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This is the guide to Wikipedia's articles for deletion (AFD) process, one of several mechanisms by which objects are considered for removal from Wikimedia. The AFD process is an implementation mechanism of the Deletion policy for articles (as opposed to images, redirects, etc.). It is supported by the companion speedy deletion process.

You may have come here because an AFD deletion notice was applied to an article that you wrote. Please read this guide to see what happens now and how you can contribute to the process.

Overview
For those not familiar with the deletion process, a brief synopsis:
 * 1) Anyone acting in good faith may challenge whether or not a particular article is appropriate for inclusion in Wikipedia.  They nominate the article.
 * 2) The community as a whole takes five days to discuss the nomination.  All users are encouraged to present relevant facts and evidence in support of the discussion.
 * 3) At the end of the discussion period, an experienced Wikipedian will determine if a rough consensus was reached on the fate of the article and will "close" the discussion.

Please do not take it personally
Please remember that the deletion process is about the appropriateness of the article for inclusion in Wikipedia. A deletion nomination is not a rejection of the author or an attack on his/her value as a member of the Wikipedia community. Over time, the Wikipedians have invested a great deal of thought in the question of what should and should not be included. Please take the time to review those standards. Please do not take a nomination personally.

See:
 * What Wikipedia is not
 * Criteria for inclusion of biographies
 * WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines
 * WikiProject Webcomics/Notability and inclusion guidelines
 * WikiProject Numbers — notability and inclusion guidelines for number articles
 * Companies, corporations and economic information/Notability and inclusion guidelines

Please be tolerant of others
Please remember is that AFD is a busy and repetitive place. The people who volunteer to work the AFD process may seem terse, gruff and abrupt. They are not (usually) being intentionally rude. We value civility and always try to assume good faith. However, over a hundred articles are nominated for deletion each day. Experienced Wikipedians have been through thousands of deletion discussions and have read and thought through many of the same arguments many times before. For speed, some employ shorthands (described below) rather than typing out the same reasoning and arguments again and again. They are trying to be efficient, not rude.

Deletion discussions follow the normal Wikipedia talk page etiquette. Please be familiar with the policies of not biting the newcomers, Wikiquette, no personal attacks, and civility before contributing.

Sockpuppets are bad
One exception to the principle of assume good faith concerns the use of sockpuppets. This tactic is commonly employed by vandals and bad-faith contributors who create multiple user accounts in an attempt to bias the decision process. A close variation is to enlist others from outside Wikipedia to "run in" (for example, if my vanity article on a web forum is up for deletion and I post a call for other forum members to "help keep our website in Wikipedia"). Signs of these tactics are that a contributor's account was created after discussion began, that a contributor has few edits or that a contributor's other edits have been vandalism. Other Wikipedians will draw attention to such facts.

Unfortunately, (vandalism aside) such cases are notoriously hard to distinguish from good-faith contributors writing their first article or from anonymous users who finally decide to log in. If someone does point out your light contribution history, please take it in the spirit it was intended - a fact to be weighed by the closing admin, not an attack on the person.

Because of our past problems, opinions offered by new or anonymous users are often met with suspicion and may be discounted during the closing process. This decision is made at the discretion of the closing admin after considering the contribution history and pattern of comments. In practice, civil comments and logical arguments are often given the benefit of doubt while hostile comments are presumed to be bad-faith. Please note that verifiable facts and evidence are welcome from anybody and will be considered during the closing process.

You may edit the article during the discussion
You and others are welcome to continue editing the article during the discussion period. Indeed, if you can address the points raised during the discussion by improving the article, you are encouraged to edit a nominated article (noting in the discussion that you have done so if your edits are significant ones).

There are, however, a few restrictions upon how you may edit an article:
 * You must not blank the article (unless it is a copyvio).
 * You must not modify or remove the AFD notice.
 * You must not rename the article unless you rename the associated discussion page(s) in parallel and update the section headings on the discussion page(s) to note the old and new names.
 * You should not turn the article into a redirect. A functioning redirect will overwrite the AFD notice.  It may also be interpreted as an attempt to "hide" the old content from scrutiny by the community.
 * You should exercise extreme caution before merging any part of the article. If you are bold but the community ultimately decides to delete the content, all your mergers must be undone.  (This is necessary in order to remain compliant with the attribution history requirement of GFDL.)  It is far better to wait until the discussion period is complete.

Deletion process

 * Main article: deletion policy

Deletion of articles from Wikipedia occurs through one of two processes. So-called speedy deletion involves the scrutiny of only a few people before an article is deleted. The allowable criteria for speedy-deletion are deliberately very narrow. Articles which do not meet those narrow criteria or which might be controversial are discussed by the community through the AFD process.

Nomination
Before nominating an article please:
 * check the deletion policy to see what things are not reasons for deletion. Consider whether you actually want the article to be merged, expanded, or cleaned up rather than deleted, and use the appropriate mechanism instead of AFD.
 * investigate the possibility of rewriting the article yourself (or at least creating a stub on the topic and requesting expansion) instead of deleting it.
 * check the "what links here" link to see how the article is being used within Wikipedia.
 * check that what you wish to delete is an article. Templates, categories, images, redirects and pages not in the main article space (including user and Wikipedia namespace pages) have their own deletion processes separate from AFD.

If you still think the article should be deleted, you must nominate it and open the AFD discussion. Nomination is a three-stage process. Please carefully follow the instructions at the bottom of the Articles for deletion page. You must perform all three stages of the process. Nominations follow a very specific format because we transclude the discussion page onto a consolidated list of deletion discussions. This makes it more efficient for other participants to find the discussion and to determine if they have anything relevant to add. Incomplete nominations may be discarded or ignored. If you need help, ask.

Anyone can make a nomination including anonymous users. The nomination, however, must be in good faith. Nominations that are clearly vandalism may be discarded.

Nominations imply a recommendation to delete the article unless the nominator specifically says otherwise. (Some nominations are performed by experienced users on behalf of others, either because they are inexperienced with the AFD process or because the deletion recommendation was the result of a separate discussion.)

Discussion
Discussion occurs on a dedicated discussion page, a sub-page of Articles for deletion named after the article.

For consistency, the form for the discussion is a bulleted list below the nomination text. You may indent the discussion by using multiple bullets. Mixing of bullets and other forms of indentation is discouraged because it makes the discussion much harder for subsequent readers to follow.

Sign any contribution that you make by adding ~ to the comment. Unsigned contributions may be discounted at the discretion of the volunteer who closes the discussion.

Anyone acting in good faith can contribute to the discussion. The author of the article can make his/her case like everyone else. As discussed above, relevant facts and evidence are welcome from anyone but the opinions of anonymous and/or suspiciously new users may be discounted by the closing admin. Please bear in mind that administrators will discount any obviously bad faith contributions to the discussion when closing the discussion. On the other hand, a user who makes a well-argued, fact-based case based upon Wikipedia policy and does so in a civil manner may well sway the discussion despite being anonymous.

Always explain your reasoning. This allows others to challenge or support facts, suggest compromises or identify alternative courses of action that might not yet have been considered. It also allows administrators to determine at the end of the discussion, whether your concerns have been addressed and whether your comments still apply if the article was significantly rewritten during the discussion period. "Votes" without rationales may be discounted at the discretion of the closing admin.

The purpose of the discussion is to achieve consensus upon a course of action. Individuals will express strong opinions and may even "vote". To the extent that voting occurs (see Polls are evil), the votes are merely a means to gauge the degree of consensus reached so far. Wikipedia is not a democracy and majority voting is not the determining factor in whether a nomination succeeds or not.

Please do not "spam" the discussion with the same comment multiple times. Make your case clearly and let other users decide for themselves.

Experienced AFD participants re-visit discussions that they have already participated in. They are looking for new facts, evidence or changes to the article which might change their initial conclusion. In this situation, strike through your previous comment using <s>...</s> (if you are changing your mind) or to explicitly comment "no change" to confirm that you have considered the new evidence but remain unconvinced.

Do not remove or modify other people's comments even if you believe them to be in bad faith (unless the user has been banned from editing the relevant pages or is making a patently offensive personal attack). It is acceptable to correct the formatting in order to retain consistency with the bulleted indentation. It is also acceptable to note the contribution history of a new user or suspected sockpuppet as an aid to the closing admin.

Please do not refactor the discussion into lists or tables of votes, however much you may think that this helps the process. Both the context and the order of the comments are essential to understanding the intents of contributors, both at the discussion closure and during the discussion. Refactoring actually makes the job of making the decision at the closure of discussion much harder, not easier.

Closure

 * Main articles: Deletion guidelines for administrators and Deletion process

After 5 days of discussion, a volunteer will move the day's list of deletion discussions from the active page to the /Old page. Depending on the backlog, it may sit there for several more days, during which it is still acceptable to add comments to the discussion. Another volunteer (the "closing admin") will review the article, carefully read the AFD discussion, weigh all the facts, evidence and arguments presented and determine if consensus was reached on the fate of the article.

The desired standard is rough consensus, not perfect consensus. Please also note that closing admins are expected and required to exercise their judgment in order to make sure that the decision complies with the spirit of all Wikipedia policy and with the project goal. A good admin will transparently explain how the decision was reached.

An AFD decision is either to "keep" or "delete" the article. That decision is "binding" in the sense that it represents our best understanding of the consensus and should not be casually overturned. Any decision can, of course, be challenged. An article that is "kept" can be renominated for deletion. An article that is "deleted" can be recreated. In practice, however, this should be done only with caution. If an article is renominated in the face of a recent and clear consensus to keep, it is likely to be shouted down as an abuse of the process. Likewise, the re-creation of substantially identical content to the deleted article is eligible for speedy-deletion. If you disagree with a decision, the best approach is to request a review at Wikipedia:Deletion Review.

 * Wikipedia considered and rejected strict limits for renominations, instead relying on the common sense of users. Unless you can show a substantial reason that will convince people to change their minds, you should not renominate until a reasonable time has passed.  Note that this does not apply to a procedural renomination - for example, because a discussion was somehow overlooked and failed to reach consensus only through lack of participation.

AFD discussions which fail to reach rough consensus default to "keep". If, however, the fundamental concerns about the article remain unresolved after a reasonable period, it may be appropriate to renominate the article.

The AFD decision may also include a strong recommendation for an additional action such as a "merger" or "redirect". In many cases, the decision to "keep" or "delete" may be conditional on the community's acceptance of the additional action. These recommendations do represent the community consensus and also should not be overturned lightly. However, these are actions which can be taken by any editor and do not require "admin powers". If they are challenged, the decision should be discussed and decided on the respective article Talk pages. A second AFD discussion is unnecessary.

The discussion is preserved for future reference in accordance with the deletion process (both for consultation as non-binding precedent and for determining when a previously deleted article has been re-created). The closing admin will also perform any necessary actions to carry out the decision. Note: If the consensus is to merge the article and the merger would be non-trivial, it is acceptable for the admin to only begin the article merger process by tagging the article.

Shorthands
As we discussed above, experienced Wikipedians use specialized jargon in an effort to communicate efficiently. Examples include:
 * "Merge" is a recommendation to "keep" the article's content but to move it to some more appropriate article. It is either inappropriate or insufficient for a stand-alone article.  After the merger, the article will be replaced with a redirect to the target article (in order to preserve the attribution history).
 * "Redirect" is a recommendation to "keep" the article's history but to blank the content and replace it with a redirect. Users who want to see the article's history destroyed should explicitly recommend "delete then redirect".
 * "Speedy delete", "Speedy" or "CSD" mean that the user thinks the article qualifies for one of the narrow speedy deletion criteria. If there are no objections, the deletion discussion may be closed early.  If the decision is contested, the AFD discussion continues.
 * "Copyvio" means that the user thinks the article is a copyright violation. In general, the copyvio deletion process takes precedence over the AFD process.
 * "BJAODN" means that the user is recommending deletion but thinks that the content is funny enough to cut-and-paste a copy to Bad Jokes And Other Deleted Nonsense.
 * "Userfy" is a recommendation to move the article to the author's user page. Wikipedia allows somewhat greater leniency in the userspace than the main article space.  The resultant redirect is always deleted.
 * "Transwiki" is a recommendation to move the article to a sister project in Wikimedia (such as Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikibooks or one of the foreign language projects) and remove it from Wikipedia.
 * "Speedy keep" is rarely used. It implies that the user thinks the nomination was in bad-faith and that the deletion discussion can be closed early.
 * "-cruft" (for example, "fancruft", "gamecruft" or "forumcruft") is shorthand for "This article is trivia of interest only to hardcore fans of a specific film, television series, book, game, pop singer, web forum, etc."
 * "dicdef" is shorthand for "This is a dictionary definition and Wikipedia is not a dictionary".
 * "essay" and "original research" are opinions that "This article contravenes the no original research policy or is an essay that promotes a particular point of view, contravening the neutral point of view policy". Both policies are fundamental Wikipedia policies.
 * "neologism" means that the user considers this article to be about a word or phrase that is not well-established enough to merit a Wikipedia article. May be either a literal neologism (a very new word) or a vanity neologism (a word coined in a small community but not used outside it).
 * "Patent nonsense" refers to patent nonsense
 * "non-notable", "nn" or vanity mean that the user thinks the subject is fails to meet Wikipedia's inclusion guidelines either due to its obscurity or lack of differentiation from others of its type.
 * "POV" means that the user considers the article's title and/or the article's mere existence to be inherently biased and to violate Wikipedia's neutral-point-of-view policy
 * "POV fork" is shorthand for "This article is on the same topic as an existing article and was created in an attempt to evade the spirit of WP:NPOV."
 * "WP:POINT" refers to the rule that one should not disrupt Wikipedia to make a point.

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-as you can tell, I'm a fan of the old school science fiction, back from a time before Scifi meant half naked women running around with toy ray runs, I just want to bring back the wholesome family fun of the 1950s, for children today

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Talk:PORA

Pora split
Didn't Black Pora and Yellow Pora exist as two separate branches - or even separate organizations - even during the Orange Revolution, although they were cooperating closely under the common name of Pora (sometimes, I believe, with a bit of strain)? / Alarm 21:46, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, yeah. I think this article is wrong.  According to this interview with Dmytro Potehkin from the Ukranian NGO Znayu, Yellow Pora was a copycat organization that Black Pora wasn't very pleased about.  You can see that also in the fact that the Poras have separate websites (Black Pora is kuchizm.info).

 * Potehkin also says that Yellow Pora took funds from Western organizations, something that is echoed by Pavol Demes and Joerg Forbrig in the book 'Revolution in Orange' (though they say it was only $130,000, coming from the Canadian International Development Agency, Freedom House, and the German Marshall Fund of the United States).

 * Also, there was a lot of Western funding for related groups (Graeme Herd wrote an interesting article about these issues, called "Colorful Revolutions and the CIS: 'Manufactured' or 'Managed' Democracy?").

 * This article could use some work, but I wish a Ukrainian speaker wanted to take it on. Katsam 03:14, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Renaming of page
Please, remame page to "Pora!", it's true name of both organizations.--Trydence (talk) 19:05, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

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Article name: PORA or Pora?
I don't understand why the name is capitalized. It's not an acronym and searching on google scholar I can see that most English reliable sources call it Pora ("It's time) and refer to it as a youth movement (e.g. Olena Nikolayenko, in Comparative politics, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Jan., 2007), pp. 169-188), and various others). Notable (but isolated) exception: A Polese - Journal of communist studies and transition politics, 2009: the civic campaign 'PORA' (It's time). RS usually don't use the exclamation mark. Shall we move the page to Pora (Ukrainian youth movement)? And shall we move PORA (Russian youth group) to Pora (Russian youth group)? Gitz (talk) (contribs) 20:05, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

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Michael Williamson (photographer)

Michael Williamson (born 1957) is an American photojournalist. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes.

Of the books he has made with writer Dale Maharidge while both men were on the staff of the Sacramento Bee, And Their Children After Them won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1990 and Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass was credited by singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen as an inspiration for two songs from his album The Ghost of Tom Joad, "Youngstown" and "The New Timer".

In 1993, Williamson became a staff photographer for The Washington Post. Photos he took on assignment in Kosovo, along with the work of Post colleagues Carol Guzy and Lucian Perkins, led to Williamson's share of another Pulitzer in 2000.

Orphaned at an early age, Williamson grew up in a series of foster homes, a circumstance to which he attributes his interest in the poor and the downtrodden.

Books with Dale Maharidge

 * And Their Children After Them (1989)
 * Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass
 * Re-released. 1995. With a foreword by Bruce Springsteen.
 * The Last Great American Hobo (1993)
 * Homeland
 * Denison, Iowa

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SMASH (comics)

The Society of Modern American Science Heroes, or SMASH', is a team of superheroes whose adventures are published by America's Best Comics and take place on the parallel world of Terra Obscura.

History
SMASH first appeared in Tom Strong #11 (January 2001). In 1968, Tom discovers an alternate version of his Earth located on the far side of the galaxy, which he dubs "Terra Obscura". Terra Obscura has the same cities as Earth, but different names for them. Most notably, the big East Coast city is New Lancaster. It also shares a similar history as Earth.

On his visit to Terra Obscura, Tom meets his counterpart Tom "Doc" Strange, and the team of science-heroes known as the Society of Major American Science Heroes (SMASH). All the members of SMASH are based on characters previously published by Nedor Comics in the 1940s. With the original publisher's collapse, copyrights on the characters were not renewed upon 28 years of creation and so lapsed into the public domain. One of the Nedor's many titles was America's Best Comics, and when the coincidence of this was pointed out to Alan Moore, he decided to incorporate these characters into his Tom Strong series.

For their 2000 debut, Moore created a backstory for them, covering the time periods during which they were not actually being published. The history of the characters (both from Nedor and ABC) follow the conventions established by DC Comics and Marvel Comics: the Golden Age of Comic Books, Silver Age of Comic Books, and Modern Age of Comic Books.

Golden Age (Nedor Comics era)
The Golden Age heroes were published in various Nedor Comics titles, including America's Best Comics, the inspiration for reviving the characters. In the updated chronology, Tom Strong reveals that the Golden Age adventures of the Terra Obscura characters are portrayed in comic books on his world, in an echo of the old DC Multiverse Earth-1/Earth-2 relationship.

Silver Age (Moore's Backstory)
In reality, the Nedor characters were not in print during the Silver Age, but flashback sequences in Terra Obscura reference the era. This includes sequences establishing Tom Strange and the Black Terror as the parallel of the Superman-Batman World's Finest team. This is the time period when Tom Strong made his first journey to Terra Obscura. After Tom returned to his own solar system, Terra Obscura came under attack when the Moon landings of 1969 awakened a deadly alien. The lunar invader's power was so great that several members of SMASH were killed (the first time Terra Obscura science-heroes had ever died in battle): The Black Terror, Tom Strange's side-kick Mike Ellis and The Ghost. The rest of SMASH were encased in stasis fields orbiting the Moon. Tom Strange was able to escape and ran through space for 30 years in order to reach his recent acquaintance and get help.

Modern Age (Terra Obscura)
The "Modern Age" stories begin when the two Toms return and free the remaining members of SMASH. After they had been freed, the remaining members of SMASH pooled their efforts for a final attack on the lunar alien, which had been building a giant construct in the Antarctic over the previous 30 years. Meanwhile, Tim Roland, the Black Terror's side-kick, initialized a system which Benton had been working on prior to his death: "Terror 2000", a computer generated version of Benton, able to combat crime using his complete integration into the world's computer networks.

Also making a return from the grave was the Ghost. Using his supreme yogic powers he was able to stay in a state of limbo, between this world and the next, and appears when he can as "The Green Ghost".

Together they fought and defeated the alien menace, which had been trying to turn the entire planet into a spaceship, with Terror 2000 delivering the final blow. But this final fight was not without its losses; Bruce Carter, the Fighting Yank, was killed in the melee.

With the alien menace destroyed, the members of SMASH find it difficult adjusting to life in the 21st century, and decide to disband. Three years later, a new menace arises that draws the former teammates together. A mysterious "technology plague" sweeps through the nation, rendering technology useless and threatens to return Terra Incognita to the Stone Age.

The source is traced to the Grand Canyon, where former SMASH member Mystico is using his mystical powers to fight the megalomaniacal Terror 2003, the computer intelligence based on the mind of the dead Black Terror. Mystico's plague also nullifies the science-based powers of the superheroes; only the Liberator and the Scarab, with their magic-based powers, are unaffected.

Mystico is at first able to overpower the Liberator and Tom Strange, and reveals that he is possessed by the spirit of the Egyptian god Set. Meanwhile, Fighting Yank II (who has regained her mystical powers) and Ms. Masque are able to find the source of Mystico's powers and de-activate it. The Scarab asks the goddess Maat for help, and is bonded to the god Thoth in order to act as a guardian over Mystico/Set. The Grand Canyon is given over to Mystico/Set as the domain of "New Egypt", while the Terror 2003 program is confined to Invertica City. Tom Strange convinces his friends to join him in reforming SMASH.

Several years later, SMASH is faced with a new challenge when former SMASH member Captain Future returns. His ship, the Thunderbolt, had been thrown through time after a battle with Dr. X in 1959, and is now causing the timelines to overlap. The Terror 2003, now upgraded to the Terror 2004, tries to use these timeslips as a way of taking over Terra Incognita. In the end, a time-traveling Black Terror from the past arrives and destroys the Terror 2004.

Publishing history
After the Nedor Comics characters appeared in Tom Strong, Moore and Peter Hogan co-plotted a spin-off series that Hogan penned himself. As of 2007 two 6-issue series entitled Terra Obscura have been published by ABC, with a third possibly in the works. They take place five years after the end of Tom Strong #12.

Collections:
 * Tom Strong (Book Two) (ISBN 1-5638-9880-2): Contains Tom Strong issues #11 and 12, introducing SMASH.
 * Terra Obscura v1 (ISBN 1-4012-0286-1): Collection of issues #1-6. Takes place five years after end of Tom Strong #12.  Battle with Mystico and Terror 2003, reformation of SMASH.
 * Terra Obscura v2 (ISBN 1-4012-0622-0): Collection of issues #7-12. Return of Captain Future.

Special issues:
 * ABC A-Z: Terra Obscura and Splash Brannigan (published in January 2006): Background on SMASH and the superheroes of Terra Obscura.

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This page is formatted very badly. Is there a better way to show such a long list? --Zeal17 21:47, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Long since corrected.—Markles 02:23, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Color error
The color for the successor column for the top row in the House section is wrong - it should be blue, not red. --Bigpoliticsfan (talk) 22:07, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

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Madipakkam

Madipakkam is residential locality situated in south of Chennai, India. It has been recently placed under the Greater Chennai Corporation.

Demographics
India census, Madipakkam had a population of 14,940. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Madipakkam has an average literacy rate of 98%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 90%, and female literacy is 95%. In Madipakkam, 9% of the population are under 6 years of age.

Location in context
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Ace Parker

Clarence McKay "Ace" Parker (May 17, 1912 – November 6, 2013) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He played professional football as a quarterback, tailback and safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1941) and the Boston Yanks (1945) and in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the New York Yankees. He was an All-American selection at Duke University in 1936. Parker also played in the Major League Baseball (MLB) during 1936 and 1937 with the Philadelphia Athletics. He served as the head baseball coach at Duke from 1953 to 1966. Parker was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1955 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972.

Early years
Parker was the son of Ernest and Mabel Parker and grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth, Virginia, graduating with the class of 1933 and starring in five sports. He enrolled at Duke University as a freshman in 1933.

Duke career
At Duke, Parker competed in three sports: football, basketball and baseball. From 1934 to 1936, he starred at running back, doing most of the running and passing for Duke. He was second-team All-American in 1935 and consensus All-American first-team in 1936. He placed sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1936. Parker was a great open-field runner and one of the best punters in college football at the time. His 105-yard kickoff return against North Carolina is still a Duke school record. Parker also stood out as a baseball player at Duke, playing in 1935–1936.

In his senior season at Duke, he served as team captain for the Duke Blue Devils who went 9–1, captured the league title with a 7–0 record, and finished the season ranked 11th in the Associated Press national poll.

He was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. He was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1963, the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1972, and was an inaugural member of the Duke University Sports Hall of Fame, inducted in 1975.

Early pro career
Parker was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers as the third pick of the second round in the 1937 NFL draft. Sammy Baugh was the only passer drafted ahead of Parker. Parker, who played for the Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball beginning in 1937, originally had no intention of playing in the NFL. Baseball was the glamour pro sport at the time and the NFL had a rough, vulgar reputation. But perhaps because of his .117 batting average that year, he asked for and received permission from the A's to play football. Parker thus became a true two-sport phenomenon, playing both Major League Baseball and NFL football in both 1937 and 1938. Parker, playing various infield positions, batted .179 over two seasons with the A's, scoring 20 runs with 25 RBI over 94 games. Parker was the first American League player (and second player overall, behind National Leaguer Eddie Morgan) of only a handful of Major League Baseball players to hit a home run as a pinch-hitter in their first at bat.

NFL stardom
When Parker joined the Dodgers in 1937, Brooklyn had been a perennial NFL cellar-dweller in the East Conference since 1930. With his running, passing, and punting ability, he brought them instant credibility. He led the team in passing in 1937 and every year he played. In 1938, he led Brooklyn to a .500 record and led the NFL in passing yards with 865. When legendary coach Jock Sutherland joined the Dodgers in 1940, Parker's career took off. In 1940, he threw for 817 yards and 10 touchdowns, rushed for 306 yards, caught 3 passes, including 2 for touchdowns, and led the league in points after touchdowns. The Dodgers finished only one game out of first, with an 8–3 record, and Parker was named the NFL MVP. In 1941, Parker continued to shine, but the Dodgers again finished second to the New York Giants, despite beating their New York rivals twice during the season. Parker's NFL career went on hold in 1942, as he, like many NFL players, left football to enlist in the Armed Services. After serving for over two years, Parker returned to the NFL, this time with the short-lived Boston Yanks, but at age 33, he took on a minor role.

He rejoined the former owner of the Dodgers, Dan Topping, in 1946 as part of the New York Yankees of the new All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Coached by former Washington Redskins coach Ray Flaherty and led by Parker, the Yankees won the AAFC East, giving Parker his only division title in pro football. The Yankees met the powerful Cleveland Browns in the championship game. The Yankees played well, but eventually succumbed to the Browns. Parker was 8 of 18 passing, for only 81 yards and an interception. Parker retired after the game, completing a fine career at age 34. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1972.

Later years
After his playing days, Parker became the head baseball coach (1953–1966) and assistant football coach (1947–1965) at Duke University. He was manager of the Durham Bulls from 1949 to 1952, serving as player-manager for the first three seasons and finishing with a record of 303–266 (.533). He was Piedmont League manager of the year in 1949 and 1951. He was also a founding member of the Elizabeth Manor Golf and Country Club in Portsmouth, Virginia.

On August 13, 2008, Parker was part of the inaugural class inducted into the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame, honoring athletes, coaches and administrators who made contributions to sports in Southeastern Virginia.

At the time of his death, Parker was the oldest living member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the oldest living former professional football player and the last living person to play on the same major league baseball field as Baseball Hall of Fame member Rogers Hornsby. On May 7, 1937, Parker appeared for the Philadelphia Athletics while Hornsby played one of his last games for the St. Louis Browns. Before his death, Parker and Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr were the last men to play on the same field as baseball immortal Lou Gehrig.

Parker died the morning of November 6, 2013 at the age of 101. He is the first member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to have lived past their 100th birthday. He's also the only member of the Hall to have played exclusively with franchises that don't exist anymore.

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Willis Building, Ipswich

The Willis Building (originally the Willis Faber & Dumas regional headquarters) in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, is one of the earliest buildings designed by Norman Foster and Wendy Cheesman after establishing Foster Associates. Constructed between 1970 and 1975 for the insurance firm now known as Willis Towers Watson, it is widely considered a landmark in the development of the 'high tech' architectural style. The building houses some 1,300 office staff in open-plan offices spread over three floors.

Location
The bulbous floor plan of the office block reflects the layout of the available site in the centre of Ipswich, which is sandwiched between several road junctions and the Grade I listed Unitarian Meeting House, one of Ipswich's oldest surviving buildings. Thus two of the town's Grade I listed buildings stand side by side.

Design
The centre of the building is constructed from a grid of concrete pillars, 14 m (46 ft) apart, supporting cantilevered concrete slab floors. The curtain wall exterior is clad in panels of dark smoked glass. The use of dark glass, a curtain wall and lack of right angle corners mirrors the art deco Express Building in Manchester, cited by Norman Foster as one of his favourite buildings and a design influence. The central escalator well leads up to a rooftop staff restaurant surrounded by a rooftop garden (360 panorama).

Originally, there was also a swimming pool for employees to enjoy during their lunch break. This has now been covered up (and preserved, rather than filled in, due to it being a listed building) and the space is used for more offices. The swimming pool can be seen underneath the false floor.

History
In 1991 the Willis building became the newest building to be given Grade I listed building status in Britain. At the time it was one of only two listed buildings under 30 years of age.

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Boldklubben 1903

Boldklubben 1903 or B 1903 is a football club founded on 2 June 1903, located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Seven times winner of the Danish championship (introduced 1913) in 1920, 1924, 1926, 1938, 1969, 1970 and 1976 and twice winner of the Danish Cup (introduced 1955) in 1979 and 1986. Best international result: Quarter final in the 1991–92 UEFA Cup after eliminating Aberdeen F.C., Bayern Munich (6–2 and 0–1) and Trabzonspor. In 1992 the club was merged with Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) to form the current club F.C. Copenhagen to which Boldklubben 1903 transferred its license to play in the Danish league. As a note, F.C. Copenhagen won the Danish championship in its first season.

Achievements

 * Danish Championship
 * Winners (7): 1920, 1924, 1926, 1938, 1969, 1970, 1976
 * Danish Cup
 * Winners (2): 1979, 1986

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 * 55 seasons in the Highest Danish League
 * 3 seasons in the Second Highest Danish League

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Fort Warren (Vermont)

Fort Warren was a fort located in Castleton, Vermont, built in 1779. American troops during the American Revolution retreated to Castleton after the loss of Ticonderoga). (Vermont Historic Sites Comm.) Fort Warren was then built as part of a line of forts used to defend Vermont.

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Da Boom

"Da Boom" is the third (and special) episode of the second season of the animated comedy series Family Guy and the tenth episode overall of the series. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on December 26, 1999. The episode features the Griffin family after a nuclear holocaust occurs, due to Y2K on New Year's Eve. The family then travels in search of food, and eventually decide to establish a town around a Twinkie factory. Peter then takes over the town, establishing himself as mayor, but eventually becomes power hungry, and is overthrown.

The episode was written by Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan and directed by Bob Jaques. The episode featured guest performances by Patrick Duffy, Victoria Principal, Jack Perkins, Will Sasso, and Joey Slotnick along with several recurring voice actors for the series. This is the first episode that aired to feature Mila Kunis as the voice of Meg Griffin, following Lacey Chabert's departure from the series. However, Chabert does reprise the role of Meg on a few occasions, such as in "flashback" or "time travel" episodes.

Plot
On December 31, 1999, Quahog prepares for New Year's Day and the new millennium, and the Griffins have been invited to Quagmire's millennium party. At a store, a man wearing a chicken suit asks Peter if he wants a coupon, but Peter refuses, recalling an incident in which he got an expired coupon from Ernie the Giant Chicken, resulting in a destructive fistfight. The man then warns Peter that the world will end because of the Y2K problem, so Peter locks himself and the family in their basement in hazmat suits, despite Lois' objections. Just after midnight, the Y2K bug hits. This causes a worldwide nuclear attack, with vehicles crashing and missiles self-launching, destroying much of the world, and mutating, injuring, or killing most of its inhabitants. The Griffins remain safe, though their house has been severely damaged. Starving, Peter immediately eats all the dehydrated meals, without adding water. Peter recalls that the snack food Twinkies are the only food that can survive a nuclear holocaust, so the family prepares to travel to Natick, Massachusetts, in hopes that the Twinkie factory has survived.

The Griffins' car runs out of gas, so they must walk to Natick. Once the Griffins approach Natick, they discover that there were no more factories in the area. Realizing that their route to Natick was all for nothing, Stewie berates Peter for costing them their lives before tripping and falling into a puddle of nuclear waste; his arms soon mutate into tentacles. Upon sunrise, the factory is revealed to still be standing and in perfect condition. Expecting to be able to live off the snack food, they establish the town of New Quahog around the factory, with Peter as mayor. In time, New Quahog becomes a thriving community, complete with houses and wells. However, when Brian points out that New Quahog is a peaceful place with no violence, Peter deems that they are completely defenseless. He proceeds to bring out the plan of making guns, but Cleveland isn't desired to agree with, stating it could be a problem. Meanwhile, Stewie's body has completely transformed into an octopus, and lays hundreds of eggs. Outside, Peter informs everyone that he made guns using the water pipes from the city's Irrigation Systems, outraging the citizens.

Despite Peter's insistence that he is fit to remain as mayor, the townspeople throw him out of New Quahog, and his family follows him. The citizens destroy the guns by throwing them into their ambitious firepit, only to be overpowered by hundreds of newly-hatched Octopus-Stewies, which destroy the city. As the family walks away, oblivious to New Quahog's destruction, they decide to continue to a Carvel factory in Framingham.

In a live action epilogue parody of Dallas, the episode is revealed to have been a dream experienced by Pam Ewing (Victoria Principal); disturbed, she tells her husband Bobby (Patrick Duffy) that she dreamed about a strange episode of Family Guy. Bobby comforts her, but then pauses and asks "What's Family Guy?", and the two turn and look with confusion to the audience.

Production

"Da Boom" was the third episode of the second season of Family Guy, and the first for director Bob Jaques. It first aired on December 26, 1999. The episode was written by writing team Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan, who had written episodes for the show in the first season including "Mind Over Murder".

This was the first episode to have Mila Kunis providing the voice of Meg Griffin. Lacey Chabert, the original voice of Meg, left the series due to time constraints with her acting role in Party of Five, as well as schoolwork. Kunis won the role after auditions and a slight rewrite of the character, in part due to her performance on That '70s Show. Seth MacFarlane, the show's creator, called Kunis back after her first audition, instructing her to speak more slowly, and then told her to come back another time and enunciate more. Once she claimed that she had it under control, MacFarlane hired her.

This was also the first episode of Ernie the Giant Chicken, an anthropomorphic chicken who serves as a rival to Peter. He has a long, unexpected fight with Peter, which interrupts the main storyline. This has become a running gag, having reappeared in episodes such as "Blind Ambition", "Internal Affairs", "No Chris Left Behind" and "Meet the Quagmires". He is voiced by regular show writer Danny Smith.

In addition to the regular cast, actress Victoria Principal; comedian and actor Will Sasso; reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman Jack Perkins; voice actor Joey Slotnick; and character actor Patrick Duffy guest starred in the episode. Recurring guest voice actress Lori Alan, writer Danny Smith, and actor Patrick Warburton also made minor appearances.

Cultural references
The episode's live-action epilogue is a reference to an episode of the CBS soap opera Dallas that erased the death of Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy), which turned out to be a dream experience by Pamela Ewing (Victoria Principal). Principal and Duffy reprised their respective Dallas roles in a live-action recreation of the shower scene at the end of the episode. Randy Newman appears singing everything he sees in a musical moment.

The plot includes references to the Y2K bug. Peter takes away Trix from the Rabbit, which is a reference to commercials for Trix cereal. Chris tells E.T. to run when he thinks Peter is the government coming for him. When travelling to find food they are stopped and there's a reference to Family Feud. Stewie's line, "Game over man! Game over!" is a nod to the science fiction film Aliens. Arriving at the Twinkie factory, Peter uses the same words to describe what he sees that Dr. Ellie Arroway used in Contact when witnessing a celestial event in a foreign galaxy.

Reception
The episode received positive reviews.

Ahsan Haque of IGN rated the episode a 10/10, saying "Overall, this episode easily ranks as one of the best episodes in the series. Almost every joke succeeds, and the far-fetched alternate reality storyline thoroughly entertains. Despite the fact that all of the events in the episode are revealed to be a dream, it doesn't take away from the high degree of amusement provided."

Tom Eames of entertainment website Digital Spy placed the episode at number sixteen on his listing of the best Family Guy episodes in order of "yukyukyuks" and described it as "classic bonkers Family Guy". He added that the episode was "potentially the first time fans realised this wasn't just a Simpsons ripoff."

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Augustan drama
I hereby nominate this marvellous article for Featured Article status, as I believe it exemplifies what a featured article really should be. An informative, well-written, well-researched article, it provides an excellent overview of plays of England in the early 18th century with a good choice of images to accompany the text. It is well-organised and well-laid out; it is about the right length, in my view, and is perfectly comprehensive and accurate. I thus have no reservations in nominating this article. --NicholasTurnbull 21:52, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Won't vote, as I wrote it, but I will say that the article's thesis and purpose is not the same as Augustan literature, and I worked for 2 months to try to ensure that it was an independent article in spirit and letter and in no way a subpage. Geogre 02:31, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The article ought to be categorized.  —thames 00:38, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I have added it to Category:English literature, which is the category inhabited by Augustan literature. I can't find any other category that seems applicable, though I encourage others to look. Jwrosenzweig 01:46, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * A only slightly hesitant Support. Geogre, as usual, does a phenomenal and thorough job.  I would personally like to see a little more use of sub-sectioning (the section on Spectacle, in particular, is big enough to make me feel overwhelmed without a little more guidance from subsection titles), but that may be a personal preference, and certainly, I think, should not stand as an obstacle to this being promoted to FA status. Jwrosenzweig 01:46, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I agree.  It's one of my typical faults to make readers run a marathon just because I see the subject as unified.  I have attempted to subdivide the "re-emergence of satirical drama" into a first generation/second generation split (they are different generations, but I don't discuss that, explicitly, in the article).  I'll attempt to do the same for "Spectacle."  It is rather vast, and I'm now attempting to create a Spectacle article, as well as articles for some of the little-known plays (such as Chrononhotonthologos) to take the narrative pressure off the section.  I have created subdivisions now to separate the pantomime and opera "spectacles."    Geogre 03:31, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * You're certainly welcome, Geogre! And thanks for the sectioning--they helped me make better, more fluid sense of that section.  I hereby withdraw any hesitancy in my support for this being featured. :-) Jwrosenzweig 10:42, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral for now. Not objecting because my issue is a bit vague. I find the prose of the article a bit leaden, and also in places a bit redundant. I made a few small edits myself, trying to tighten it, but I'm not taking this on. If at a later time someone feels they have addressed this, let me know and I may support. -- Jmabel | Talk 00:05, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Understandably, you can't tell me what's "leaden," as that's affective and not demonstrable, but you can tell me what's redundant. Needless to say, I think my prose style is pretty good, but, as you say, you're not objecting, and de gustibus non disputandum est.  I do wish, though, you could show me redundancies, since I've been fairly careful and written from top to bottom more than once (i.e. not section by section, which is where redundancies usually creep in).  I appreciate the copy edit you've done.  Geogre 11:42, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Y'know, I've looked again and the latter sections are stronger than the early ones that I copy edited. I'm changing my vote to support. -- Jmabel | Talk 16:32, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Another excellent literary article from Geogre. --Alabamaboy 18:27, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support—comprehensive, scholarly, fascinating. This is an extremely under-researched and under-discussed area. Wikipedia now has great coverage of it, in contrast to the EB, and don't even talk to me about the rest of the web. Bishonen | talk 12:49, 24 August 2005 (UTC)


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Shouldn't there be a reference to the Johnson Street bridge in Victoria, British Columbia? This bridge was designed by Joseph Strauss, the designer of the Golden Gate Bridge, and is one of the few remaining bascule bridges in North America - perhaps the last one. It will shortly be demolished by the City of Victoria as building a new bridge is a cheaper choice. Peanutflower (talk) 21:30, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

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Alonzo Wright

Alonzo Wright (April 28, 1821 – January 7, 1894) was a Canadian member of Parliament and businessman commonly known as "King of the Gatineau".

He was born in Hull, Quebec in 1821. He was a grandson of Philemon Wright, and son of Tiberius Wright. He earned his fortune in the family's lumber business.

In 1848, he married Mary Sparks, who was the daughter of Nicholas Sparks and Sarah Olmstead Wright, the widow of his uncle.

In 1863, he was elected in the Ottawa (County) riding of Canada East to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. He continued to represent this district until 1891, after 1867 as a member of the House of Commons of Canada.

He died in 1894 at Ironside, Quebec, now part of the city of Gatineau. The Alonzo-Wright Bridge over the Gatineau River was named after him. Although Wright wasn't involved in the construction of this bridge, he did have a role in petitioning for the replacement of the ferry service at this location by a bridge. His original homestead became the Collège Saint-Alexandre. According to the current owners, the log cabin now located at 893 av. Gatineau, known locally as the "Little Red House" built by Alonzo's father, Tiberius, served as the family residence in the 1830s. It dates from as early as 1824, possibly making it the oldest building in the Outaouais region in Quebec.

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NPOV
The edits by 217.42.253.118 aren't exactly neutral. They sound rather like an advertisement for a concert by Mariss Jansons.

~ Nauraran 21:53, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Agree. Probably taken from a cover ;-) Jakro64 19:31, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

I've taken the offending passage out of the article. Here it is, for the curious:

 * His performances are transcendent journeys which penetrate the emotional nucleus of the score and hence are usually met with rapturous applause: an unusual feat in the world of Classical Music. Despite his great charisma, his interpretations never tend towards being self-indulgent, and one cannot put enough emphasis on the amazing cathartic sensation experienced upon living through a Jansons concert. He is a truly exciting conductor and a great proponent of Classical music in the 21st Century.

It is, as you say, pretty clearly not NPOV. If we can quote a reputable critic or somebody saying how wonderful he is, then fine, but the Wikipedia itself should not have an opinion on the transcendent quality of his journeys, or on the difficulty of eliciting applause from a classical audience. --Camembert 14:27, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Subjective text
The description of "dullwitted" from Lebrecht is not an expression from Jansons himself, but a paraphrase of Lebrecht's offhand comment in that on-line article. Because that comment is not directly attributable to Jansons, it has no place in the article. Thus it has been removed. DJRafe (talk) 15:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It can be reworked into the article, provided that all subjective content is clearly attributed to Lebrecht per WP:NPOV. I'll give it a shot. Grover cleveland (talk) 15:57, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * GC, you did well, as much as possible whilst respecting the posting. But, IMHO, the quote still reflects Lebrecht's thoughts, and not Jansons' thoughts.  I left things intact, but just wanted to let you know MHO.  DJRafe (talk) 04:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

After a second (and third, etc.) look, I've concluded that the Lebrecht comment is pure Lebrecht and has no indication of reflecting anything of Jansons' thinking. Thus it is out of the most recent edits. DJRafe (talk) 22:41, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Relevant
It has now been inserted twice into the article's lead, without sources, that Jansons' grandfather was an explorer. Is this relevant? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 09:29, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Although I am not sure about Jansons' grandfather, I think following sentence "His mother, the singer Iraida Jansons, who was Jewish, gave birth to him in hiding in Riga, Latvia, after her father and brother were killed in the Riga Ghetto. As a child, he first studied violin with his father." don't need any citation, because that is known to all as common sense. So I canceled this sentence's citation.Riga Daugava (talk) 16:03, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Wives
"He and his first wife, Ira, had a daughter" ... "Jansons and his second wife Irina"

Ira and Irina are two forms of the same name, Ira being informal of Irina, and could never be written in official documents. In passport, they both have name Irina. In family, he called them both Ira. Hence it would make sense to call them both Irina. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.228.206.174 (talk) 18:58, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

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Day of death
According to family sources, Mariss Jansons passed away at approximately 2:00am on 1 December 2019 in St. Petersburg. This is not only confirmed by Mariss' daughter on Latvian TV (as noted below), but also privately by family sources to me. The following sources were correct, including the last two orchestras of which Mariss was music director: https://www.br-so.com/instrumentation/mariss-jansons/; https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/mariss-jansons; https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mariss-jansons-conductor-celebrated-around-the-world-dies-at-76/2019/12/02/a1979522-1504-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html; https://www.france24.com/en/20191201-renowned-latvian-conductor-mariss-jansons-dies-aged-76 Mesteban (talk) 18:23, 12 March 2021 (UTC) I am confused. Newspapers say 30 November, but this official statement by one of his former orchestras says it differently. Maybe it's the difference in time zones, Saint Petersburg vs. Western Europe? Here is the English version of the link. Hartenhof (talk) 11:57, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The Russian source that was originally referred to by both the Latvian and Russian wikis (so, close to the source and probably in the correct time zone) also mentions 1 december: https://www.classicalmusicnews.ru/news/ushel-iz-zhizni-maris-jansons/ . – gpvos (talk) 11:32, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Wikidata has collected some sources and prefers 1 December (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158340). Grimes2 (talk) 19:49, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I would certainly give more credence to the website of the Concertgebouw than to "newspapers". Martinevans123 (talk) 20:34, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Concertgebouw, dated 1 December, says "last night". The actual time of death overnight may not be evident. Jmar67 (talk) 01:50, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I think, the familie found him dead in the morning. Then its impossible to determine the exact date of death. We should state: 30 November 2019 or 1 December 2019, like in Latvian Wikipedia. Grimes2 (talk) 05:34, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * This is not uncommon. But biographical articles at English Wikipedia which employ two dates certainly are uncommon. It might be better to go with the majority of high quality sources, which seems to be 30 November, but with a footnote added explaining the circumstances? Martinevans123 (talk) 19:56, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Sources like The New York Times, BBC, Concertgebouworkest, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks postulate 1 December. SWR, Deutsche Welle, Frankfurter Rundschau, Süddeutsche Zeitung, neue musikzeitung, Berliner Philharmoniker, The Guardian postulate 30 November. Very difficult to decide. Grimes2 (talk) 20:31, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, difficult. As nobody knows. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:34, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The lead reference (BR Klassik) says (translated) "in the night leading to 1 December". That is a common approach in German language sources when the time of death is not known. In Germany at least, both dates are recorded for legal purposes. I have very personal experience with that. Jmar67 (talk) 02:16, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

 * I am not certain if the 'lead reference' is to this BR Klassik article by Fridemann Leipold, but if so, this would be the immediately relevant passage:
 * "In der Nacht zum 1. Dezember ist der Chefdirigent des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks im Alter von 76 Jahren verstorben, wie BR-KLASSIK aus Kreisen der Familie erfuhr." This translates (via Google Translator, admittedly quite well) as: "On the night of December 1, the chief conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks died at the age of 76, as BR-KLASSIK learned from circles of the family."
 * The Bavarian Radio SO page now gives 1 December as Jansons' date of death:
 * German version: "Mariss Jansons, Chefdirigent des Chores und des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks, ist am 1. Dezember im Alter von 76 Jahren verstorben."
 * English version: "At the age of 76, our chief conductor Mariss Jansons has passed away on December 1st."
 * With the benefit of hindsight, it would appear as though 1 December looks to be the date to use. The orchestra's own website has the benefit of editing and placing new entries later on, as the situation clarifies or becomes less muddied.  Newspapers must report in the moment as best as they can.  Will watch for additional discussion here. DJRafe (talk) 06:42, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
 * As far as BR Klassik goes, Google screwed that one up. "In der Nacht zum 1. Dezember" is not "On the night of December 1", which, while somewhat ambiguous, strongly implies the evening of December 1. And that can be ruled out. Jmar67 (talk) 11:39, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

The first reference in the article is this obituary from The Guardian which gives 30 November. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:52, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The new Latvian TV reference which I have put in the article is quite clear, in citing Jansons' daughter, that his DOD was 1 December, i.e. after midnight on 1 December. The time of posting of that video article is 10:58, in the morning, on 1 December, which refutes the earlier comment on the Google translation.  This Latvian TV article is now the first reference (simply being first isn't sufficient, but The Guardian article being first was happenstance, as fine a tribute as it is).  However, for the sake of compromise, the DOD is given as 30 November/1 December, to account for any ambiguity.  Both the BRSO and the KCO have clearly gone with 1 December as his DOD in their tribute pages.  DJRafe (talk) 17:19, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

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Festival Park

Festival Park may refer to:

 * Festival Park in the English city of Stoke-on-Trent, former site of a National Garden Festival.
 * Festival Park, Ebbw Vale, in Wales, an outdoor shopping centre on the former site of a National Garden Festival.
 * The Henry Maier Festival Park in the U.S. city of Milwaukee, along the shores of Lake Michigan.
 * Roanoke Island Festival Park
 * Jamestown Festival Park
 * Festival Park, Lake George, in Hobart, Indiana.
 * Festival Park, Zephyrhills
 * Festival Park Iowa, a themed event park in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Bryan Murray (actor)

Bryan Murray (born 13 July 1949) is an Irish actor. He is known for his extensive television work which includes Fitz in Strumpet City, Flurry Knox in The Irish R.M., Shifty in Bread (for which he won BBC TV Personality of the Year), Harry Cassidy in Perfect Scoundrels, Trevor Jordache in Brookside and Bob Charles in Fair City.

Early life and theatre career
Murray was born in Dublin, Ireland. As a stage actor, he began his career in Dublin at the Abbey Theatre where, as a member of The Abbey Company, he appeared in over 50 productions. In London, he has been a member of The Royal National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and has been in many productions in the West End. He has appeared many times at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, most recently in 2013 in My Cousin Rachel adapted for the stage by Joseph O'Connor. In the 2010 Dublin Fringe Festival, he appeared in the award-winning production of Medea at The Samuel Beckett theatre.

Television
Murray is widely known for his extensive television work which includes Fitz in Strumpet City, Flurry Knox in The Irish R.M., Shifty in Bread (for which he won BBC TV Personality of the Year), Harry Cassidy in Perfect Scoundrels, Trevor Jordache in Brookside and Bob Charles in Fair City. He appeared on the second season of Charity You're a Star where he sang duets with his Fair City co-star Una Crawford O'Brien. The duo were voted off the show after performing "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". He played the role of Lynch in the film, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977).

Recently he presented the highly acclaimed and IFTA nominated documentary for TV3 The Tenements, a four-part series charting the rise and fall of the Tenements in Dublin from the 1800s to the mid-1970s. He fronted the BBC1 children's religious affairs programmes Knock Knock and Umbrella for three years. On RTÉ, he had his own prime time TV talk shows Encore and Caught in the Act and presented Saturday Night Live. His nine-part radio series The Sound of Movies was aired on RTÉ Radio 1 in 2008. Most recently he has been a semi regular presenter of Late Date on RTÉ Radio 1. In the US, he presented the 'Irish Spring' commercial on network TV for six years, the award-winning 'Pioneer Press' commercials for three years and hosted the St Patrick's Day Parade for PBS Television. His series The Big House was shown on TV3 in the spring of 2013.

He co-created and co-devised the ITV series Perfect Scoundrels which ran for three years. He has co-written two musicals performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and Irish Theatre Company Dublin; A Happy Go Likeable Man, after Molière, and Thieves Carnival, after Anouilth. Most recently Murray took part in the 'One City One Book' celebration Bread and Roses; Strumpet City Revisited reading extracts from the book with the RIAAM orchestra playing the theme music from the TV series conducted by the composer Proinnsias O'Duinn at Dublin Castle.

Famous roles
Murray is most famous for the following roles:

 * Trevor Jordache in Brookside
 * Mr James Roberts in Casualty and Holby City
 * Harry Fullerton in The Bill
 * Shifty Boswell in Bread
 * Flurry Knox in The Irish R.M.
 * Harry Cassidy in Perfect Scoundrels
 * Bob Fitzpatrick in Strumpet City
 * Officer Doyle in Mrs. Santa Claus
 * Bob Charles in Fair City

Although Murray's fame increased in the eighties thanks to his role as Flurry Knox in The Irish R.M. and Shifty Boswell in the popular sitcom Bread, his role in Brookside is perhaps the best remembered, despite the character only appearing in the show for eleven episodes in 1993. His character, the wife beater and child abuser Trevor Jordache, was famously stabbed and killed by his wife, Mandy (Sandra Maitland), she and daughter Beth (Anna Friel) later buried his body under the patio, where it was discovered in 1995.

He plays Bob Charles, once owner of McCoys pub but now the owner of The Hungry Pig restaurant, in the RTÉ soap opera Fair City.

Recently he took part in the 'One City-One Book' celebration Bread and Roses; Strumpet City Revisited in which he read extracts from the book with the RIAM orchestra playing the theme music from the TV series conducted by the composer Proinnsias O'Duinn at Dublin Castle.

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Ayyappa Nagar

Ayyappa Nagar is a residential area within Madipakkam, a southern suburb of Chennai (formerly known as Madras), in Tamil Nadu, India.

It was named after the temple built there to Lord Ayyappa, notable, like Sabarimala, for having eighteen steps.

Ayyappa Nagar has eighteen streets and extends from Sabari Salai to Keelkattalai. It belongs to the panchayat of Madipakkam, although a growing population means that Madipakkam is in reality no longer a village.

The New Madipakkam Lake was desilted in 2002/03, which helped improve the water table of the area. The area is low lying in relation to the adjacent Moovarsampet area, and water flows into the lake from there during the rainy season.

Ayyappa Nagar has two hospitals: GM Hospital and Padhuvai. It has few shops except for a small number of potti kadais (petty shops).

There is a welfare association which conducts elections every two years.

The Ayyappan Temple has a large hall as its annex. Every year on 1 January a distribution of free food (annadanam) is made at the temple. The festivals of Vishu (Malayali new year in April) and Jothi (coinciding with Pongal in January) also bring many people to the temple.

Ayyappa Nagar is also a residential area near Koyambedu, Chennai Tamil Nadu.

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FAMILY WORSHIP GUIDE MORNING WORSHIP

Give Me Jesus (SDA Church hymnal #305)

Psalm 5 1Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. 2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

Lord In The Morning (SDA Church hymnal #39)

1 Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear My voice ascending high; To Thee will I direct my prayer, To Thee lift up mine eye-

2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone To plead for all His saints, Presenting at His Father's throne Our songs and our complaints.

3 O may Thy Spirit guide my feet In ways of righteousness; Make every path of duty straight And plain before my face.

4 The men that love and fear Thy name Shall see their hopes fulfilled; The mighty God will compass them With favor as a shield. EVENING WORSHIP

The Day Thou Gavest (SDA Church hymnal #56)

1 The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended; the darkness falls at Thy behest; to Thee our morning hymns ascended; Thy praise shall hallow now our rest.

2 We thank Thee that Thy church, unsleeping while earth rolls onward into light, through all the world her watch is keeping, and rests not now by day or night.

3 As o'er each continent and island the dawn leads on another day, the voice of prayer is never silent, nor die the strains of praise away.

4 So be it, Lord; Thy throne shall never, like earth's proud empires, pass away. Thy kingdom stands, and grows forever, till all Thy creatures own Thy sway.

Psalm 4 1Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. 3But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. 4Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. 6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. OPENING OF THE SABBATH

The Sabbath is almost begun with the golden rays of the setting sun; and now we gather in loving throng and joyfully praise his name in song. Sing about the Creator’s rest. The day of all the week the best.

Safely Through Another Week (SDA Church hymnal #384)

Isaiah 58 1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. 2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. 3Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. 4Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 5Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? 6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward. 9Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day: 11And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. 12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. 13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Holy Day Jehovah’s Rest (Old Church Hymnal #)

CLOSING OF THE SABBATH

Day Is Dying In The West (SDA Church hymnal #51)

1 Day is dying in the west; Heaven is touching earth with rest; Wait and worship while the night Sets the evening lamps alight Through all the sky.

Refrain Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Heaven and earth are full of Thee! Heaven and earth are praising Thee, O Lord most high!

2 Lord of life, beneath the dome Of the universe, Thy home, Gather us who seek Thy face To the fold of Thy embrace, For Thou art nigh.

3 While the deepening shadows fall, Heart of love enfolding all, Through the glory and the grace Of the stars that veil Thy face, Our hearts ascend.

4 When forever from our sight Pass the stars, the day, the night, Lord of angels, on our eyes Let eternal morning rise And shadows end.

The Sabbath is almost done with the golden rays of the setting sun; and now we gather in loving throng and joyfully praise his name in song. Sing about God’s love. The story we’ll never weary of.

I Love To Tell The Story (SDA Church hymnal #457)

1 I love to tell the story of unseen things above, of Jesus and his glory, of Jesus and his love. I love to tell the story, because I know 'tis true; it satisfies my longings as nothing else can do.

Refrain I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.

Someday in the city heavenly our Saviour we shall see In a Happy Holy Place we shall see His kindly face. On a sacred day that shall never pass away. As twilight comes over the field once more we humbly kneel in prayer. With love we yield thanks unto God for the rest and peace of this Sabbath day. God bless the dear ones to keep the Sabbath day.

If I have wounded any soul today, If I have caused one foot to go astray, If I have walked in my own willful way, Dear Lord, forgive! Forgive the sins I have confessed to Thee, Forgive the secret sins I do not see, O guide me, love me and my keeper be, Dear Lord, Amen.

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Gohn, regarding your reverting of "independently wealthy" from Jimmy Wales, you might want to read our editorial policies, specifically No original research and Verifiability. If someone challenges an edit, you have to produce a reputable source that says that very thing (and not your interpretation of it). If you can't produce one, any editor may delete it. SlimVirgin (talk) 02:47, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

personal control?
You wrote: "He retained personal control of Wikipedia by appointing, in addition to himself, two business partners who are not Wikipedians to the five-member board, thus effectively having a controlling three-vote majority (only the remaining two members are elected community representatives)."

This is false. I asked Michael Davis and Tim Shell to serve on the board because they are people who understand and agree with my vision for the foundation. There is absolutely no sense in which I control them or their votes. Indeed, in board discussions, it is common that they (and other board members) will disagree with me. I do not control a three vote majority. I have one vote on the board.--Jimbo Wales 15:14, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * You chose them because they agree with your vision, so you stacked the board in favour of your vision. You know they will only disagree about minor details. Gohn 15:52, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * If inviting people who I trust and who agree with me about the fundamental principles of freedom of knowledge, access to information, neutrality, etc., amounts to "stacking the board" then I plead guilty, but that's one hell of a strange way of putting it my friend.--Jimbo Wales 18:30, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

links to google groups
Additionally, the links you posted to google groups are probably not the best reference. I recommend a link to or a quote from the Florida Trend magazine article.--Jimbo Wales 15:15, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Another older comment from you
3. It is not far-fetched speculation that Michael and Tim are just proxies for you. What else are they doing on the board? They are not active editors, nor is there any other evidence that they're interested in matters of Wikipedia policy. However, they happen to be in some business relationship with you. They can be expected to vote your way. If you want to dispell this appearance, can you explain why they had to be on the board, and why they and you together need to have a majority over the actual community representatives? Gohn 18:11, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Michael Davis and Tim Shell are very active in the day-to-day activities of the Wikimedia Foundation, and Michael Davis particularly so. There is a lot that goes on around here that you clearly don't know about, and that's fine, it isn't required that you know everything that is going on. It is required, though, when you are editing Wikipedia articles, that you do so in a factual, neutral manner, not pushing a particular POV about your feelings on how the foundation ought to be organized. Your not liking it, is not an excuse for misrepresenting it, nor a good reason for you to use the biography about me as a soapbox for your claims.

I have a particular vision for the Wikimedia Foundation projects, a vision which is very open and transparent and known to everyone. Within the board, we have many respectful and thoughtful disagreements and our management of the project is stronger because of it. This includes all the board members, and it is not at all accurate to describe any of the board members as a 'proxy' for me.--Jimbo Wales 15:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I know pretty well what goes around here (i.e. on the website), and the Foundation, whatever else it may also do, is the supreme authority governing Wikipedia. The issue I'm trying to shed light at is simply that you and your appointees have a majority on the board. I haven't said what I like or don't like, I'm interested exactly in representing the facts correctly. Do you deny that you have set up the board in this way in order to ensure your "vision" will prevail even if the community should have a different one? If not, why not create two additional seats for user representatives so that they have a 4-3 majority? Gohn 15:52, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:United States Army Airborne School

Requested move
This page should be United States Army Airborne School to keep consistency in naming of other articles regarding US Army schools — Linnwood 22:57, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I support that. If no one objects, go ahead and do it. --Nobunaga24 00:10, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree, It may be an Army run school, but it is the Airborne School for ALL of the U.S. Armed Forces. Ehrentitle 00:49, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, but Ranger School is open to other services, and Air Assault, etc etc. It's an army school, not a DoD school run by the army. It is where all (I believe) service members go for airborne training, but falls under complete army control as a TRADOC TDA unit. It's never called United States Airborne School. --Nobunaga24 00:59, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * This is my understanding as well. All branches send their service memebers to Benning for Airborne training, but the schools is run by TRADOC and is under Army command, not DoD. — Linnwood 01:38, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Move completed. — Linnwood 18:33, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

night jumps
i added "time permitting" to the sentence "At least one jump is at night." i attended jump school in late oct-early-nov 2004. my jump week was the same week as veterans' day, which happened to fall on a thursday, cutting my jump week to only monday, tuesday, and wednesday. we jumped twice during the day monday, the same for tuesday, and then again wednesday morning. we did no night jumps. Parsecboy 21:52, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I deleted your qualifier because your unique exprience does not necessarily reflect the program of instruction of the Airborne School. Instruction is is sometimes modified to meet temporary weather or time restriction. I for example, didn't participate the 250-foot free tower because of high winds that day, but this does not deserve mention. Ehrentitle 22:04, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Recent Edits
I reverted the past few edits because they were unsourced, POV, written in second person as a how-to manual, and partially in all caps. I would support adding this information back if someone can find sources and rewrite them. Ketsuekigata (talk) 06:03, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I undid an additional edit by the all-caps using gentleman, as I know that he's quite mistaken. I graduated Airborne in '99 and there were cadre from all four branches present. This may no longer be the case in present day, but even if it is no longer true, the article should still mention it, as it is a historical fact. I'll dig up a ref for it when I find one. EvilCouch (talk) 18:03, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

History of the school
In either Anthony Herbert's Soldier or David Hackworth's About Face the author relates how in the 1950s parachute training was part of an Airborne Infantryman's advanced individual training. Does anyone know when the three week jump school first started? Foofbun (talk) 00:58, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

"Two-story building"
"The T-10D round-shaped parachute that static-line paratroopers use gives a descent rate of 23.1 ft/sec for 260 pounds suspended ..., which is the equivalent of jumping from a two-story building." - This should probably be deleted or modified, or at the very lease sourced, as it is unequivocally false. Without air resistance, a human in freefall reaches 23 fps in about 2.5m, or about 8.2 feet. This is significantly less than even a single story, usually considered to be about 10 feet when given without context. The only way the quoted section makes sense is with ~4 foot stories, in which case I am more than a story and a half tall. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.215.55.215 (talk) 04:17, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

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Clarence Öfwerman

Clarence Öfwerman (born 22 November 1957) is a Swedish record producer and musician, best known as the longtime producer of Roxette, having been with the band from their debut album, Pearls of Passion, in 1986, through to 2016's Good Karma, their last studio album. He coproduced Pop-Up Dynamo!, an album issued in 2022 by Per Gessle under the name PG Roxette. He is the older brother of former Roxette percussionist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist Staffan Öfwerman. He also joined Gessle and Roxette as a live musician on various tours, including the 2009 Night of the Proms series in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, as well as a mini European tour in 2010.

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Guelph Central Station

Guelph Central Station (also known as Guelph Central GO Station ) is the main inter-modal transportation terminal in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It is used by Via Rail and GO Transit trains, as well as Guelph Transit local buses, GO Transit regional buses and intercity buses. It is located at 79 Carden Street and includes the historic Guelph Railway Station, as well as the site of the former Guelph Bus Terminal.

GTR station
The current station building was built in 1911 by the Grand Trunk Railway, which had been serving Guelph since 1856. In addition to serving regional trains, in the pre-Amtrak era, it served the Grand Trunk Western's Maple Leaf (Chicago - Toronto). The station is a classic example of early 20th century Canadian railway station design and has been designated as a heritage structure per the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act. The Romanesque Revival building, with an Italianate tower, has been listed on the Canadian Register since 2006 and was formally recognized as one of Canada's Historic Places in November 1992.

In 1923, the Grand Trunk Railway was merged into the Canadian National Railway.

Between 1982 and 2004, the Central station was served by the International Limited, a train service between Chicago and Toronto that was then operated jointly by Via Rail and Amtrak.

Guelph was also served by GO Transit trains between 1990 and 1993, when it served as the terminus of the then Georgetown line. Provincial cutbacks in 1993 caused GO Transit to cut back service to Georgetown.

The current GO Train service through Guelph Station began on December 19, 2011, when two daily trains in each direction on the then Georgetown line were extended to Kitchener.

Intermodal Terminal
The Intermodal Transit Terminal was first proposed in 2002 to consolidate intercity bus, local bus and railway services into one facility. At the time, the downtown terminal for Guelph Transit was three blocks away at St. George's Square. A feasibility study was initiated in 2004, and Guelph City Council endorsed the Carden Street location and the concept design that same year. The project received federal and provincial infrastructure stimulus funding in 2009, and detailed design and stakeholder consultations were conducted. Construction began in April 2010.

The name "Guelph Central" was chosen with input from the community and the transit service providers using the new station.

The station opened to the public on May 13, 2012. The project was projected to cost $8 million, of which $5.3 million was from the Provincial and Federal Infrastructure Stimulus Funds.

The opening of the bus portion of the station was delayed from October 2011 to May 2012 to allow time for the renovations of the railway station building to be completed.

Additional renovations, with a $2.1 million budget, were completed in 2016–2017. The work also helped to preserve and restore heritage characteristics.

Guelph Transit
On January 1, 2012, all the Guelph Transit routes were changed. While it was originally planned to have the new bus routes meeting at the new station on the same date, this change was delayed until May 6, 2012. In September 2016, Guelph Transit began offering early morning shuttle service for those connecting with early GO Trains. The PRESTO co-fare cards can be used through all of the hours of GO service in Guelph.

Via Rail
Via Rail operates one daily train in each direction on the Sarnia - London - Toronto line.

GO Transit

 * GO Train service on the Kitchener line to Toronto Union Station.
 * Bus service to York Mills Bus Terminal & Union Station Bus Terminal (GO Bus routes 31 and 33).
 * Bus service to Square One via Aberfoyle park & ride, Milton Carpool Lot, Winston Churchill Station and Erin Mills Station (GO Bus route 29)

Guelph Owen Sound Transportation
Starting August 31, 2020, the GOST (Guelph Owen Sound Transportation) operates a bus service between Guelph Central Station and Owen Sound Transit Terminal twice a day.

Bus platforms
Guelph Central Station provides an exchange with both local and regional bus services. Bays 1-20 are located on an island bus platform, while bays 21 and 22 are located on the south side of Macdonell Street, immediately adjacent to the island platform. Bus platform allocation are as follows:

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Mound (disambiguation)

A mound is an artificial heap or pile, especially of earth, rocks, or sand.

Mound and Mounds may also refer to:

Places

 * Mound, Louisiana, United States
 * Mound, Minnesota, United States
 * Mound, Texas, United States
 * Mound, West Virginia
 * Mound Creek, a stream in Minnesota
 * Mounds, Illinois, United States
 * Mounds, Oklahoma, United States
 * The Mound, a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, linking the Old Town and the New Town
 * The Mound railway station, a former station in northern Scotland

Arts, entertainment, and media

 * Mound, a fictional entity in the work of artist Trenton Doyle Hancock
 * The Mound (novella), a 1940 work by H. P. Lovecraft

Other uses

 * The Mound or Marble Arch Mound, former artificial hill in London
 * Mound Laboratories, a nuclear laboratory in Miamisburg, Ohio that was a part of the Manhattan Project
 * Mounds (candy), a candy bar
 * Pitcher's mound, a raised surface on a baseball diamond from which pitches are thrown

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Musselburgh Links

Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, is generally accepted as being one of the oldest golf courses in the world. The course is not to be confused with The Royal Musselburgh Golf Club or the Levenhall Links.

Musselburgh Links is a publicly owned course, administered by East Lothian Council. Two golf clubs, Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club and Musselburgh Links Ladies Golf Club, are based at the course. The course has nine holes, and is a par 34.

History
Musselburgh was once certified as being the oldest golf course in the world by Guinness World Records; recently this 'record' was reassigned to St Andrews. There is documented evidence that golf was played at the links in 1672, while it is claimed that Mary, Queen of Scots, played nearby (at Seton) in 1567.

Musselburgh Links was originally seven holes, with an 8th added in 1838 and the 9th in 1870.

Musselburgh was one of the three courses which staged The Open Championship in rotation in the 1870s and 1880s, alongside Prestwick and the Old Course at St Andrews. It was selected because it was used by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, and the course hosted six Opens in all, the first in 1874 and the last in 1889.

When the Honorable Company built a private club at Muirfield, Musselburgh dropped out of the rotation for the Open.

On 14 July 2010, the course became a temporary heliport, when fog in Edinburgh forced the helicopter used by Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to land in front of the first tee.

Legacy
The course left a lasting legacy to the game's rules. The four-and-a-quarter-inch (4.25 in) diameter of a golf hole was the width of the implement used to cut the holes at Musselburgh; in 1893, the Royal and Ancient adopted the measurement as a mandatory requirement for all courses.

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