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Brian Grant

Brian Wade Grant (born March 5, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. He played the power forward and center positions for five teams during 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He was known for his tenacious rebounding and blue-collar defense. During his career, he played with the Sacramento Kings (where he made First Team All-Rookie in the 1994–95 season), Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns.

Early life
Grant grew up in the small, rural community of Georgetown, Ohio, near the Ohio River about 40 miles southeast of Cincinnati. During summers, he spent most of his time working at area farms, cutting, housing, and stripping tobacco, digging potatoes and baling hay. He played basketball at Georgetown High School, mostly in anonymity until Xavier University's basketball office began receiving anonymous calls stating that they should take a look at Grant. Xavier assistant coach Dino Gaudio finally scouted Grant, followed by visits from XU head coach Pete Gillen. Georgetown High's gymnasium has since been renamed Brian Grant Gymnasium.

College career
Grant played basketball at Xavier University, but the anonymity quickly faded. After four seasons at Xavier, Grant was second on the all-time leading scorers' list with 1,719 points. He was twice named Midwest Collegiate Conference Player of the Year. All four seasons at Xavier he led the Musketeers in rebounding, and was third on the all-time leading rebounding list with 1,080. He was named to the Associated Press honorable mention All-American team in his junior year, after ranking second in the nation in field goal percentage with 65.4 percent.

Grant was inducted into the Xavier Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999 and became one of only four basketball players to have his jersey retired, in a ceremony held in 2011.

Sacramento Kings (1994–1997)
Grant was selected in the first round, eighth overall, in the 1994 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. In his rookie season he started in 59 out of 80 games, averaging 13.2 points a game with 7.5 rebounds. The following year, he started in 75 out of 78 games, increasing his scoring average to 14.4 points a game as the Kings made the playoffs. The Kings lost in four games to the top-seeded Seattle SuperSonics in the first round, with Grant averaging 9.8 points per game for the series. He signed a five-year, $29 million contract, but due to injuries appeared in only 24 games in the 1996–1997 season, and the Kings did not make the playoffs.

Portland Trail Blazers (1997–2000)
Grant opted out of the deal following the 1997 season to sign a six-year, $56 million deal with the Portland Trail Blazers. In his first year with the Trail Blazers he started in 49 of 61 games as the team made the playoffs but lost in the first round to the Los Angeles Lakers 3 games to 1. Grant averaged 13.2 points and 10.7 rebounds a game for the series. The 1998–1999 season was shortened to 50 games because of a league lockout, and Grant started 46 of 48 games with a scoring average of 11.5 points a game and a team high 9.8 rebounds per game. The Trail Blazers won the Pacific Division, swept the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the playoffs and defeated the previous Western Conference Champion Utah Jazz in six games in the second round. In the Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers were swept by the league-leading San Antonio Spurs. Grant started all 13 playoff games and averaged 13.2 points with 9.2 rebounds.

Prior to the 1999–2000 season, Portland acquired veteran all-star Scottie Pippen, and coach Mike Dunleavy decided to use Grant as a reserve behind rising all-star Rasheed Wallace, who would go on to have a career year during the season as the Trail Blazers won 59 games and the second seed in the Western Conference. Portland opened the playoffs with a 3–1 first-round win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, with Grant and Wallace both being used as defensive options against Kevin Garnett. Grant was used in a similar fashion against Karl Malone and the Utah Jazz in the second round, with Portland advancing in five games. In the Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers faced the Los Angeles Lakers led by Pippen's former Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson and the duo of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. The teams split the first two games before the Lakers took games 3 and 4 to take a 3–1 series lead, but Portland responded with a win on the road in game 5 and a home win in the sixth game to set up a seventh game with a trip to the NBA Finals on the line. Despite taking a double-digit lead into the fourth quarter, the Lakers rallied and won the game, eliminating Portland. Grant averaged 5.4 points and 5.8 rebounds throughout the 2000 playoff run.

After two years as the starting PF and one year as the Blazers' number one big man off the bench, Grant once again opted out of his deal to become a free agent, hoping to land a starting job elsewhere.

Grant made an appearance (albeit as an in game model) in a memorable Sega Dreamcast commercial in 1999 where he was seen talking to Sonic the Hedgehog character Tails. After the two-tailed fox said to Grant, "Brian, you're going to get roofed.", Grant replied with, "Shut up, quadruped."

Miami Heat (2000–2004)
In the summer of 2000 Grant signed a 7-year $86 million deal with the Miami Heat, despite coming off season averages of 7.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg. The deal raised eyebrows, but Heat President and GM Pat Riley insisted that Grant was the missing piece to the Heat's championship puzzle, along with other recently acquired players Eddie Jones and Anthony Mason. Weeks before the start of the season Miami's all-star center Alonzo Mourning was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease forcing Riley to play Grant at center despite usually playing at the power forward position. Grant responded by putting up a career season of 15.2 ppg, 8.8 rpg, and a career high 79.7% at the foul line. Miami won 50 games, and Mourning returned to the team in late March, but were swept in the first round by the younger Charlotte Hornets. Grant averaged 10 points and 8 rebounds for the series.

In the 2001–2002 season, with the anticipated return of Mourning to the lineup, Grant returned to his natural power forward position. Grant started in 72 games for Miami averaging 9.3 points and 8 rebounds a game for the season, but the Heat failed to reach the postseason. The next year signaled a rebuilding era for the team, as the Heat won just 25 games with Grant averaging 10.3 points a game along with a career high 10.2 rebounds, which placed him at fifth in the league in rebounds per game. He also finished the season 4th in total rebounds, 5th in defensive rebounds, and 10th in the league in field goal percentage at .509 percent, all personal bests. The Heat once again found themselves in the lottery, and would select Dwyane Wade in the draft to join sophomore Caron Butler before acquiring free agent Lamar Odom in the offseason. Alonzo Mourning, who did not play in the 2003 season, left the team and signed with the New Jersey Nets, leaving Grant as the team's best option at the center position. Just prior to the 2003–2004 season, another major franchise change occurred, as Pat Riley stepped down as coach. He would be replaced by longtime assistant Stan Van Gundy.

The 2003–2004 season proved to be a major success for the rebuilding franchise, as the Heat overcame an 0–7 start to eventually make the playoffs as the 4th seed in the East led by the play of Odom, Jones and Wade. Grant started 76 games at center and averaged 8.7 points and 6.9 rebounds a game. In the playoffs, the Heat defeated the New Orleans Hornets, who had relocated from Charlotte, in a challenging 7-game series in which the home team won every game. In the second round the Heat faced the top seeded Indiana Pacers, who took the first two games in Indiana before the Heat won two straight games at home to tie the series at two games apiece, including a game three victory led by Grant's 16 rebounds. The Pacers would win the next two games to advance however, defeating the young Heat team considered to have much promise heading into the future. Grant averaged 7.1 points and 8.6 rebounds a game throughout the postseason.

Los Angeles Lakers (2004–2005)
During the summer of 2004, the Heat traded Grant (along with Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, and a future first-round draft pick) to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for superstar Shaquille O'Neal. Grant would play one year for the rebuilding Lakers, playing in a total of 69 games and starting in 8 with career low averages of 3.8 points and 3.7 rebounds a game.

Phoenix Suns (2005–2006)
In the 2005 offseason, Grant was released by the Lakers and signed with the Phoenix Suns. He would go on to only appear in 21 games for the Suns, including 5 games in their playoff run which resulted in wins against the Lakers, and the Los Angeles Clippers before falling to the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Finals. Following the season Grant was traded in the 2006 NBA draft to the Boston Celtics with the rights to Rajon Rondo in exchange for a future first-round draft pick. After being waived by the Celtics on October 27, 2006, Grant formally announced his retirement after lingering injuries had reduced his level of play for several seasons.

Brian worked with Greg Oden in the 2009 off-season in Columbus, Ohio, for the purposes of adding more toughness, basketball smarts, and miscellaneous advice.

Health
In November 2005, after talking with a neurologist at OHSU, Grant was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease. Through discussions and encouragement by well-known Parkinson's sufferers Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali, Grant publicized his diagnosis in 2009.

Grant's memoir 'Rebound: Soaring in the NBA, Battling Parkinson's, and Finding What Really Matters' was released in April 2021, co-authored by Ric Bucher.

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My edit wasn't that great. Right. Anyway, some popularity checks:

(Fascist) i know i rock hold the applause!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.10.63.81 (talk • contribs) 12:06, 25 September 2006

Grammar - 800

Spelling - 170

Language - 170

(Nazi)

Grammar - 25k

Spelling - 7k

Language - 800

{Seas 20:31, 17 August 2005 (UTC)}

Neutrality
The article seems (to me) to take a particularly negative stance towards grammar nazis. For example, the statement that it is a derogatory term stands out to me. Though some may use it as such, there are those who willingly use the term to describe themselves. The claim that grammar nazis tend to make corrections on statements that express opinions contrary to their own is too much of a generalisation. There are those who tend to correct only glaring errors that could prove confusing to some, errors that have been repeated, common mistakes (such as confusion between homophones like your and you're, etc), excessive use of chat speak (u for you, 2 for to or too, etc), or errors that the offender purports to be correct. --Tacubus 02:07, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree. Also, two hyphens does not equal a dash. ;) —BorgHunter (talk) 00:04, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I have cleaned it up a bit and removed the NPOV tag. NatusRoma 03:37, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I beg to differ. Those who refer to themselves as a grammar nazi do so with a touch of self deprecation.  It is still a negative term.  Who in their right mind would use nazi as part of a term to describe anything positive?  Jcsutton 09:34, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Some people call themselves assholes. It's still a derogatory term. It can be used in a less insulting manner, but that doesn't change anything.  You can use a gun as a hammer, but it's still a firearm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.154.130.112  (talk • contribs) 04:53, 19 February 2006

"Red Herring"

 * This is also used as a red herring when someone has no real argument, to discredit the other person on unrelated issues.

This statement is vague. What is used as a "red herring", the pointing out of grammar mistakes by grammar nazis or the name-calling by the victims of the grammar nazi? I'm removing it until someone can clarify (and then fix up the sentence and re-add it). appzter 01:16, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Serial commas, etc.
Before an edit war breaks out, can we agree that because Wikipedia.org is registered and hosted in the United States we will agree to follow American English conventions for punctuation and spelling where applicable? Otherwise there's no resolution possible due to conflicting set of rules across the Atlantic. As for the use of the serial comma, that's a stylistic issue and I'm willing to accept either convention as long as we're consistent throughout. --BRossow 21:58, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi Brossow, I'm giving up the edit war, although being a good Grammar Nazi I did just have to explain British punctuation rules on your user page :-) but for anyone else reading here I thought I'd just mention that Wiki convention allows all major forms of English, not only AmE. See Manual_of_Style for more details. Saint|swithin —Preceding undated comment added 22:12, 7 January 2006

 * Understood — just asking that we settle on one or the other and agree not to keep changing it, given that there's no possible alternative solution. I didn't want to "win" per sé, just wanted to offer this suggestion in order to avoid any potential for future conflict.  As long as we're agreed, it seems that we have arbitrarily set the standard for this topic as AE.  I'll also suggest that the serial comma not be used here. --BRossow 22:39, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Grammar Nazi = black&white?
The following paragraph was removed on the basis that it is clumsy and adds nothing of value. Clumsy, perhaps. But I think it makes a valid point.

"Being a Grammar Nazi is not always a black & white definition. Some people let minor mistakes (such as 'theyre' and 'concieve') go by, but make a point of correcting major 'errors' (such as their <=> they're, hate = h8, tonight = 2nite, for examples.) This can sometimes earn one a title of Grammar Nazi from people who use a looser form of communication." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.154.130.112 (talk • contribs) 04:49, 19 February 2006

 * Eh... I don't think there's anything exceptionally important here, and I don't think it needs to go into the article, especially as it seems this person might just be dealing with personal experiences with "Grammar Nazis". I know I'm one myself, and it annoys me so much when people leave out apostrophes in contractions. Retinarow 16:22, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

 * ...or place punctuation outside of quotation marks (US English) ... or misspell apostrophes. ;-) ⇒ BRossow T/C 16:53, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

 * It annoys me when people write ellipses as three periods in a row, rather than properly as spaced dots. LW izard @ 01:00, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

National Socialism
Its pretty sick to see how lightheartedly the Nazis and their atrocities seem to be taken by some members of this encyclopedia. I suggest the immediate revocation of this worthless, deeply offensive and mind-numbingly insensitive phrase. Nesher 22:01, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree with your concern. Just because some people have no problems with being accused of being a "grammer nazi" doesn't mean using such a term is alright. I'm not talking about political correctness. By using this term so light-hearted, everyone ridicules the victims of the Nazi regime. It does not matter whether it's because you have slept during history lessons or whether you're too self-righteous to realize this. In any case, I prefer free speech because that make it easier to see who's clearly an idiot and who isn't. --82.141.57.132 18:30, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

This is hardly worthless, it's hardly "insensitive". There are many terms which you might think "insensitive" that others do not. Need you be reminded about the NPOV? Macktheknifeau 12:21, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the term is offensive, but it is the commonly used term. Wikipedia can't deem something worthless by the fact that it's insensitive, unless the article itself is unnecessarily offencive. In this case, it's the term that offends, not the article.12.17.189.77 01:47, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

 * It may have been a bit early, but this was probably an April Fools' joke. --Aponar Kestrel (talk) 22:52, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Trust me, it wasn't Nesher 17:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

 * In my opinion Wikipedia users should not call themselves Nazis, unless they want to do a genocide on everybody who is different and kill everybody in gas chambers who dissents. Grammar issues can be discussed in a civilised manner and there is no need for a “Final solution of the Grammar Question”. Regularly using the term Nazi in Wiki discussions trivializes the millions of murders Nazis committed on Jews, Romani, gay people, political opponents, mentally ill and many others. It makes their lives and deaths a mockery. IMHO that should be mentioned in the article and reference should be added what a Nazi actually is.
 * Even worse is the use of Nazi emblems for Wiki userboxes like [] []. I think both text and graphic attributions of that kind violate the Wikipedia Etiquette. --Vancouver robin 04:42, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't feel that the term "Grammar Nazi" really trivializes the actions of what the Nazi party did in real life. If anything, the term is a ridicule of Hitler and his followers and is no more harmful than the Allied World War II propaganda posters depicting the Nazis in a similar fashion. Just because we make fun of such notorious figures doesn't mean that we're incapable of adopting a serious tone when it comes time to deal with them Masterblooregard (talk) 02:34, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Trivia?
Might http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp08252006.shtml be appropriate to stick in a trivia section? Eestolano 07:28, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * can't stick this anywhere.. but here's a funny grammar nazi pic... http://imagehost.bizhat.com/show.php?id=178380 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pottenkulam (talk • contribs) 14:41, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

No, sorry, I dont like it.... Martin | talk • contribs 22:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Original research - should be removed
This article, like most articles containing slang or popular terms used on the internet, consists of much original research, and little of it is verifiable. It should be removed for the aforementioned reason. 66.142.89.247 12:45, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

 * There's a difference between being lacking sources (which this is) and being original research. It is verifiable in principle. Subsolar 23:12, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Biased?
This article's facts are incomplete, and it appears to be biased towards the view of a single person (possibly the original author?). There are many innacuracies (ie. "...and often only in opinions with which the accused grammar nazi disagrees", "The grammar nazi ignores the logical correctness of the argument...") which appears to be more opinion than fact. It just needs to cleaned up a bit. 198.164.153.61 14:07, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I've cleaned up what I saw as POV, but it may still need a bit of work.  Bl a  st  17.03.07 1500 (UTC)

Merged elsewhere
This article ought to be merged with a more general article on some linguistic topic. "Grammar nazism" seems to me to be a conservative force against the natural evolution of a language. Not knowing anything about the linguistics articles here, I can't suggest where it might belong, though. Additionally, I am the person who wrote the article cited in the references section. I don't know why my article is cited except as an example of the usage of the term (it's fairly common around here), since my training is in physics, not English or linguistics, and I'm not any kind of authority. If no better sources can be found regarding this phenomenon then perhaps the article ought to be deleted altogether.Egendomligt 05:39, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe merge with Godwin's Law, although I'm not sure how we'd do the see also section.  Bl a  st  18.04.07 1517 (UTC)

Other languages removed
In Spanish, the Grammar Nazi is known as Orthographic Taliban (Talibán Ortográfico)

No, it's not quite true, in fact it's only a temporal therm (now obsolete) and used "locally" (some specific forum) so i removed it. --Magallanes 16:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Ortographic taliban is a common and widely used term in Spanish, but it applies for the exact opposite, it is someone who causes terror through bad ortography.

Why don't you delete it on the spanish encyclopedia too?

--83.61.77.254 16:37, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

More clear
Nazi (word) is also used in the way of a ADJECTIVE, about some authoritarian and destructive way and with a negative connotation (even when he was right). There was little point to talk about the Nazi's party where they are different concept. Although, Grammar Nazis are an exception due to being helpers of the Internet in a never ending quest to help those who have trouble with English.

--Magallanes 16:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Image
I am not the kind of people with no sense of humour, but don't you think the "nazi" flag might be a bit over the top? -- lucasbfr talk 08:06, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the rendering of the "G" as a kind of swastika is pretty pathetic. I instantly lose any respect for anyone who displays this on their user page. Shawn in Montreal 14:54, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't mind if it's taken out; I made it to provide a public-domain version for the JPEG flag that was previously uploaded and added to this article by an anonymous editor, and subsequently deleted because no one could figure out just where it came from. In any case, let's try not to discuss how terrible the flag is and how we lose respect for those who display it on their userpage, etc., etc., etc.  Oc t  ane  [ improve me ] 29.06.07 2325 (UTC)
 * I am leaning towards nominating the whole article for deletion, though. A Google test yielded pretty meagre results. You can pretty much stick anything before "Nazi" to make a point that one is, well, a stickler. I see no notability to the article, at all. Shawn in Montreal 00:27, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, ignoring the nature of Google tests, I get 1.3 million results. And while you might be correct in saying that placing 'Nazi' after any given word to indicate a stickler is possible, this particular term (as shown above) is quite common.
 * However, since it's rather impossible to track a slang term's history (which is what it should do if it is on Wikipedia), perhaps we can transwiki it to Wiktionary.  Oc t  ane  [ improve me ] 01.07.07 0059 (UTC)

A lot of the Google hits I saw were blogs and such, which I understand should not be used to establish notability. And I got zero hits for it on Google News, which admittedly is a much stricter test of notability. If it could be moved off the encyclopedia project I would obviously be for that. Shawn in Montreal 17:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

My changes
I just removed a few ref tags. One was to deviantart, which although it showed the usage, it's basically just some guy selling shirts, not a real source. I also removed a few refs to blogs, blogs are also bad sources, i checked them out, and the person writing the blog didn't seem notable in linguistics or some related area, so i counted these as poor sources too. Another ref was urban dictionary, that is a site that any one can edit or add a definition to, i didn't consider that a good source either. I'm not expecting Noam Chomsky level references here, but something better than non notable blogs and other garbage is needed. I also removed the image. Even the text below said 'official' in quotes, hinting to me that it's not official at all. I couldn't find information on any group of grammar nazis, let alone an official logo. If it is official then sources to back that up need to be given. In the See Also section i removed a link to a blog. The blog was just someones personal blog, it didn't appear worthy of a link here, the writer was not an expert in the area, and the blog entries appeared to have little to do with the subject.

I agree with those who feel this page should be deleted, or at best moved somewhere else like wiktionaty. I considered trying to beef it out a bit, but a bit of googling didn't find anything i felt notable enough to include. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Champion sound remix (talk • contribs).

Proposed deletion
As someone else already mentioned the idea, and I agree, i added this template. Champion sound remix 11:22, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Hmm...
Do a search on Grammar Nazi and go from there.

BUT HAY LETZ JUS DEELEET THIS ARTICLE INSTEAD LULZ. :rolleyes: Mr. Raptor 16:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

You mean, "However, we could simply delete the article instead. *laughs* 72.230.135.196 (talk) 20:09, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

I did do a search on grammar nazi, and was unable to find anything notable. The problem with a lot of these kind of internet phrases, is of course many of us know it's a well known thing on the internet, but that is not enough, we need good sources to show notability, as per WP:NOTE, which are very difficult to find on something like this. I put the proposed delete template on not just because i think it should go, but also to encourage more discussion on that. Maybe someone would come by and see that, and knowing a decent source, provide it. Personally I don't think this will happen, clearly someone tried to find good sources before, but the best they could come up with was non-notable blogs. Champion sound remix 05:38, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Delete
This is a poor quality article. I would also delete it. If the phrase is really in common use, then it ought to be discussed, but perhaps as a footnote in an article on internet slang. People who correct other people's grammar can be annoying, but are not an encyclopedic phenomenon. The use of the word Nazi for something so trivial is not acceptable in serious terminology, although it's probably fine in slang - which again speaks against this as an article title. I really don't think this is going anywhere. --Doric Loon 07:47, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I also believe this term only has significant usage in a few specific Internet communities. --Ortzinator 04:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Related Topics
Well, I added related topics, 1) Godwin's law linked me here so there must be a link back 2) It is an internet lang -related topic so I am adding links from this page to other topics and vice versa mizzo 08:48, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Wiktionary?
At best, this is a 'definition' article. The term has been around for a long time (I recall being called one back in 1989-90) 'but' I cannot imagine expanding it beyond words to the effect of 'slang/derogatory term for someone perceived as having a pedantic or precisian atitude to grammar and/or spelling.'Bridesmill 23:15, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Proposed move to Wikitionary.
'Please keep all discussion of this vote here. Comments placed elsewhere will be moved here.'

 * Move Per the many suggestions here on the talk page, I've added a template to a suggest a move to Wikitionary. To find out more about the criteria for that, you can read about that here WP:DICT if you'd like. At this point, the article seems like a good candidate for that transition since it more or less just talks about the term and how it's defined rather than about the people, concepts, places, events, and things the title denotes with any citation or reference beyond an urban slang dictionary which kind of further reinforces the idea that the article is much better suited for the Wikitionary. --76.214.226.199 05:15, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Move Agree with move, it's not really an article or subject that is suitable for Wiki, but is widespread enough for inclusion in the Wikitionary projectMacktheknifeau 05:46, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and hang all you book-burning deletionists. Ohemgee (talk) 20:19, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Either move or simply delete, depending on whether you can find reliable sources. Is the phrase in ANY dictionary?  Or if not, has it been discussed by such experts on new usage as Michael Quinion? If so, it deserves a Wikitionary article.  If not, if it is just a couple of people's in jargon, it deserves nothing at all.  It must be verifyable to be in any Wiki, and so far there is no evidence of that.  But it certainly shouldn't be here. --Doric Loon 15:59, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Linguistic prescription
shouldn't there be an article at this location? I don't think Linguistic Prescription should be associated with this term. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.49.156.38 (talk • contribs)

Wiktionary soft redirect
I'm going to go ahead and make this a soft redirect to Wiktionary. Linguistic prescription mentions nothing of any "person who obsesses over orthography" but instead on one with the preference of a certain style of language over another, not necessarily habitual or unnecessary. Wiktionary has a much better explanation of the term. 8ty3hree (talk) 03:24, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

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Perpetual boyfriend syndrome
Delete Un-encyclopedic PhilipO 20:31, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete - neologism. -- Cyrius|✎ 20:37, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: neologism, original research. --IByte 20:39, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - as above --Outlander 20:44, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
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ATTENTION: A good portion of this text was lifted from the U.S. Postal Service website (in the public domian). I felt that Ms. Higgins needed to be in Wikipedia, but didn't have the time to re-write a new article. Please feel free to edit this to original content. WikiDon 20:32, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

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I checked out the link to her husband. It is to s.o. who is NOT barried at Arlington.

Something is screwed up. I don't know that is real or right.

Bob Bolin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.31.206.183 (talk) 02:52, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

 * It appears that the William E. Hall wiki article referenced is to a US Navy officer who won the Medal of Honor. As Higgins's husband is referenced as a US Air Force General, it would appear that they are two seperate people. I have taken out the link.--TGC55 (talk) 00:29, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

biblography
Why is there no biblography? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.137.177.20 (talk) 14:05, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Sources for the article can be found at Marguerite_Higgins and in the references section just below that.  Spencer T♦ C 21:54, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Cause of death - where contracted?
In the Death section it is mentioned that "while on assignment" Higgins contracted a tropical disease. Where was she on assignment when this occurred? It would improve the article to include the location. --TGC55 (talk) 10:01, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

War in Korea
I noticed there is no mention of her book: "War in Korea (1951, Garden City, New York) The report of a woman combat correspondent" Photographs by Carl Mydans and others Doubleday & company INC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.82.171 (talk) 06:42, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

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Power Ring (character)

Power Ring is the name of several supervillains and one superheroine appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The supervillains are alternate-reality counterparts of Green Lanterns Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, and John Stewart, respectively. Originally residing on Earth-Three, which was subsequently destroyed during the 12-issue Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series, Power Ring, along with the other Syndicate members, end up being recreated in the Anti-Matter Universe's Earth.

The first Power Ring debuted in Justice League of America #29 (August 1964).

Crime Syndicate of America (1964–1986)
Little is known of Power Ring's history. From what little he has said on the matter, he was given his magical power ring and power battery by a monk named Volthoom. With these weapons, he equals the power of a Green Lantern.

When Power Ring, Johnny Quick and Superwoman first arrive on Earth-One, they attempt to destroy first the Justice League and later the Justice Society of America of Earth-Two. Though beaten on the native Earths, they are able to transport both teams to Earth-Three, where they defeat them. The JLA and CSA battle on Earth-Two after the JSA are imprisoned. The Syndicate is defeated and imprisoned in an inter-dimensional limbo by Green Lantern Hal Jordan.

They remain there for years until an experimental dimensional transponder used by the Secret Society of Super-Villains disrupts the stability of the Crime Syndicate's prison. Power Ring, Johnny Quick, and Superwoman use the opportunity to escape. The Syndicate assumes the Secret Society villains were heroes and battled them. In a second confrontation, the Society takes Superwoman's magic lasso, the ring of Power Ring, and Johnny Quick's helmet. These objects of power would be used by the Wizard to cast a spell.

The Crime Syndicate fight Captain Comet, believing he is part of the Secret Society. Focusing his will through his power battery, Power Ring is able to use it as a weapon, just as he had used his ring. Unknown to the villains, Power Ring's battery of power has been leaking energy, a result of its long confinement and disuse in limbo.

Victims left in its wake are stricken with nausea, severe pain and eventual loss of consciousness. Their inert forms then glow an unearthly green before mutating into horrible rampaging creatures. Captain Comet discovers the source of the transformation, and after capturing the Syndicate, uses the power battery to cure the victims and return the Crime Syndicate to their interdimensional prison. Comet destroys the battery afterwards.

Years later, the Syndicate get another taste of freedom. Travelling through time, Per Degaton stumbles upon the interdimensional prison. He offers the Crime Syndicate an escape if they would help him in 1962 to take Cuba's intercontinental ballistic missiles. After they accomplish this task, Degaton has little use for them. When the Syndicate betrays him, they are sent to 1982, as he had made sure this would happen when they touched him.

The Syndicators rematerialize on the JLA satellite by the League's teleporter. They quickly overcome the surprised heroes who are waiting for the JSA's annual meeting with the two groups. The JSA had been sent to the Crime Syndicate's interdimensional prison and are able to escape with the combined powers of Starman and Doctor Fate.

Power Ring returns with the Syndicate to assist Per Degaton's plan to rule the world. Though they had been double-crossed by Degaton, they help him until the moment comes to strike. The villains once again fight the JLA, the JSA, and even members of the All-Star Squadron from 1942. When the villains are again defeated, the failure of Degaton's plan wipes the events from existence.

Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985–1987)
The members of the Crime Syndicate are believed to be killed during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Power Ring and the Crime Syndicate are destroyed by waves of anti-matter, unleashed by the Anti-Monitor in his attempt to control all of existence.

Crisis 2
Years afterwards, a strange disruption in reality (featured in Animal Man by Grant Morrison) brings back Syndicators Ultraman, Power Ring, Johnny Quick, and Owlman, as well as other variations of the Justice League. Power Ring and Ultraman think they have come back from the dead, but later learn forces beyond their imaginations are responsible for their brief return. Power Ring wishes to return to the way his life used to be, and with that thought, he vanishes. The others go into the Medusa Mask of the Psycho-Pirate, and they have not been seen since.

Convergence
During the Convergence storyline, Power Ring is with the Crime Syndicate when they plan to free Superwoman from death row.

Crime Syndicate of Amerika
Eventually, the Crime Syndicate were re-imagined as being from the antimatter universe and Power Ring resembles a blonde Kyle Rayner. This Power Ring, weak-willed and cowardly, is tricked into accepting the ring from its previous owner. After invading the other universe, Power Ring is defeated by Aquaman, as the nature of the Earths gives native beings an advantage.

Syndicate Rules
On the antimatter Earth, Power Ring is Joseph Harrolds (corresponding to Hal Jordan). On this Earth, the power ring is powered by an entity called Volthoom. A second Power Ring (corresponding to Kyle Rayner), a blond man whose name was not given, was given the ring by Harrolds and joined the Syndicate; however, when the antimatter universe was reconstructed after Krona had initially wiped out that plane of existence when trying to discover the origin of the Universe, certain elements of the antimatter universe's history had been changed, and now the second Power Ring was a black man whose name was also not given (corresponding to John Stewart). He confirmed that Harrolds tricked him into assuming responsibility of the ring, which was cursed as Volthoom was also inside the ring.

Crime Society of America
In 52 Week 52, an alternate version of Earth-Three was shown as a part of the new Multiverse. In the depiction were characters that are altered versions of the Justice Society of America, including Green Lantern. The names of the characters and the team are not mentioned in the two panels in which they appear, but the altered Green Lantern is visually similar to Power Ring.

Based on comments by Grant Morrison, this alternate universe is not the Pre-Crisis Earth-Three, making this a new character unrelated to previous versions. In Countdown #31, he is confirmed as being called Power Ring, a member of the Crime Society, alongside Ultraman, Superwoman, and Owlman.

Justice League Omega
The antimatter Crime Syndicate reappeared in writer James Robinson's Justice League of America series as part of the Justice League Omega storyline. Directly mirroring Hal Jordan's resurrection in Green Lantern: Rebirth, Power Ring has once again changed his appearance and now resembles Jordan. Ultraman mentions that Power Ring's transformation into a Hal Jordan analogue (as well as the Kyle Rayner analogue's transformation into John Stewart in the Syndicate Rules storyline) had happened suddenly and with no explanation, but notes that Power Ring is now once again in his "original" form (mirroring the mainstream DC continuity, where Hal was the first modern Green Lantern).

The Crime Syndicate attacks the Hall of Justice to steal Alexander Luthor's corpse from the Justice League's mausoleum, and Power Ring enters into a confrontation with Jade. Though Power Ring initially gains the upper hand, Jade ultimately defeats him after she absorbs the energy in his ring, rendering him powerless. When the Crime Syndicate members agree to work with the JLA to stop a new villain named the Omega Man, Power Ring begs Jade to return his powers to him, but is ultimately killed when the Omega Man ambushes the group and impales him through the back.

The New 52 (2011–2016)
As part of The New 52, four different characters have used the name.

First Lantern
The Power Ring Corps was created on Earth-3 when Volthoom was traveling from Earth-15 to various other Earths within the Multiverse to seek a way to save his home. On Earth-3 he encountered the wizard Mordru, who fused a piece of Volthoom's soul to create the power ring. Volthoom described that they had a dispute and left. It is revealed later that the ring was created out of all the cruelty and hatred within Volthoom as he claims that for thousands of years his only pleasure was to watch those who attempted to wield the ring fail and die. The ring would then seek out the fearful, lead them to death and swallow their souls. Being chosen to be a Power Ring is considered a curse. The ring remained in Earth-3 until the "Forever Evil" storyline.

Abin Sur (Earth-3)
Abin Sur was the most recent unwilling bearer of the Ring of Volthoom. He is weak-willed and cowardly as opposed to his heroic counterpart Abin Sur of Earth-One, who was strong-willed and brave. He begs Harold to take the ring by promising it will make him powerful and is shown to be joyous once Harold does, claiming himself to be finally free. However, he dies shortly after this from the injuries sustained from his crash, finally being freed only to meet his bitter end. Abin Sur has shown to have suffered adverse physical effects from the ring far worse than any other user ever displayed. His entire body has been destroyed due to his bearing the ring for a long period of time.

Crime Syndicate
Power Ring is one of the members of the Crime Syndicate to arrive from Earth-3 at the conclusion of the "Trinity War" event. Power Ring is the villainous counterpart to Hal Jordan's Green Lantern and in an inverse relationship to Green Lantern, the character and syndicate member "Power Ring" is actually the Ring of Volthoom while Harold Jordan (Hal Jordan's Earth-3 counterpart) is merely his current vessel, though both are referred to as Power Ring throughout the comic. Harold worked as a janitor at Ferris Air, where he spied on Carol Ferris' operations to sell them out. When being confronted by Carl Ferris, Abin Sur's ring of Volthoom chooses Harold, bringing him to Abin's crashed ship. Abin begs Harold to take the ring, which he does, freeing Abin Sur. Harold quickly realizes his mistake, as the ring opens a pocket dimensional portal to charge itself, unleashing a creature that attacks Harold. Power Ring then goes on to form the Crime Syndicate along with Ultraman, Superwoman, Owlman, and Johnny Quick.

He is first seen at the end of "Trinity War" emerging with the rest of the Crime Syndicate from the portal from Earth-Three. He immediately attacks the Justice League upon arrival, knocking them all down with an energy blast while Harold nervously questions whether the area is safe. During the "Forever Evil" storyline, Power Ring accompanies Deathstorm in his raid on Belle Reve and destroys the roof to free its inmates. Later, again accompanying Deathstorm, Power Ring attacks the Rogues, who have refused to cause mass deaths in their own city, against the Crime Syndicate's orders. When Deathstorm leaves to head back to the Syndicate's lab, Power Ring, with Secret Society members, attack Batman, Catwoman, and Lex Luthor's Injustice Society at Wayne Enterprises. Batman attempts to stop Power Ring with a Sinestro Corps ring, but Power Ring's constructs are able to remove the ring and destroy it. Batman's use of the ring summons Sinestro. Power Ring battles Sinestro, but Sinestro cuts off his arm with the ring; after the ring deems Harold irreparably damaged, it flies off. Harold thanks Sinestro for freeing him from his curse. Sinestro welcomes his thanks and incinerates him. The ownerless ring then flies off to find a new host.

While Harold is seemingly shown to wield the Ring of Volthoom quite proficiently, the Ring of Volthoom is actually the one in control, though Harold does have some independent control over the ring's power. The ring of Volthoom is as powerful as a Green Lantern ring and is even able to fight on par with a Sinestro Corps ring, remove it from the user's hand and impressively destroy the Sinestro Corps ring itself. The Outsider refers to Power Ring as his master and mentions to Pandora that Power Ring has killed many immortal beings during the Crime Syndicate's time on Earth-Three After Harold's death his soul was sucked into the ring like other previous deceased power ring Corp members, the location inside the ring was known as the green realm. When Jessica's soul was pushed into the ring while Volthoom took possession of her body she encountered Harold and other the other Power Ring Corps members. Harold tells Jessica that he refuses to let her leave because Volthoom would return and that when inside the ring, Volthoom would periodically torture their souls by burning out their eyes and inflicting other horrors on them. He and the other Power Ring bearers chase Jessica through the Green Realm to stop her from reaching Cyborg but they are unsuccessful. When Volthoom dies the Green Realm lives on due to Jessica's soul filling the void. Harold continues to live in the Green Realm, having given into fear long ago he chooses to hide in the dirt with the other power ring bearers but finally free from the torments inflicted on them by Volthoom. When Jessica returns to the Green Realm, Simon Baz encounters Harold when he follows Jessica into it to save her from becoming as evil and cruel as Volthoom. Harold tries to prevent him from finding Jessica as he fears this would destroy the green realm, when he is unsuccessful he calls up Solomon Baz (Simon Baz Earth 3 counterpart) to stop Simon. When Simon finally finds Jessica and convinced her not to become like Volthoom, the Green Realm still remains intact much to Harold's relief and he returns to hiding in the dirt of the green realm.

Jessica Cruz
Jessica Cruz and her friends are on a hunting trip when they accidentally stumble across two men burying a body. The men brutally murder her friends. Jessica manages to escape but is left traumatized. The Ring of Volthoom, which feeds off fear and had abandoned Harold after his death during the Crime Syndicate's incursion to Prime Earth, is able to locate her due to her trauma. Unlike the previous ring bearers, she does not willingly accept the Ring but is forced to do so. The ring tortures Jessica with physical and psychological pain. Batman is able to de-power the Ring after convincing Jessica to face her fears. Hal Jordan returns to Earth to teach Jessica how to control the ring, but in a later adventure, the ring finds a chance to possess Jessica's mind and body. Jessica becomes trapped within the ring along with Cyborg while Power Ring is in full possession of her body. With Cyborg's help, Jessica is able to momentarily take control and saves the Flash from the Black Racer by allowing the incarnation of death to apparently kill her. Jessica survives, and it is revealed that the Black Racer killed Volthoom instead, causing the ring to crumble into dust. Immediately afterwards, a Green Lantern ring descends at the battlefield and transforms Jessica into a new Green Lantern.

Solomon Baz
Solomon Baz was the Earth-3 doppelgänger of Simon Baz. He was once a getaway driver with a fearsome reputation until he took a job delivering a bomb to a concert. Arriving at the venue, Solomon relented, unable to bring himself to blow up the young concertgoers. Questioning his identity and overcome with insecurity, Solomon was soon selected to become the new host and victim of the Ring of Volthoom. When his life was inevitably consumed by the ring, Solomon joined the other deceased ring bearers of the Power Ring Corps in the Green Realm. There he remained, buried in the dirt, until called upon to face his Earth-0 counterpart.

Rebirth
During the "Year of the Villain" event, Earth 3 alongside the Crime Syndicate of America was revived. Power Ring returns and uses his ring to see how many alternate Earth’s are left after Perputua’s assault. He states that Earth-3 is safe because Perputua is only destroying "good guy" Earths. Lex Luthor of Earth 0 comes to escort them to Perpetua. After witnessing Johnny Quick get killed when he suspects that allying with her is a bad idea, he returns to Earth 3 to lead the people in her army where the people of Earth 3 were turned into Apex Predators.

Infinite Frontier (Emerald Knight)
Following the reboot of the multiverse after Dark Nights: Death Metal, a new Earth 3 and Crime Syndicate are created. The counterpart to Green Lantern on the new Earth 3 is known as Emerald Knight. Whereas the various versions of Power Ring are usually shown to be lone operators with a unique ring and battery, the Emerald Knights are an interplanetary private police force with multiple members, a counterpart to the Green Lantern Corps. Their uniforms resemble that worn by the Hal Jordan of the mainstream DC Universe as Parallax. The Knights serve the Overlords of Oa, the sworn enemies of the Starros.

Police officer John Stewart accepted a loan from a loan shark to pay for surgery for his daughter Liza. Although he eventually paid off the debt the man's son acted as if he controlled John, to the point of blatantly committing crimes in front of him. John beat the loan shark's son in an alley when a sentient power ring appeared before him and invited him into the Emerald Knights. John was initially reluctant but accepted the power that the ring offered to protect himself and Liza from the loan shark. He used its power to become a vigilante in Coast City, enforcing his own view of "justice" by murdering both criminals and the corrupt officials of the city. He and the ring constantly argue. The ring berates him for not taking swifter action and is slowly taking over his will by convincing him that the ring can stop evil and enforce justice.

He is the second Emerald Knight of Earth, the first was killed by Owlman. The Earth 3 counterpart of Hal Jordan appears to also be a member of the Emerald Knights.

As Starros are repelled by the energy from Emerald Knight's power battery, Owlman's strategy for defeating the Starros was for Emerald Knight to enter the "queen" Starro's brain and destroy it from within. He failed, and the queen was instead killed by Superwoman.

Following the invasion, Emerald Knight declares Coast City beyond the jurisdiction of all Earth's authorities and seals it off from the world in a gigantic forcefield. While the ring constantly goads him to do more to "protect" the world by aligning with Ultraman, Owlman and Superwoman to take over the world. A former Knight named Thaal Sinestro, who managed to free himself from his ring's control, approaches him and tells him that the ring has corrupted him and that the people he wishes to protect now fear him. John tries to visit Liza, but when she is terrified of him and tells him to leave, he realises Sinestro is right and joins Alexander Luthor's Legion of Justice much to his Ring’s disapproval and annoyance.

Powers and abilities
All Power Rings wield a magical ring that can generate a variety of effects and energy constructs which give them powers equivalent to those of a Green Lantern. In its first appearance, it is not unlike a lantern ring sustained purely by the ring wearer's strength of will. The power ring has been referred to on several occasions as the "most dangerous weapon in the universe" and the limits of its power are not clearly defined. With sufficient willpower, a Power Ring could conceivably wield nearly omnipotent power. All stories after 1964 no longer have the ring draw its strength from willpower. After Crisis 2, the various incarnations of Power Ring refer to wielding the ring as a "curse"; Volthoom, the entity within the ring, would frequently try to overtake the user's mind and the power ring is physically and mentally painful to wield. The New 52 series has the Ring of Volthoom rely on fear to function; unlike the Sinestro Corps ring, which relies on the fear of others, the Ring of Volthoom is sustained by the user's fear. In the multiverse reboot the Ring of Volthoom seemingly runs on its own and only requires the user to charge it. The ring will only respond to the user's will but will act on its own if the user is in danger.

Power rings allow the user to fly and to cover themselves and others with a protective force field, suitable for traveling through outer space. They can also generate beams and solid structures of energy that can be moved simply by thinking about doing so, enabling the user to create cages, transportation platforms, walls, and battering rams. The ring can also be used to search for energy signatures or particular objects. It can serve as a universal translator. The ring can place people in a hypnotic trance, show other Earths and enable people to travel between them, even drawing them if the user is on another Earth; in 'Darkseid War', Grail, the daughter of Darkseid, states that the ring is a tether to Earth-Three and assaults its host to open a portal to Earth-Three, which allows the Anti-Monitor to cross over onto Earth-Zero. The ring can manipulate sub-atomic particles (effectively producing new elements) and split atoms, but those powers are rarely used by Power Ring. It is not known if any of the various Power Ring's ring incarnations have had a specific weakness, but in the original 1960's JLA/JSA/CSA encounter, both wooden and yellow weapons were ineffective against Power Ring. His amused response to these tactics indicated that he had not as yet encountered any ring-specific weaknesses or he would likely have been more cautious. Harold Jordan was shown using the Ring of Volthoom to connect directly to the JLA watchtower computer to talk to Grid. Further in The New 52, Harold Jordan was able to destroy a Sinestro Corps ring, crushing it in his hand. He also was able to destroy the constructs with his own and remove the ring from Batman, though the Sinestro Corps ring was very low on power, which may have contributed to Power Ring being able to destroy it (the Ring of Volthoom was also low on charge, albeit not as low as the Sinestro Corps ring). This mistake by Batman would later be made by Power Ring, as he had engaged Sinestro while his own ring was low on charge.

The ring appears to have a part of soul of a fully sentient entity named Volthoom, able to talk to and advise the user as to various courses of action (though it is stated that Volthoom can be unreliable); most portrayals show Volthoom to have a personality and a mind of its own unlike the highly advanced programs which reside in the Green Lantern rings. In the 1964 comic book, Volthoom is purportedly the mad monk that offered the ring to the first Power Ring, at which point he kills Volthoom and takes the ring. Justice League of America #50 seems to imply that Volthoom is the antimatter equivalent of the Starheart, which bestowed its power on Alan Scott and Jade on New Earth. Volthoom's character has evolved along with Power Ring. Pre-Crisis, Volthoom simply was the entity of the ring and would act no different than a standard Green Lantern ring (albeit magical in nature as opposed to scientific), only responding to the bearer's will. Later, Volthoom was retconned as the cursed spirit of the ring which attempted to overtake the mind of Harold Jordan and later other bearers of the ring. Volthoom would seek out cowardly, weak-willed individuals to manipulate and control because they would rely on the power of the ring and slowly allow Volthoom to possess them. In The New 52, Volthoom is far less subtle and directly feeds off the fear of the ring bearer and forces them to do his bidding. Volthoom causes the host tremendous pain to the point where Harold Jordan was actually relieved when Sinestro sliced off his arm and the ring left. The ring is able to fully possess a host if need be. The New 52 states that the entity within the ring contains a small portion of the soul of the First Lantern from "Wrath of the First Lantern". In the multiverse reboot, Volthoom is now the sentient power ring granted to the Emerald Knights by the Overlords of Oa, the Earth-3 equivalent of the Green Lantern corps. Volthoom seems to act as more of a guide to the Emerald Knights directing them on how to use his power. While the ring causes the knights no pain nor does it attempt to forcefully control them, it does appear that the ring attempts convince them to trust its power more and more until they fully subjugate themselves to the Overlords of Oa. Volthoom is also susceptible to being hacked as Owlman was able to hack the ring to obtain intel on the Starros.

In addition, the effectiveness of a wielder's power ring can be adversely affected by a weakening of resolve and will or later fear. Prior to post-Infinite Crisis, most if not all Power Rings did not have automatic shields provided by their rings and were forced to create constructs to defend themselves (this was a major difference between Power Ring and Green Lantern). In later stories like The New 52, the ring would typically reserves a small portion of their power for a passive force field that "protects the wielder from mortal harm". In dire emergency, that energy reserve can be tapped at the expense of said protection until it, too, is exhausted. Power Ring, in his original appearance, had a magical lamp which would act as a power battery for his ring. In The New 52, Power Ring's battery is located in a pocket dimension and has tentacles and a mouth with sharp teeth, Geoff Jones describes charging the ring as an horrific experience to the wielder. In the multiverse reboot the Emerald Knights seem to have a power battery that is similar to the green lantern power battery. Owlman was able to use a power battery that he took from an Emerald Knight to hack into the ring.

In the Forever Evil storyline in The New 52, Power Ring was shown with the ring of Volthoom; it was causing detrimental effects on his body. These effects were displayed through grotesque, greenish veins being visible on Power Ring's right hand and arm, extending to his neck. The same deformation was visible (to a much greater degree, resultant of a longer "bonding" period) on Power Ring's predecessor, Abin Sur. The deformation started to take effect on Jessica Cruz after the ring was placed on her hand. These veins are the ring mainlining with the wielder's basolateral nucleus in their amygdala to channel their fear. The ring is rendered powerless if its user is not afraid, Batman shut down the ring after he convinced Jessica not to be fearful; also, if the user is knocked unconscious, the ring will stop working until the user retains consciousness (as shown when Jessica Cruz was knocked out). Captain Cold was also able to "quiet" the ring for a few moments with a blast from his cold gun. The Flash also states that the Ring of Volthoom is unable to do anything that the user will not allow it to; to this end, Jessica Cruz was able to make Volthoom go into dormancy by enforcing her will over his. Cyborg explains that the ring is drawn to the weak willed and fearful, leading its host to their death and then sucks in their soul. The ring has a green pocket dimension located within it which houses its central battery and other members of the Power Ring Corps.

The Outsider also mentions to Pandora that Harold Jordan, along with the rest of the Crime Syndicate, know how to kill immortal beings such as herself and have done so many times. Being magical in nature, Power Ring's ring is more effective than a normal Green Lantern ring against Kryptonians like Superman. As shown in Power Ring's first appearance, he was able to defeat Superman by transporting him to Earth-Three while pointing out that Superman is vulnerable to his ring's magic.

In other media

 * A version of Power Ring corresponding to Hal Jordan appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, voiced by Nolan North (albeit uncredited).
 * A version of Power Ring corresponding to Hal Jordan appears in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
 * A version of Power Ring corresponding to John Stewart appears in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One, voiced by Aldis Hodge.

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The result of the debate was Keep --Allen3 talk 12:51, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Qassim Afzal
this person has stood for public office a few times, but has been very unsuccessful, being a councillor for a year only. 81.97.114.168 20:32, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable. David | Talk 22:15, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep factual. Trollderella 22:16, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as he is notable for a number of reasons. (I improved the article). Punkmorten 22:19, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep if he is the first British born asian councillor. Secretlondon 04:25, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * That is extremely unlikely. A friend of mine is a British-born Bangladeshi councillor and was first elected in 1998, the same as Qassim Afzal. David | Talk 08:24, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, wouldn't that make it a matter of which result came in first, if they were elected in the same election? Clair de Lune 08:33, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I looked into this further and he clearly isn't the first British-born Asian councillor. Mehboob Khan was a councillor in 1996. Clair de Lune 00:08, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not a world statesman but still someone we ought to cover. Clair de Lune 08:33, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. — Trilobite (Talk) 14:15, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - a good example of someone who I wouldn't have bothered researching and writing about, but now that someone has, he may as well stay. OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 14:50, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - can't list every ex-Councillor here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.23.25.107 (talk • contribs) 09:50, August 19, 2005
 * delete - not a notable person,agree we can not list every ex-Councillor — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.252.192.9 (talk • contribs) 16:29, August 19, 2005
 * Delete - He claims to be the first British-born Asian Councillor, but clearly he wasn't (as per Clair de Lune) - what else is he claiming which is factually untrue? - Colin Armstrong — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.252.192.8 (talk • contribs) 15:39, August 20, 2005
 * Delete this person is known in the Liberal Democrats as as self-publicist. Local politics is littered with people like him. Rhyddfrydol 01:21, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * User had 3 edits prior to this vote, the first being made five days after this VfD was opened. --Allen3 talk 12:51, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
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Death date is listed here as 5/29/1991, but I could not find a source to support that. Obituaries in both the Washington Post and NY Times state 5/28/1991. I will update based on this information but leaving this here in case I've missed anything. There is no citation for the DOD - first citation appears at end of intro paragraph and that source does not reference DOD. Keondra34950 (talk) Keondra34950 (talk) 01:22, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

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