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Talk:Southfields

Dunsford
Why is the Southfields article linking to (and claiming to be a former field to south of) the village of Dunsford in Devon? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.131.101.191 (talk) 19:59, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Wimbledon tennis in Southfields?
I think there must be some doubt about the following sentence, which I've removed from the article: "Contrary to popular belief, the famous annual Wimbledon tennis championships do not in fact occur in Wimbledon but in Southfields."

The championships website gives its address as "Wimbledon"; the post code is SW19 - the postcode for Wimbledon (Southfields is SW18); the championship grounds are in the London Borough of Merton which incorporated the earlier Wimbledon Borough Council in the 1960s (Southfields is in Wandsworth); the phone number begins 946 - converted in the 1960s from the old WIM number (946 = WIM on the dial); and the Wimbledon championships were already well established before much of the development around Southfields tube station had begun.

It is true to say that it's quicker to get to the grounds from Southfields tube station (about 20 minutes walk) than from Wimbledon station (about 25 minutes) but that's not the same as saying the championships are actually held in Southfields. Adrian Robson 13:51, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

 * District Line trains (with an automated station annoucement system) tell people to "alight here for Wimbledon Tennis", so I think it is worth mentioning even though the AELTC and the Lawn Tennis Museum are just over the border.

Actually the train announcement is "alight here for the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club" which doesn't exist. It drives me mad....I even wrote to TfL but of course they took no notice. 86.157.90.44 (talk) 14:03, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Mad John
Does anyone know his actual story? I intend to write a page about him, but without any reliable information, it is rather tricky. ____________________________

I heard he was an engineer back in the days, but that is all i know. Good luck with the article, but someone has to include him here! His real name is John O'shea he lived in a house in Strathan Close from 1960 aprox initially with his family laterly with his brother Don. In his early days he worhed for his father on his road gang but also has done inumerable other things throughout his life as long as I have known him he has been unnaried he is survived by his brother and his sister Mad is never the way I would have described him he was unconventional for sure but if you stoped to listen highly intelegent very knowledgeable with a keen sense of fun — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.44.187 (talk) 14:10, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

John O'shea aka Mad John lived at an adress in Strathan Close since 1960 approx initialy a family home with his parents brother two sisters laterly with his brother Don as far as I am aware he never married and had no children and is survived by a brother and a sister. When I first knew him he worked for his father in his road gang but he was a free spirit and had many intrests and changes of career. John loved the limelight was unconvential kind very intelligent as anbody that got beyond his outer image would soon find out I would never describe him as Mad just someone enthusiastic about life. Trying to help 1000 (talk) 07:09, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Mad John?
I don't know whether adding an article about "Mad John" is really approperiate.

Firstly, 'Mad John' is a pejorative nickname given to the local gentleman, and perhaps even disrespectful to him.

Secondly, seeing as John is not a public figure, you need his permision to publish information regarding him on the internet.

Finally, we must remember that Wikipedia is a worldwide encyclopeadia. Futhermore, it is arguably the internet's most credible encyclopeadia and the authority on online factual information. "Mad John" bears no factual information whatsoever, and the article would probably fit the criteria for speedy deletion and possibly wikipedia abuse.

Please bear these points in mind before you decide to add this article to Wikipedia.

I have also taken the liberty to delete the following sentence: "Southfields is also home to the local legendary hero "Mad John", an old man prone to walking around Southfields shouting at people, his favourite phrase being "Have a nice day!"."

It is completely irrelevant to anything about Southfields, and also disrespectful to 'John.'

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It's argueably relevant as he can be quite the local nuisance, especially bothering old women although he does it seemingly unknowingly.

Even if it's not wiki worthy does anybody know his backstory. My parents claim he's been around here since they moved in twenty years ago in much the same condition.

Though the rumors of him having been a succesfull person in a well respected career seem to be reacuring. I've heard them ever since I started at Sherringdale.

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Should the high percentage of Asians dominating the local job market be mentioned? and the high degree of mulitculturism in all the local schools be mentioned?

He is very popular though!
A simple search on google for "mad john southfields" brings up quite a number of pages dedicated to him, as well as a myspace page!

South African immigrants
What do people think about whether it's worth mentioning the significant South African population in Southfields? I think this first entered the article in a perjorative way which has been removed, but I wonder whether there is a serious point of information here that might be worth mentioning. --Nmcmurdo 19:43, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Southfields is, I heard, THE destination for South African migrants... any South Africans able to clear this little mystery? In fact, is there an article on this effect - why migrants of the same country cluster in specific areas? (I'm think the Polish community in Hammersmith, the Australians in Shephereds Bush, and of course the huge Indian/Pakistani/Banglasdeshi communities in Brick Lane and Tooting) Crabsoneyes 15:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Why do people keep removing the photo
This is the only one we have at the moment! Stop taking it off. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 90.193.153.153 (talk • contribs) 19:09, 4 December 2006 (UTC).

John
What on earth do you think gives you the right to: a)mention a local resident who suffers from mental illness on Wikipedia b)call him 'Mad John'  c) mention him without his concent?  If you knew the tragic story behind his illness, or the suffering it causes his relations and those who care for him, you wouldn't dare.

Whoever called him a local nusciance should be ashamed of themselves, I also attended Sheringdale School (on Standen Road if you don't believe me) but I have respect for him. Just so you know, I'm not a particularly 'high-horseish' person, neither am I religious, but I do believe in respect for others. We are no better or more valuble than he is.

Furthermore, 'Mad John' bears no factual relevance to Southfields, and legally, you aren't allowed to mention him on the internet because he is not a Public Figure, although he is undeniably outspoken.

HOWEVER, I assume no other southfields residents would like to see articles on the internet trumpetting their flaws for the community to ridicule.

Having spoken to John (As it is appropriate to call him) he is a reasonable man, and means nobody any harm. Certianly an article entitled 'Mad John' would be HIGHLY inapropriate.

In respons to the post 'he is very popular though' most of the google search results from keywords 'mad john [or jon] southfields' are utterly unrelated to the man in question.

As you've probably deduced from the tone of this entry, I am shocked and angered by peoples use of the term 'Mad John'. It ammounts to nothing more than racism, or the barbarric practice of outcasting an individual based on characteristics that they have no power over. Is this a normal attitude in a multicultural community? Welcome to the twenty-f**king-first century, people!!

I expect to see no more casually bigoted statements regarding this resident, it is degrading and disgusting.

Right - firstly, how do you know he suffers from a mental illness ? You imply that you know something about his "tragic" story and that it causes "suffering" to his relations and "those who care for him". Do you know that ? Are you one of them ? If not, what gives you the right to make pronouncements about him ? Secondly, how do you know he doesn't cal himself Mad John ? Have you asked him ? I could go on, but the one which takes the biscuit is the idea that calling him Mad John amounts to racism. You need to understand that simply hurling the word racism at people whose behaviour you don't like, but which has nothing whatever to do with racial prejudice simply weakens your arguments beyond the point where they hold any water at all. 86.157.90.44 (talk) 14:03, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the Mad John complaint..
Mad John is his nickname, in public usage. Of course, I call him John to his face whenever I talk to him (word to the wise, try to avoid shaking his hand), but I mean him no disrespect. A friend of my mother's once suffered an epileptic fit in Southfields, and he immediately rushed toward her to sort her out. Moments of lucidity such as this, and the time he punched a mugger, cause him to be something more akin to a local hero than a figure of fun. As to whether or not he is a public figure... is there an actual definition as to what this means? He is, to the residents of a sizable area of South-West London, he iss well-known and immediately recognisable. I am sure that he has featured in numerous media publications, and as such, his mention on Wikipedia is deserved. Of course, any mention sould be a perfectly unbiased, neutral mention of who he is the stories that surround him. Crabsoneyes 23:47, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I see what you're saying, thank you for your rational response. I just think because he is a figure of ridicule, mentioning him on wikipedia will only bring on further discrimination.
 * I don't think he's a figure of ridicule. I actually admire the guy. Always smiling, talking, dribbling... bike and radio in tow. London needs more people like him!Boomshanka 07:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

 * John is an important part of the fabric of Southfields. Apart from the group of shops around the station there isn't a lot that all the local residents are able to share as a community.  Knowing John is a bond that unites everyone, the long-term residents, the commuters and the short-term renters, most of whom feel very affectionate towards him and appreciate his warm-hearted (if slightly loud and unexpected!) greetings. He isn't a figure of ridicule, he's a valued member of the community.  (As far as I know, most people refer to him simply as "John".) Opbeith (talk) 11:09, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I often saw him walking into the local pub (the grid) shouting his head off about I don't know what,that's all I'm saying! 92.40.212.187 (talk) 07:47, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

South West Trains
South West Trains do not call at Southfields Station. The District Line has been the only line serving this station for as long as I can remember. South West Trains occasionally send trains through Southfields, but they never stop there. One of the two viaducts that links the disused 'British Rail' platforms at East Putney to the line from Putney through Wandsworth Town to Clapham Junction has now been removed, so this sort of service is not likely to run in the near future.

Some people from Southfields walk to Earlsfield Station and take services from South West Trains from there. It might be worth mentioning this in the Southfields article (and mentioning Earlsfield residents walking to Southfields to get the District Line in the Earlsfield article).

The historical information about the railway opening is not entirely accurate. The railway from Wimbledon via Southfields splits at East Putney (which was built with four platforms). The District Raliway continues north over the Thames, but the other railway line turned east and droped down onto the mainline railway cutting just east of Putney Railway Station. I stongly doubt that British Rail trains ever crossed over Putney Railway Bridge and went to Putney Railway Station. Big Mac 20:37, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Pubs information disputed
One of the pubs in Southfields was actually opened illegally, having been built with planning permission for a restaraunt with a licence to sell drink, so I'm not sure the current description about the abstinance law applies. Also it was a condition set down to people who bought the land from the owners who didn't want pubs (or funeral parlours), so I'm not sure it was a "law". Maybe it was a contract or a deed of some sort. This could do with some research. Big Mac 04:07, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

It wasn't a law, it was a restrictive covenant, which is, as you say, a condition imposed on anyone who bought the land. That's if it ever actually existed. In over 20 years of discussion of this I have never met anyone who has ever seen such a covenant. I once owned a house in the middle of the Grid and there was none on that property (I used to own a flat in South Wimbledon with a restrictive covenant preventing the garden being used as a brickworks !). 90.192.171.164 (talk) 22:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

"The most famous village on the planet" - ?
who says wimbledon is the most famous village on the planet? i've taken the liberty of deleting this line. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.44.169.107 (talk) 12:56, 13 May 2007 (UTC).

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Open and affirming

Open and Affirming (ONA) is an official designation of congregations and other settings in the United Church of Christ (UCC) affirming the full inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and non-binary persons (LGBTQ) in the church's life and ministry.

The Open and Affirming program is administered by the UCC Open and Affirming Coalition, which supports congregations and other church settings as they consider the adoption of an ONA "covenant" and maintains the official registry of ONA congregations and ministries. The Coalition encourages UCC congregations, campus ministries, seminaries, regional bodies and other settings of the church to engage their members in serious study of sexual orientation and gender identity and to declare publicly their full welcome and inclusion of LGBTQ people. With more than 1,600 congregations, the UCC's ONA program is the largest of several LGBT-welcoming church movements in U.S. and Canadian churches.

There is a similar "Open & Affirming" program in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

History
In 1985 the United Church of Christ's General Synod adopted a resolution encouraging UCC congregations to welcome (or consider welcoming) gay, lesbian, and bisexual people after a time of dialogue, study and prayer. Following later General Synod resolutions affirming transgender members of the church, the welcome was extended so that, today, an ONA covenant typically welcomes members of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. An ONA church is expected to commit to the inclusion of LGBTQ members in the sacraments and ministries of the church, including marriage.

The 1985 resolution had no legislative authority over individual congregations, which are autonomous, but set in motion a movement that spread rapidly throughout the church.

The resolution allocated no funds to support an ONA program in the UCC's national office. As a result, the UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns launched an ONA program in 1987, led by the Rev. Ann B. Day and Donna Enberg, which raised funds from individual contributors, sympathetic congregations and private foundations. To this day, the official registry of ONA congregations is managed by the Coalition (since renamed the Open and Affirming Coalition), a voluntary non-profit organization independent from the church's national office, although it works in close partnership with the UCC's national ministries. The Coalition publishes a wide range of resources to support congregations considering an ONA commitment and to help existing ONA churches build relationships with the LGBTQ community.

New York City's Riverside Church, under the pastoral leadership of the late Rev. William Sloane Coffin, was the first in the UCC to be listed as Open and Affirming in 1987.

According to the Coalition, more than 1,800 UCC congregations with 370,000 members (about 35 percent of all UCC churches) are officially designated as Open and Affirming as of December 2022. Twenty-one of the UCC's 38 regional conferences, most new church starts, all seven seminaries affiliated with the UCC and several UCC-related campus ministries have adopted ONA statements, or "covenants." Other ministries in the UCC, like the Council for Health and Human Service Ministries and the Order of Corpus Christi have also adopted ONA covenants.

Opposition
In response to the perceived promotion of the ONA movement by denominational officials, 75 UCC congregations have identified themselves as "Faithful and Welcoming" by affirming the Lexington Confession (named for the North Carolina town where it was drafted), which affirms marriage as an relationship between a man and woman.

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Greenwich Millennium Village

Greenwich Millennium Village (GMV) is a mixed-tenure modern development on an urban village model located on the Greenwich Peninsula in Greenwich, in south-east London, and part of the Millennium Communities Programme under English Partnerships (now renamed Homes and Communities Agency). The village is designed by architects Ralph Erskine and partners with EPR Architects Ltd as executive architect as part of the regeneration of the whole brownfield site of East Greenwich Gas Works. GMV is south of the former Millennium Dome, now renamed the O2.

Location
The village is on the southern banks of the River Thames, about one mile upstream (west) from the Thames Barrier and adjacent to the purpose-built Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park, cycle paths and recreational areas. The village currently has the Millennium Primary School, a GP surgery, and a few shops. East of the village, at Peartree Wharf, is the Greenwich Yacht Club, a modern building provided by English Partnerships. The village is south of the O2 dome complex; commercial developments are situated to the south.

Development
The village is being developed by a consortium of Countryside Properties and Taylor Wimpey. The development aimed to cut primary energy use by 80% using low-energy building techniques and renewable energy technologies. GMV was planned by the developers to continue to expand until about 2015, with its own integrated village shopping and community centres. By 2010, 1,098 flats and houses as well as a village square with shops had been completed. Of the units completed about 20% are affordable housing which are owned by a housing association which rents to those in social need as well as to key workers under shared ownership "rent to buy" purchase schemes.

In 2005, some GMV residents complained that the noise insulation in the Kilby Court blocks was inadequate.

Buses
Greenwich Millennium Village is served by London Buses routes 108, 129, 132, 161, 188, 422, 472 and 486.

London Underground
The nearest station is North Greenwich on the Jubilee line.

National Rail
The nearest stations are Charlton and Westcombe Park for Southeastern services towards Dartford, London Cannon Street and London Charing Cross.

London River Services
The nearest pier is North Greenwich for Thames Clippers services towards Embankment, Greenwich and Woolwich Arsenal.

London Cable Car
The London Cable Car service opened in June 2012 and connects North Greenwich with the Royal Docks on the other side of the River Thames. Its southern terminal is located north of the Millennium Village, on the south side of Edmund Halley Way.

In popular culture
The video for Lady Leshurr's Queen's Speech Ep.4 was filmed at the Greenwich Millennium Village.

The development was also the setting for BBC One ident “Windows” in 2006. Residents were seen using their windows to reflect sunlight into a ring. Filmed at the Greenwich Millennium Village in south east London and directed by Matthias Hoene. This ident was withdrawn in 2008 and was often used to introduce daytime programming.

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Category talk:Old Testament books

Old Testament
I'd like to move this category from "Old Testament books" to "Old Testament". I think it sounds better, and it would match the "New Testament" category. Any objections?

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User talk:Luigi30/Archive 1

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Welcome
Hello, welcome to Wikipedia.

You might find these links helpful in creating new pages or helping with the above tasks: How to edit a page, How to write a great article, Naming conventions, Manual of Style. You should read our policies at some point too.

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Whooness and Yay
Luigi, how long have you been here? :P Saw your name on the VfD page and I thought (yes, I think in 1337 speech) 'OMFG it r luigi30111' Darksun 19:48, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Categories.
Categories don't go on votes for deletion, they go on Categories for deletion. Plus category sizes are not a reason to delete. No[[User_talk:norm|rm]] 13:31, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for editing 1978 Tabas earthquake. Pouya 03:14, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Requested articles clean-up
Thanks for your work sorting the requested articles into their categories, don't suppose you want to lend a hand doing the same on Requested_articles/Sports? We recently reorganised the page into sub-sections for each sport, but have a large number of teams, athletes, competitions etc. that still need to be sorted. Any help would be fantastic. Grunners 22:11, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

666,666th pool
I love/hate to be a nitpicker so, wouldn't 666,667th ($$\approx 2/3$$) have been a more logical choice? ;-) hydnjo talk 00:04, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * True, very true. But I was commenting on accuracy vs coolness. I totally agree that the attention getting (cool) page name is definitely 666,666th. My left brain unfortunately would have made the less cool choice (so my right brain says). Good luck on your guess and if you miss, well then I hope I win. hydnjo talk 01:54, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * And thanks for all your hard work in setting up this pool. I'm sure that it didn't set up the way you wanted in the first shot (or maybe it did !). Anyway, thanks for an interesting article and adventure. hydnjo talk 02:59, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wikifying
Thanks for wikifying the Axiomancy article, but:
 * 1) don't overdo the Wiki-links, especially in such a short article ('table', for example, can be left unlinked), and
 * 2) remember that the subject should be bolded in the summary. Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 20:27, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Spoken Wikipedia
Hi, I've left a question about GFDL compliance with spoken Wikipedia. Do we have to append at the end of the audio a list of authors, the license or a link to an electronic version of such? Fuzheado | Talk 08:27, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for doing all those initial spoken articles--that's great! It looks like people want to see filenames congruent with the article names, so I've put that recommendation in the project page. It might be worth renaming the files you've already done to match. I'd do some of it myself but there's no "move" function for filenames so a re-upload is required. It's probably better if you re-upload the files under new names because 1) You're the recordist so it's better if you identify the license and 2) you can ask for the old file to be speedy-deleted. Thanks! Demi T/C 21:41, 2005 Apr 14 (UTC)

On your excellent contributions to the Spoken Wikipedia project...
I do hereby award you, Luigi30, this Spoken Wikipedia barnstar nsh 18:29, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

I second that award, for your large number of audio contributions. Keep up the good work. You might like to see the proposal I made at Barnstar_and_award_proposals. — Chameleon 14:21, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Transliteration spoken word
Nice work, but around the 2:30 mark there is some clattering the background. It sounds like pots. Burgundavia 17:13, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)

You have an understandable voice. Thanks for reading with it. DanielHolth, 25 June 2005

Pandeism vfd
Please consider revising the basis for your vote to Delete on Votes for deletion/Pandeism to "non-notable." I believe I have adduced sufficient referential evidence to show that this article was not "original research," but simply an exposition on a philosophy which, although real, lacks enough adherents/proponents to be notable enough for inclusion. I apologize for having overestimated the importance of this topic. It was, after all, one of my first posts, when I was new to Wikipedia and not yet familiar with the criteria for notability. -- 8^D BD2412gab 04:42, 2005 Apr 29 (UTC)
 * On second though, since its very easy for those not acquainted with religous details to confuse "theism" with "deism" - as demonstrated by the fact that most of the non-wiki-mirror references on the web do use pandeism to mean pantheism - a redirect would be useful. -- 8^D BD2412gab 06:39, 2005 Apr 29 (UTC)
 * Forget the above. I have found conclusive evidence of the use of the term "Pandeism" dating back to 1833, being used by Godfrey Higgins, a follower of John Toland, the creator of pantheism.. The term is used in a book written by Higgins called the Anacalypsis. -- 8^D BD2412gab 10:24, 2005 Apr 29 (UTC)

Chess
Hi, I'd just like to let you know that the chess tournament has started. You will play User:Ghost Freeman. Look at the rules, decide with your opponent what colour you will play, and then start playing! If you have any questions either ask me or try Wikipedia talk:Chess championship. Good luck! Gkhan 23:58, May 15, 2005 (UTC)

I know i'm late but Good luck, Fellow Wikipedian. Ghost Freeman | Talk 22:59, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't care--whichever you like. Jonathan Christensen 08:20, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Vote for Deletion
Hi; I'm sorry to be bothering you concerning this, but Chess championship is up for a VfD. Votes_for_deletion/Chess_championship Please vote to keep this thing alive... this is so lame that I need to ask people to help out here. Linuxbeak | Desk 03:47, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

kudos
great job sending so much garbage to VfD. I really appreaciete your cleaning efforts. drini ☎ 22:20, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Your σιγ
Howdy. Your talk page link in your sig is missing a semicolon – currently looks like this: Tαλ&kappa A и D я 01D  TALK  EMAIL  01:19, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

wpmark update 03 June 2005
On this day a new version of wpmark is released. It fills in edit summaries. Updating is highly recommended. r3m0t talk 10:16, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Luigi, this is a bit overdue, but thank you for your support vote on my RFA. Thanks to you people, I am now an admin and I'm using my powers to better Wikipedia. Thank you and catch you on the chessboard! Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 22:58, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

666,666th pool closed
I just closed the 666,666th pool and updated the other pools. Anything I forgot to do?? Georgia guy 00:39, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Mind Benders
Hello! I've noticed your interest in creating logos, barnstars, or your past artistic ability! Thus, I just wanted to let you know that the pre-round, an artistic competition, is now open at Mind Benders (Shortcut: WP:MIND)! The competition is open to everyone and is seeking a logo/trophy, similar to Barnstars, to be placed on every winner's page. We urge you to help us out and submit an entry! Afterwards, the normal rounds, each consisting of ten or more fun, logical, brain-stimulating questions will open. Why don't you give it a try when it opens! Look forward to seeing your contribution. Thanks, Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:50, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hello Luigi
I just thought I'd say hi.. I've seen some quotes with you in them at Bash.org; why I notice you in the QDB I do not know.

Template for Deletion
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Wikimoney
Am I really the first to take advantage of your offer? Trying to get rid of them myself, but don't mind hoarding more for now. Greenman 08:27, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

WikiDefcon
Whatcha think ;) --Cool Cat My Talk 23:59, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Pell Lake, Wisconsin

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Should this article be considered a stub? NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 04:40, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

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Aliah University

Aliah University (AU; جامعہ عالیہ) is a public state university in New Town, West Bengal, India. Previously known as Mohammedan College of Calcutta, it was elevated to university in 2008.

History
The Aliah University (AU) is one of the oldest modern-style educational institutes in Asia, and first in India. It was set up in October 1780 by Warren Hastings, the British Governor general of East India Company near Sealdah in Calcutta. A number of titles were used for it, such as Islamic College of Calcutta, Calcutta Madrasah, Calcutta Mohammedan College and Madrasah-e-Aliah. Of these, Calcutta Mohammedan College was that used by Warren Hastings.

The original building was completed in 1782 at Bow Bazaar (near Sealdah). The college moved to its campus on Wellesley Square in the 1820s. Initially it taught natural philosophy, Arabic, Persian, theology and Islamic law, astronomy, grammar, logic, arithmetic, geometry, rhetoric and oratory. The Calcutta Madrasa followed different models for different subjects, like Dars-i Nizami of Firingi Mahal for Persian and Arabic, and the old Peripatetic School Model for the Logic and Philosophy.

Campus
Aliah University has three campuses for different types of curriculum located at New Town, Park Circus and Taltala.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal laid the foundation stone of 'Aliah University Campus' at New Town on 15 December 2011. Later on 11 November 2014 Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the finished campus. New Town campus contains 156 class rooms with a capacity of 12,000 students and houses Science and Technology students only. The campus also has separate boy's and girl's hostel. New Town campus also has three annexure buildings dedicated to various laboratories and a central library.

Admission
Admission to most undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Aliah University is granted through written entrance examinations and for B.Tech. programs through WBJEE. Admission to M.S. and PhD programmes is based on a written test and a personal interview.

Admission to undergraduate programmes is based on merit rank of the "Aliah University Admission Test" (AUAT), which consists of a written examination of "Multiple Choice Type Questions" (MCQ), clearing of which leads to an interview and final selection of the candidate. Candidates who qualify for admission through AUAT can apply for admission to LLM. (  Masters of Law  ), B.Tech. (Bachelor of Technology), Integrated MBA (Master of Business Administration), MCA (Master of Computer Applications), M.Sc. (Master of Science) and M.A (Master of Arts) courses in different Engineering, Business, Science and Arts subjects. Aliah University has also M.Tech. (Master of Technology) program.

Accreditation
The University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) accorded recognition to the university in terms of Section 12B of the U.G.C. Act, in 2019.

Controversy and criticism
In 2016, a series of protests by the students of the university took place on the main campus (New Town) against the disordering principle of the then vice chancellor, Abu Taleb Khan; because students were experiencing lack of books in library, lack of faculty, bad condition of lab etc. from the beginning of the university. The protest began on 8 November 2016. On 18 November 2016, students insulted their VC Abu Taleb Khan giving a black rose to him. They blockaded the main gates of the university and the students made a loud slogan. With the help of police and security guards of the university, the VC entered in his office.

Students were requested by the EC members, Fact Finding Committee and also the Minority and Madrasah Education Minister Giasuddin Molla to stop the protest and class boycotts. But students said they will continue to boycott classes until the vice chancellor resigns.

Notable people

 * Abu Nasr Waheed, Islamic scholar
 * Nawsad Siddique ,Member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal

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Automatic frequency control

In radio equipment, Automatic Frequency Control (AFC), also called Automatic Fine Tuning (AFT), is a method or circuit to automatically keep a resonant circuit tuned to the frequency of an incoming radio signal. It is primarily used in radio receivers to keep the receiver tuned to the frequency of the desired station.

In radio communication, AFC is needed because, after the bandpass frequency of a receiver is tuned to the frequency of a transmitter, the two frequencies may drift apart, interrupting the reception. This can be caused by a poorly controlled transmitter frequency, but the most common cause is drift of the center bandpass frequency of the receiver, due to thermal or mechanical drift in the values of the electronic components. Assuming that a receiver is nearly tuned to the desired frequency, the AFC circuit in the receiver develops an error voltage proportional to the degree to which the receiver is mistuned. This error voltage is then fed back to the tuning circuit in such a way that the tuning error is reduced. In most frequency modulation (FM) detectors, an error voltage of this type is easily available. See Negative feedback.

AFC was mainly used in radios and television sets around the mid-20th century. In the 1970s, receivers began to be designed using frequency synthesizer circuits, which synthesized the receiver's input frequency from a crystal oscillator using the vibrations of an ultra-stable quartz crystal. These maintained sufficiently stable frequencies that AFCs were no longer needed.

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 * (Congressional staff members related an incident in 2001, in which they recalled the freshman Representative Melissa Hart of Pennsylvania, who is white, admonishing Representative Julia Carson, who is black, that the elevator they were riding on was members-only. Ms. Carson, of Indiana, proceeded to introduce herself to her new colleague, offense taken.) --Neutralitytalk 06:05, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

10th district -> 7th district
An anonymous editor changed the succession from Andrew Jacobs, Jr. to John T. Myers. While it is true that Myers was the last previous person to represent the district called the 7th, it is not the same district. Indiana lost a seat in 2002, and the districts were re-numbered. Carson succeeded Jacobs as the 10th district rep in 1996, and the district boundaries were re-drawn, with the new 7th being substantially the same as the old 10th. The district known as the 7th prior to 2002 was in a different part of the state and had no common territory with the new 7th. --rogerd 10:44, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I am going to renew my objection here. The article now lists Brian Kerns as her predecessor.  Kern's 7th and Carson's 7th did not have a single constituent in common.  She was originally elected to the 10th, which was represented by Jacobs, which became the 7th upon redistricting.  Jacobs was here predecessor.  --rogerd (talk) 13:46, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've asked on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Congress, this is a general question that applies everywhere. —Random832 15:26, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

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special election for her replacement
I think that we shouldn't list the details about the candidates for the special election. There are several candidates and such detail would only duplicate the contents of the Indiana's 7th congressional district special election, 2008 article, which is linked here. --rogerd (talk) 17:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Shouldn't there be mention of her refusal to debate her opponents, and her alcoholism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.52.118.118 (talk) 07:11, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

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Juan Francisco Masdeu

Juan Francisco Masdeu (4 October 1744 – 1817), Spanish historian, was born at Palermo. He joined the Company of Jesus on 19 December 1759 and became professor in the Jesuit seminaries at Ferrara and Ascoli. He visited Spain in 1799, was exiled, and returned in 1815, dying at Valencia on 11 April 1817.

His Storia critica di Spagne e della cultura spagnuola in ogni genere (2 vols., 1781–1784) was finally expanded into the Historia crítica de España y de la cultura española (1783–1805), which, though it consists of twenty volumes, was left unfinished; had it been continued on the same scale, the work would have consisted of fifty volumes. Masdeu wrote in a critical spirit and with a regard for accuracy rare in his time; but he is more concerned with small details than with the philosophy of history. Still, his narrative is lucid, and later researches have not yet rendered his work obsolete.

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Avis Car Rental

Avis Car Rental, LLC is an American car rental company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. Along with Budget Rent a Car, Budget Truck Rental and Zipcar, Avis is a unit of Avis Budget Group.

Avis Budget Group operates the Avis brand in North America, South America, Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. In 2011, Avis acquired Avis Europe plc, which had been a separate corporation licensing the Avis brand.

Since the late 1970s, Avis has featured mainly General Motors (GM) vehicles such as Chevrolet, but today also rents other popular brands such as Ford and Toyota.

Avis was the first car rental business to be located at an airport, and today is a provider to the commercial segment serving business travelers at major airports internationally, and to leisure travelers at off-airport locations. Many of the off-airport locations are franchised operations rather than company-owned and operated, as is the case with most airport locations. In January 2013, the company agreed to acquire Zipcar for $491 million.

History
The company was founded in 1946 with three cars at Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan, by Warren Avis (August 4, 1915 – April 24, 2007). It established branch operations across the United States over the next few years, becoming the second largest car rental company in the country by 1953. By its tenth anniversary in 1956 it had opened its first international offices in Europe, Canada and Mexico.

The Avis corporate motto of "We Try Harder" was adopted in 1962, during CEO Robert Townsend's tenure, who transformed the company. The campaign aimed to put a positive spin on Avis' status as the second largest car rental company in the United States, at the expense of its larger competitor, Hertz. The slogan was used for 50 years before a re-branding in 2012, when Avis unveiled a new slogan—"It's Your Space."

In 1972, Avis introduced Wizard, the first computer-based information and reservations system to be used in the United States car rental business; to this day, almost all frequent Avis customers are identified by their unique "Wizard number". In 1981, the company instituted its system of vehicle tracking, that was named Advanced Vehicle Identification System (AVIS).

Avis has been owned by a number of other companies over the years, along with several periods of being a public company. These include:
 * 1956: The Amoskeag Company
 * 1962: Investment group Lazard Freres
 * 1965: ITT Corporation
 * 1977: Norton Simon
 * 1983: Esmark
 * 1984: Beatrice Foods
 * 1986: Investment firm Wesray Capital Corporation
 * 1987: Majority ownership under an Employee Share Ownership Plan
 * 1989: General Motors (acquired 29% stake)
 * 1996: HFS Corporation
 * 2001: Cendant
 * 2006: Avis Budget Group

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Captain Shrimp is the lead character in a children's storybook created by Robert O'Brien. This book currently resides in a children's hospital somewhere in New Jersey.

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Talk:Aliah University

Madrasa.. is Arabic... even though this is in India many Madrasas still have Arabic names... or at least Urdu script... possibly a Devanagari name too... gren グレン 13:58, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you're right, I added the Arabic script. --Anas Salloum 12:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

This article is so messed up that there has to be heavy editing. It currently skips all over the place in terms of chronology. One paragraph talks about how the University was founded in name only, the next how the University got its credentials this decade, and the next skips back in time to about the time the university was founded to talk about one of its founders. In short, a third grader learning to write a paper can do a better job than the author and would get an F in most US Middle Schools.96.3.74.7 (talk) 04:09, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

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Engine control unit

An engine control unit (ECU), also called an engine control module (ECM), is a device which controls multiple systems of an internal combustion engine in a single unit. Systems commonly controlled by an ECU include the fuel injection and ignition systems.

The earliest ECUs (used by aircraft engines in the late 1930s) were mechanical-hydraulic units; however, most 21st-century ECUs function by digital electronics.

Functions
The main functions of the ECU are typically:
 * Fuel injection system
 * Ignition system
 * Idle speed control (typically either via an idle air control valve or the electronic throttle system)
 * Variable valve timing and/or variable valve lift systems

The sensors used by the ECU include:

 * accelerator pedal position sensor
 * camshaft position sensor
 * coolant temperature sensor
 * crankshaft position sensor
 * knock sensors
 * inlet manifold pressure sensor (MAP sensor)
 * intake air temperature
 * intake air mass flow rate sensor (MAF sensor)
 * oxygen (lambda) sensor
 * throttle position sensor
 * wheel speed sensor

Secondary
Other functions include:
 * Launch control
 * Fuel pressure regulator
 * Rev limiter
 * Wastegate control and anti-lag
 * Theft prevention by blocking ignition, in response to input from an immobiliser

In a camless piston engine (an experimental design not currently used in any production vehicles), the ECU has continuous control of when each of the intake and exhaust valves are opened and by how much.

Early systems
One of the earliest attempts to use such a unitized and automated device to manage multiple engine control functions simultaneously was the created by BMW in 1939 Kommandogerät system used by the BMW 801 14-cylinder radial engine which powered the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 V5 fighter aircraft. This device replaced the 6 controls used to initiate hard acceleration with one control, however the system could cause surging and stalling problems.

Usage in motor vehicles
In the early 1970s, the Japanese electronics industry began producing integrated circuits and microcontrollers used for controlling engines. The Ford EEC (Electronic Engine Control) system, which utilized the Toshiba TLCS-12 microprocessor, went into mass production in 1975.

The first Bosch engine management system was the Motronic 1.0, which was introduced in the 1979 BMW 7 Series (E23) This system was based on the existing Bosch Jetronic fuel injection system, to which control of the ignition system was added.

In 1981, a Delco Electronics ECU was used by several Chevrolet and Buick engines to control their fuel system (a closed-loop carburetor) and ignition system. By 1988, Delco Electronics was the leading producer of engine management systems, producing over 28,000 ECUs per day.

Usage in aircraft engines
Such systems are used for many internal combustion engines in other applications. In aeronautical applications, the systems are known as "FADECs" (Full Authority Digital Engine Controls). This kind of electronic control is less common in piston-engined light fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters than in automobiles. This is due to the common configuration of a carbureted engine with a magneto ignition system that does not require electrical power generated by an alternator to run, which is considered a safety advantage.

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Port Victoria, South Australia

Port Victoria (formerly Wauraltee) is a town on the west coast of Yorke Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia.

Like many other coastal towns on the peninsula, it has a jetty and used to be a thriving port for the export of grain to England. Its anchorage is sheltered from westerly weather by nearby Wardang Island. The windjammers carrying the bagged grain called at Falmouth, England or Queenstown, Ireland for orders of where the grain was to be taken. Many of the smaller ports were visited only by coastal ketches and schooners. Port Victoria also had an anchorage offshore for the larger windjammers. These were loaded from the ketches which were in turn loaded at the jetty. The peak of the windjammer trade, the Great Grain Race, was in the 1930s; the last working sailing ships visited in 1949. As a result, Port Victoria is known as the last of the windjammer ports. This era is illustrated in the Port Victoria Maritime Museum.

It was formerly known as Wauraltee and was renamed as Port Victoria in 1940.

Today, Port Victoria is predominantly a fishing town. Activity peaks during the holiday season.

In literature
Port Victoria was visited by English travel author Eric Newby in 1939, while he was crew in the 4-masted barque Moshulu. Sailors on the Moshulu, mostly Scandinavian in origin, referred to Port Victoria as "Port Veek", and it was their second Australian port-of-call after Port Lincoln; Newby did not have many complimentary things to say about the town, but he states that the inhabitants were "kind and hospitable". Moshulu was anchored off Port Victoria for just over a month, during which time she was loaded with 4,875 tons of grain – 59,000 bags which were manually loaded onto ketches at the jetty, ferried to Moshulu, and then manually loaded into Moshulu's holds. During the 1939 season, Olivebank, Pamir, Pommern and Viking were also loaded with grain at Port Victoria – some of these vessels now have streets in Port Victoria named after them. Newby wrote about his experiences on the round-trip from Ireland to South Australia in his book The Last Grain Race (1956), and several pictures of Port Victoria as it appeared in 1939 are included in his photo-essay of his voyage, Learning the Ropes.

Port Victoria is also the setting for Phillip Gwynne's classic Young Adult novel Deadly, Unna? (1998) and its sequel Nukkin Ya (2000).

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This page should be renamed "Tainter Lake CDP" vice "Tainter Lake, WI". This naming error has led to several mapping errors indicating "Tainter Lake, WI" as a city instead of using the proper name of "Tainter, WI". TheJamesD (talk) 02:34, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

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Saint Herman Theological Seminary

Saint Herman’s Orthodox Theological Seminary is an Orthodox Christian seminary located in Kodiak, Alaska, with a campus in Anchorage. Established as a pastoral school in 1972, the seminary now provides a number of educational programs to prepare students for work in the Orthodox Church, as readers, choir directors, church school teachers, and clergy.

History
With the closing of the Russian school at Unalaska in 1917, the Church in Alaska lost its ability to provide formal training for church workers and clergy. In time the lack of an institution to provide education locally was felt by the Diocese of Alaska as the shortage of trained people increased. To correct this situation, in September 1972, the diocese approved a proposal by the Archpriest Joseph P. Kreta to establish a pastoral school, which was the only practical way of solving this problem.

With the approval of the proposal by the diocesan council, the first semester of classes began on February 1, 1973. The classes were conducted in leased facilities at the Wildwood Station near Kenai, Alaska. This first class began with fourteen students. In August 1973, the Alaska State Department of Education recognized St. Herman’s Pastoral School as a diploma-granting institution.

The search for a permanent campus led to the procuring property in Kodiak, near the Church of the Holy Resurrection. In 1974, all classes were moved to the new facilities. In February 1975, St. Herman’s was recognized by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America as a theological school within its seminary system. Then in 1976, the Holy Synod approved the renaming of St. Herman’s as a Theological Seminary. The seminary was subsequently authorized under the Alaska ordinances to grant degrees of Bachelor of Sacred Theology and Associate of Arts in Theological Studies.

A continuing program is in place to keep pace with the growth of the student body and to maintain and rehabilitate the buildings on the campus. Recently, classes in advanced studies have been conducted at an Anchorage campus.

Since the creation of the seminary, over 90% of the student body has been composed of indigenous Alaskans—Aleut, Athabascan, Thligit and Yupiq villagers—coming to study at Saint Herman's from all over rural Alaska.

Programs
St. Herman’s Seminary offers a four-year program of theological, liturgical, patristics, and Biblical studies in a progression of one year programs. A one-year program is offered to prepare students to serve as readers and singers. This year is followed by a year of further Biblical studies, Church history and doctrine for teachers and catechists. As a diaconate program, the third year continues with classes in higher level theology and liturgical experience, and includes training in substance abuse counseling with a certification. A fourth year priestly formation program places emphasis on pastoral ministry and theological education and includes mentoring in prison and hospital ministry and in parish life and administration. All classes are held at the Kodiak campus.

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Michael Tarchaniota Marullus

 Michael Tarchaniota Marullus (Μιχαήλ Μάρουλλος Ταρχανειώτης; Michele Marullo Tarcaniota; c. 1458 – 10 April 1500) was a Greek Renaissance scholar, Neo-Latin poet, humanist and soldier.

Life
Michael Tarchaniota Marullus was born to a family of Greek ancestry. Details of his biography are obscure: he was born in either Constantinople or near the site of ancient Sparta in the Despotate of the Morea on the Peloponnese. His father was known as Manoli Marulo (Μανώλης Μάρουλλος) and his mother was Euphrosyne Tarchaneiotissa (Ευφροσύνη Ταρχανειώτισσα). The name Tarchaniotes was borne by a noble Byzantine family and it probably derives from Tarchanion, a village of Thrace. Another Tarchaniotes, Ioannes, who was the author of several literary works in Greek and Latin in the 16th century, was a relative of Marullus'.

Both of Marullus' parents were Greek exiles who had fled from Constantinople when it fell to the Turks in 1453,

Due to the Ottoman expansion in the 1460s, he fled with his parents to the Republic of Ragusa, where he spent his earliest years. From there, the family travelled further to Italy. He was educated in Italy, in Ancona, and also perhaps in Venice and Padua. Marullus travelled from city to city as a composer of Latin poetry and an ardent advocate of a crusade against the Ottoman Turks. In the 1470s, he fought as a common Stratioti against Turks in the Crimea. In order to liberate his subjugated homeland from domination he was willing to take up arms himself and allied with the king of France when he planned to go on a crusade. In Italy, he served under the cavalry captain Nicholas Rolla, a Lacedemonian.

Through his poetry, Marullus got in contact with many influential people of his time, including popes, kings and members of the Medici family. In Florence in 1494, he married the learned Alessandra Scala (1475–1506), daughter of Bartolomeo Scala. On 10 April 1500, after visiting with the humanist Raffaello Maffei in Volterra, he was riding in full armour to join the armed forces against Cesare Borgia when he drowned with his horse in the river Cecina near Volterra.

The only substantial biography of Marullus is by Carol Kidwell. In Marullus, Soldier Poet of the Renaissance (London, 1989), she reveals the life of a soldier-poet who roamed exotic lands, composed poems at the borders of the Black Sea, and participated in a military campaign of Vlad the Impaler (the inspiration for Dracula). Yet Kidwell is not sensitive to the manipulative moves in Marullus's "autobiographical" poems. These, and their implications, have been explored in more detail by Karl Enenkel in his chapter on the poet (see Die Erfindung des Menschen: Die Autobiographik des frühneuzeitlichen Humanismus von Petrarca bis Lipsius (Berlin, 2008), pp. 368–428). Enenkel argues that it is improbable that Marullus was born in Constantinople. On the contrary, he suggests that the poet was born after the city fell to the Sultan in 1453. The French poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585) considered Marullus as one of his teachers and dedicated an epitaph to him.

Works
Marullus composed a large and varied collection of epigrams in four books. Some of his best love poems were later appropriated by Pierre de Ronsard and others. Marullus also composed a collection of hymns, the Hymni naturales, in which he celebrates the ancient Olympian pantheon. His Institutiones principales, or the education of princes, he left unfinished. An ardent reader of the Roman philosopher-poet Lucretius, he proposed some valuable emendations which were not published until 1513.

Marullus's opera omnia was first edited by Alessandro Perosa in 1951. The Hymnes and the Institutiones are available in translation. Both works were translated into German by Otto Schönberger (Würzburg 1996 and 1997). In addition, the Hymnes were translated in Italian by Donatella Coppini (Florence, 1995), and in French by Jacques Chomarat (Genève, 1995). In 2012, the Harvard I Tatti series published the first English translation of Marullus’ poetry by Charles Fantazzi.

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Kurunegala

Kurunegala (කුරුණෑගල, குருணாகல்) is a major city in Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of the North Western Province and the Kurunegala District. Kurunegala was an ancient royal capital for 50 years, from the end of the 13th century to the start of the 14th century. It is at the junction of several main roads linking to other important parts of the country. It is about 94 km from Colombo, 42 km from Kandy and 51 km from Matale.

Located at an altitude of 116 m above sea level, Kurunegala is surrounded by coconut plantations and rubber estates. There are eight very noticeable large rocks that encircle and dominate the city. Kurunegala's rocks rise from the plain below and have characteristic names, six of which come from the animals that they are imagined to represent. The largest among them is Ethagala or the "Elephant Rock" (though the translation is actually tusker), reaches 325 m. The shape of Ethagala resembles an elephant.

Etymology
Kurunegala has been named after the Elephant rock (ඇතුගල). "Kurune" means tusker or an elephant with protruding teeth and gala in Sinhala means rock. Kurunai means tusker or an Elephant and gal in Tamil means rock or hill. Kurunegala's old name was Hasthishaila-pura, which can be translated as 'The City of the Elephant Rock' in Sanskrit. In some ancient literature, the word Athugal-pura (ඇතුගල්පුර) is employed to describe the city of Kurunegala.

Nearby are three archeological cities — Parakramapura (Panduvasnuwara, පඬුවස්නුවර) (northwest) with remains of a moated palace and monasteries from the 12th century, Dambadeniya (දඹ‍දෙනිය) (southwest, mid-13th century) and Yapahuwa (north).

Kurunegala enjoys a pleasant location with huge rocky outcrops some of which have been given names of the animals they resemble: elephant rock, tortoise rock etc. According to folklore legend, a long time back the city had a severe drought. To exacerbate matters for humans, animals had threatened the city's storage capabilities by consuming huge amounts of water. A witch volunteered to alleviate the problem, transforming some of the animals magically into stone figures.

History

Kurunegala had a citadel in the 13th century. Its ascendancy as an ancient capital of Sri Lanka began with a series of events that took place during the late 12th century at Yapahuwa. The sacred tooth relic which was in the Yapahuwa Kingdom was taken by an Aryacakravarti from the Jaffna Kingdom to the Pandyan country during the rule of Buwaneka Bahu I from 1272 to 1284. The relic was brought back by King Parakrama Bahu III who ruled from Kurunegala between 1287 and 1293. Over the next half a century Kurunegala was the capital and the governing centre for three other kings of Sri Lanka.

After the death of King Parakrama Bahu III, kings Buvanekabahu II (1293–1302) who was followed by Parakramabahu IV (1302–1326) ruled from Kurunegala. The ruler in Kurunegala from 1326 to 1335 was Buwaneka Bahu III alias Wanni Buwaneka Bahu. He was the son of Pandith Parakrama Bahu II and is believed to be the last king to rule the country from Kurunegala.

After the reign of Buwaneka Bahu III, the newly throned king Vijayabahu V ruled from Dambadeniya and Yapahuwa from 1335 to 1341 before once again the kingdom of Sri Lanka shifted to Gampola.

Few remains of the Palace of the Tooth relic that housed the tooth of the Buddha have avoided natural destruction, including few stone steps and a part of a doorway.

Royal complex
Archaeological remains of this site are few but give a glimpse of its past glory and comprise the handsome stone entrance, steps, rock pillars and ruined walls of the royal palace and the palace of the tooth relic.

Kurunegala lake
A large man-made water reservoir constructed by ancient kings. The lake is in the outskirts of the central business district accessible by the Kurunegala-Dambulla and Kurunegala-Puttlam roads. The tank is used as a water supply source for the city.

Kurunegala clock tower
The Kurunegala clock tower was built in 1922 as a tribute to the officers, who were from Wayamba province and sacrificed their lives in World War I.

Geography
Topographically Kurunegala town is based on a plain area with the exception of the surrounding rock outcrops. The northern part of the town is slightly higher than the south. Kurunegala Lake is the primary geographical feature of Kurunegala and adorns the town. The region comprising the Kurunegala town is well above the sea level compared to the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. However, the region is not as high as the central hill country. The nearest beaches to Kurunegala are to the west and include Negombo and Chilaw.

Kurunegala is surrounded by several major rock outcrops, a distinctive geological feature of the Wayamba province.
 * Ethagala (Elephant Rock)
 * Ibbagala (Tortoise Rock)
 * Andagala (Eel Rock)
 * Elugala (Goat Rock)
 * Kuruminiyagala (Beetle Rock)
 * Wanduragala (Monkey Rock)
 * Yakdessagala (Witch Rock)
 * Gonigala (Sack Rock)
 * Adhagala

Climate
Kurunegala features a tropical rainforest climate under the Köppen climate classification. The city's climate is tropical and hot all throughout the year. The surrounding rocks play a major role in determining Kurunegala's weather since these rocks increase and retain the heat of the day. During the month of April the temperature can rise up to about 35 °C. The only major change in the Kurunegala weather occurs during the monsoons from May to August and October to January when heavy rains can be expected. While the city does experience noticeably drier weather during January and February, it does not qualify as a true dry season as average precipitation in both months are above 60 mm. In general, temperatures from late November to mid February period are lower than the rest of the year.

The average annual rainfall in Kurunegala is about 2000 mm.

Demographics
Kurunegala is a Sinhalese majority city; there are sizable communities belonging to other ethnic groups, such as Moors, Tamils, Burghers and Malays. Residents from ethnic minorities live in all parts of the city, however, sizeable communities of Moors and Tamils live in the areas of Teliyagonna and Wilgoda.

Ethnicity according to Kurunegala urban area (2015)
Source: 2015 Census Data

Language
The common languages of Kurunegala, depending on social classes, social circles, and ethnic backgrounds are Sinhalese, Tamil and English.

Religion

Buddhism is the main and the most widely practiced religion in Kurunegala. The town is also home to a wide range of other religious faiths and sects including Hinduism, Christianity and Islam.

Prominent Buddhist temples in Kurunegala include Athkanda Raja Maha Viharaya. It is said that the fabled Jathaka stories were composed at this historic temple. The temple is located on the left hand side of the Kandy-Kurunegala main road in the vicinity of the Kurunegala town, Ibbagala Raja Maha Viharaya, Angangala cave temple, Wilbawa Purana Viharaya and Bauddhaloka Viharaya. An ancient replica of Buddha's footprint that is found on the summit of Sri Pada (Adam's Peak), a little dagoba and some paintings depicting the Buddha and his disciples can be seen at the Ibbagala Raja Maha Viharaya.

There are also numbers of churches, including the cathedral of the Diocese of Kurunegala, mosques and Hindu temples in the city. The Anglican Bishop of Kurunegala cares for the North-Central Province and Kurunegala, Kandy, Matale, Kegalle and Anuradapura districts.

Administration
The Kurunegala Municipality Council is responsible for the overall administration, sanitary, welfare, and other general activities of the city. The Municipality Council headed by a mayor with 21 other elected members. The 21 elected members represent the following wards:

 * Gangoda
 * Wewa
 * Central
 * Yanthampalawa
 * Illuppugedara
 * Madamegama
 * Wehera
 * Udawalpola
 * Bazzar
 * Gettuwana
 * Polaththapitiya
 * Teliyagonna (Upper)
 * Teliyagonna (Lower)

Transportation
Kurunegala is a central city in Sri Lanka. It is directly connected to a large number of major cities and towns of the island.

Kurunegala can be reached by the railway on the Northern railway line.

By road, it is connected to Colombo, Kandy, Matale,  Puttalam, Trincomalee, Narammala, Negombo, Anuradhapura and Kegalle. Due to its status as a crossroads city, the city is a good base for exploring important ancient landmarks a short distance away.

The Kurunegala central bus stand, opened in 2005, is one of Sri Lanka's most efficient and modern bus stands, with a parking capacity of about 200 buses.

Central Expressway Construction Under the directives of MoHEH, RDA has initiated a study to find out a suitable road corridor to construct the expressway from Kadawatha to Dambulla via Kurunegala under Central Expressway Project. The second stage of the construction of the Central Expressway Project (CEP Project-2) from Meerigama to Kurunegala was launched on 2017 February 1. Subsequently, the expressway will cross Gampaha, Meerigama, Kurunegala while ending at Dambulla. The project has been implemented in four stages; from Kadawatha to Mirigama (37 km), Mirigama to Kurunegala (39.28 km), Pothuhera to Galagedara (32.5 km) and Kurunegala to Dambulla (60.3 km). Expressway to Kurunegala was opened on 15 January 2022. Interchanges from Mirigama are Narammala, Dambokka, Kurunegala and Yaggapitiya. Public transport was launched on 20 January 2022 through expressway.

Economy
Many major corporations have large branch offices in Kurunegala and many industries including textiles, Sri Lankan gemstones, furniture, information technology, and jewellery are found there.

Health care
The Teaching Hospital Kurunegala is the only one of that kind in NWP, is situated on the Colombo Kurunegala road about 0.75 k.m. away from the city towards Colombo. Teaching Hospital Kurunegala is one of the largest hospitals in Sri Lanka. The bed count is over 1700 and the staff is over 3500. The hospital spreads over 35 acres land and serves people through more than 100 units. The teaching hospital Kurunegala caters more than 1.2 million patients annually. This number includes the patients from the other districts also, namely Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Trincomalee, and Mathale.

Education
Kurunegala is home to some of the island's oldest and leading schools.

National schools

 * Athugalpura Prince College - Kurunegala
 * Bishop Lakdas de Mel College – Kurunegala
 * D. B. Welagedara Central College - Kurunegala
 * Defence Service College - Kurunegala
 * D. S. Senanayake Central College - Kurunegala
 * Hindu Tamil Maha Vidyalayam – Kurunegala
 * Hisbullah Central College - Kurunegala
 * Holy Family Convent – Kurunegala
 * Madheena National School - Siyabalagaskotuwa
 * Maliyadeva Adarsha Maha Vidyalaya - Kurunegala
 * Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya – Kurunegala
 * Maliyadeva College – Kurunegala
 * President Girls College - Kurunegala
 * Sir John Kotalawala College – Kurunegala
 * Sri Nissanka Maha Vidyalaya – Kurunegala
 * St. Anne's College – Kurunegala
 * Vishvoda College - Kurunegala
 * Wayamba Royal College – Kurunegala
 * Zahira Central College - Kurunegala
 * S. W. R. D. Bandaranayaka College - Kurunegala

Private/international schools

 * Amana International School
 * Cardiff International School
 * Lexicon International School
 * Lyceum International School
 * Royal International School
 * Sussex College Kurunegala
 * Unique International College
 * Wayamba International School

Tertiary education
The Wayamba University of Sri Lanka is situated in Kuliyapitiya, while the Open University of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, the National Institute of Business Management, the College of Technology, the National Apprentice Industrial Training Authority, the Wayamba Technical College, the National Youth Council and the Vocational Training Authority have centres in the city. Most of the private-sector higher educational institutions also have branches in Kurunegala.

Sports

Major sporting venues in and around Kurunegala include:
 * Welagedara Stadium is the top sporting venue in Kurunegala. It regularly hosts First Class Cricket matches that are international and local types.
 * Maliga Pitiya Stadium
 * St. Anne's College Sport Complex
 * Maliyadeva Ground

Kurunegala is one of the outstation cities that is popular for cricket and produced a number of cricketers that represented the nation. One of the best known spin bowlers of all time in Sri Lanka, Rangana Herath is an iconic cricketer from Kurunegala.

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I believe that it's very bad to have the term "Ball Four" redirect to "Jim Bouton". Ball Four is enormously popular and absolutely deserves its own page. TheImpossibleMan 14:01, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I completely agree, Ball Four the book deserves its own place in history and Bouton his own, while related, these two are not the same thing. - Abisai
 * Here's a thing: Get a good article first, then worry about where it goes. -- GWO

I think this Jim Bouton article deserves a longer treatment of Ball Four, which I will try to provide.

Andrew Szanton 4/06 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrew Szanton (talk • contribs) 04:34, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Not a terrible attempt, but the Ball Four section has some serious problems, most notably its tone; it's written more like a high school book report than an encyclopedia article. Too much opinion, too much non-factual clutter.  I'm not even sure where to start, but it needs some serious work.  —Cleared as filed. 00:36, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Disagree, I found that section very readable and it told me exactly what I wanted to know, i.e. what kind of book it is and why it made such a splash at the time. - Mcasey666 02:22, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * "But Bouton and Shecter found a way to write a non-fiction baseball book that was weirdly and powerfully compelling..."
 * Sure, it's readable, but the tone is inappropriate. It's not the job of an encyclopedia to tell people that a book was "weirdly and powerfully compelling," whatever that means.  Like I said, it sounds more like a high school book report.  The article can explain why the book made such a splash without sounding like a cheerleading book review. —Cleared as filed. 03:15, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I tried to clean this up a bit. Hope the tone is more appropriate. - BassPlyr23 10:57, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

changed: ...who was renamed David at the boy's own request. to: ...who was renamed David at the boy's request.

"the boy's own request" is a tautology. Raphaelaarchon 23:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

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When I describe my self to my children I tell them that as a Baseball Player

I was like Billy Martin.

Off the field I am like Jim Bouton.

Proud of both.

Keith Brain ~ Batemans Bay NSW Australia Aug 09 age 65  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.180.76 (talk) 06:28, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

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Lyn Paul

Lyn Paul (born Lynda Susan Belcher; 16 February 1949) is an English pop singer and actress. She came to fame as a member of the international chart-topping pop group the New Seekers in the early 1970s. She has more recently found success and critical acclaim starring in the long-running West End musical, Blood Brothers.

Early life
Paul began her career in show business as a child actress in 1960, while attending regular classes in dance and musical theatre. In the early 1960s she led her own teenage girl band the Crys-Do-Lyns, touring all over Wythenshaw. She subsequently qualified as a teacher of dance. In the late 1960s she changed her name to Tanzy Paul and began a solo career as a pop singer, before joining the well-respected Manchester group the Nocturnes along with Eve Graham, before Graham left to join the New Seekers.

The New Seekers
When Sally Graham (no relation) left the New Seekers, Eve Graham recommended Paul as a replacement. Graham sang lead on most of their earlier hits, but Paul was gradually entrusted with a lot of the lead parts. She was the featured vocalist on their 1972 Eurovision Song Contest entry, "Beg, Steal or Borrow" in which they came second. She was also lead vocalist on the 1974 No.1 hit "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me" and the No.5 single, "I Get A Little Sentimental Over You". Among the group's other works, they recorded the song "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", adapted from an advertising jingle for Coca-Cola, which sold over 20 million copies and still remains one of the 100 best-selling singles in the UK. They had many other hits; most notably, Harry Chapin's "Circles"; Delaney and Bonnie's "Never Ending Song of Love" and a medley of Pete Townshend's "Pinball Wizard"/"See Me, Feel Me" from The Who's rock opera Tommy. They also headlined at the London Palladium and the Royal Albert Hall. The band were also invited to perform at President Richard Nixon's inauguration ball.

Solo career
After she left the group in 1974, Paul performed as a solo artist for many years and became a television personality, appearing on many television programmes including: Emergency Ward 10, Skyport, Give Us a Clue, Celebrity Squares and 3-2-1 as well as countless variety programmes. Her first solo single, which spent a frustrating seventeen weeks hovering outside the UK Top 50, was the Golden Globe nominated "Sail the Summer Winds", a John Barry and Don Black composition, which was the theme to the first film produced by Gregory Peck, 1974's The Dove. She had a UK Top 40 hit in 1975 with a song that was originally recorded at the same sessions as I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing. The track was used as the jingle for Coca-Cola in the summer of 1975; it was subsequently recorded as a single by Paul with backing vocals from ex-New Seekers singer Peter Doyle and released as "It Oughta Sell A Million".

During her solo career, she has worked with Andy Williams, Jack Jones, Debbie McGee, Dionne Warwick and Liza Minnelli, and has won various accolades including the Carl-Alan Award several times. Her other Polydor singles include "Who's Sorry Now", "Love", "Here Comes That Wonderful Feeling" and "Mama Don't Wait For Me". She also released her first solo album Give Me Love in 1975. In 1977, after moving to Pye Records, Paul sang "If Everybody Loved The Same As You" in the Song for Europe UK selection, coming joint sixth. She went on to record "I Don't Believe You Ever Loved Me", a cover of the Doobie Brothers' "Echoes of Love", and a 1980s power-ballad "Make the Night". She released a single "Hold Me" under the name of Future Primitive with her brother Paul (whose name she took as her stage surname) in 1984. She also headlined at many cabaret clubs including: The Cockney Cabaret, the Talk of London, and the Café Royal.

In 2006, she released an album titled Late Night. It contained her versions of some of her favourite songs, including "Crying", "I Only Have Eyes For You", "Dance with My Father" and "Late Night Grande Hotel". In addition, it also contained two new tracks written for her, "Dance With Desire" and "Clouds".

In 2009, Paul performed in a show called The Sound of the New Seekers.

Musical theatre and acting
Paul found great success, when she starred in the musical Blood Brothers, in the matriarchal lead role of Mrs. Johnstone. It was a part she debuted in 1997, and played regularly in the West End and occasionally on the National Tour, up to and including 2021. Paul starred in the show during its 10th anniversary celebrations and was also invited to play the role in Liverpool in 2008, when the city was given the title as the European Capital of Culture. Paul has received enormous personal and critical success in the show and in 2008 was voted the "undisputed Mrs J. of all time" by a Blood Brothers fansite as well as being awarded Best Actress in a Professional Production from the Alhambra Theatre Dunfermline.

In October 2012 Bill Kenwright announced that Blood Brothers was to close in London's West End after a 24-year run. For the final two weeks Kenwright put together his dream cast, including original cast members as well as those who appeared in the show on Broadway; he invited Paul back to reprise her role for one last time, an honour which Paul herself has acknowledged.

Most recently Paul reprised her acclaimed role for the 30th anniversary touring production of Blood Brothers, being hailed as the 'definitive Mrs Johnstone' and celebrating two decades association with the show.

Paul starred in the West End stage production of the Boy George musical Taboo, playing Josie James, a part rumoured to be specifically written for her in which she performed two of the show's stand out numbers "Talk Amongst Yourselves" and "Independent Woman". Her successes within the show led her to be invited to perform as the special guest at the Culture Club's 20th anniversary concert at The Royal Albert Hall, and on the live DVD. The release of the Original Cast Recording of Taboo was delayed so that Paul could be included on it.

Paul joined the cast of Footloose – the Musical! in the West End 2007 National Tour company in the role of Vi Moore. After the six-month tour, the cast re-opened the show at the Playhouse Theatre, London on 17 August 2007.

In 2003, Paul performed in a new workshop musical called The Biz!, playing the part of Amanda Power, a theatrical diva. The following year she performed in another new workshop musical written by Yusaf Islam, entitled Moonshadow with Ramin Karimloo. Paul has also played many principal roles in traditional pantomimes, her most recent being the title role in Dick Whittington and His Cat in the Theatre Royal Windsor's annual production performed during the 2001 Christmas season. She also lent vocals to a musical-concept album, for the stage adaptation of the film Alfie playing the role of Lily.

Paul has also turned to television acting, appearing as a semi-regular character – Freda Danby – in ITV's Emmerdale. She appeared in episodes of Doctors and In Deep on BBC TV; and the long-running series Holby City. As well as these acting roles, she performed Bring Him Home from Les Miserables on a Remembrance Sunday special edition of Songs of Praise and was also a contestant in a Eurovision Song Contest edition of The Weakest Link.

In 2011, she embarked on a nationwide tour of a new musical Rhinestone Mondays starring alongside Faye Tozer, Ian "H" Watkins and Shaun Williamson. She played the role of Sophie. The musical was said to be the first ever country and western jukebox musical to be created and, although the performances were generally well received with Paul singing classics such as "Stand By Your Man" and "Crazy", the show completed its run five weeks early.

In 2013 Paul starred alongside Will Young in the UK Tour of the West End revival of Kander and Ebb's musical Cabaret. Young reprised his Olivier Award nominated role of the Emcee whilst Paul played the part of Fraulein Schneider. Other cast members included Siobhan Dillon as Sally Bowles, Matt Rawle as Clifford Bradshaw and Linal Haft as Herr Shultz.

During the Christmas period of 2014 Paul joined the Tenth Anniversary production of the Cromer Pier Christmas Show — a traditional variety show including song, dance and comedy.

Personal life
During the 1970s Paul dated pop star Rod Stewart. In 1980, she had a short-lived marriage to Liverpool night club owner Vincent McCaffrey.

She is now married to Alan Young, with whom she has a son, Ryan. Between 2006 and February 2007, the couple ran a pub, the Beehive, in Englefield Green, Surrey.

Her sister is the West End actress and choreographer Nikki Belsher, with whom she performed alongside in Footloose – the Musical!.

Paul is a keen supporter of the Alzheimer's Society. (Her mother, Doreen Belcher, died from disease in 2010). In 2011, she produced a Calendar Girls-style naked calendar in aid of the charity, alongside her fellow female Blood Brothers cast mates. The calendar was endorsed by both producer of the show, Bill Kenwright and playwright Willy Russell.

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Robert McLiam Wilson

Robert McLiam Wilson (born Robert Wilson, 24 February 1964) is a Northern Irish novelist.

Biography
He was born in the New Lodge district of Belfast and then moved to Turf Lodge and other places in the city.

He attended St Malachy's College and studied English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge; however, he dropped out and, for a short time, was homeless. This period of his life profoundly affected his later life and influenced his works.

Wilson moved to Paris where he writes for Charlie Hebdo and Libération. He also writes occasionally for The Guardian, Corriere della Sera and Le Monde.

Work
McLiam Wilson has written three novels:
 * Ripley Bogle (1989)
 * Manfred's Pain (1992)
 * Eureka Street (1996)

Ripley Bogle is a novel about a homeless man in London. Eureka Street focuses on the lives of two Belfast friends, one Catholic and one Protestant, shortly before and after the IRA ceasefires in 1994. A BBC TV adaptation of Eureka Street was broadcast in 1999.

He is also the author of a non-fiction book about poverty, The Dispossessed (1992), and has made television documentaries for the BBC. His next novel, Extremists, has been postponed again and again.

Critical review
His work has been described as 'strikingly original' and as 'one of the most influential literary voices to emerge from Northern Ireland since the Troubles began [who has] has challenged the understanding of contemporary Irishness'.

Awards
In 2003, he was named by Granta magazine as one of 20 "Best of Young British Novelists", despite the fact that he has not published new work in English since 1996.

"Ripley Bogle" won the Rooney Prize and the Hughes Prize in 1989, and a Betty Trask Award and the Irish Book Awards in 1990.

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Board of Revenue

Board of Revenue or Revenue Board may refer to

 * Board of Revenue of imperial China between the Tang dynasty and the Qing
 * National Board of Revenue, Internal Resources Division, Ministry of Finance (Bangladesh)
 * Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan
 * India
 * Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963; establishing under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance (India):
 * Central Board of Direct Taxes
 * Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (formerly Central Board of Excise and Customs)
 * Andhra Pradesh Revenue Tribunal
 * Gujarat Revenue Tribunal
 * Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal
 * Financial Commissioners of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, & Jammu and Kashmir
 * Tamil Nadu Board of Revenue, abolished 1980 and replaced by the Tamil Nadu Department of Revenue
 * Bengal Board of Revenue (defunct)
 * Madras Board of Revenue (defunct)

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Eve Graham

Eve Graham (born Evelyn May Beatson; 19 April 1943) is a retired Scottish singer who found fame in the early 1970s with the pop group The New Seekers.

Music career
Graham began her career during the 1960s as a band singer with the Cyclones in Scotland and later with the Cyril Stapleton Band, based in London, England. She joined The Track in the mid-sixties and was a founding member of The Nocturnes, originally alongside Sandra Stevens (later of Brotherhood of Man) and then Lyn Paul (her future colleague in The New Seekers), recording for UK Columbia Records between 1967 and 1969.

In 1969, she joined songwriter Roger Cooke for a single release, again on Columbia, called "Smiling Through My Tears" shortly before becoming a founder member of The New Seekers in 1969 and was lead singer on the majority of their early hits, including the world wide Number One hit – "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing". Other songs that featured Graham as lead vocalist included the US and Canadian smash "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma", the British Top 5 hit "Circles", the Japanese No.1 "The Greatest Song I've Ever Heard" and the Roger Cook-Roger Greenaway composition "We've Got To Do It Now".

Graham's three-octave range was showcased on several songs, most notably the British and European hit "Never Ending Song of Love", in which she reached No. 6. Though mainly a vocalist, she played acoustic guitar on stage in the Chuck Berry-influenced Skiffle-number "Good Old-Fashioned Music" and kazoo in the comic song "(Ever Since You Told Me That You Loved Me) I'm A Nut".

Cabaret career
In 1974, the group disbanded and Graham moved onto solo cabaret work, but rejoined a reconstituted New Seekers in 1976, and sang lead on their hits "It's So Nice To Have You Home" and "I Wanna Go Back". In 1978 she left once more, and again performed as a solo singer, as well as marrying another ex-New Seeker Kevin Finn (known professionally as Danny Finn) on 1 June 1979. They toured as a duo for many years and released one single "Ocean and Blue Sky".

Retirement
Graham retired in 2000 after a last charity performance, and originally said that she could not envisage being tempted out of retirement. However, in 2005, former New Seekers record producer David Mackay produced a new album with her The Mountains Welcome Me Home. It was released as a CD and DVD, and contained Scottish traditional songs and new recordings of New Seekers songs. A Christmas themed album, Til The Season Comes Round Again, followed in 2006.

In 2008, she told The Independent newspaper that, after the band broke up, she found work fitting bras in a branch of Debenhams department store in Essex. She lived in Abernethy, Perthshire with her husband, who worked for a kitchen and bathroom design company. He died on 22 February 2016 after a short illness.

Graham told The Independent that owing to contractual problems she has not received any royalties since 1973.

Discography (excluding The New Seekers)

 * The Track :
 * "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" b/w "Cry to Me" (single) – Columbia DB 7987 (UK) August 1966
 * Nocturnes :
 * "I Do, I Do" b/w "Wish You Would Show Me Your Mind" (single) – Columbia DB 8158 (UK) February 1967
 * "Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)" b/w "Save the Last Dance for Me" (single) – Columbia DB 8219 (UK) June 1967 / Columbia C23 594 (Germany) September 1967
 * "A New Man" b/w "Suddenly Free" (single) – Columbia DB 8332 (UK) January 1968
 * "Carpet Man" b/w "Look at Me" (single) – Columbia DB 8453 (UK) July 1968 / Columbia C23 863 (Germany) August 1968
 * "Montage" b/w "Fairground Man" (single) – Columbia DB 8493 (UK) November 1968
 * "Da Doo Ron Ron" b/w "Carpet Man" (single) – Columbia 1C006-04 976 (Germany) October 1971 (recorded in 1968)
 * Nocturnes (album) – Columbia SCX 6223 (UK) – 1968
 * Roger James Cooke :
 * "Smiling Through My Tears" (with Eve Graham) b/w "Ain't That a Wonderful Thing" (single) – Columbia DB 8596 (UK) June 1969
 * Study (album) – Columbia SCX 6388 (UK) – 1970 – includes "Is it You That Has the Power?"
 * Eve Graham and Danny Finn :
 * "Ocean and Blue Sky" b/w "I Couldn't Love You More" (single) – Chrysalis CHS 2269 (UK) April 1979
 * "Your Love" b/w "Falling in Love Again" (single) – Celebrity Records ACS 3 (UK) February 1981
 * Viva :
 * "Chris Must Stay" b/w "Light of the World" (single) – Cambra CMB 01 (UK) November 1981
 * Eve Graham (solo) :
 * Thanks for the Memories (album) – 1973 – unreleased until 2012 on iTunes
 * Woman of the World (album) – Celebrity Records ACLP 007 (UK) – 1980, re-released as Evergreen – 2012 on iTunes
 * On the Road (Woman of the World album, repackaged – cassette only) – Celebrity Records (UK) 1981
 * "Highland Cathedral" b/w "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" / "The Mountains" (cd single) – Scotdisc CDITV4S 722 (UK) – September 2005
 * The Mountains Welcome Me Home (DVD) – Scotdisc DVITV 721 (UK) – October 2005
 * Til the Season Comes 'Round Again (album) – Scotdisc CDITV 742 (UK) – 2006
 * "Love Won the Fight" (digital download) – Scotdisc – 2014 on iTunes & Amazon MP3

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Hello, would any one know what Karl Prusik was a Dr. of?.

This article says professor of music: http://kristinandjerry.name/cmru/rescue_info/Technical%20Rescue%20Research/Prusik%20Knot%20-%20A%2060%20Year%20History.PDF

 * Prusik had a PhD. in musicology: Kompositionen des Lautenisten Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Vienna 1923.--2A02:8388:8180:B000:68F3:5B37:1BE6:669D (talk) 09:37, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

title: Talk:Karl Prusik