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Kepler Track

The Kepler Track is a 60 km circular hiking track which travels through the landscape of the South Island of New Zealand and is situated near the town of Te Anau. The track passes through many landscapes of the Fiordland National Park such as rocky mountain ridges, tall mossy forests, lake shores, deep gorges, rare wetlands and rivers. Like the mountains it traverses, the track is named after Johannes Kepler. The track is one of the New Zealand Great Walks and is administered by the Department of Conservation (DOC).

Compared with other tracks in New Zealand, this walking track is constructed to a very high standard. Most streams are bridged, boardwalks cover boggy areas and the very steep sections have steps. It is a moderate walking track that takes three to four days to complete.

The Kepler Track is also home to the Kepler Challenge, an annual running race that traverses the whole 60 km, which the winners complete in less than five hours.

History
Māori legend has it that Rākaihautū, the legendary leader of the Māori migration canoe Uruao, is said to have named the great lakes while exploring the interior of the South Island. During a period of wet weather, his party found a large and beautiful lake which they named Te Ana Au, meaning cave of rain, and just south of it another lake which Rākaihautū named Roto Ua, the lake where rain is constant. Today we know Roto Ua as Lake Manapouri. The Kepler is situated between the two lakes.

Richard Henry, Fiordland's first ranger, lived at the southern end of Lake Te Anau for many years and often explored the Kepler area. Surveyor James McKerrow named the range after the 17th century German astronomer Johannes Kepler.

Early tracks up onto Mt. Luxmore were cut by Jack Beer to provide summer grazing for his sheep. Many tracks in New Zealand have evolved from Māori trails or pioneer exploration routes.

The idea for the track was first proposed by Alf Excell and Les Henderson. In 1984 in preparation for the National Parks Centennial in 1988, the National Parks Authority (now Department of Conversation) asked all New Zealand National Parks Boards to propose suitable projects to celebrate the Centennial. Project funds would come from the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department.

Alf Excell and Les Henderson, two members of the Fiordland National Park Board, came up with the idea of a track they called the “Around the Mountain Walk”. The track would join two existing tracks, going from Te Anau Lake control structure joining with the track to the Luxmore Mountain Meadows and skirt northern face of Luxmore and take a zig-zag down to the Iris Burn Valley. It would then travel down the Iris Burn Valley to Lake Manapouri and join with the track from Shallow Bay to Rainbow Reach Bridge and a new track from the bridge along the western side of the Upper Waiau back to the Te Anau Control Structure.

The project was accepted and the Kepler track, however, was established in 1988 and opened in February of that year as a Great Walk as part of the Fiordland National Park Centennial celebrations. It was designed to ease the strain on the popular Milford and Routeburn Tracks. The track had a considerable contribution from the International Expedition Operation Raleigh during 1986/87 when expeditions from around the world constructed much of the walkways and the Iris Burn and Mount Luxmore huts. The caves at Mt Luxmore were also mapped and Mount Raleigh was named above the Iris Burn.

Tramping
The track is usually recommended to be walked in this route from the Lake Te Anau Control Gates. It can be walked in either direction. If time is short, the track can be shortened to three days by exiting or entering at the Rainbow Reach swing bridge using a car or bus.

While it is possible to complete the Kepler whilst camping this requires a 10-hour hike between Brod Bay and Iris Burn campsites. A much easier option is to stay at Luxmore Hut on the first night, then continue on to Iris Burn campsite for the second night, completing the track to Rainbow Reach on day three. New Zealand Mountain Safety Council's video on the Kepler Track

The price and availability of accommodation varies considerably between the peak season (summer) and the off-season (winter).

The Lake Te Anau Control Gates are approximately 4.6 km from the DOC visitors centre in Te Anau.

Location
The Kepler Track is located in the south west of the South Island. The nearest townships of Te Anau (4.6 km away) and Manapouri have a full range of accommodation and shops catering to all tramping needs.

The Kepler Track is accessed from the Lake Te Anau Control Gates, either by road or a 50-minute walk from the Fiordland National Park Visitor Centre in Te Anau, or over the swingbridge across the Waiau River at Rainbow Reach, a ten-minute (12 km) drive from Te Anau.

Shuttle buses also operate during the summer months to entry and exit points on the track and a scheduled boat service provides access to Brod Bay.

Brod Bay campsite
This campsite is situated on Lake Te Anau and is the first campsite for hikers who started the trek from the control gates.

Luxmore Hut
This hut sleeps 54 in bunk style rooms with mattresses and is equipped with stoves and tables inside for cooking as well as an outside deck area. There is a large bunk room and a smaller bunk room that faces Lake Te Anau. Camping is not permitted at this site. The Luxmore Caves, an extensive cave system are located nearby.

Iris Burn Hut
This hut sleeps 50 in 3 separate bunk rooms with mattresses and provides the same amenities as the Luxmore. The hut is situated near a small field where there is a small river. About a 20-minute walk from the hut is the Iris Burn Waterfall where swimming is possible.

Iris Burn campsite
There are several campsites provided in the shaded area of the trees near the hut and by the stream. It has been advised to not camp in the field as the Keas (alpine parrots) are known to pester tents that are situated in the field.

Moturau Hut
Situated on Lake Manapouri, this hut sleeps 40 in bunk beds with mattresses. In summer swimming in the lake and outdoor picnic tables are available.

Logistics
Like most of New Zealand's Great Walks, huts must generally be booked through the Department Of Conservation (DOC) New Zealand in advance. Showers and waste collection are not provided. It is recommended to bring bug spray in summer months as sand flies are abundant.

Along the trail there are shelters that can be used for day time picnic and rest stop use and a few that are set up to be used in emergencies during the winter months.

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David Westin

David Lawrence Westin is anchor of Bloomberg Wall Street Week on Bloomberg Television. Previously, he was an anchor on Bloomberg Balance of Power, Bloomberg Daybreak Americas and Bloomberg GO which Daybreak replaced. He has anchored for Bloomberg since 2015. From 2014 to 2015, he was principal of Witherbee Holdings, LLC, advising and investing in media companies. He was the president and CEO of NewsRight from 2011 to 2012.

Biography
Westin was raised in Flint, Michigan, the son of a tool-and-die maker at AC Spark Plug. His father earned a college degree taking night classes and after graduation he took a management position at Ford’s plastics plant in Saline, Michigan. The Westins then moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Westin graduated from Pioneer High School. in 1970. He received a BA degree with honors and distinction from the University of Michigan, and a JD degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 1977. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to J. Edward Lumbard of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and later clerked for Lewis F. Powell of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1978 to 1979.

Westin has written the book Exit Interview, about his experiences as president of ABC News. It was released in May 2012.

ABC News
He was president of ABC News (from March 6, 1997, through December 3, 2010), responsible for all aspects of ABC News’ television broadcasts, including World News with Diane Sawyer, Nightline, Good Morning America, 20/20, Primetime, This Week with Christiane Amanpour, and World News Now, and ABC News Radio. During his tenure, ABC News received eleven George Foster Peabody Awards, 13 Alfred I DuPont Awards, four George Polk Awards, more than 40 News and Documentary Emmys, and more than 40 Edward R. Murrow Awards. On September 6, 2010, Westin announced he would retire from ABC, but would remain until the end of the year to give the company time to find a replacement. One news report said Westin was forced out by Disney CEO Robert Iger, but others reported that he had decided to pursue other interests—with one saying that he "got to announce his departure on his own terms".

Personal life
Westin has been married three times. His first wife was Martha (Stubbins) Johnson; they had two daughters, Victoria and Elizabeth. His second wife was Victoria Peters; they had one son, Matthew. Westin is currently married to Sherrie (née Sandy) Rollins Westin. She has an adopted daughter, Lily, from a previous marriage to political strategist Ed Rollins. They have a son, David Palmer, from their union. He is also a grandfather of three.

Selected publications

 * Westin, David (2012). Exit Interview New York, NY: Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9781466815568

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Anatoly Gorsky

Anatoly Veniaminovich Gorsky (Анатолий Вениаминович Горский) (c. 1907 – 1980), was a Soviet spy who, under cover as First Secretary "Anatoly Borisovich Gromov" of the Soviet Embassy in Washington, was secretly rezident in the United States at the end of World War II.

Career
Gorsky joined the Soviet secret police in 1928 and worked in the internal political police. In 1936 he transferred to foreign intelligence and was sent to England as cipher clerk and assistant to the London rezident. During the Great Purge of 1939 the London rezidentura was liquidated, and in March 1940 Gorsky was recalled to Moscow. Gorsky survived the purges and was appointed London rezident in November 1940, during the Hitler–Stalin Pact. In London his first cover was attaché, then second secretary of the Soviet embassy.

As London rezident Gorsky took over managing eighteen agents, including the Cambridge Five, and the initial Soviet penetration of the British atomic bomb project. The London rezidentura consisted of only three people. By the end of the war there were twelve operational workers. In the heaviest period of war, from 1941 to 1942 the London rezidentura was the basic information source of Soviet operations on Germany and countries of the anti-Hitler coalition. More than ten thousand documentary items along political, economic, military and other matter were sent from the London rezidentura to Moscow.

In September 1941 the London rezidentura obtained and sent to Moscow documentary materials on work in Great Britain and the US on the creation of nuclear weapons and supplied a constant stream of information. During January 1944 Gorsky returned to Moscow after the completion of this mission and was assigned deputy division head.

Espionage activities in the United States
Following the sudden recall of Vasily Zarubin in 1944, Gorsky was appointed rezident in the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified him the following year when, at the direction of the Bureau, defecting Soviet courier Elizabeth Bentley met under FBI surveillance with Gorsky, whom she knew as "Al."

When FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover informed Sir William Stephenson, head of British intelligence in the western hemisphere, of Bentley’s defection, the head of British counter-espionage against the Soviet Union—-Soviet agent Kim Philby of the Cambridge spy ring—-promptly alerted Soviet intelligence. Moscow cabled all U.S. station chiefs to “cease immediately their connection with all persons known to Bentley in our work [and] to warn the agents about Bentley’s betrayal.” The cable specifically ordered Gorsky to cease meeting with Harold Glasser, Donald Wheeler, Alan Rosenberg, Charles Kramer, Victor Perlo, Helen Tenney, Maurice Halperin, Lauchlin Currie, and others.

Gorsky sent a long memorandum to Moscow discussing the best way to kill Bentley. He considered shooting, poisoning, faking an accident or faking her suicide, suggesting that the job might be assigned to Joseph Katz. Within two months of the meeting, Gorsky had been recalled to Moscow, along with Iskhak Akhmerov and others.

Later career
In 1948, Gorsky authored the Gorsky memo, an internal Soviet secret police document in which he listed 43 Soviet sources and intelligence officers likely to be identified to American authorities by Bentley after her defection, including Alger Hiss, Harry White and Lauchlin Currie.

In 1953 Gorsky shifted to internal security work. For successful work in the United States Gorsky obtained the rank of Colonel and in 1945 was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War. He also received the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, the Order of the Badge of Honour, and the Order of the Red Star.

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User talk:Arturo Cruz

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Hi Arturo, though your addition of "The Opus Dei Information Office though has asserted that Dan Brown never interviewed any member of Opus Dei." in Criticisms of The Da Vinci Code is very welcome, could you add a source (URL) for that. --Túrelio 08:51, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

No refs in intro
Arturo, on Opus Dei you just removed a reference from the introduction (or Lead section) citing in your comments "no references in intro". Is this am actual Wikipedia rule/guideline, or just your opinion about what looks best? If it's an actual Wikipedia thing, I'm embarassed to say I've been violating it for some time on various articles. --Alecmconroy 09:36, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Okay-- so, am I correct in saying your removal of the ref wasn't because blanket belief that there shouldn't be references in introductions ever-- rather you thought in this particular case including the reference was excessive? I would suggest in the future you not delete the reference outright, but instead you move the reference to the main body of the article, so it's still in the article, just not in the lead section.  In any case, I won't revert it-- we're getting ready to start mediation to discuss major revisions to the article, so no point in quibbling about small things like this.  I just wanted to make sure there wasn't some big Wikipedia "no references in lead" rule that I'd been violating ten thousand times in my Wikipedia career. heheh --Alecmconroy 09:59, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Opus Dei

 * I did not fully understand your message about the Opus Dei article. This may be because I have not been involved in the article.  Could you explain in a little more detail perhaps?
 * Pax tecum,
 * Lostcaesar 16:35, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I am glad you called this to my attention. The article is using doubious sources, and is misrepresenting those at that.  I will work to improve this.  I will have to do so in stages so that co-editors have some time to digest each one.  Hope I can be of some help.  Lostcaesar 12:59, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Changes undone by JaimeHy

 * I'd appreciate it if we could discuss the changes we have each made, and not get into an "undo" war.

 * You have made the point that some criticisms of Opus Dei that I have written on already been described in the "criticism" section. To be honest, I'm very much of the opinion that segregating criticisms into a separate "Controversy" section leaves the article prone to "set 'em up and knock 'em down" approach to criticism. This is especially true if structured as it currently in the Opus article, with "Criticism" and "Replies to criticism" subsections.  I think controversy is dealt with better in the natural flow of any reasonably good prose.

 * By the way, I see you (along with other writers sympathetic to Opus) have mentioned John Allen in various comments on the Opus article as if he was an authoritative reference. I've just read his book, which contains some interesting new information.  I'd have to say, however, that I wasn't particularly impressed with his claims to objectivity.  This claim has been made in other books he has written on various aspects of the Roman Catholic Church.  However, saying it doesn't make it so. Have a look at this, for example: Jaimehy (talk) 15:03, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

 * interests

 * I take your point about the term "interests", being loaded. Your alternative, however, does not reflect the point I'm trying to make, which is about the fact that Opus Dei has a level of control over such organisations.  I have substituted the term "involvement". Jaimehy (talk) 14:02, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

 * (who, like most pious Spanish Catholics of the time, had sided with the victors)
 * You say this is a POV statement. This is a matter of historical fact (and a rather obvious one too).  I can add a few references if you like, but I honestly don't think that you need to for facts that are patently obvious to any objective observer.  Whether they were right or not to be on the side of the victors, now that is a POV. :o)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaimehy (talk • contribs) 14:07, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Last sentence of paragraph beginning with Initially, Opus Dei was only open to men...
 * I'd be happy to move the point of the sentence elsewhere, if the previous sentence (referring to Escrivá's genuinely interesting view that his early difficulties were because he was seen as too radical) is also moved. My intention was simply to contrast with it.  I'm open to arguments about moving both sentences in structural grounds, but I don't accept that the statement is a POV.  I have removed the terms "progressive" and "conservative" and replaced them with "liberalising" and "traditionalist", respectively, in order to make clear that we're talking about church currents, so that nobody feels misrepresented politically.  I'm now looking for a reference for this sentence.  I'll mark it as needing citation. Jaimehy (talk) 14:26, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Catholic journalists state that much of the criticisms are mere myths created by its opponents.
 * This sentence is extremely (mis)leading. I know what's the author is trying to say, but it is tantamount to calling critics of Opus as liars or fantasists.  I'm fairly sure if it's not originally yours, since you moved it, I took the occasion to remove it altogether. While I think the point is already clear in the article, I'd welcome more evenly-voiced alternative.Jaimehy (talk) 14:35, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi Arturo,

I'm sorry I've not been around. For very obvious reasons I've undone your removal of NPOV in the Opus article. I've be grateful if you'd explain why you felt there was no need for it.

--Jaimehy (talk) 20:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Opus Dei controversy section
If the main problem is a structure prone to being interpreted as a "set em up and knock em down", may I propose that we invert the order of the critical and supporting views. Please check this private fork = Opus Dei controversy section where I propose a new ordering. I hope this satisfies all parties. :) Kindly comment on this. Thanks. Marax (talk) 08:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

COI
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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Napoleon I of France/archive2

Napoleon I of France

 * This article is a former featured article candidate. You can view its previous nomination here

This was a failed FAC from several months ago, but it has had around 700 edits since then, and I think it deserves another shot at featured status. -- ⟳ ausa کui × 05:25, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Object 1) those headings make the ToC ugly. 2) Some sections are too short. 3) Overall page size 50kb! The article should be written in summary style. 3) Phrases such as It appeared the Napoleon of old was back.... This is not written in encyclopedic style.  =Nichalp   «Talk»=  05:48, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * Object. The image Image:NapLogo copy.jpg has no source or copyright information. --Carnildo 07:27, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I took that out to avoid your objection, but I guess some friendly fellow decided to put it back in. Oh well -- ⟳ ausa کui × 09:11, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Object. Article should be written in summary style, sections which have more information than necessary should split off into their own article. --AllyUnion (talk) 09:03, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. I agree about the summary style. This article is too long, and some of the information is redundant with related articles like Napoleonic Wars. Phil s 10:53, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Object, and think it should go back to Peer review. "In May, 2005 a team of Swiss physicians claimed… A team of physicians from the University of Monterspertoli led by Professor Biondi recently [when?] confirmed this." No citations for any of this, and pretty obviously the sort of thing that needs a citation. -- Jmabel | Talk 07:15, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

-- Mercenary2k | Talk 12:18 AM, March 4, 2006 (Toronto, Canada)
 * Support, I am a Napolean expert and this article is pretty good in summarizing him. This article failed previously to mentioned in Featured Article, but after more than 1000 edits.  I think it deserves another chance.
 * Object. I don't think that the article is too long, but I am dissapointed that there are so few inline citations. Out of 5 notes, nr 1 and 2 seem to be broken (not linked in main body). As for comprehensivness, I realize the article is already long (but there are FAs close to twice his lenght), and I'd like to see Polish Legions in Italy linked somewhere in the article. Finally, there seem to be a copyvio problem.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 05:26, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Object . Oppose.  No response to any objections, no improvement to the article.  See comments below.  The article has a serious shortage of line citations and violates WP:NPOV.  For example, the introduction praises the Napoleonic Code and describes Napoleon as a benevolent despot.  Nowhere in this article do I see that he also reimposed slavery on the French Caribbean (the revolution had ended it) or that the Napoleonic Code not only erased all the revolution's advances in women's rights, but imposed new inequalities that had not been a part of the Ancien Régime.  Married women in France had enjoyed property rights until Napoleon's era.  Moreover, his continuous wars decimated the adult male population so badly that after he escaped from Elba he could scarcely raise an army.  A pro-France and pro-Napoleon POV seeps into other issues, such as the unqualified assertion of the rather controversial view that the Russians deliberately burned Moscow in 1812. Durova 06:30, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, strangely, this nomination includes a reposting of several unanswered objections from six months ago. I've tried to solicit attention at the Napoleonic Era group of the military history project.  If no one is interested in attending this nomination and bringing the article up to FA quality I'll convert my objection to an opposing vote (quite sadly, since Wikipedia clearly needs a feature quality biography of this man). Durova 20:27, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Support, I don't see how the following can be interrpreted as Pro-Bonaparte/Pro-french POV: "After all, the military record is unquestioned—17 years of wars, perhaps six million Europeans dead, France bankrupt, her overseas colonies lost. And it was all such a great waste, for when the self-proclaimed tête d'armée was done, France's 'losses were permanent' and she 'began to slip from her position as the leading power in Europe to second-class status—that was Bonaparte's true legacy.'" This is a balanced, comprehensive and well-written if not consistantly brillant article. It passes my review. Especially since I still feel somewhat "dirty" about giving a passing grade to World War II, which is not IMO, as good as this one.--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 22:45, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Object. It's just too long, there isn't much else wrong. I would also note that 5 references for 53kb of text, especially when each is only cited once, is a little bit on the short side. I'd add refs and shorten the text. Staxringold 12:01, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


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Sisaundra Lewis

Sisaundra Lewis is an American singer, songwriter and producer from Haines City, Florida. She was a contestant on season 6 of the US series The Voice as a member of Blake Shelton's team. Sisaundra is currently the Producer and Host of 2 television shows on AFRO TV, an Afrotainment cable television network: The Sisaundra Show and AFROJAms a Live music performance television show.

Cable Television career
Sisaundra started her television career in 2019 when she was added as a co-host of AFRO TV daytime talk show for women, Point Of View. In 2021 she created and still hosts AFROJams; a monthly Live Music performance that has featured Grammy Award winning artists such as BeBe Winans, Tye Tribbett & Israel Houghton, to name a few. In September 2021 she was offered the opportunity to host her own daytime cable television talk show entitled The Sisaundra Show; currently in its second season. The Sisaundra show has recorded and broadcast over 200 episodes nationwide and is available daily at 7:00 PM on AFRO TV Comcast Xfinity Channel 1623.

Singing career
Born as one of eight children, Lewis grew up in Lake Hamilton, Florida singing in her father's church.

She had a singing career in the 2000s. She was invited by Peabo Bryson to join his international tour as a backing vocalist and new duet partner. She was backing vocalist, vocal director and choreographer with Céline Dion and shared the stage with renowned artists, including Michael Bolton, George Duke, Sheila E., Gloria Estefan, Enrique Iglesias, Patti LaBelle and Najee.

On September 10, 2005 she scored her first number-one U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart with her debut single "Shout" followed by a same titled album in 2006 on Global Records label, in both credited under the mononym Sisaundra. Sisaundra is of African American, Gullah, Nigerian descent also.

Songwriting and production career
She co-wrote "Emotional" in Najee's album My Point of View. The album reached number-one on Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart.

Her producer/writer credits include work with Gordon Chambers, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, Emilio Estefan, David Foster, Phil Galdston, Marvin Hamlisch, Tony Hemmings, Loris Holland, Tony Moran, Rohan Reid, Jim Steinman, Sting, Ric Wake and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

She has done many productions and voiceover/jingle work in TV commercials for a wide variety of products including Folgers Coffee, Sprite, Slimfast, Doublemint Gum, Sears, Arby's, Ziploc Bags, Coppertone and Dr. Pepper. She performed with Cirque du Soleil's show La Nouba in 2003 and from 2007-2014. She is also featured on the La Nouba DVD, filmed live in 2003.

In 2009, she was narrator in the documentary Sustaining Life written and directed by Robert Hess documenting ways to end extreme poverty in the world. The film was nominated for a 2009 Academy Award - in the Student Documentary category.

The Voice
In 2014, she auditioned for season 6 of the US The Voice. Her audition performing Aretha Franklin's song "Ain't No Way" was broadcast during the third episode of the Blind Auditions on March 3, 2014. All four coaches, namely Adam Levine, Usher, Shakira and Blake Shelton turned their chairs for her. She opted for Blake Shelton. She was ultimately eliminated during the Quarterfinals. In a last attempt to remain on the show and get the Twitter Instant Save, she performed "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", but fellow contestant Kat Perkins received it instead.

 * Performances
 * - Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes

Singles

 * 2021: "Let's Go Out" (as Sisaundra) [Afrotainers Music]

Album

 * 2006: Shout (as Sisaundra) [Global Records]

EPs

 * 2013: Sisaundra Lewis Live EP [Grove 2 Glam Media]

Singles

 * 2005: "Shout" (as Sisaundra) [Global Records / C.E.D Entertainment]
 * 2016: "#Winner"

 * Featured in
 * 2005: "Emotional" (Najee featuring Sisaundra) (also co-writing credits)

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Zombie Apocalypse (band)

Zombie Apocalypse is an American crossover thrash/metalcore band, formed by current members of Shai Hulud, Shallow Water Grave, and The Risk Taken, as well as former members of the 1990s New Jersey band Try.Fail.Try. In 1998, Shai Hulud members Matt Fox and Chad Gilbert created a zombie-themed band project, called Boddicker. They recruited ex-Poison the Well guitarist Russel Saunders. Boddicker recorded a two-song demo in 1998 that was never released. Those two songs are now Zombie Apocalypse songs.

Their music is characterized by very short, thrashcore-like, fast songs thematically concerned with zombies and the apocalypse, as the band name would imply. Their lyrics have a political undercurrent that uses horrific imagery as a metaphor to touch on various political, personal, and social issues. They have released two albums: This Is a Spark of Life, on Indecision Records and featuring artwork by Dan Henk, and a split with Leeds, UK-based, and fellow zombie enthusiasts, Send More Paramedics, called Tales Told by Dead Men, released in North America on Hell Bent Records and in Europe on In at the Deep End Records. They also contributed a cover of "Welcome to the Jungle" to a Guns N' Roses tribute album released by Reignition Records.

Although the term "zombiecore" has been used with reference to Zombie Apocalypse, the band itself has never made any claim to any specific genre.

Future
In an interview with Lambgoat Matt Fox revealed that an album is planned, and some songs have been written and a title decided. However, due to scheduling conflicts it is uncertain when the record will be completed.

Discography

 * 1998 - Boddicker demo
 * 2003 - This Is a Spark of Life (Indecision Records)
 * 2005 - Tales Told by Dead Men split EP with Send More Paramedics (In at the Deep End Records/Hellbent Records)
 * 2019 - Life Without Pain Is a Fucking Fantasy (Innerstrength Records)

Members

 * Matt Fox - guitar (guitar for Shai Hulud)
 * Matthew Fletcher - bass (bass for Shai Hulud)
 * Ronen Kauffman - vocals (vocals for try.fail.try; vocals for The Hostage)
 * Eric Dellon - vocals (vocals for Shai Hulud; drums for Shallow Water Grave)
 * Greg Thomas - guitar (guitar for Shai Hulud; vocals for Shallow Water Grave)
 * Russel Saunders - guitar (guitarist for Poison the Well)

Related bands

 * Shai Hulud
 * Poison the Well
 * Try.Fail.Try
 * The Risk Taken
 * Shallow Water Grave

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Paradise Beach

Paradise Beach is an Australian television series made by Village Roadshow Pictures. It was made in association with America's Genesis Entertainment which later merged with New World Television for the Nine Network, and aired between 1993 and 1994. The series was created by Wayne Doyle and is set around characters living and working on Queensland's Gold Coast and was filmed largely on location, offering views of crashing waves, golden beaches and scantily clad young women and men. Paradise Beach was intended not only as a rival to Australian soaps Neighbours and Home and Away, but also to be the first breakthrough Australian soap to air in the American market.

Production
Veteran Australian producer Jock Blair was the driving force behind Paradise Beach, with Nick McMahon as Executive Producer, and the first episodes of the soap were aimed at the American audience. Australian actress Tiffany Lamb used an American accent in her role as Lisa Whitman, and her opening storyline revolved around her childhood sweetheart Cooper Hart (played by Olivia Newton-John's then-husband Matt Lattanzi). Also appearing from the start were Robert Coleby (Chopper Squad, The Young Doctors) as Tom Barsby, and another familiar face was Andrew McKaige (Sons and Daughters, Prisoner) as Tom's younger brother Nick.

The rest of the original cast consisted of unknown actors all in their first acting roles. These included Ingo Rademacher, now famous for his separate roles in American series Titans and General Hospital. Here, he played Sean Hayden. His on-screen sister Tori, was played by Megan Connolly. The actress died on 6 September 2001 of a drug overdose, following short stints in Breakers and Home and Away. Finally, Raelee Hill was cast as scheming Loretta Taylor, Jaason Simmons was cast as bronzed lifeguard Harry Tait, Manu Bennett (credited as Jon Bennett) was cast as Kirk Barsby, son of Tom and his sister Cassie was played by Kimberley Joseph.

Retooling
When Paradise Beach was taken off the air in America, all traces of Americanism were removed and the producers concentrated on making the series work in its homeland and Europe. Matt Lattanzi departed, but not before Olivia Newton-John made a brief cameo, beaming down from the entrance of an aeroplane. Further additions to the cast included more experienced actors from other soaps including Melissa Bell from Neighbours as Emily Harris, and former-E Street regular Melissa Tkautz arrived as Vanessa Campbell. However, after two seasons, Nine Network eventually cancelled Paradise Beach after just 260 episodes.

After the series ended, Jaason Simmons joined the cast of Baywatch the following year. Kimberley Joseph featured in a recurring role in the cult-TV hit Lost as air hostess Cindy Chandler.

Reception
The series was largely savaged by the critics. With negative comparisons to the American shows Baywatch and Beverly Hills, 90210, the soap failed to make an impression in America in the Spring and Summer of 1993, as somewhat of a replacement for the similar style show Swans Crossing. In the UK, the soap was launched in a blaze of publicity on Sky Television in late October 1993 in the 6.30pm time slot with a 12.30pm repeat the following afternoon. Sky moved the more popular, but recently axed Australian soap opera, E Street to a weekend slot, but when Paradise Beach flopped in Britain as well as Australia, Sky moved E Street back to weekdays and Paradise Beach was screened at 6pm and mid day, creating an 'Aussie Soap Hour' for a few months until August 1994. Grampian Television broadcast the full series, every Monday to Wednesday at 17.10 slot from September 1995 and until July 1997. Many other countries around the world did broadcast the series. The show has never been released on VHS or DVD or digitally.

Parody
Paradise Beach was parodied extensively on the ABC's Late Show, where it was mocked for its poor acting, formulaic plots and characterizations, characters dancing every time rock-and-roll music was played, and that it was effectively an infomercial for the various properties of Village Roadshow and Warner Bros. Movie World, which the skit characters would point out in a fourth wall break mentioning its shooting location.

Cast

 * Emily Harris - Melissa Bell
 * Kirk Barsby - Manu Bennett
 * Paula Taylor - Zoe Bertram
 * Ken Hayden - Michael Caton
 * Tom Barsby - Robert Coleby
 * Tori Hayden - Megan Connolly
 * Anna Ritchie - Deborah Coulls
 * Joan Hayden - Paula Duncan
 * Karen Wolfe - Rebekah Elmaloglou
 * Robyn Devereaux - Isla Fisher
 * Andrew - Shane Ammann
 * Brooke Bannister - Gabrielle Fitzpatrick
 * William "Grommet" Ritchie - Anthony Hayes
 * Loretta Taylor - Raelee Hill
 * Roy McDermott - John Holding
 * Sam Dexter - Richard Huggett

 * Cassie Barsby - Kimberley Joseph
 * David Finn - Tayler Kane
 * Nick Barsby - Andrew McKaige
 * Chris Quinn - Scott Michaelson
 * Craig Ritchie - Eric Oldfield
 * Patrick Worthing - Doug Penty
 * Sean Hayden - Ingo Rademacher
 * Harry Tait - Jaason Simmons
 * Alex Harding - Emma Skinner
 * Vanessa Campbell - Melissa Tkautz
 * Shirley Barnett - Mark Mitchell
 * Peter - Gerry Sont
 * Pam So Oy - Theresa Wong
 * Karen Wolfe – Rebekah Elmaloglou
 * Voice Over - Simon James

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Talk:Shasu

Do we know anything else about the Shasu?
So far as I've heard, "Shasu" was a general term used by the Egyptians for the nomads of Sinai, Transjordan, and Palestine. Do we know what language they spoke? (Was it a Canaanite language, like the later peoples of those areas?) A connection with the Israelites (who spoke a Canaanite language) has been suggested; would that also suggest a connection with the Edomites, Moabites, Kenites, and Midianites, who were their cultural and linguistic relatives? In short, how much data do we actually have on the Shasu? --Rob117 05:27, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

THERE USED TO BE AN ENTRY IN EASTON'S BIBLE DICTIONARY +/- SMITH'S BIBLE DICTIONARY that linked the Shasu to Sheshai, the son of Anak, the son of Arba = Hebron = Hebrew and cognate with the SA.GAZ.

There have also been attempts to relate 'ly-'aneq' (mentioned in the Egyptian execration texts c.1800 bc) with the Anak of Canaan.--207.225.65.89 04:23, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Exodus of Shasu.
There was an uprising of an alleged 200,000 Shasu attackers and their allies along the border of Egypt and Sinai mentioned on inscriptions from Karnak. Seti I routed them into Canaan, along with his son Ramesses II c. 1300 to 1290 bc.

This group likely included Apiru and Shasu who worhsiped "Ywh" and later settled into Edom (Midian), and the Arabah, their original homeland. Later on some of these Shasu and Apiru settled into the Canaanite highlands and formed an ethnic identity of 'Israel' in the hills of Judah.

about 80 or 90 years after this massive war between the Shasu and Seti/Ramesses, we have Merenptah batteling the people of Israel in the higlands of Judah c. 1210.

The fact that Apiru and Shasu were slaves of War in Egypt's captivity c. 1500-1200 seems to suggest there is at least a historical plausibility behind the stories of "Hebrews" and nomads in bondage in Egypt. Indeed, if the Apiru(Habiru), included the hebrews of the bible, then we do have some nuggets of historical likeliness.--207.225.65.89 05:42, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Reply to above comment about Shasu
''There was an uprising of an alleged 200,000 Shasu attckers and their allies along the border of Egypt and Sinai mentioned on inscriptions from Karnak. Seti I routed them into Canaan, along with his son Ramesses II c. 1300 to 1290 bc.''

It was 20,000 not 200,000. Its supposed to be a group of Habiru and Shasu. Later, Egypt will use the term Shasu to anything that comes from the East. Just like Habiru, Shasu is more a generic term for the eastern groups.

''This group likely included Apiru nd Shasu who worhsiped "Ywh" and later settled into Edom (Midian), and the Arabah, their original homeland. Later on some of these Shasu and Apiru settled into the Canaanite highlands and formed an ethnic identity of 'Israel' in the hills of Judah.''

Midian is in Northwest Arabia, there are archeological proofs that Midian was only inhabited from 1300 to 1100 BCE. This corroborates the bible story (first when Moshe lived with Jethro and second when he led the Hebrews to Mt Sinai).

Moreover, Redford's idea about the origin of Biblical YHWH with a group called "Yhw in the land of Shasu" is pure speculation. The Shasu might well be the Biblical Sinaite Susim (speculation again !). Yhw could be a chief, an Egyptian toponym, or a further ethnonym. We don't know if the Shasu worshipped only one god (this is very unlikely for a nomadic tribe). There is no evidence of Shasu people settling in Judea before Merenptha.

--Squallgreg 18:38, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Rainey
To reiterate my edit summary, I removed the Rainey quote saying "I'm not sure why this was put here as it is covered earlier, and using better sources than BAR". It was inappropriately placed, and although BAR meets our criteria as a reliable source, any scholar of the ANE knows that there are much more reliable sources and that BAR isn't exactly without an agenda. The new edit using Rainey is much better as it is placed in the correct context and has a bit more detail. The edit summary saying "To reject a relevant source is a violation of NPOV. The Amarna letters are not mentioned elsewhere" misrepresents my reason for removing Rainey originally. And there can be good reasons to reject a relevant source that do not fall foul of our guidance on NPOV, but that isn't what's happened here anyway. dougweller (talk) 20:01, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Current edits
I'm working on this again but not at home where I have better access to sources. I may have been to hasty in using the reference I just did, as I see the author is a geologist and reading further I'm very dubious about her qualifications to make the claims she does. There are some sources from the early 70s, eg Lipinski, but I prefer to use later sources. EG this pdf, Thompson's Early history of the Israelite people . amd Ancient Ammon. Dougweller (talk) 10:13, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Ahlström
Found this snippet: The History of Ancient Palestine from the Palaeolithic ... - Page 277 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hMVtAAAAMAAJ  Gösta Werner Ahlström, Gary Orin Rollefson, Diana Vikander Edelman - 1993 - Snippet view -  Gösta Werner Ahlström, Gary Orin Rollefson, Diana Vikander Edelman ... "when several new settlements were built.6 Thus, these Shasu, together with everybody else who lived in the hills, later became what is known as Israelites." But we can't use snippets. Doug Weller talk 13:36, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Shasu hieroglyphs
Has anyone checked those hieroglyphs for accuracy? Temerarius (talk) 22:44, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Should the lead be summaric or not?
A few weeks ago, you added a to the lead. Now, in my opinion, the lead should contain a brief summary of the main topics in the main text; whence in general it should not be as detailed as the article itself. Hence, I think, the summaric facts stated in the lead should not always be explained or verified in the lead, if there are adequate and easily found such explanations and verifications in the text proper. Your "who" question is a typical example; if you read the article, you quickly find your question amply answered.

If you agree, I think that the "who" template just could be removed. Regards, JoergenB (talk) 11:46, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

 * There are citations throughout the article introduction, in keeping with WP:LEDECITE. In fact, that line is just about the only unreferenced part of the lead. I found the statement controversial, and as such the policy regarding citations in the lead would suggest that at least one citation supporting the statement would be appropriate. Thanks! —  Spike  Toronto  06:49, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your explanation!
 * IMHO, the fact that other parts of the lead might be regarded as a bit 'over-sourced' is no real argument in this context. (This quite probably is due to the kind of good faith but perhaps slightly overzealous editing discussed in the last paragraph of WP:LEADCITE.) On the other hand, the fact that at least one editor of good standing found the statement controversial definitely is a real (and IMHO decisive) argument. However, this leaves us with a problem.
 * It would of course be possible just to add (copies of) the links to Redford and Rainey, respectively, and elsewise leave that lead sentence unchanged. However, I think that this would give undue weight to their respective arguments. In the article, as you can see, Redford's and Rainey's arguments and conclusions are presented (separately); but so are counterarguments by other scholars (and the other views in total are clearly given more weight in the present article, I should say). It also would be possible to expand that lead sentence to some 'on the one hand... but on the other...'; but this is a move in the direction I would like to avoid; to cram all article content into the lead.
 * One somewhat unorthodox solution might be to leave the short sentence as it is, and just add a "reference" to the relevant section; possibly in the form of a footnote. Now, in general, we also don't expand or replace the lead by a 'Content'; we rather rely on the automatic software content extraction of the section and subsection headings. In this case, perhaps an exception could be motivated by the fact that the section title does not explicitly inform the reader that this be the right place to look.

 * So, would it be sufficient from your point of view just to add the following as a footnote?
 * So, e.g., D. B. Redford[reference] and A. F. Rainey[reference]; this is discussed in the section Shasu.
 * Regards, JoergenB (talk) 11:28, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Thank you, ! How about no citation and something along these lines (please forgive the deficient "literary-ness" of the example): Some scholars link the Israelites and Yahweh with the Shasu, while others find this theorised linkage objectionable. Thanks! — Spike  Toronto  15:31, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * P.S. I very much appreciate the analysis you provided above. It was very useful! — Spike  Toronto  15:34, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Well, perhaps; but this does introduce a bit of that 'on the one hand... but on the other...' kind of discussion I would prefer to avoid in the lead. If you just want to ensure that the reader understands that this is contested, couldn't we just write A few (but far from all) scholars link the Israelites and Yahweh with the Shasu? JoergenB (talk) 22:11, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Perfect! — Spike  Toronto  03:13, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ JoergenB (talk) 13:53, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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Treacherous Three

The Treacherous Three was a pioneering American hip hop group that was formed in 1978 and consisted of DJ Easy Lee, Kool Moe Dee, L.A. Sunshine, Special K and Spoonie Gee (who left in the late 1970s), with occasional contributions from DJ Dano B, DJ Reggie Reg and DJ Crazy Eddie. They first appeared on record in 1980 on the B-side of Spoonie Gee's single, "Love Rap".

Origin
Kool Moe Dee and L.A Sunshine (Lamar Hill) grew up in the same neighborhood and they met DJ Easy Lee (Theodore Moy'e) in elementary school. Kool Moe Dee and Easy Lee both went to Norman Thomas high school where they met Special K (Kevin Keaton). DJ Easy Lee met Spoonie G through playing basketball and through his sister who knew Spoonie G. When Spoonie G left the group, Kool Moe Dee replaced him with Special K. Although he technically had left the group, Spoonie G was still affiliated. Spoonie G released a single called "Spoonin Rap" with the record label Sound of New York. After his relationship broke down with the label, he got a deal with Enjoy which was owned by his uncle, Bobby Robinson. He managed to persuade his uncle to let the Treacherous Three do a song on the B-side of his first single with Enjoy, which was called "Love Rap" and the B-side was the song "New Rap Language", which was released in 1980. "New Rap Language" was popular and made the group notable for the fast rapping style they used (double time rapping), which would be what they were originally known for. After this, Enjoy gave the group a single deal.

First releases
Also in 1980, they released "Body Rock," which was one of the first records to mix hip-hop and rock and roll. They also released "At the Party", "Put the Boogie In Your Body" and "Feel the Heartbeat" (1981), the latter of which was popular at the time. The group approached Bobby Robinson to express their unhappiness with the money they were making at the time; the group received $3,000 each for each record they made.

Sugarhill Records
In 1981, they moved to Sugar Hill Records. Their first single at Sugarhill was "Whip It", which featured singer Philippé Wynne, formerly of The Spinners. That single sampled the Dazz Band 1982 hit "Let It Whip". They then released the song "Yes We Can-Can", which followed on from the political trend that was set by the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's single "The Message". In 1983, they released "Action", "Turning You On" and "Get Up". In 1984, they released, "Xmas Rap" and "Santa's Rap". By 1985 the group was being overshadowed by newer, more advanced groups such as Run-D.M.C. and L.A Sunshine was getting increasingly frustrated with their financial situation at Sugarhill, and eventually became disillusioned with making records. During this time many of the groups signed to Sugarhill Records were put on suspension, and Special K and L.A Sunshine did not want to make any more records for Sylvia Robinson (the co-owner of Sugarhill). Kool Moe Dee was the only MC in the group that was still actively working for Sugarhill, writing for the Sugarhill Gang. In 1985, Kool Moe Dee managed to persuade Special K and L.A Sunshine to go back into the studio to record "Gotta Rock". When it came to recording the B-side to "Gotta Rock", "Turn it Up" L.A Sunshine did not turn up to the recording session and Special K did not stay for the full session. Kool Moe Dee felt that Special K's rhymes were not up to his usual standards and therefore left them out. This would lead to the rise to Kool Moe Dee's solo career and the breakup of the group.

Film career
The Group also had a short lived film career. Kool Moe Dee and L.A Sunshine had a brief cameo appearance in the movie Wildstyle, at the end of the film they are seen performing. Kool Moe Dee can also be seen briefly during the film as well. In 1984, they appeared in the film Beat Street, where they performed their song "Santa's Rap" along with a young Doug E. Fresh. Kool Moe Dee later went on to appear in numerous films and television programmes after the group split up. Kool Moe Dee released rap single, "Wild Wild West", in 1988.

Reunion
In 1993, the group resurfaced to do a reunion album on Easy Lee's record label, Wrap Records. The album, Old School Flava was released in 1994. The first single released was "Feel the New Heartbeat" which was a remix of the original record "Feel the Heartbeat", the new version included Doug E. Fresh. DJ Easy Lee expressed the view that one of the reasons that the album was not as well received as they thought it would be, was because the new version of "Feel the Heartbeat" was almost exactly the same, and that they should have released the posse cut "We Wit It" which featured Big Daddy Kane, Chuck D, Grandmaster Caz, Heavy D, Melle Mel, and Tito (of The Fearless Four); this song was a lot more popular but was never released as a single. In 1999, the group released Turn It Up which featured previously released records and was their unofficial greatest hits album. Since then the group has not released any new material.

Legacy
The Treacherous Three are remembered as the originators of fast rapping, directly influencing MCs such as T La Rock, LL Cool J, and Rakim. They are also known as the first MC's to represent lyrical rap. They were also the first MCs to perform in Brazil, Holland, and Bermuda and were among the first MC's to travel to approximately 14 other countries.

Kool Moe Dee began a successful solo career in 1986 and is known for such classic hits as "Wild Wild West", Go See the Doctor, "God Made Me Funke", "I Go to Work" and "How Ya Like Me Now". Moe Dee also became known for his long-standing rivalry with LL Cool J. Special K put out his own solo single in 1987. L.A. went on to choreograph all of Kool Moe Dee's videos just as he did with all of the Treacherous Three's shows. DJ Easy Lee moved on to producing music and took a job as National Director of Promotions at Ichiban Records.

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Peniscola

Peñíscola or Peníscola  and officially Peñíscola/Peníscola, anglicised as Peniscola, is a municipality in the Province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The town is located on the Costa del Azahar, north of the Serra d'Irta along the Mediterranean coast. It is a popular tourist destination.

History
Peniscola, often called the "Gibraltar of Valencia", and locally as "The City in the Sea", is a fortified seaport, with a lighthouse, built on a rocky headland about 220 feet (67 m) high, and joined to the mainland by only a narrow strip of land (tombolo). Peníscola is a local evolution of Latin peninsula. The history of the place goes back to the Iberians. Later the town became Phoenician, named Tyreche, then Greek, under the name Chersonesos (meaning "peninsula"). It was next captured by the Carthaginians under Hamilcar Barca; legend has it that this is the place where he made his son Hannibal swear an oath that he would never be a friend of Rome.

The present castle was built by the Knights Templar between 1294 and 1307. In the fourteenth century it was garrisoned by the Knights of Montesa, and in 1420 it reverted to the Crown of Aragon. From 1415 to 1423 it was the home of the schismatic Avignon pope Benedict XIII (Pedro de Luna), whose name is commemorated in the Castell del Papa Luna, the name of the medieval castle, and Bufador del Papa Luna, a curious cavern with a landward entrance through which the seawater escapes in clouds of spray.

The castle
The castle was originally built in 1307 by the Knights Templar and then in 1319 it was taken over by the Order of Montesa, they then ceded the castle to the Supreme Pontiff. The castle was also where the Antipope Benedict XIII lived from 1417 until his death in 1423. In 1960 the castle was restored using a pastiche along with addition of new walls which were added for Anthony Mann's film El Cid which was partially filmed there. The town and castle of Peníscola played the role of Valencia. The castle is now a popular tourist attraction and the beaches and surrounding area are a popular family holiday resort.

Music festivals
Each summer, Peniscola hosts two music festivals: the International Festival of Ancient and Baroque Music (since 1996) and the International Jazz Festival of Peniscola (since 2004). At the beginning of August, a pyromusical show opens the International Festival of Ancient and Baroque Music.

Film festival
Peniscola hosted an annual comedy film festival that draws Spanish and foreign actors and filmmakers, and features screenings in historic venues. That the festival celebrates comedy is a natural fit; the city was the backdrop for Luis García Berlanga's comedic masterpiece Calabuch.

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Prematurity in Scientific Discovery
I reverted because the usage quoted simply seems like an application of the ordinary meaning of prematurity to me. Can you cite an example of the specific technical use of the this term? alteripse 05:08, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I reverted back and added a citation.--Carl Hewitt 05:42, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

ok. stet. alteripse 18:03, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

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New Zealand Great Walks

The New Zealand Great Walks are a set of popular tramping tracks developed and maintained by the Department of Conservation. They are New Zealand's premier tracks, through areas of some of the best scenery in the country, ranging from coastlines with beaches to dense rain forests and alpine terrain. The tracks are maintained to a high standard, making it easier for visitors to explore some of the most scenic parts of New Zealand's backcountry.

The walks range from 32 km length to 82 km in length and take between 3 and 6 days to complete, with the Whanganui Journey on river being 145 km long over 5 days.

Only the Tongariro Northern Circuit and the Kepler Track are loop walks, all other Great Walks require transport to return to the starting point.

History
The Great Walks network was established by the Department of Conservation in 1992. The network was established both as a way to advertise hiking in New Zealand, but also as a means of managing and conserving the most popular tracks which were increasingly being damaged by unrestricted tourism.

Seven of the walks are covered by Google Street View from November 2015.

Facilities
The backcountry huts are conveniently located, comfortable, well-equipped, and high capacity. Both the huts and tracks on the Great Walks are of a higher standard than other tramping tracks in the country. These tracks are very popular with overseas visitors, partly due to their heavy promotion by the Department of Conservation and tourism operators. All of the Great Walks have booking systems to manage visitor pressure. Guided walks are available through private operators along many of the walks.

There is no charge required for walking access to the Great Walks, however, charges apply for overnight accommodation at the huts or campsites. To conserve the tracks, it is illegal to camp within 500 m of a Great Walk track or 1 km of the Milford Track except at designated campsites. It is not possible to access the Milford Track without having booked the track accommodation, as both ends of the track require boat transport to get there. Sections of the Abel Tasman Coastal Track are particularly popular for day walks without overnight accommodation, as even the middle sections are serviced by water taxis.

List of routes

North Island
 * Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk
 * Tongariro Northern Circuit – the second day of the circuit follows the Tongariro Alpine Crossing over volcanic terrain.
 * Whanganui Journey — this is actually not a walk but a kayak voyage on New Zealand's longest navigable river. It is however managed under the Great Walks system.

South Island
 * Abel Tasman Coast Track – the most popular track.
 * Heaphy Track – at 82 kilometres the longest of the walking tracks, delivering the biggest contrast from palm-fringed beaches to sub-alpine tussock grasslands.
 * Routeburn Track – at 32 kilometres the shortest of the walking tracks.
 * Milford Track – the most famous of the Great Walks.
 * Paparoa Track and Pike29 Memorial Track – 55 km track
 * Kepler Track

Stewart Island / Rakiura

 * Rakiura Track

Future expansion
In 2018, the Department of Conservation investigated the addition of an eleventh Great Walk with the finalists being:

 * Te Paki Coastal Track in Northland
 * Queen Charlotte Track in the Marlborough Sounds
 * Hump Ridge Track in coastal Southland

In July 2019, it was decided that the 61-km Hump Ridge Track will become the 11th Great Walk. There will be an upgrade to track and hut facilities, costing approx NZ$5m. The goal is to have this track join the Great Walks network in 2023.

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Buenos Aires Police

Buenos Aires Police may refer to:

Police Agencies

 * Buenos Aires Provincial Police (Serving Buenos Aires Province).
 * Buenos Aires City Police (Serving the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires).
 * Buenos Aires Metropolitan Police (Old police department of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires).

title: Buenos Aires Police


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Buenos Aires Provincial Police

The Buenos Aires Provincial Police (Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, informally Policía Bonaerense) is the police service responsible for policing the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina.

It is one of the biggest police services of Argentina, responsible for policing a province of over 15 million inhabitants, about 38% of Argentina's entire population. The Federal Capital district of Buenos Aires city is under the separate jurisdiction of the Buenos Aires City Police.

The institution is usually referred to as Policía Bonaerense, where bonaerense is the demonym for the Province of Buenos Aires. This contrasts with porteño, used for the inhabitants of the Buenos Aires city.

This police force is subordinate to the Provincial Ministry of Security headed by Javier Alonso.

Police Ranks
Until January 2005, the Buenos Aires Police used the same rank system as employed by the Federal Police and other Argentine provincial police forces. This system consisted of seventeen ranks, of which nine were for (commissioned) officers and eight were for sub-officers (including the basic rank of agent). A new and simplified rank system was established through passage of a law governing police personnel.

This system officially abolished the distinction between (commissioned) officers and sub-officers. It instituted a rank system consisting of the following nine ranks, listed in descending order:

Current rank system
As of 2009, a new law modified the police ranks and established some variations (Ley 13.982/09). It establishes different personnel rankings ("Escalafones" as they are called in Spanish), which relate to operational responsibilities:

The current levels for the Command sub-ranking are (ten levels) in descending order: Comisario General
 * Officers of the General ranking;
 * Officers of the Command ranking;
 * Professional Officers;
 * Administrative Officers;
 * Technical Officers;
 * General Services personnel;
 * 911 personnel;
 * Civilian personnel.
 * 1) Conducting Officers:

Comisario Mayor Comisario Inspector Comisario
 * 2) Supervision Officers:
 * 3) Chief Officers:

Subcomisario Oficial Principal
 * 4) Subordinate Officers:

Oficial Inspector

Oficial Subinspector

Oficial Ayudante

Oficial Subayudante

The General sub-ranking defines seven levels (the general sub-ranking is subordinate to the commando sub-ranking, so its highest ranking is subordinate to the lowest ranking of commando officers): Mayor (Major)
 * 1) Superior Officers:

Capitán (Captain)

''Teniente 1ro. (First Lieutenant)'' Teniente (Lieutenant)
 * 2) Subordinate Officers:

Subteniente (Sublieutenant)

Sargento (Sergeant)

Oficial (Officer) Both the Commando and General rankings represent the sworn officers (armed personnel). The other rankings constitute the support staff. For the Professional, Technical and Administrative sub-rankings, the levels of the Commando sub-ranking is employed. The subordinate relationship between the subrankings makes the Commando ranking the highest group over all.
 * 3) Police Academy cadet.

Arms

 * Bersa Thunder 9
 * Taurus PT92
 * Ithaca 37
 * Hatsan Escort AimGuard
 * Mossberg 500
 * FMK-3
 * IMI Uzi
 * FN FAL
 * Remington 700

Vehicles

 * Toyota Hilux
 * Renault Duster Oroch
 * Chevrolet Astra
 * Ford Ranger
 * Ford Focus
 * Toyota Etios
 * Volkswagen Voyage
 * Fiat Siena
 * Iveco Daily
 * Ram 1500

Helicópters

 * MBB Bo 105
 * Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil

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User talk:Hagie

Welcome
Hello , and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Psy guy (talk) 05:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
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Hmm, ok, it looks like I am screwing up a lot on leaving reasons for edits...my apologies, I'll work on that. Hagie 07:46, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, I figured I'd just leave it for people who normally work on the article to decide. You were probably right to remove it. Everyking 08:26, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Wow! It really looks like you got off to a good start on the vandal whacking. Keep up the good work. Psy guy (talk) 14:56, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

re: vandal
I checked his contrib log. He's a vandal allright, but far from the worst one. :) Inter\Echo 22:56, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/September 2, 2005

It says (understandably) that only admins can edit "Today's featured article". So "recomissioned" should be spelled "recommissioned", and "decomissioned" should be spelled "decommissioned".Art LaPella 05:40, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

Ambiguous, possibly incorrect sentence
At her launching, the ship was christened by her ship's sponsor: Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of Harry S. Truman, then a senator from Missouri.

Can someone help me understand the above sentence? If the pronoun her above refers to the ship, what does her ship mean? Am I missing something here?

Also, who was the Senator at that time, Mary or Harry? For this, I can look up the articles, though. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 06:06, September 2, 2005 (UTC)


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User:Arturo Cruz

I am a Filipino, i.e. a resident and citizen of the Philippine Islands. It has 7100 islands. On low tide, they say, the numbers might be different...:-)

Arturo Cruz

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Pacific Drive (TV series)

Pacific Drive is an Australian television series made by Village Roadshow in association with New World International for the Nine Network which screened for 390 episodes from 29 January 1996 to December 1997, when it concluded it was show in reruns being in a late night timeslot for years. It was also repeated (and edited to tone down its racier overtones) for a daytime slot on Nine while they lobbied (unsuccessfully) to the Australian Broadcasting Authority for a daytime drama to count towards their local drama quota points.

Despite getting 1.7 million viewers for its first episode at 9.30pm, within a few weeks the show was getting just 135,000 viewers in its regular 11pm timeslot. Most critics described it as rubbish but some changed their minds during the show's second season. 'The Sydney Morning Herald said it was "immeasurably improved in looks, acting and writing" while The Sunday Telegraph named it one of the 10 Best Shows on TV for 1997. The "final" episode was screened on 6 April 2000 before Nine realised a mistake had been made (when the first three episodes had been edited down into a punchier one hour premiere) so they eventually screened the last episode a year later as a one-off send-off. Had it aired without interruption, it would have taken just 18 months to complete its run instead of five years.

Series synopsis
The series was conceived as a flamboyant, melodramatic soap opera and dealt with the lives of wealthy Australians living on the Gold Coast. Although criticised for being an Australian copy of the American soap opera Melrose Place, its outrageous storylines drew comparisons to Nine's early 90s drama series, Chances, and some critics described Pacific Drive as "...Chances on Vallium" – storylines included corporate scheming, various affairs, serial killers and a lesbian love triangle (the first on an Australian TV soap) – saw the series gain a cult reputation.

Storylines
The soap opera opened with the murder of Sonia Kingsley and introduced all the characters via her murder investigation (the 4WD killer turned out to be her secret lover Adam). Daughter Amber Kingsley came to town and married her stepfather Trey in a bid to get her mother's fortune which was based around a radio station. But her bitchy ways pushed Trey over the edge and he snapped and became a serial killer, eventually murdering Callie, Sondra, Nick, Cameron and his sister-in-law Georgina. He was arrested while holding Amber hostage but was found innocent after faking multiple personalities and escaped the Drive with Bethany, only to electrocute himself while trying to drown her.

Pacific Drive was the first Australian drama to get its own website and the feedback from fans revealed that they loved some characters and loved to hate some others. One who didn't get a mention either way was Laura so writer Bevan Lee did a lookalike story but avoided the twin cliche. When doppelgänger Anna came to town coveting Laura's life (and her fiancé Luke who had been revealed to be Sonia's secret son and therefore another Kingsley heir), Simone Buchanan took turns playing both roles while her former Hey Dad..! co-star Sarah Monahan played her double in two-shots. Luke went in search of his real father, Bill Garland, but he killed himself when it was revealed he had been molesting his daughter Liza who died of an ecstasy overdose in Joel's nightclub.

When Rowena Wallace accidentally overdosed, scripts were hastily re-written for Mara's gay theatrical friend Marcus to continue her scheming. After she returned to the show but in need of more medical care, Mara was hit by a car and woke up with amnesia, now being played by Olivia Hamnett

Amongst all the bed-hopping, Zoe was the most active but only after she came out as a lesbian. Her girlfriends included Margaux, Dior, Sondra, Kay and Gemma before she fell pregnant and married Tim to keep him in the country (with TV Soap remarking that a lesbian and a prostitute marrying must be Australian TV's most bizarre wedding ever). The show's other great legacy amongst its many gay fans was Bethany learning she was HIV positive but when Nine changed the show's direction (preferring to screen it in daytime rather than late night), Bethany remarked how her combination therapies were working and Zoe settled down to wedded bliss with Tim, thereby bringing all edgy stories to an end.

The show ended with Bethany calling off her marriage to Grant when his newly recovered mother Mara began to interfere again. Anna, caught faking a pregnancy to Luke, told Dr Josh she was in love with him and promised she would try to curb her crazy tendencies. Tim died when fell foul of a drug sting gone wrong and Zoe told Martin she would never forgive him for organising the police operation. Amber quit her corporate lifestyle and drove in search of Brett, the former gigolo who had been married to her aunt whom she now realised was the love of her life.

Original cast members

 * Simone Buchanan as Laura Harris and her doppelgänger Anna Dodwell
 * Mark Constable as Adam Stephens, the Kingsley family lawyer who is revealed to be Sonia's killer
 * Andre Eikmeier as Rick Carlyle, a real estate agent, involved with Callie and later Bethany
 * Steve Harman as Luke Bowman, lifeguard and Sonia's illegitimate son
 * Darrin Klimek	as Tim Browning, a Canadian who becomes a male prostitute
 * Adrian Lee as Joel Ritchie, Amber's scheming boyfriend from the city, later involved with Bethany
 * Joss McWilliam as Martin Harris, police detective investigating Sonia's murder, Laura's brother
 * Lloyd Morris as Trey Devlin, Sonia's husband, a talkback radio host
 * Kate Raison as Georgina Ellis, Sonia's sister
 * Danielle Spencer as Callie Macrae, a paramedic and Zoe's best friend and crush
 * Christine Stephen-Daly as Amber Kingsley, Sonia's bitchy, manipulative daughter
 * Libby Tanner as Zoe Marshall, a lesbian who works for the Kingsleys
 * Erik Thomson as Brett Barrett, a local gigolo involved with Sonia, Tom's mentor on the trade
 * Melissa Tkautz as Bethany Daniels, a HIV positive model, involved with Rick, Adam and Joel

Later additions

 * Rowena Wallace (1996) and Olivia Hamnett (1997) as Mara de Villenois
 * Les Hill as Grant Crozier, Bethany's husband
 * Peter Kowitz as Dr. Josh Michaels
 * Katy Charles as Detective Angela Dickinson.

Recurring

 * Virginia Hey as Margaux Hayes, an American business woman, Zoe's first girlfriend
 * Clodagh Crowe as Dior Shelby, Zoe's second girlfriend
 * Brigid Kelly as Kay West, Zoe's third girlfriend
 * Helen Dallimore as Sondra Westwood, Zoe's fourth girlfriend
 * Katherine Lee as Gemma Patterson, Zoe's fifth girlfriend
 * Arthur Dignam as Marcus, a gay theatrical agent
 * Jason Langley as Jo, Tim's transgender friend
 * Chris Haywood as Bill Garland, Eliza's father

Guests

 * Malcolm Kennard as Cameron Bridges (1 episode)
 * Rebekah Elmaloglou as Eliza Garland (1 episode)
 * Grant Bowler as Garth Stephens (1 episode)

title: Pacific Drive (TV series)