May 1903.

Works
Ziegler's works are as follows:
 * a Hungarian dissertation on the prophet Malachi (Budapest, 1888)
 * Religiöse Disputationen im Mittelalter (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1894)
 * Geschichte des Judentums (Prague, 1900)
 * Die Königsgleichnisse im Midrasch (Breslau, 1903)

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Sibu Division

Sibu Division is one of the twelve administrative divisions of Sarawak, Malaysia. It has a total area of 8,278.3 square kilometres, and is the third largest division after Kapit Division and Miri Division.

The population of Sibu Division (year 2000 census) was 257,300. Ethnically, the population was mostly Iban, Chinese, Malay, and Melanau.

Sibu Division consists of three districts: Sibu, Kanowit, and Selangau.

The economy is largely based on timber extraction from the extensive tropical rainforest. Processed wood products, rather than log export has been given priority by the government. Agriculture is relatively minor, with oil palm and pepper the main products. Tourism, particularly ecotourism, is a growing component of the economy.

The two major rivers in the Sibu Division are the Rajang River and the Igan River.

Early history
Before 1 June 1873, Sibu was known as "Maling", named after the winding portion, Tanjung Maling, on the other side of Rejang River. Maling was a small village with a few small and simple shop houses consisted of atap roof and wooden walls and floors. Main population was Malay and Chinese was minority.

In 1841 "Sarawak" (the present Kuching - Sarawak capital) was ruled by 'White Rajah', James Brooke. On 1 June 1873, the third division was created and the division was named after the native Rambutan because the division had a lot of native Rambutan known as "Buah Sibau" in Iban language.

In 1901 Wong Nai Siong led the first batch of Foochows from China to Sibu to open up the fertile lands of Sibu for cultivation, a massive opening up of Sibu. Therefore, it was a landmark year or a milestone in the history of the development of Sibu.

Wong Nai Siong came to Singapore in September 1899. From there, he proceeded to West Malaysia, Sumatra and the Dutch East Indies. For six months he explored the places but failed to find a suitable place for the immigration and settlement of his folks in China. In April 1900, Wong came to Sarawak and got the approval of the Sarawak Rajah to look for a suitable site for Chinese immigrants.

Wong explored the lower valley and upper reaches of the Rejang River. He soon discovered that the Rejang Delta was very fertile and particularly suitable for cultivation. He decided to choose the area for opening up for cultivation. With that decision, Wong went to see the second Rajah of Sarawak, Rajah Charles Brooke, for discussions regarding the matter of opening up of land for cultivation. In those days of the Rajahs, Sarawak was sparsely populated with vast land yet to be developed, Wong's plan was timely and very much appreciated.

When Wong went to see Sir Charles Brooke and explained to him his plan to lead large groups of Foochows to open up Sibu for cultivation, the Rajah immediately agreed. Both parties signed an agreement.

The Chinese immigrants came in three batches. The first batch consisted of 72 people, the second batch 535, and the third batch 511, totalling 1118 people. Of the total, 130 brought their spouses and families, while the others were bachelors. After working in Sibu, nearly all the immigrants chose to settle down and made Sibu their new home. They were happy to settle down for a brighter future in Sibu.

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User talk:Amitav78

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Anthostema

Anthostema is a flowering plant genus in the Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to Africa and Madagascar.

 * Species
 * 1) Anthostema aubryanum Baill. - W + C Africa from Ivory Coast to Cabinda
 * 2) Anthostema madagascariense Baill. - Madagascar
 * 3) Anthostema senegalense A.Juss. - W Africa from Senegal to Benin

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Talk:Philip Watts

Untitled
It is important that there is a complete entry on the captioned person, but this brief and rather tendentious entry is not a good start! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by PaddyBriggs (talk • contribs) 14:55, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

I am redirecting the page to Royal Dutch Shell because what's written here is also in that article. As PaddyBriggs pointed out, an article about a person should tell something of the person, not just a single episode. If someone wants to create a complete article on Watts, that would be fine. Paolo Liberatore (Talk) 00:20, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

I removed a line about the Nigeria story that was tagged at the end of the Reserves story. The line appears to have been written before the entry on Nigeria and so covered the same ground. I hope this isn't a contentious edit. 82.46.178.219 (talk) 18:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

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2005–06 NBA season

The 2005–06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Miami Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals, four games to two, to win their first NBA championship.

Notable occurrences

 * A new league dress code was put into effect at the beginning of the year by commissioner David Stern.
 * The Miami Heat win their first NBA championship in franchise history. They become the third franchise (joining the 1969 Boston Celtics and 1977 Portland Trail Blazers, later joined by the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers and 2021 Milwaukee Bucks) to win the NBA Finals after losing the first two games.
 * The All-Star Game was played on February 19, 2006, at the Toyota Center in Houston with the East beating the West 122–120. LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers won the game's MVP honors the youngest ever in All-Star Game history at 21 years, and 51 days old.
 * This season marked the first season for the Charlotte Bobcats in their new arena in downtown Charlotte.
 * Due to the damages caused by Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Hornets played 36 regular season games in the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, 1 game in the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma, 1 game at LSU's Pete Maravich Assembly Center, and just 3 games at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans in March. Due to the split, the team was officially referred to as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.
 * This season marked the first under the NBA's new Collective Bargaining Agreement, agreed upon by the owners and the player union on June 21.
 * The season was marked by the 30th anniversary of the absorption of four American Basketball Association members into the league: The Indiana Pacers, the New Jersey Nets, the Denver Nuggets and the San Antonio Spurs all joined in 1976.
 * On January 22, 2006, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in a game against the Toronto Raptors. This was the second-highest single game scoring total in league history, second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962.
 * Scottie Pippen (Bulls), Karl Malone (Jazz), and Reggie Miller (Pacers) had their numbers retired by their respective franchises.
 * The NBA held the Hardwood Classics program for the fifth straight season. The Bulls, Rockets, Clippers, Grizzlies, Heat, Nets, Knicks, Magic, Suns, Sonics, and Wizards all took part by wearing throwback jerseys for select games.
 * On the last day of the regular season, Ray Allen broke the single season record for most three-pointers, at 269.
 * The NBA Finals was jokingly referred to as the "American Airlines" series since both competing teams played in an arena sponsored by the same airline. The Miami Heat play their games at American Airlines Arena (now as Kaseya Center), while the Dallas Mavericks reside in the American Airlines Center.
 * All five teams in the Central Division made the playoffs, marking the first time all teams in a division made the playoffs since the entire Midwest Division made it 20 years before.
 * The Los Angeles Clippers made it back to the playoffs for the first time since 1997 and won their first playoff series since 1976 when they were still known as the Buffalo Braves.
 * The Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves sport a patch in their warmups in memory of Hall of Fame player George Mikan, who died June 1, 2005, at the age of 80.
 * On June 20, 2006, the Miami Heat clinched the NBA Finals, with Wade being the Finals MVP, averaging the third highest points per game in finals history, at 34.7, the highest points per a four-game stretch in finals history, at 39.3, and the highest PER in finals history, at 33.8.
 * This marks the last season that Reebok as the official outfitter for the league until they merged with Adidas the following the season and would continue for the next ten years before Nike became the official outfitter in 2017.
 * This also marks the last season for longtime Boston Celtics legend Red Auerbach's official involvement as their longtime executive before he died in October 2006.

2005–06 NBA changes

 * Boston Celtics – added new green and black road alternate uniforms with black side panels to their jerseys and shorts, and they also added another new green and gold road alternate uniforms with gold side panels to their jerseys and shorts for Saint Patrick's day games only.
 * Charlotte Bobcats – moved into their new arena the Charlotte Bobcats Arena, (now as Spectrum Center).
 * Cleveland Cavaliers – added new dark blue road alternate uniforms added side panels to their jerseys and shorts.
 * Denver Nuggets – added new dark blue road alternate uniforms with light blue side panels to their jerseys and shorts.
 * Detroit Pistons – added new logo and new uniforms, added new red road alternate uniforms with blue side panels to their jerseys and shorts.
 * Indiana Pacers – added new logo and new uniforms, remained with dark navy blue and gold to their color scheme and pinstripes was used during the preseason games was eventually removed to their jerseys and shorts at the start of the season.
 * New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets – relocation from New Orleans, Louisiana to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma due to temporary move to Oklahoma City in the aftermath of the destruction of Hurricane Katrina added new logo and uniforms and split home games in New Orleans and Oklahoma City during the season.
 * Sacramento Kings – added new gold road alternate uniforms with purple, grey and silver side panels to their jerseys and shorts.

By division

 * Eastern Conference

 * Western Conference

By conference
Notes
 * z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
 * c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
 * x – Clinched playoff spot
 * y – Clinched division title

Playoffs
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. Home court advantage does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.

Yearly awards

 * Most Valuable Player: Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns
 * Defensive Player of the Year: Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons
 * Rookie of the Year: Chris Paul, New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
 * Sixth Man of the Year: Mike Miller, Memphis Grizzlies
 * Most Improved Player: Boris Diaw, Phoenix Suns
 * Coach of the Year: Avery Johnson, Dallas Mavericks
 * Executive of the Year: Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Clippers
 * Sportsmanship Award: Elton Brand, Los Angeles Clippers

 * All-NBA First Team:
 * F LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers
 * F Dirk Nowitzki – Dallas Mavericks
 * C Shaquille O'Neal – Miami Heat
 * G Kobe Bryant – Los Angeles Lakers
 * G Steve Nash – Phoenix Suns
 * NBA All-Defensive First Team:
 * Bruce Bowen – San Antonio Spurs
 * Ben Wallace – Detroit Pistons
 * Andrei Kirilenko – Utah Jazz
 * Ron Artest – Sacramento Kings
 * Kobe Bryant – Los Angeles Lakers
 * Jason Kidd – New Jersey Nets
 * NBA All-Rookie First Team:
 * Chris Paul – New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
 * Charlie Villanueva – Toronto Raptors
 * Andrew Bogut – Milwaukee Bucks
 * Deron Williams – Utah Jazz
 * Channing Frye – New York Knicks

 * All-NBA Second Team:
 * F Elton Brand – Los Angeles Clippers
 * F Tim Duncan – San Antonio Spurs
 * C Ben Wallace – Detroit Pistons
 * G Dwyane Wade – Miami Heat
 * G Chauncey Billups – Detroit Pistons
 * NBA All-Defensive Second Team:
 * Tim Duncan – San Antonio Spurs
 * Chauncey Billups – Detroit Pistons
 * Kevin Garnett – Minnesota Timberwolves
 * Marcus Camby – Denver Nuggets
 * Tayshaun Prince – Detroit Pistons
 * NBA All-Rookie Second Team:
 * Danny Granger – Indiana Pacers
 * Raymond Felton – Charlotte Bobcats
 * Luther Head – Houston Rockets
 * Marvin Williams – Atlanta Hawks
 * Ryan Gomes – Boston Celtics

 * All-NBA Third Team:
 * F Shawn Marion – Phoenix Suns
 * F Carmelo Anthony – Denver Nuggets
 * C Yao Ming – Houston Rockets
 * G Allen Iverson – Philadelphia 76ers
 * G Gilbert Arenas – Washington Wizards

Players of the month
The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month.

Rookies of the month
The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month.

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Journalist

Journalist
No consensus (4/11/5) closed 20:42 27 August 2005 (UTC)

- This is a self nomination (Im a bit chagrined). Ive been contributing to Wikipedia probably since about June (I know that this seems short, but Ive been on Wikipedia EVERYDAY since then — hope that counts, however small). Ive made many useful edits edit count since Ive been here, mainly to articles dealing with Pop culture/music. Most of theses edits are major such as wikifying an article or developing a stub (however Im still working on them). Im totally committed to the encyclopedia and I have read most of the protocols and have remaind professional (especially after my user-page was vandalised incessantly). Most recently, Ive been focussing on Special:Newpages and adding templates to them if necessary. I would think of the promotion, not as a privelege, but as an extra responsibility that I would love to take on. I am responsible, capable and courteous -- Journalist 07:17, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept my own nomination:) Journalist

Support
 * 1) Support. Journalist does good work and I like his answers to the questions below. One little thing: please remember to consistently use edit summaries. Sietse 18:01, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support - meets my standards. So long as he doesn't contribute like a jornalist... LOL! --Celestianpower hab 18:30, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support- would make a good administrator. Journalist's contributions to Wikipedia have been impressive. Khalif 02:47, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support already took above into account.... eeeexxxxceeeelllllent -- Ryan Norton T 05:44, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral
 * 1) Oppose. Too inexperienced in my opinion. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91  ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  16:21, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose Hasn't been here for very long. Only has 12 edits in the Wikipedia namespace. That shows you don't vote on RFAs very much. I don't think you should become an admin unless you take part in the process. Acetic Acid 04:25, 21 August 2005
 * 3) Will support at 1000+ edits. --Merovingian (t) (c) 05:24, August 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Oppose, work mainly on female singers, doesn't follow or contribute to Special:Newpages or Special:Recentchanges, VfD, CfD, Copyright Problems... For simple editing no admin powers are needed. Also a low editcount. feydey 12:15, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Oppose. Two months is much too short, not to mention the lack of experience. siafu 14:39, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Oppose: Does not use edit summaries very frequently. Also, I'm a bit troubled by some rapid nonsense tags added today (August 22) to a couple of pages, . I recommend the nominee add pages they think might be nonsense to their watchlist and come back to them when a user familiar with a given topic has had a chance to work on the article in question. If this user addresses these concerns and is up for nomination again after a couple of months have passed, I will support. Everything else looks to be good. --Durin 14:44, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Oppose, regretably. I remember feeling a similar way in June after I'd been here a month- but I've learned since than that I simply hadn't had enough experience in wiki-conflict to be a good admin. I'm sure you're a conscientious and helpful wikipedian, but give it a few months, please. If your contributions to the project remain so positive, I will support.--Scimitar parley 19:17, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Oppose- not been on here long enough Astrotrain 19:52, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 07:06, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Andre ( talk ) 02:04, August 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Oppose. I hate to be a party pooper, and I get no enjoyment out of casting an oppose vote. However, I don't think you're ready yet. This is me talking from an administrator's stance: I don't think you've sufficently learned the ropes yet. I think if you learned how to apply applicable Wikipedia guidelines to your article edits, you'd be much better off in the long run. Come back with improvement and I'll support you. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 14:35, August 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Neutral, my brief interaction with the editor while I mediated Mariah Carey was quite positive, but I still feel that he needs a few more months of participation before he is given sysop rights. --Sn0wflake 18:51, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Total edits: 1,230; edits in Article space: 795; edits in Image space: 111. I think that he'll make a good admin when he's been here a bit longer (I don't insist on a minimum of 1,000 edits, though...). I certainly see no reason to vote against, it's just he needs more experience in order for me to support him.  --Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 11:44, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Neutral. Good contributor, but I will support after more Wikipedia namespace edits. You're on the right track, though; I liked your answers to the questions. Jaxl | talk 01:55, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Neutral. Will support at a few more Wikipedia: namespace edits. - ulayiti (talk)  18:48, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Robert McClenon 00:11, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

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A: I would mostly deal with vandals if I were to be accepted. My user-page has been vandalised relentlessly by users calling me 'turd' etc and I believe that i could give a helping hand in reverting vandalisations and blocking unscrupulous editors. I would also protect pages and try to settle edit wars and disputes.

 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A: I mostly seek out 'forgotten articles' and stubs and try to develop them as much as I can. These include musicians and celebs such as Chante Moore, Rachelle Ferrell, Kenneth Edmonds, Elaine Hendrix and others. Right now, they may not seem first rate, but they were practically a mess before I developed them, so Im quite happy that I have contributed to them to try to make them seem encyclopedic. Apart from the aforementioned articles, here are a couple others that Ive developed:
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 * BeforeAfter.
 * Before After

 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A: I have been in only one conflict since Ive been here. It was about the Mariah Carey article. A user had virtually saturated the article with superfluous requests for references that kind of clouded the article. On the talk page, others were complaining and they all agreed that they all were not needed. I therefore went along and deleted them as I was under the impression that these complaints were a concesus for their removal. It turned out that I was mistaken and one user was very angry with me. I said that I was sorry, however and we worked together to obtain sources. We have gotten past that now and the article is ok, though a bit lengthy :). In the future, I plan to apologise for my mistakes and try to work with the person the make the situation better.


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Ármin Vámbéry

Ármin Vámbéry (born Hermann Wamberger; 19 March 1832 – 15 September 1913), also known as Arminius Vámbéry, was a Hungarian Turkologist and traveller.

Early life
Vámbéry was born in Svätý Jur Austrian Empire (now Slovakia), into a poor Jewish family. According to Ernst Pawel, a biographer of Theodor Herzl, as well as Tom Reiss, a biographer of Lev Nussimbaum, Vámbéry's original last name was Wamberger rather than Bamberger. He was raised Jewish, but later became an atheist. Vámbéry was 1 year old when his father died and the family moved to Dunajská Streda (now Slovakia).

In his autobiography, Vámbéry says that his parents were so poor and had so many children that they were forced to stop supporting each child at a young age. He was set "adrift" at the age of 12. Vámbéry says that the constant hunger and scanty clothing of his childhood hardened his young body, which served him well in his later travels. He walked with a crutch under his left arm because of congenital disorder.

He attended the local school until the age of 12 and showed a remarkable aptitude for learning languages. He was forced to leave school, to support himself with work. He worked briefly as a dressmaker's assistant, but after becoming tutor to the son of the village innkeeper, he was enabled by his friends to enter the "Untergymnasium" of Szentgyörgy.

By the age of sixteen, he had a good knowledge of Hungarian, Hebrew, Latin, French, and German. He was also rapidly acquiring English, the Scandinavian languages, Russian, Serbian, and naturally other Slavic languages.

In 1846, he went to Bratislava, where he remained three years. Later he studied in Vienna, Kecskemét, and Budapest.

Diplomatic work
Theodor Herzl enlisted Vámbéry to consult on diplomatic work in the Ottoman Empire (despite Herzl's reputation for working alone). Vámbéry was a professor of Oriental languages at the University of Budapest. Herzl said of Vámbéry:

"[He] doesn't know whether he is more Turk than Englishman, writes books in German, speaks twelve languages with equal mastery and has professed five religions, in two of which he has served as a priest...He told me 1001 tales of the Orient, of his intimacy with the sultan, etc. He immediately trusted me completely and told me, under oath of secrecy, that he was a secret agent of Turkey and of England."

Travels
Vámbéry was especially attracted by the literature and culture of the Ottoman Empire including Turkey. By the age of twenty, Vámbéry had learned enough Ottoman Turkish to enable him to go, through the assistance of Baron József Eötvös, to Istanbul and establish himself as a private tutor of European languages. He became a tutor in the house of Huseyin Daim Pasha, and, under the influence of his friend and instructor, Ahmet Efendi, became a full Osmanli, serving as secretary to Fuat Pasha. About this time he was elected a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in recognition of his translations of Ottoman historians.

After spending about a year in the Payitaht, he published a German–Turkish dictionary in 1858. Later, he also published various other linguistic works. He also learned some twenty other Turkish languages and dialects. Returning to Budapest in 1861, he received a stipend of a thousand florins from the academy, and in the autumn of the same year, disguised as a Sunni dervish, and under the name of Reshit Efendi, he set out from the capital city of the Ottoman Empire. His route went from Trebizond on the Black Sea to Tehran in Persia, where he joined a band of pilgrims returning from Mecca, spending several months with them traveling across Central Iran (Tabriz, Zanjan, and Kazvin). He then went to Shiraz, through Isfahan, and in June, 1863, he reached Khorezm (Central Asia). Throughout this time, he succeeded in maintaining his disguise as "Reshit Efendi," so that upon his arrival at the Khanate of Khiva he managed to keep up appearances during interviews with Khan Sayyid Muhammad. Together with his band of travelers, he then crossed Bokhara and arrived at Samarkand. He described the main monuments of Samarkand including the citadel of the city. Initially, he aroused the suspicions of the local ruler, who kept him in an audience for a full half-hour. Vámbéry managed to maintain his pretences, and left the audience laden with gifts. Upon leaving Samarkand, Vámbéry began making his way back to Istambul, traveling by way of Herat. There he took leave of the band of dervishes and joined a caravan to Tehran, and from there, via Trebizond and Erzurum, to Istambul, arriving there in March 1864.

This was the first successful journey of its kind undertaken by a European; and since it was necessary to avoid suspicion, Vámbéry could not take even fragmentary notes, except by stealth. After a long and perilous journey he arrived back at Pest in May 1864. He went to London to arrange the English-language publication of his book about the travels. "Travels in Central Asia" and its Hungarian counterpart "Közép-ázsiai utazás" were published in 1865. Thanks to his travels Vámbéry became an internationally renowned writer and celebrity. He became acquainted with members of British social elite. The Ambassador of Austria in London gave him a letter of recommendation to the Emperor, who received him in an audience and rewarded Vámbéry's international success by granting him professorship in the Royal University of Pest.

Vámbéry became known also as a publicist, zealously defending British policy in the East as against that of the Russians. He was widely celebrated at his 70th birthday in March 1902, receiving greetings from academic institutions all over Europe. The British King Edward VII appointed him an Honorary Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, his house order, followed by a letter where Vámbéry was appreciated as "so good and constant a friend to England". In 2005 the National Archives at Kew, Surrey, made files accessible to the public, and it was revealed that Vámbéry had been employed by the British Foreign Office as an agent and spy whose task it was to combat Russian attempts at gaining ground in Central Asia and threatening the British position on the Indian sub-continent.

He advocated the theory of close Turkic-Hungarian linguistic and ethnic relationship, and his publications on the subject   provoked a harsh scientific and public debate in Hungary, remembered as the "Ugric-Turk War". Vámbéry argued that the large number of similarities between Turkic languages and Hungarian pointed to a shared origin of these languages and peoples in Northern Asia. His strongest evidences were the large corpus of ancient Turkish words in Hungarian word-stock (300–400 for a minimum, and even more with good alternative Turkic etymologies), and the strong typological similarity of Hungarian and Turkic languages. In his opinion Hungarian is a contact language, more precisely a mixed language, and a fruit of the intermingling of early Hungarians with Turkic peoples; as a result of this merger, the Hungarian language got a unique, distinctly dual (Ugric AND Turkic) character. (The intriguing problem of Turkic-Hungarian language relations  is far from settled even after centuries of research.) Vámbéry was not the first to suggest such mixed origin; the German linguist and Orientalist Wilhelm Schott (1802–1889) was a proponent of Finn-Turk-Hungarian kinship, and considered the Hungarians (and their language) a mixture of Turkic and Hyperborean, for example Saamic or Samoyedic, elements. Nonetheless, Vámbéry's theory was opposed by proponents of the Finno-Ugric theory of the origins of Hungarian, who gradually triumphed in Hungary but not in Turkey. In Turkey, Hungarian and Turkish are still considered as two branches of the same language family, the Ural-Altaic.

Vámbéry was acquainted with Bram Stoker, during a stay in London, and Stoker claimed him as his consultant, and as relayer of Balkan folklore inspirator of main antagonist character Dracula and, of course, the book's title. The character of Professor Van Helsing in Stoker's novel, Dracula, is sometimes said to be based on Vámbéry, though Stoker was likely inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu's Dr. Hesselius. In the novel (chapters 18 and 23) Van Helsing refers to his "friend Arminius, of Buda-Pesth University".

His son, Rustem Vambery, briefly served as Hungary's ambassador to the United States after World War II.

Publications

 * "Deutsch-Türkisches Taschenwörterbuch" (Constantinople, 1858) [German-Turkish Pocket Dictionary]
 * "Abuska," a Turkish-Chagatai dictionary (Budapest, 1861)
 * "Reise in Mittelasien" (Leipzig, 1865, 2d ed. 1873) [Travel in Middle Asia]
 * "Cagataische Sprachstudien" (ib. 1867) [Chagatai Language Studies] (Ćagataische sprachstudien, enthaltend grammatikalischen umriss, chrestomathie, und wörterbuch der ćagataischen sprache;)
 * "Meine Wanderungen und Erlebnisse in Persien" (ib. 1867) - Wanderings and Adventures in Persia [My Wanderings and Experiences in Persia]
 * "Skizzen aus Mittelasien" (ib. 1868) - Sketches of Central Asia
 * "Uigurische Sprachmonumente und das Kudatku-Bilik" (Innsbruck, 1870)
 * "Uigurisch-Türkische Wortvergleichungen" (Budapest, 1870)
 * "Geschichte Bocharas" (2 vols., Stuttgart, 1872) - History of Bokhara (1873)
 * "Der Islam im Neunzehnten Jahrhundert" (Leipzig, 1875) [Islam in the Nineteenth Century]
 * "Sittenbilder aus dem Morgenlande" (Berlin, 1876) - Manners in Oriental Countries
 * "Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Turkotatarischen Sprachen" (Leipzig, 1878) [Etymological Dictionary of the Turko-Tatar Languages]
 * "Die Primitive Cultur des Turkotatarischen Volkes" (ib. 1879) - Primitive Civilization of the Turko-Tatar People
 * "Der Ursprung der Magyaren" (ib. 1882) - Origin of the Magyars
 * "Das Türkenvolk" (ib. 1885)- The Turkish People
 * "Die Scheïbaniade, ein Oezbegisches Heldengedicht", text and translation (Budapest, 1885)
 * "Story of Hungary" (London, 1887)
 * "A Magyarság Keletkezése és Gyarapodása" (Budapest, 1895)
 * "Travels and Adventures of the Turkish Admiral Sidi Ali Reis in India, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Persia During the Years 1553-1556", a translation from the Turkish (ib. 1899)
 * "Alt-Osmanische Sprachstudien" (Leyden, 1901) [Old-Ottoman (Turkish) Language Studies]
 * 'Western Culture in Eastern Lands; A Comparison of the Methods Adopted by England and Russia in the Middle East. (1906)

On political subjects, Vámbéry wrote:
 * "Russlands Machtstellung in Asien" (Leipzig, 1871) [Russia's Power Position in Asia]
 * "Zentralasien und die Englisch-Russische Grenzfrage" (ib. 1873) [Central Asia and the English-Russian Border Question]
 * "The Coming Struggle for India" (London, 1885)

He wrote his autobiography under the titles "Arminius Vámbéry, His Life and Adventures" (ib. 1883) and "Struggles of My Life" (ib. 1904).

Many of his works have been translated into other languages, especially French. He also published numerous articles and books, mostly in German and Hungarian. His travels have been translated into many languages, and his Autobiography was written in English. "Meine Wanderungen und Erlebnisse in Persien" has been translated into Persian, by the Iranian film director Khosrow Sinai.

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 * Tarka (medication), a brand name for an antihypertensive medication
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Salepo Island is not one of the Golden Isles, according to most sources. I'll try to find out. Bubba73 15:00, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

Merge Golden Isles and Golden Isles of Georgia

 * I agree with the merger, absolutely. I didn't know that the former article existed.  If there are other "golden isles", the "of Georgia" should be retained.  Bubba73 (talk), 17:27, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Replace Golden Isles with a redirect to this article until such another "golden isles" is encountered, at which point it would become a disamb. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ (AMA) 19:53, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

 * OK, I've done it. The article needs to be polished, so I put a cleanup tag.  Bubba73 (talk), 23:17, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I cleaned up the paragraphs and reordered a few things. If anyone feels like the tag should be removed, I'm fairly new so I don't know how this should be done. I'd appreciate any pointers in this area ;) Markleci 07:06, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

 * It probablt doesn't need the tag anymore. To remove it, simply edit the page and take it out.  I changed "Simon's" back to "Simons", because that is the official name now.  Bubba73 (talk), 20:06, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I live in the area and I agree that all of the islands should be in Wikipedia. However, I checked several sources and only those four islands are referred to as the "Golden Isles", and they are still called that.  Maybe you could make an article "Barrier Islands of Georgia" and include all of them.  Bubba73 (talk), 14:59, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

 * A Google search for "Golden Isles" AND "Georgia" gives 226,000 hits. Bubba73 (talk), 18:03, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

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Tourist piece
Why does this article read as a tourist piece? Note the usage of words such as "luxurious" and "rich."--Ms.23 (talk) 11:54, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

 * That sort of thing needs to be changed. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 16:10, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late response, and I wholeheartedly agree.--Ms.23 (talk) 23:05, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Cutoff/Missing Part of a List/Editing Needed
At one point the article begins to list each island and talk about features and ownership. Halfway through the list it says "Sapelo Island" and then cuts off/ends the paragraph without continuing the description of Sapelo or any other islands. Allevolve (talk) 02:51, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

 * It looks like either someone made an editing error or intentionally deleted it. We can look back in the history of the file to see if there was once more to it.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 05:02, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

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Rushes (album)

Rushes is the second album by the Fireman, released in 1998.

The title, when combined with the band name, references a lyric from the McCartney-penned Beatles song "Penny Lane": "And then the fireman rushes in / From the pouring rain / Very strange."

Recording
One line of lyrics included in the song "Palo Verde" was taken from an unreleased track of McCartney's, titled "Let Me Love You Always". Similarly, bits from another unreleased song, "Hey Now (What Are You Looking at Me For?)", was used in "Bison", "Auraveda" and "7 a.m.". Both unreleased tracks were recorded at some point during 1995, at McCartney's Hog Hill Mill studio. In an edition of Club Sandwich magazine, two more songs were mentioned: "Plum Jam" and "Through the Marshes". All of the tracks featured on the album were recorded in February 1998. Youth later referred to this album as his proudest of the Fireman albums. ""We recorded the album when Linda was going through the final stages of her cancer," he recalled in 2018. "She was very involved with the project again. It was very sad when she died. When I listen to the album now, it sounds like a requiem for her, it’s very beautiful."

Release and reception
Better received than predecessor Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, Rushes is distinguished by not relying on McCartney's previously released recordings. To promote the album McCartney held a 70 minutes webcast on 2 October 1998. He performed live on guitar, bass and keyboards to the Rushes basic tracks, while a woman was answering the questions submitted by the users. McCartney appeared in disguise during the whole show and he never spoke.

Rushes was released in the UK on Hydra on 21 September 1998, while in the US it was released on 20 October 1998. The album was also released on double vinyl. Two 12" singles were released from the album, both mixes of "Fluid". The first 12", released on the same day as and with the same name as the album, contains the tracks "Fluid", "Appletree Cinnabar Amber", and an extended version of an album track titled "Bison (Long One)". The second 12" was released in 1999, as a limited edition of 3,000, titled Fluid (Nitin Sawhney Remixes), and features three remixes of "Fluid" ("Fluid (Out of Body and Mind Mix)", "Fluid (Out of Body Mix)" and "Fluid (Out of Body with Sitar Mix)") and the album version of "Bison". Like the duo's first album, Rushes was a no-show on the charts and is also no longer in print.

Track listing
All songs written by the Fireman.

Side A Side B Side C Side D
 * 1) "Watercolour Guitars" – 5:48
 * 2) "Palo Verde" – 11:56
 * 1) "Auraveda" – 12:51
 * 1) "Fluid" – 11:19
 * 2) "Appletree Cinnabar Amber" – 7:12
 * 1) "Bison" – 2:40
 * 2) "7 a.m." – 7:49
 * 3) "Watercolour Rush" – 1:45

Personnel

 * Paul McCartney – all instruments and vocals

title: Rushes (album)