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Kravaře

Kravaře (Deutsch Krawarn) is a town in Opava District the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,700 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region.

Administrative parts
The town parts of Dvořisko and Kouty are administrative parts of Kravaře.

Geography
Kravaře is located about 6 km east of Opava and 20 km northwest of Ostrava. It lies in the Opava Hilly Land. The town is situated on the left bank of the Opava River.

History
The first written mention of Kravaře is from 1224. Kouty was first mentioned in 1238 and Dvořisko in the second half of the 18th century. Between 1224 and 1263, the Kravaře estate was acquired by the lords from Benešov, who were further known as lords of Kravaře. From 13th to 15th century, it was one of the richest families in Moravia. In the second half of the 13th century, they had built a fortress in Kravaře. The last owner of Kravaře from this family was Petr Strážnický, who was forced to sell Kravaře in 1420.

The next important owner of Kravaře was Michael Sendivogius, who received the estate during the Thirty Years' War. After his death in 1636, his daughter married the free lord of Eichendorff. In 1721–1728, Jan Rudolf Eichendorff had rebuilt the fortress into a late Baroque castle. The Eichendorffs had to sell the estate in 1782 due to debts. After that, Kravaře were held by less important owners.

Since 1742 Kravaře and Kouty belonged to Prussia after Maria Theresa had been defeated. Dvořisko, located behind the Opava River, remained in Austrian Empire. In 1920, the area of Hlučín Region was returned to Czechoslovakia. During World War II, it was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of Reichsgau Sudetenland.

For centuries, Kravaře was only a village. In 1960, Kouty and Dvořisko were annexed to Kravaře and the new municipality gained the status of a town.

Transport
The I/56 road from Ostrava to Opava passes through the town.

Kravaře is located on the railway lines Opava–Hlučín and Kravaře–Chuchelná.

Sport
There is an ice-hockey venue Buly Aréna, which was opened in 2003. It has a capacity of 640 seats.

The town's football team is MFK Kravaře. It plays in lower amateur tiers.

There is a golf course in the castle park.

Sights
One of the two main landmarks of the towns is Kravaře Castle. In 1990, the Baroque castle was acquired by the town. Today it serves as a cultural and social centre and houses a museum with permanent baroque and ethnographic exhibitions. The castle includes a 21 ha large castle park with several ponds and with several rare tree species.

The second landmark is the Church of Saint Bartholomew. The oldest part of the church is the white Renaissance tower from the early 16th century. The neo-Gothic church complex which includes the nave, the rectory and the former convent of the Sisters of the Heart of God (today the town hall), was built at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The church was consecrated in 1896. Near the church there is a baroque sandstone statue of St. John of Nepomuk from 1730.

Notable people

 * Pavel Kravař (1391–1433), Hussite physician burned at the stake for heresy
 * Michael Sendivogius (1566–1636), Polish alchemist, philosopher and physician; lived and died here
 * Karl Albert Scherner (1825–1889), German philosopher and psychologist
 * Ivo Žídek (1926–2003), opera singer
 * Josef Jařab (1937–2023), academic and politician
 * Evžen Hadamczik (1939–1984), football player and manager
 * Alois Hadamczik (born 1952), ice hockey coach

Twin towns – sister cities
Kravaře is twinned with:
 * 🇸🇰 Lisková, Slovakia
 * 🇵🇱 Lubliniec, Poland
 * 🇵🇱 Woźniki, Poland

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Jérôme Fernandez

Jérôme Fernandez (born 7 March 1977) is a retired French handball player. He was a captain of the France men's national handball team and currently holds the record for the number of goals for France's national team (1463 up to January 9, 2020 ).

Honours

 * Olympic Games : 2000 (sixth), 2004 (fifth), 2008 (Gold) 2012 (Gold)
 * World Championship : 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015
 * European Championship : 2006, 2010, 2014
 * EHF Champions League : 2005
 * EHF Cup : 2003
 * European Supercup : 2004
 * Spanish Supercup : 2004
 * Copa del Rey : 2004
 * French Championship : 2000, 2002
 * Spanish Championship : 2003
 * French Cup : 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
 * DHB-Pokal : 2011
 * German Supercup : 2011
 * IHF Super Globe : 2011

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Lion's share

The lion's share is an idiomatic expression which now refers to the major share of something. The phrase derives from the plot of a number of fables ascribed to Aesop and is used here as their generic title. There are two main types of story, which exist in several different versions. Other fables exist in the East that feature division of prey in such a way that the divider gains the greater part - or even the whole. In English the phrase used in the sense of nearly all only appeared at the end of the 18th century; the French equivalent, le partage du lion, is recorded from the start of that century, following La Fontaine's version of the fable.

The Phaedrus version
The early Latin version of Phaedrus begins with the reflection that "Partnership with the mighty is never trustworthy". It then relates how a cow, a goat and a sheep go hunting together with a lion. When it comes to dividing the spoil, the lion says, "I take the first portion because of my title, since I am addressed as king; the second portion you will assign to me, since I’m your partner; then because I am the stronger, the third will follow me; and an accident will happen to anyone who touches the fourth." This was listed as Fable 339 in the Perry Index and was later the version followed by William Caxton in his 1484 collection of the Fables.

The number of differing variations circulating by the time of the Middle Ages is witnessed by the fact that Marie de France included two in her 12th century Ysopet. Both appear under the title "The Lion Goes Hunting" (De Leone Venante). On one occasion, she recounts, the lion is joined by officers of his court, a wild ox and a wolf, who divide the catch into three and invite their lord to apportion it. Then on another occasion, when the lion is accompanied by a goat and a sheep, the deer they take is divided into four. In both cases the lion begins by claiming portions as a legal right and retains the others with threats. In La Fontaine's Fables there is a fourfold division between a heifer, a goat and a lamb (Fables I.6). Each of these the lion retains because he is king, the strongest, the bravest, and will kill the first who touches the fourth part.

A Latin reference to Aesop's fable is found at the start of the Common Era, where the phrase societas leonina (a leonine company) was used by one Roman lawyer to describe the kind of unequal business partnership described by Aesop. The early 19th century writer Jefferys Taylor also retold the fable in terms of a commercial enterprise in his poem "The Beasts in Partnership":

The Babrius version
In the extended Greek telling of Babrius it is a lion and a wild donkey who go hunting together, the first outstanding for strength, the second for speed. The lion divides their take into three, awarding himself the first because he is king of the beasts, the second because they are 'equal' partners, and suggesting that the ass runs away quickly rather than dare to touch the third. The moral Babrius draws is, "Measure yourself! Do not engage in any business or partnership with a man more powerful!"

Another version that first appeared in the Middle Ages is more cynical still. A fox joins the lion and donkey in hunting. When the donkey divides their catch into three equal portions, the angry lion kills the donkey and eats him. The fox then puts everything into one pile, leaving just a tiny bit for herself, and tells the lion to choose. When the lion asks her how she learned to share things this way, the fox replies, "From the donkey’s misfortune." This variation is given a separate number (149) in the Perry Index and is the one followed by such Neo-Latin writers as Gabriele Faerno and Hieronymus Osius and in English by Geoffrey Whitney.

This alternative fable was given a different reading by the 13th century Persian poet Rumi in his Masnavi. He began by orienting the reader to interpret the fable in a spiritual sense:

In Rumi's telling, the lion had a wolf and a fox as hunting companions. The lion ordered the wolf to divide the catch and when it did so into three parts, tore off the wolf’s head, just as the lion tore the donkey to pieces in Aesop’s fable. Rumi's speciality, however, is always to offer an explanation of his actors' motives. In this case the lion explains that it is an act of grace for him to do so since the wolf did not recognise superiority when he saw it.

When the fox was tested in the same way, he did not even retain a morsel for himself, explaining (as in the Greek version) that he had learned wisdom from the wolf's fate and thanking the lion for giving him the privilege of going second. This allows Rumi to conclude that we are lucky to be living now, with the examples of past generations to guide us. Rumi’s fox then worships at the feet of the lion, addressing him with the words "O king of the world" and is duly rewarded for this devotion with everything that he had resigned to the divine king.

Much the same interpretation was given to the tale by Rumi's English contemporary, Odo of Cheriton, in the Latin work known as Parabolae. For him too the lion is a symbol of God and his actions are interpreted as an expression of divine justice. Odo explains that the lion punished the wolf, as God did Adam, for the sin of disobedience. The moral of the story is to learn from this example to show reverence to God, just as the fox learned from the wolf’s punishment. This reading of the fable therefore gained currency in Western Europe too, both via the preachers who used Odo's book as a source of stories for their sermons and through translations of it into French, Spanish and Welsh.

Other related Eastern fables
There is a close family resemblance between fables where the lion takes all because he can and fables where an arbiter takes advantage of his powerful position, and indeed both are type 51 in the Aarne–Thompson classification system. The 10th-century Arabic Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity tells one such arbitration fable, said there to be of Indian origin. Here a group of foxes are sharing a dead camel. They cannot decide how to divide it among themselves and persuade a passing wolf to make a just division. At first the wolf begins to do this, but on further consideration he decides to keep the rest for himself, as he is, after all, more powerful. (In this case, however, the foxes appeal to the lion who decides in their favour and kills the wolf and returns the camel to them.)

This fable shades into an Indian variant of the story, first told as the Dabbhapuppha Jataka, which features different animals but has at its centre the same situation of an animal making an unequal division. Here a jackal offers to arbitrate between two otters who are quarrelling over a fish they have co-operated in bringing to land. The jackal awards them the head and tail and runs off with the bulk of their catch. As well as being a condemnation of the greed that leads to strife, the tale takes a sceptical view of how the powerful frame the law to suit themselves, concluding with the satirical verse:

In that the tale deals with outside arbitration, however, it has certain points in common with another of Aesop's fables, The Lion, the Bear and the Fox, in which the first two beasts simultaneously attack a kid and then fight over their spoil. When they are both too exhausted to move, a fox steals their prey and leaves them to reflect, "How much better it would have been to have shared in a friendly spirit."

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Battle of Fort Oswego (1814)

The Battle of Fort Ontario was a partially successful British raid on Fort Ontario and the village of Oswego, New York on May 6, 1814 during the War of 1812.

Background
During the early months of 1814, while Lake Ontario was frozen, the British and American naval squadrons had been building two frigates each, with which to contest command of the lake during the coming campaigning season. The British under Commodore Sir James Lucas Yeo were first to complete their frigates on 14 April, but when the Americans under Commodore Isaac Chauncey had completed their own, more powerful, frigates, Yeo's squadron would be outclassed.

Lieutenant General Sir Gordon Drummond, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, suggested using the interval during which Yeo's squadron was stronger than Chauncey's to attack the main American harbour and base at Sackett's Harbor, New York. Most of its garrison had marched off to the Niagara River, leaving only 1,000 regular troops as its garrison. Nevertheless, Drummond would require reinforcements to mount a successful attack on the strongly fortified town, and the Governor General of Canada, Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost, refused to provide these.

Instead, Drummond and Yeo decided to attack the smaller post at Fort Ontario. This fort, with the nearby village of Oswego, New York, was a vital staging point on the American supply route from New York. Ordnance, food and other supplies were carried up the Mohawk River and across Lake Oneida, to Oswego, before making the final leg of the journey across the southeast corner of Lake Ontario to Sackett's Harbor.

Drummond and Yeo had reliable information that the garrison of the fort numbered only 290 regulars, and believed that thirty or more heavy guns intended for Chauncey's ships under construction at Sackett's Harbor were waiting there. They planned, by capturing Oswego, to capture these guns and thereby retain Yeo's advantage over Chauncey.

Attack
Yeo's squadron embarked the landing force and set out from Kingston late on 3 May. They arrived off Oswego early in the morning, on 5 May. The troops prepared to land shortly after midday, but a southerly breeze sprang up, which made it impossible for Yeo's ships to get close enough to the shore to provide support from their guns. That evening, a storm blew up, forcing the British squadron to withdraw for the night.

The British squadron returned to Oswego at eleven o'clock the next morning, and the landing proceeded. The landing force consisted of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Marines under Lieutenant Colonel James Malcolm, a company of the Glengarry Light Infantry under Captain Alexander MacMillan, a company of the Regiment de Watteville and a detachment of 200 sailors armed with boarding pikes under Captain William Mulcaster. Four more companies of the Regiment de Watteville were in reserve. Lieutenant Colonel Victor Fischer, the commanding officer of the Regiment de Watteville, was in charge of the landing.

Opposed to them was an American force of 242 officers and enlisted men of the 3rd U.S. Regiment of Artillery, 25 sailors of the U.S. Navy, and about 200 of the New York Militia, under the command of Major George Mitchell of the 3rd Artillery. Mitchell attempted a ruse by pitching large numbers of tents near the village to exaggerate his numbers. The fort was in a state of disrepair, but the delay imposed on the landing had allowed the defenders to shift extra guns to face the lake, with a total of five guns in a battery in the fort: one 9-pounder and four 4 or 6-pounders.

While the two British frigates (HMS Prince Regent and Princess Charlotte) engaged the fort, the guns of six sloops and brigs swept the woods and landing beaches. The British landed at about two o'clock. Almost all the troops landed in deep water and their ammunition was soaked and made useless. Nevertheless, they fixed their bayonets and advanced under heavy fire. While the company of the Glengarry Light Infantry cleared woods to the left of the main attack and the sailors advanced on the village, the main body of the troops made a frontal attack against the fort. American foot soldiers drawn up on the glacis fell back into the fort. As the attackers reached the top of the glacis, the defenders abandoned the fort and fled.

Casualties
The official British Army casualty return, signed by Lieutenant Colonel John Harvey, the Deputy Adjutant-General, gave 7 killed and 33 wounded for the 2nd Battalion, Royal Marines, 8 killed and 17 wounded for the Regiment de Watteville and 9 wounded for the Glengarry Light Infantry. The separate Royal Navy casualty return for the engagement, signed by Yeo, gave 3 killed and 10 wounded for the Navy and 6 killed and 27 wounded for the Royal Marines. This would give a grand total of either 18 killed and 69 wounded or 17 killed and 63 wounded, depending upon whether the Army or Navy casualty list is correct for the Royal Marines' losses. Captain Mulcaster was seriously wounded by grapeshot, losing a leg.

The American losses are hard to determine. Mitchell's casualty return, which apparently included the U.S. regular troops only, stated the loss as 6 killed, 38 wounded and 25 missing. Captain Rufus McIntire of the 3rd U.S. Artillery reported to an associate, "Our loss is five killed, 28 wounded, 3 since dead, about 24 prisoners and 11 missing. Lt. [Daniel] Blaney killed and only one other officer slightly wounded." General Drummond's report of the engagement to Sir George Prevost stated that the British captured "about 60 men, half of them severely wounded". Another British report, however, said that only 25 American soldiers and 1 "civilian" (possibly a militiaman) were captured. Still another British account said that 1 officer and 20 enlisted men of the Americans were found dead on the battlefield.

Result
The British gathered 2,400 barrels of useful supplies of all description; flour, pork, salt, bread and ordnance stores. They also captured a few small schooners, including USS Growler (1812 schooner), which had previously been captured by the British the year before but then recaptured by the Americans. Growler contained seven of the invaluable cannon destined for Chauncey. Although the Americans had hastily scuttled the schooner to prevent it being captured, the British were able to raise it. Lieutenant Phillpotts of the Corps of Royal Engineers set fire to and destroyed the fort, barracks and stores which could not be moved. The British withdrew at about four o'clock in the morning on 7 May.

The British had missed twenty-one more guns which had still been en route to Oswego, and were 12 mi away at Oswego Falls. Rather than launch an expedition up the Oswego River, Yeo mounted a blockade of Sackett's Harbor to prevent them reaching Chauncey. The Americans tried to move them to Sackett's Harbor in launches and small boats but were intercepted. British marines and sailors then mounted a "cutting-out" attack against them but failed, with 200 marines and sailors ambushed and captured at the Battle of Big Sandy Creek.

Once Chauncey had received the guns and fitted out his squadron, he commanded the lake from the end of July 1814 until late in the year.

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The Temptations Do The Temptations

The Temptations Do the Temptations is an album by the Temptations, released in 1976 via Gordy Records. The Temptations' Motown contract was terminated after the release of the album.

This was the last album that Dennis Edwards was on before he was fired from the group for the first time.

The group enjoyed the greatest creative control of their career, producing and writing most of the tracks. The album received virtually no promotional support from Motown, which didn't like that the Temptations had such creative freedom over the album.

After four unsuccessful years at Atlantic Records, the group would return to Motown for twenty-four more years.

Track listing
Side One
 * 1) "Why Can't You and Me Get Together" (lead singers: Glenn Leonard, Richard Street, Melvin Franklin) - 4:54
 * 2) "Who Are You (and What Are You Doing With The Rest Of Your Life)" (lead singer: Dennis Edwards) - 4:34
 * 3) "I'm On Fire (Body Song)" (lead singer: Glenn Leonard) - 4:24
 * 4) "Put Your Trust In Me, Baby" (lead singer: Glenn Leonard, Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin) - 3:58

Side Two
 * 1) "There Is No Stopping (Til We Set The Whole World Rockin')" Producer/Writer/Arranger Michael Lovesmith (lead singers: Dennis Edwards, Richard Street, Melvin Franklin) - 5:02
 * 2) "Let Me Count The Ways (I Love You)" (lead singer: Melvin Franklin, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street, Otis Williams) - 3:57
 * 3) "Is There Anybody Else" (lead singer: Glenn Leonard) - 4:55
 * 4) "I'll Take You In" Producer/Writer/Arranger Michael Lovesmith (lead singer: Dennis Edwards) - 5:01

The Temptations

 * Dennis Edwards - tenor/baritone vocals
 * Glenn Leonard - first tenor/falsetto vocals
 * Richard Street - tenor/baritone vocals
 * Melvin Franklin - bass vocals
 * Otis Williams - second tenor/baritone vocals

Musicians

 * John "Special Effects" Barnes: Keyboards
 * Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin: Guitars
 * Hanry Davis: Bass
 * James Gadson: Drums
 * Eddie "Bongo" Brown: Percussion

Production

 * Produced by The Temptations, Michael Lovesmith and Suzee Ikeda
 * Recorded by Art Stewart and Cal Harris; assisted by "Sweet Baby" Jane Clark
 * Mixed by Cal Harris
 * Norman Seeff: Photography

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User talk:Mobius288

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Live at London's Talk of the Town (The Temptations album)

Live at London's Talk of The Town is a 1970 live album recorded by The Temptations at the Talk of the Town nightclub in London, England. It was the final live album released by the group for over thirty years, until The Temptations in Japan, recorded in 1973, was released in 2004. The album reached No. 21 on the Billboard 200 Pop Album Chart, and No. 5 on its R&B album chart.

The songs performed included Temptations hits such as "My Girl", "I Can't Get Next to You" and "Cloud Nine".

Despite this album's success, as of 2016, it has never been released in the CD format. However its tracks are available for sale as a digital download, available on Amazon, I Tunes, and other websites.

Track listing

 * 1) "Get Ready" (Smokey Robinson) (lead: Eddie Kendricks)
 * 2) "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" (Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland) (lead: Eddie Kendricks)
 * 3) "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" (Whitfield, Holland) (lead: Dennis Edwards)
 * 4) "You're My Everything" (Roger Penzabene, Cornelius Grant, Whitfield) (lead: Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards)
 * 5) "My Girl" (Robinson, Ronnie White) (lead: Paul Williams)
 * 6) "Ain't to Proud To Beg" (Holland, Whitfield) (lead: Dennis Edwards)
 * 7) "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Ross) (lead: Eddie Kendricks)
 * 8) "The Impossible Dream" (Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion) (lead: Paul Williams)
 * 9) "Runaway Child, Running Wild" (Whitfield, Barrett Strong) (lead: Dennis Edwards, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams)
 * 10) "Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down" (Whitfield, Strong) (lead: Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Otis Williams)
 * 11) "A Time For Us" (Nino Rota, Henry Mancini) (lead: Eddie Kendricks)
 * 12) "I Can't Get Next To You" (Whitfield, Strong) (lead: Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Otis Williams)
 * 13) "This Guy's In Love With You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) (lead: Otis Williams)
 * 14) "Introduction of Band and Group"
 * 15) "I've Gotta Be Me" (Walter Marks) (lead: Paul Williams)
 * 16) "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (Grant, Whitfield, Holland) (lead: Dennis Edwards)
 * 17) "Cloud Nine" (lead: Dennis Edwards, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams)
 * 18) "Everything Is Going To Be Alright" (lead: Dennis Edwards)

Personnel

 * Burt Rhodes and His Orchestra
 * Cornelius Grant – lead guitar, musical director
 * Bill White – bass
 * Melvin Brown – drums
 * Stacey Edwards – congas

The Temptations:

 * Otis Williams-(Second Tenor/Baritone)

 * Melvin Franklin-(Bass)

 * Eddie Kendricks-(First Tenor/Falsetto)

 * Paul Williams(Second Tenor/Baritone)

 * Dennis Edwards(Tenor/Baritone)


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Intelligent falling

Intelligent falling (IF) is a parody of the intelligent design (ID) movement. It is a deliberately pseudoscientific supernatural explanation of the effects of gravity. The joke originated on Usenet, and has appeared in several online parodies. An article about Intelligent Falling in The Onion described free fall as being caused by "the hand of God".

Intelligent falling proposes that the scientific explanation of gravitational force cannot explain all aspects of the phenomenon, so credence should be given to the idea that things fall because a higher intelligence is moving them. Furthermore, IF asserts that theories explaining gravity are not internally consistent nor mathematically reconcilable with quantum mechanics, making gravity a "theory in crisis". IF also makes the claim that gravity is "only a theory", parodying the claims made by creationists regarding the theoretical status of evolution. IF apologists jokingly advocate that IF should be taught in school along with the theory of gravity so that students can make "an informed decision" on the subject, in a parody of the demands to "teach the controversy".

History
In June 2002 a user named Jeff Stubbs posted a draft of a letter to the editor that mentions "intelligent grappling" to the alt.atheism and talk.origins usenet groups. He commented that "I don't like the theory of gravity, I feel personally insulted that engineers design structures only considering physical mass. What about our souls? I propose that science classes also teach the theory of 'Intelligent Grappling'. There's no way a weak force such as gravity can possibly hold everything onto the planet. It must be God, using our souls, to hold everything together." This was followed by Elf Sternberg posting a "FAQ on intelligent grappling" on the sci.skeptic usenet group. D. C. Simpson published, in May 2005, an I Drew This comic strip titled "Teaching Gravity".

Intelligent falling was the subject of an article in The Onion in August 2005. In the Dictionary of Contemporary Mythology (2011), author William R. Harwood suggested that while originally "hypothesized in a satirical magazine, it [Intelligent Falling] is no more incompetent than any other Intelligent Design theory".

Writing in 2008, science journalist Seth Shulman stated that the "pitch-perfect spoof" exemplified the issues with the basis of intelligent design, and with the inadequate response to it by the G. W. Bush Administration.

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Window Media

Window Media LLC was a gay press publishing holding company that acquired and operated gay and lesbian newspapers and magazines in the 2000s. In 2009 it ceased operations following bankruptcy.

Newspapers

 * South Florida Blade
 * Southern Voice
 * Washington Blade
 * Houston Voice (first published as the Montrose Star)

Magazines

 * David Atlanta
 * Eclipse
 * 411 Magazine
 * Genre

Financial history
On November 16, 2009, all publications under the holding company were closed.

David Atlanta and Washington Blade have since returned under new ownership.

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Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/DotSix

Note to those edit warring on this page
This page's name is "requests for arbitration". It is a record of the content that led to this AC case being accepted. Now this case has already been accepted. Nothing will change that. Edit warring over this page is pointless. Please stop. Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 16:58, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Hmmm. If that's supposed to be the case, then something has gone wrong here. This page does not have quite the same format as the "DotSix" section of the RfAr page had before it was removed on Aug 15th. Moreover, nothing from that section was copied over to this page when this page was created that same day. I copied over some sections, but there is still a lot of material that was in the section that is not on this page. Also, this is the only page that contains sections identifying the parties to the dispute, so it does matter if Donald Alford (AKA DotSix AKA 67.182.157.6) is allowed to remove the section identifying him. --Nate Ladd 19:01, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

 * By the way it looks like a concensus of the committee has voted for the edit restrictions on Alford (= "DotSix"). Can you please implement that injunction now? --Nate Ladd 19:01, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

 * Nathan, the ArbCom know their way around here, so they will be able to see the vandalism that has occurred since arbitration commenced by looking at the diffs.

 * But I think there is a legitimate concern with regard to DotSix's identity. He has been blocked under his IP 67.182.157.6, but has made six edits since then using 172.198.185.228 . He is taking ArbCom for a ride. Banno 20:53, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * I've enacted the injunction. Sorry it took so long Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 22:03, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Even with the injunction, DotSix keeps editing outside of the ArbCom pages. I had unprotected on request all the articles he used to edit, and within minutes he was back to editing them in the same way he was before. After I protected the articles again, he started adding the same old comments on their talk pages, and also removed his section on WP:3RR. As of now, he has already used six AOL IPs. --cesarb 16:36, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

"sir"
Just as a note, Adrigo/DotSix has a tendency to ironically calling people "sir", really meaning despise. This unexplicit insult can be used as a way to spot him writing under an assumed name. Just in case that can be of use... Jules LT 07:24, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

History on the web
This individual has history in the alt.atheism google group of absolutely unceasing repetition of the same discredited ideas over and over, and of ignoring any and all attempts at influencing such antisocial behavior. This has been going on since 1999 under hundreds of different aliases. It is an historical certainty that the only solution for Wikipedia is going to be a permanent ban on editing any page from any IP address. Unfortunately, it seems this may take a one-person full-time effort (or equivalent), for the rest of the life of this individual (evidently one Donald Alford, age 65). --4.157.92.13 20:28, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Final decision
I'd like to express my appreciation and gratitude to the arbitration committee. Banno 07:46, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Me too :) Jules LT 13:42, 28 October 2005 (UTC)


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Eygalières

Eygalières (Provençal: Aigalieras (classical norm) or Eigaliero (mistralian norm)) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southern France. In 2020, it had a population of 1,730.

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Farmer Not So John (album)

Farmer Not So John is the self-titled debut album from the band Farmer Not So John released in 1997. The albums was recorded at Recorded at Monkey Finger Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

Track listing

 * 1) "Fire in the Valley" (Mack Linebaugh) – 3:53
 * 2) "Rusty Weathervane" (Brian Ray) – 4:12
 * 3) "Every Street in Nashville" (Linebaugh) – 4:17
 * 4) "Of Angels" (Linebaugh, Ray) – 4:36
 * 5) "Fool's Lullaby"
 * 6) "Paperweight of the World" (Ray) – 3:19
 * 7) "The Hole We're In" (Linebaugh) – 4:40
 * 8) "Cradled" (Linebaugh, Ray) – 4:06
 * 9) "Sacred Cow" (Sean Keith, Linebaugh, Richard McLaurin, Ray) – 4:57
 * 10) "This Is Our House" (Linebaugh) – 4:17
 * 11) "Travelin' Fool" (Linebaugh) – 5:07

Personnel

 * Farmer Not So John
 * Mack Linebaugh – vocals, electric and acoustic guitar
 * Brian Ray – bass, vocals
 * Richard McLaurin – electric and acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro, mandolin, octave mandolin, organ, percussion, vocals
 * Sean R. Keith – drums

 * Additional personnel
 * Sean Ray – pedal steel guitar
 * Jerry Dale McFadden – accordion
 * Steve Conn, Kris Kerr – organ
 * Emmylou Truitt – bark

title: Farmer Not So John (album)


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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Researcher99

In order to remain listed at Requests for comment, at least two people need to show that they tried to resolve a dispute with this user and have failed. This must involve the same dispute with a single user, not different disputes or multiple users. The persons complaining must provide evidence of their efforts, and each of them must certify it by signing this page with ~. If this does not happen within 48 hours of the creation of this dispute page (which was: {insert UTC timestamp with }), the page will be deleted. The current date and time is:, 29 July 2024 (UTC).

 * (Researcher99 | talk | contributions)

Statement of the dispute
''This is a summary written by users who dispute this user's conduct. Users signing other sections ("Response" or "Outside views") should not edit the "Statement of the dispute" section.''

Researcher99 has been unwilling to resolve disputes with Nereocystis on Talk:Polygamy over many months. He has been asked multiple times over many months to discuss the text of the Polygamy article and stop discussing what he perceives as past abuses and insults.

Description
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Since May, 2005, Researcher99 has complained that Nereocystis vandalized the Polygamy article. Between May and August, 2005, 5 people have requested that Researcher99 discuss the text of the Polygamy article and stop discussing the claims of past abuse. Researcher99 has refused to do so. 3 people have tried to provide outside help. Researcher99 delayed voting on a poll resolving the issue for one month.

When Researcher99 discusses content, the discussion go around in circles, Researcher99 does not answer questions, does not provide citations, and when he does, citation follow his POV, which is Christian polygamy.

Evidence of disputed behavior
(provide diffs and links)
 * 16 May created Solution Needed for Gangs of Sneaky Vandals
 * 17 June Researcher99 continues attacking Nereocystis's behavior, no discussion of text and more attacking of Nereocystis
 * 18 July Researcher99 explains how he is oppressed by anti-polygamists, but didn't discuss the text of the article
 * 18 July Researcher99 opposes Hawstom's poll, offers no alternative
 * 18 July Nereocystis suggests Association of Member Advocates for Researcher99, mediation or arbitration. No response from Researcher99
 * 28 July Nereocystis suggests mediation]. No response from Researcher99.
 * 1 August Nereocystis suggests mediation. No response from Researcher99.
 * August 3 Researcher99 states that Nereocystis is vandalizing his personal wikipedia page This means his User talk page, probably refering to Nereocystis's request for mediation.
 * August 3 Nereocystis suggests mediation.
 * August 5 Researcher99 suggests resolution, insists that Nereocystis defer to Researcher99's proven expertise.
 * August 18 Researcher99 wants to discuss past
 * August 26 Researcher99 again does not address the article, but continues talking about past events
 * August 26 Researcher99 again does not provide outline, and postpones conversation for a few days, past deadline for outline
 * August 26 Researcher99 attacks Nereocystis on Group marriage talk page, does not want to move discussion, user talk page edit called vandalism

Applicable policies
{list the policies that apply to the disputed conduct}
 * Assume good faith
 * Writers' rules of engagement
 * Work towards consensus
 * Don't filibuster
 * Wikiquette
 * Argue facts, not personalities.
 * Don't ignore questions.
 * Civility
 * Cite sources
 * Verifiability
 * No personal attacks

Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute
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 * 16 May Nereocystis requests discussion on talk page
 * 7 June Dan100 provides 3rd opinion
 * 7 June Hawstom agrees with Dan100
 * 18 June Dan100 repeats request to focus on issues
 * 18 June Hawstom suggests forgetting past conduct, editing and discussing, starts poll
 * 4 August Nereocystis list proposals, suggests that Researcher99 should come up with suggestion, or accept someone's suggestion for resolution of problem
 * August 16 Uriah923 offers to mediate
 * August 18 Uriah923 requests outline from both participants
 * August 18 Nereocystis provides outline
 * August 25 Uriah923 gives Research99 until August 26 to submit outline
 * August 25 Dunkelza suggests that Researcher99 provides outline, stop claims of abuse
 * August 25 Dunkelza suggests moving group marriage discussion to polygamy
 * August 26 Uriah923 again requests an outline

Users certifying the basis for this dispute
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 * Nereocystis 17:01, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Uriah923 16:04, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Dunkelza 19:47, August 30, 2005 (EDT)

Other users who endorse this summary
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 * Kewp 19:07, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * In the absence of the short summary of the response by the editor in question, I will endorse the summary by the certifiers. Robert McClenon 11:43, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Response
''This is a summary written by the user whose conduct is disputed, or by other users who think that the dispute is unjustified and that the above summary is biased or incomplete. Users signing other sections ("Statement of the dispute" and "Outside Views") should not edit the "Response" section.''

I am now being falsely accused of not wanting a resolution. That is the furthest from the truth. Just before Uriah923 offered (on 16:31, 16 August 2005) their idea to possibly arbitrate, the polygamy TALK page was already in the middle of a dispute resolution process. Researcher's Offer for RESOLUTION (begun 17:06, 5 August 2005). As that shows, I had offered a seriously positive atempt for reoslution, giving so much, and only asking for one very small act of good faith act from Nereocystis.

Researcher's Offer for RESOLUTION 5 August 2005
 * Pattern Observed on how some disputed issues DID conclude
 * The Needed Steps to Change the Pattern in order to Resolve and Prevent these Disputes
 * Offers for Good Faith Acts
 * Hope for this Positive Conclusion
 * DISCUSSION Segment

We were almost there to a positive means of resolution. The only thing preventing that was waiting for one little tiny good faith act by Nereocystis to allow removal of an NPOV tag (as I would remove other similar tags and not add yet others of other disputes I had in the polygamy article).

When Uriah923 arrived (16:31, 16 August 2005), they offered their unofficial help. Here is what they said,

"I have to admit, the back and forth on this Talk page just about blew my mind. Researcher99 and Nereocystis - how about I arbitrate? We can come up with a list of things to be resolved, I will lead discussion on them and we can vote on what belongs in the article.  I think this would be a good way to avoid getting caught up in personal attacks and EXTREMELY VERBOSE arguments.  What do you say?  Uriah923 16:31, 16 August 2005 (UTC)"

When Nereocystis answered and said that they were apprehensive and had some other preferences, Uriah923 replied,

"I was partially ignorant of Wikipedia policy concerning dispute resolution, so forgive my poor choice of words if I gave you the impression that I could offer official mediation or arbitration. I am not on the mediation committee, so I cannot serve as an official mediator. However, I can serve in an unofficial manner if you both agree to allow me to guide the resolution.  I don't think doing so would take long or be very painful.  If you'd rather go straight to official mediation and submit a request, or pursue some other method such as seeking a third opinion, that's ok, too.  One thing seems clear, though - you two aren't getting much of anywhere the way you are going right now. Uriah923 20:54, 16 August 2005 (UTC)"

When I was able to reply, I declared the following.

Uriah923, I appreciate your observation and willingness to try to help. I agree that this does seem to be having the appearance of even being silly in not getting anywhere.

As Nereocystis knows, I have been waiting for for an AMA requested Advocate. My request was made one month ago today. I received an acceptance resonse that same day, with the note that that Admin was starting a new (real world) job and would need some time to get caught up. As I have long been patient in waiting (and waiting for the article to get restored back from the destructions since April), Nereocystis's repeated aggresiveness is typified by their perpetual unwillingness to be patient.

I was hopeful that the offer for resolution I made two weeks ago tomorrow could have helped us move forward. To my surprise and dismay, though, Nereocystis is so unwilling to work for a WIN-WIN, they have now even protacted the offer for resolution itself into an unnecessary drag-out of additional discussion.

All that we needed in order to go forward was the tiny example of Nereocystis being willing to show a good faith of GIVE-GIVE. From the original ofer, all they needed to do was allow the removal of one single NPOV tag, and I would GIVE so much more than they ever had to in that offer. I understand that Nereocystis thinks there is some NPOV issue there. If they would be patient, we will get to that. But it is another example of their aggressive impatience to not let that tag go for now. I have been patient since April and could even more easily fill the article with numerous NPOV tags myself. Yet I GIVE and so I do not. I am patient. I am trying to work for a WIN-WIN. But Nereocystis is unwilling to ever work for a WIN-WIN. For them, their mind requires only absolute total "conquest" in their destruction, so much so that they cannot even let one silly little NPOV tag be removed to show that WIN-WIN and GIVE-GIVE act of good faith, so that we could have moved forward.

Here is just a quick listing of only some of the disputes I have long been patient in trying get corrected. Two or three have since been corrected, but most still remain as outstanding. There are more disputes I have too, on top of the following listed items. In the listed items below, it should also be noted that I gave detailed edit-comments explaining the reasoning that anyone could easiy understand. The thing to also remember is that those edits were my attempts to bring the article closer back to TRUE STATUS QUO, so I was not trying to make "original changes" but actually making corrections back toward STATUS QUO in order to THEN TALK. These examples also show how aggressive Nereocystis is in not ever really being willing to TALK and follow Wikipedia Guidelines.

 * My 13 edits of 19:09, 6 June 2005 to 20:20, 6 June 2005 were then all rv'ed by Nereocystis on 22:09, 6 June 2005.
 * My 18 edits of 14:24, 30 June 2005 to 16:38, 30 June 2005 were then all rv'ed by Nereocystis on 17:05, 1 July 2005.
 * My 11 edits of 16:42, 8 July 2005 to 16:58, 8 July 2005 were then all rv'ed by Nereocystis on 16:59, 8 July 2005.

When I tried to offer a reasonable anti-polygamy article, they also very quickly suggested that some delete it, which then happened by very suspicious means. They fully sabotage everything I try to do, knowing they can easily enlist "help" from an overwhelming majority of bigoted anti-polygamists to assist them at most any turn of destorying the polygamy article.

Since April, they have implemented a strategy of aggressively edit and rv all my corrections. Knowing that the Wikipedia "Don't Be Reckless" Guidelines require that controversial articles be restored to STATUS QUO and THEN a TALK occurs in disputes, Nereocystis has protracted that never-let-me-post-or-correct-the-article strategy for all these months all so that they can now try to hide behind their intent to prevent that Wikipedia Guideline of STATUS QUO from being implemented. If we are truly to follow Wikipedia Guideliness, then those Guidelines require that the article be restored to TRUE STATUS QUO, so that we can then TALK about whatever changes Nereocystis wants to make to that version. However, the TRUE STATUS QUO goes back to March 31, and I myself am not out to remove all the other good edits that others have made since then. So, I made an extremely large food faith offer of being willing to drop that requirement so that we could move forward.

Unfortunately, despite so much of GIVING I offered, Nereocystis was not even willing to allow the one petty little asked act of good faith to remove one little NPOV tag.

It is further demonstation of their aggressively hostile "bad attitude" toward me, and that they really do not seek a real resolution which can only happen in a GIVE-GIVE approach for a WIN-WIN result. For another exmaple, even though I am now the one disputing the version of the "Tom Green and co-habitation" dispute they changed, when I said in my offer that issue that would be our first issue of discussion, Nereocystis impatiently tried to jump out ahead and change the entire discussion of that from what my dispute is, to their new desire for a completely different basis of that discussion. It has now become my dispute and here they were trying to change my dispute into a completely different discussion. While I would have no problem also discussing their extra addition to that, it was still another aggressive act of trying to have everything their way or no way. It is these kinds of examples of that kind of hostile aggressiveness that is really wearing me down and causing me concern that, until my requested AMA is able to assist me, Nereocystis will only continue to treat me so abusively. I know they do not think they are doing that, but it really is coming off as hard-core bullying to me and I do not have generally allow that kind of dysfunction from anyone else doing that to me in my life. I had been hopeful that their aggressiveness was on its way toward coming to an end, but now I will admit that I am beginning to despair of that hope.

I would appreciate any assistance you can offer, but I also admit, until my AMA is able to help, I am cautious. There have just been too many anti-polygamists unwilling to genuinely be accurate and NPOV on this article. I am not saying that that applies to you, but I only am trying to express my caution that it is possible that it could possibly also apply to you as it could apply to anyone else of course. (It is only that I do not know you yet, you see. It's not personal.)  If you could genuinely be fair an unbigoted, then I would very much welcome your assistance, realizing that it is not "official" as you are not such an Admin for that.

While I know that Nereocystis likes to aggressively require that things be done with "one or two day deadlines" in order to push me into doing things faster than I might have time to do in my personal life, it is my hope that we can get this resolved in a more patient manner. There are times when it might not be possible to get back and respond so quickly. For example, I will be away for a long weekend this weekend, so I probably could not get back until Tuesday or Wednesday. It is my hope that maybe one day, I could take breaks like that when life requires and not have to be concerned that Nereocystis will use that to call for such a quick "deadline" and then aggressively act anyway because I was unable to return fast enough for their impatience.

However, as I said, I am having increasing despair. That Nereocystis could not even do this little bit of GIVE-GIVE or to seek a WIN-WIN with the NPOV tag has disappointed me greatly. Because of their unwillingness to be kind toward me in having a willingness to seek a WIN-WIN with me, I am now starting to think that we should probably just go back to the Wikipedia Guidelines that require the TRUE STATUS QUO in order to then TALK from there. If I am not allowed to have hope that they will work WITH me, then it seems that the only solution is to require the true Wikipedia Guidelines for disputed edits in controversial topics. While I await for my AMA, I welcome any fair, truthfully NPOV, and unbigoted help you could offer in the meantime, if you are able. Thank you. As I said above, I will be back next week. - Researcher 14:18, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Instead of listening to what I had said, Uriah923 effectively "ran right over me" and took over the article anyway. Uriah923 said,

"Given that Researcher99 and Nereocystis have agreed to give my unofficial mediation a try, I will archive this page and we can start anew with the first step. Uriah923 15:34, 18 August 2005 (UTC)"

While I had been glad to welcome any positive help within the parameters I had mentioned, I had not agreed to what Uriah923 then did and I made another post, saying so, right away.

So, the resulting TALK pages detailing Uriah923's method for "resolution" which were never agreed to in the beginning. To start a resolution, it requires an agreement as to process. We had not accomplished that at that point. So, as far as I was (and am) concerned, the only resolution issue that is valid is the one before it which was still in process, the one I had offered before Uriah923 arrived.

'''It is not fair or correct for Uriah923to ask me if I agree to let them mediate, and then for them to act anyway when I did not agree. It is even more unfair for anyone to then say that their subsequent "resolution" discussion on the polygamy TALK pages is even valid to begin with. It is even more unfair and incorrect than that to then say that I am somehow not willing to find or seek rsolution, when we were in the middle of a resolution process before Uriah923 arrived.'''

Truly, then, I am now being ganged up on and being maligned hre as if I have somehow been resistent to resolution. That is completely false. I repeat myself here: We were already in the process of an existing process for resolution and I did not accept what Uriah923 ambiguously offered. That means that, without my acceptance of that change of process to so ambiguous an offer to help, Uriah923's offered process for resolution is not valid to begin with, which they themselves acknowledged. So, I have not refused to resolve anything. I simply did not accept the problematic new offer that I could foresee would cause even more problems (such as dealing with numerous issues instead of one at a time). Plus, if not one of the others involved could be willing to listen to me in even deciding on how to start that process, it further proved that that would never let me speak with a voice in any resolution system anyway. Their inability to listen or compromise in good faith was very troubling, as it would be to any good faith person.

So, I am simply being ganged up on by those who know I have been waiting for AMA for weeks, since July 18, 2005, most particularly, Nereocystis who has given reason to wonder if they have operated with multiple Usernames (as I firmly apt to believe is the same person as Ghostintheshell for one example). They also know that the most recent offer was only premised on my support, and that if I did not accept it, we could return to the previous discussion of my offer for resolution. When there was no willingness to offer any small acts of good faith to have genuine WIN-WIN, I was unable to accept the bias. Throughout these past few months problem has been that they act extremely fast and aggressively, to destroy everything I do, and then to employ easily-found anti-polygamists to act like they have concensus for their abuse.

I have been a positively contributing editor of the polygamy article since the end of last year, with numerous amounts of knowledge on the subject. However, I have subsequently been attacked by POV anti-polygamists who have undermined the article with their POV agenda and who now consistently prevent me from editing anything in it since the end of April. I have produced volumes of evidence of the abuse in the TALK pages, which anti-polygamists have even attempted to hide by "archiving."

Here are some of the TALK articles giving the chronology of the abuse I have received. No fair decision can occur without fully reading all the evidence.

(Comprehensive evidence writings)
 * The Ghostintheshell Situation 7 May 2005
 * Solution Needed for Gangs of Sneaky Vandals 16 May 2005
 * Sneaky Vandals' Anti-Polygamy Destruction of Polygamy Wiki 27 May 2005
 * Sneaky Vandals Have Destroyed This Wiki 17 Jun 2005
 * The Sneaky Vandal Attacked This Wiki AGAIN 8 July 2005 16:11
 * I am being oppressed by Anti-Polygamists 18 July 2005
 * Nereocystis acted recklessly aggressive - 2 Examples of Proof 20 July 2005
 * Anti-Polygamy Article, Talk, and VfD (Article & TALK begun 30 Jun 2005, suspicously VfD-called on 9 July 2005, deleted 22 July 2005. Also see Nereocystis'sattempt to speed up the deletion on 18 Jul 2005.)
 * Researcher's Offer for RESOLUTION 5 August 2005
 * Pattern Observed on how some disputed issues DID conclude
 * The Needed Steps to Change the Pattern in order to Resolve and Prevent these Disputes
 * Offers for Good Faith Acts
 * Hope for this Positive Conclusion
 * DISCUSSION Segment

(Other subseqent timeline events)
 * AMA Request for Assistance - An Advocate Needed 19:47, 18 July 2005 - I requested AMA help from Kmweber. They quickly agree to help, but needed a few days due to a new real world job. As of this writing, I have yet to ever hear from them again (which is starting to seem concern me at this point).
 * I started the very first TALK post on group marriage 8 August 2005 - to try to start to solve one subtopic problem that Nereocystis was causing at the polygamy article. They soon stalked me over there too.
 * Uriah923's Dispute resolution interrupts previous resolution discussion 16 August 2005
 * My explanatory post, comment-titled, "Unbigotted help is welcome, Uriah923. Thank you." 14:18, 18 August 2005
 * Uriah923's post, in direct contradiction to what I had "agreed." 15:34, 18 August 2005
 * Uriah923's post, Archiving the TALK pages, doing exactly what I had said I did not want to happen. 15:59, 18 August 2005
 * My post immediately registering my disapproval 16:55, 18 August 2005
 * The subsequent TALK
 * Nereocystis's double-standard 20:11, 25 August 2005. I responded to an extremely abusive post by Nereocystis, which took time away from trying to get stuff done on the other TALK.  Their abuse set it off from there.  They had ignored the numerous proven-invalid references from Dunkelza, but then went overboard trying to invent a mystery about referenced proven-authority sites.
 * The true NPOV solution to Polygamy question about Group Marriage proposed 17:43, 26 August 2005. The Discussion shows that even that easy act of good faith was refused by Nereocystis.
 * Uriah923 said they would leave me to await the official help which I had said I was awaiting for. 18:59, 26 August 2005 In the following posts between us, I said I did not want them to leave, but if there could not be any act of WIN-WIN and good faith towards me, then we would have to go back to the resolution offer we had been discussing before.  It had always been said (even by Uriah923) that, without my approval, their new offer would not work.  I offered a way for good faith to be established, but they did not return to participate in anything any more (as of this writing).
 * Requests for comment/Researcher99 called by Nereocystis on 17:01, 28 August 2005.  They employed assistance from Dunkelza who they drew from the group marriage TALK (who had provided proven invalid usenet and forum threads as supposed "references") and another userKewp who has not particpated except with 4 posts to polygamy TALK, posted after the original resolution process had been interrupted by Uriah923.  Yet, these two who have not been around for more than a couple weeks claim to know the situation in the Requests for comment/Researcher99.

So, the current changes occurring on the TALK pages of the polygamy article are not valid as part of any resolution. I have not refuse to resolve things, nor have I been difficult to work with.

Dunkelza, on the Requests for comment/Researcher99 page, is simply unhappy that I discovered that many of their attempted reference links were unusable as valid sources at all. When they made these citations, I then had pointed out how all but one was either usenet or forum discussion threads, and the other one did not even talk about the issue at all. When Dunkelza came back and made more citations, I tried to gently point out how those citations were not valid either, even one of them was nthing more than a copycat website of Wikipedia's older polygamy page, which is full circle! I even tried to encourage Dunkelza by stating at the end of my post, "I appreciate that you are making citations, but they really do need to be valid citations for us to rely upon them.". So, because I pointed that out, Dunkelza appears now to not be very happy with me, choosing instead to justify whatever Nereocystis has said in their abuse of me.

Kewp has only made 4 posts in polygamy TALK, only starting since Aug 22. The first one is a pure anti-polygamy propaganda promoting underage issues, and the other three talk as if they had been a part of everything all along, Post #2, Post #3, and Post #4. Because they are clearly an anti-polygamist, with intent on pushing that propaganda POV, that is what explains their willingness to justify Nereocystis's abuse even though they have not been involved in any of the situation before Uriah923 interrupted the original resolution process.

Uriah923, on the Requests for comment/Researcher99 page, is simply seeking to defend their intent to offer a resolution. Since their resolution was not properly processed by having agreement to do it by all concerned (which means me in that list of parties), the offer to help was never in a position to be considered anything more than an ambigious offer to help. It certainly never yet reached the status of being a valid ongoing proposal yet. So, Uriah923 is incorrect to suggest that I was "extremely difficult to work with." While I appreciate their acknowledgement that I was not and am not abusive, it is further unfair to acuse me of being verbose and tangential when my only action that way is to provide all the mounds and mounds of evidence. If all the other parties wuld actually listen to me and use the credible arguments I present, there would be no need to present so much evidence to prove what I am saying. This is the Catch-22 that all of these individuals put me in, refusing to listen and then accusing me of verbosity for when I prove my point with evidence. So it is wrong for Uriah923 to add their voice to the Requests for comment/Researcher99 page.

To cohclude, as I have been saying as far back as May 7, when I wrote the subsection, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Polygamy/Archive_2#Throughout.2C_I_sought_Wiki_Guidelines:__STATUS_QUO_until_TALKed. Throughout, I sought Wiki Guidelines: STATUS QUO until TALKed] in the larger evidentiary piece, The Ghostintheshell Situation, in controversial topics such as polygamy, the specific Wikipedia Guidelines that say Don't Be Reckless, declare that the STATUS QUO is supposed to be preserved and THEN a TALK is to proceed. Following those Wikipedia Guidelines is all I have been calling for from the beginning. But Nereocystis has acted with such speed and hostile aggressiveness that every time I try to get us to that, they find a new to destroy my attempt to get us back to Wikipedia Guidelines that way.

The same exact problem has now happened in the TALK pages of the polygamy article. I had not authorized Uriah923 to act so quickly, to hide the evidence of Nereocystis's abuse by "archiving" the polygamy TALK pages, to create a resolution process to which I knew was doomed before it starts. Now, Nereocystis is exploiting Uriah923 and two others who have not been involved except for the last couple of weeks, to try to prevent even the TALK pages from being brought back to the STATUS QUO of the original resolution process which we had been in before Uriah923 interrupted it and the other 2 later arrived afterward.

That all four have chosen to gang up on me is further proof that I was correct in foreseeing that Uriah923's ambigious offer would not work unless there was a true WIN-WIN attitude with genuine GIVE-GIVE. Unless someone is actually willing to really listen to me and to work with me, they are only "running over me" just as happened with this unneccessary creation of the Requests for comment/Researcher99 page.

From my perspective, like I've said abut the polygamy article itself, we should follow the Wikipedia Guidelines and restore to STATUS QUO in order to then TALK. The polygamy TALK page should be restored to STATUS QUO of 14:24, 18 August 2005. Then we can continue the TALK from there, using the original resolution process which is the only valid one at the moment anyway.

Like I also said before, in that original resolution, we were almost there. All we need for tat to proceed is a tiny good faith act by Nereocystis to allow one tiny NPOV tag to be removed, and I will do all the other good faith acts I offered in that resolution too.

As I have not heard from my requested AMA, it seems that I will need to make some new requests of others. I will be doing so shortly. Patience on everyone's part would be greatly appreciated, of course.

When all this finally reaches an end, I hope for some real fairness, and for the bullying to come to an end.

Researcher, originally posted 20:46, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Later Re-Edited: Researcher 20:16, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Users who endorse this summary
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 * 1) Researcher 20:16, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Neigel von Teighen 19:17, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Outside view by McClenon
I see that Researcher99's response to this Request for Comments / Request for Corrective Action is consistent with most of his posts to the Polygamy talk page. It is a very long statement of how he has been wronged and abused, at such length that it is nearly impossible to determine what the nature of the wrongs have been, or how we can move on. His posts have the effect of a filibuster of the talk page, making it nearly impossible for there to be any other constructive discussion of improving the article. The certifiers of this RfCA (which is what a user conduct RfC should be called) have, in my opinion, been very patient and have tried to engage in constructive dialog with the subject of this RfC. I notice that they offered to restructure the article and to try to discuss what the outline should be, but that the response was another long statement.

If the case against Researcher99 moves into arbitration, he will be asked by the ArbCom to provide a brief (no more than 500-word) summary. His response to this RfCA is far too long for me to have any idea what he is complaining about, other than that he complains at great length. Can he find someone to mentor him and to help him be concise? If he can't, then unfortunately the ArbCom may have no choice but to ban him from editing talk pages for a period of time. Robert McClenon 10:57, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

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I was not directly aware of Researcher99's abuse of Nereocystis prior to early August; however, I have since also had the experience of going around and around with said editor. Since I entered the discussions on Talk:group_marriage and Talk:polygamy, he has been overtly dismissive of scientific citations, preferring instead to substitute his own religious convictions for evidence. When asked to commit to a resolution process, he has instead continued to fling mud at the supposed abuses of others, none of which I have seen (even in archives). I have repeatedly attempted to direct him toward productive discourse on articles, but I have seen none to date. Dunkelza 23:17 August 28, 2005 (EDT)

To make it clear, I have been observing the talk:polygamy page and related pages for quite some time (over a month), though I have not contributed to the talk page until recently, having been busy. I have thoroughly read the archived talk pages. I am fully aware of the issues involved and my endorsement of Nereocystis' summary is valid. Kewp 21:30, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

While I would not classify Researcher99 as abusive, I do think he is extremely difficult to work with. His comments are verbose and tangential. I was able to find no way to console what he perceives to be past offenses in order to convince him to move forward on a conflict resolution. Uriah923 21:41, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

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Midland Independent School District

Midland Independent School District is a public school district in Midland, Texas. Midland ISD contains 41 campuses.

It includes the portions of Midland and Odessa in Midland County.

Led by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stephanie D. Howard, over 26,000 students are spread out amongst the various campuses.

In 2014-2015, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.

Senior High Campuses

 * Legacy High School (10-12) and Legacy Freshman High School (9)
 * Midland High School (10-12) and Midland Freshman High School (9)

Freshman High Campuses

 * Legacy Freshman High School
 * Midland Freshman High School

Junior High Campuses

 * George & Gladys Abell Junior High School
 * Opened in 1993.
 * Alamo Junior High School
 * Opened in the 1950s.
 * Charles Walter Goddard Junior High School
 * San Jacinto Junior High School
 * Built in 1951.

Elementary Campuses

 * James Bonham Elementary School
 * Built in 1957. Serves about 800 students.
 * Ralph Bunche Elementary School
 * Operated as Bunche Early Childhood for many years. Previous campus was torn down and re-built with 2012 bond.
 * David Burnet Elementary School
 * George H. W. Bush Elementary School
 * The school opened in 1989 when George H.W. Bush was President. it has 460 students.
 * Lorenzo DeZavala Elementary School
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School
 * James Walker Fannin Elementary School
 * Barbara Fasken Elementary School
 * Opened in 2015
 * General Tommy Franks Elementary School
 * Overhauled and rebranded 2017. Former Crockett Elementary.
 * Barney R. Greathouse Elementary School
 * Opened in 1993. Serves about 750 students.
 * James Henderson Elementary School
 * Anson Jones Elementary School
 * Jane Long Elementary School
 * Quanah Parker Elementary School
 * Thomas Rusk Elementary School
 * Santa Rita Elementary School
 * Opened in 1985.
 * Ruth Cowden Scharbauer Elementary School
 * Opened in 1985.
 * South Elementary School
 * Barbara B Yarbrough Elementary School
 * Opened in 2015.

School Of Choice Campuses
Secondary Schools Elementary Schools Other Schools
 * Viola M. Coleman High School
 * Opened in 1989 as Midland Alternative School and renamed to current name in 1992. Viola M. Coleman high school offers individualized learning, flexible schedule, early graduation, dual credit, or credit recovery. Offers in person or virtual learning. Serves grades 9-12.
 * Early College High School at Midland College
 * Serves grades 9-12. Focused on a rigorous academic program that leads to high school diploma and Associates Degree at graduation.
 * Young Women's Leadership Academy
 * Opened in 2019 with grades 6-7. Expanded to serve grades 6-11 as of 2023-2024 and will add 12th grade the following school year. Focus on college preparatory academics, leadership development through community service, and health and wellness.
 * Bowie Fine Arts Academy
 * Magnet school
 * Carver Center School
 * Opened in 2011 as a full time elementary school for identified gifted and talented students in grades 2-6. Added 1st grade in 2015. Operates as a charter school.
 * Lamar Elementary School
 * Milam International Academy
 * Dual language program serving PreK-6.
 * Pease Communications & Technology Academy
 * Magnet school
 * Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary
 * Charter school serving K-6.
 * IDEA Travis Academy
 * Opened in 2020 as a charter school within MISD. Serves grades PreK-9 as of 2023-2024 and has 1056 students enrolled.

Early Childhood Campuses

 * Pre-Kindergarten Academy at Midland College

Former Schools
Former Secondary Schools
 * George Washington Carver Junior-Senior High School
 * Became Carver Cultural Center which was a place where 1st-3rd graders would take field trips for the day to learn about other cultures around the world. The students got to make crafts, try foods, and learn about the different places around the world. Simultaneously it served GEM students. These gifted students in grades 4th through 6th would attend their home campus 3 days a week and attend GEM at Carver Center 2 days a week. They had to keep up with work from both schools. Campus now houses Carver Center for the gifted and talented kids full time.
 * Midland High School (Original Campus)
 * First building to be officially named Midland High School was built in 1926 on the site of what is now Fasken Center, at 600 Texas Street. After 23 years at the Texas Street location, in 1949 Midland High School moved to its present location at 906 W. Illinois.
 * Stephen F. Austin Junior High School (now Legacy Freshman)
 * William Cowden Junior High School
 * Was located on the site of the current Midland High School at 906 W. Illinois. Torn down to build MHS in 1949.
 * Thomas Edison Junior High School (now Midland Freshman)

Former Elementary Schools
 * James Bowie Elementary School
 * Became a magnet school, Bowie Fine Arts Academy.
 * David Crockett Elementary School
 * Campus opened in the 1950s. Closed in 2017 after 6 years of the Texas Education Agency rating it as “improvement required." Now houses General Tommy Franks Elementary School for the kids residing in new subdivisions north of town.
 * Sam Houston Elementary School
 * President George W. Bush attended here as a child. Became charter school, Sam Houston Collegiate Prep.
 * Mirabeau Lamar Elementary School
 * Became charter school, Lamar Elementary.
 * Ben Milam Elementary School
 * Became charter school, Milam International Academy.
 * North Elementary School
 * Elisha Pease Elementary School
 * Became magnet school, Pease Communications & Technology Academy.
 * William Travis Elementary School
 * Became IDEA Travis Academy Charter School.
 * Booker T. Washington Elementary School
 * Became magnet school, Washington Math & Science Institute then was renamed to Washington STEM Academy which closed for good in 2022 due to low enrollment and low performance. Campus now houses Young Women's Leadership Academy.
 * West Elementary School
 * Became West Early Childhood which housed Head Start services until the school closed for good.

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SRY (disambiguation)

SRY is the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee assigned symbol for the mammalian gene "sex determining region Y".

SRY is an abbreviation that can also mean:
 * Southern Railway of British Columbia
 * Shoeburyness railway station (National Rail station code SRY)
 * Surrey (Chapman code SRY and ISO 3166-2:GB geocode GB-SRY)
 * Dasht-e Naz Airport IATA code
 * "Sorry" (see Suffering), as a slang abbreviation for an expression of sympathy for another's suffering

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My Fair Brady

My Fair Brady is an American reality television series on VH1 that followed Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch, and Adrianne Curry, who won the first season of America's Next Top Model, a year after they met and fell in love on the reality show The Surreal Life.

The show appeared to have originated from a Season 4 episode of The Surreal Life, during which each cast member pitched a TV show idea to network executives. Adrianne's concept, which she called Beauty and the Brady, was a show about her and Knight's then-fledgling romance, in which she would attempt to convince Knight to marry her. Within that episode, Adrianne's idea was passed over in favor of that of castmate Da Brat, but the latter's show never came to fruition.

Season 1
The first season was filmed after Surreal Life Season 4 finished. In the last episode of that season, Knight had tentatively decided to start a relationship with Curry; nevertheless, during almost all the episodes he refused to formalize a relationship of any kind with her, acknowledging the difference in their ages. Some memorable moments are Florence Henderson visiting the couple, Curry partying with her best friend, and wearing a wedding dress without Knight's knowledge, who just watched her looking surprised. At the end of the first season, Christopher proposed to Adrianne.

Season 2
Entitled My Fair Brady: We're Getting Married!, the second season covered Christopher Knight and Adrianne Curry's preparations for the wedding. My Fair Brady: We're Getting Married! premiered on-air May 28, 2006. The wedding episode aired on July 23, 2006. Some of the notable parts of the second season are Adrianne meeting her father-in-law, Christopher meeting Adrianne's divorced parents, Knight getting drunk in front of Adrianne's mother, Christopher and Adrianne's Bachelor's farewell party, and an incident that almost causes the cancellation of the wedding.

Season 3
Titled My Fair Brady... Maybe Baby, the third season began on January 20, 2008. In the second episode, after Adrianne gave Chris a birthday present of nude photos of her with a female friend, he came to think Adrianne was a lesbian and left her, asking for a separation. The two were reconciled in the next episode. The season focused on Adrianne's plans to have plastic surgery to make her breasts symmetrical and Christopher's cross-interests decision that he wants to start a family with her. The couple argue about this and even close friends and family members frankly advise them not to have any kids at present. Adrianne does have the surgery and it goes well. But in the season finale, the couple go to Hawaii for a second honeymoon and Adrianne decides to throw out her birth control pills in front of Christopher.

DVD releases
The first two seasons have been released on DVD in Australia by Shock Records.

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Charles-Guillaume Étienne

Charles-Guillaume Étienne (5 January 1778 – 13 March 1845) was a 19th-century French playwright.

Biography
He was born in Chamouilley, Haute-Marne. He held various municipal offices under the Revolution and came in 1793 to Paris, where he produced his first opera, Le Rêve, in 1799, in collaboration with Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick. Although Étienne continued to write for the Paris theatres for twenty years from that date, he is remembered chiefly as the author of one comedy, which excited considerable controversy. Les Deux Gendres was represented at the Théâtre Français on 11 August 1810, and procured for its author a seat in the Académie française.

A rumour was put in circulation that Étienne had drawn largely on a manuscript play in the imperial library, entitled Conaxa, ou les gendres dupes. His rivals were not slow to take up the charge of plagiarism, to which Étienne replied that the story was an old one (it existed in an old French fabliaus) and had already been treated by Alexis Piron in Les Fils ingrats.

He was, however, driven later to make admissions which at least showed a certain lack of candour. The bitterness of the attacks made on him was no doubt in part due to his position as editor-in-chief of the official Journal de l'Empire. His next play, L'Intrigante (1812), hardly maintained the high level of Les Deux Gendres; the patriotic opera L'Oriflamme and his lyric masterpiece Joconde date from 1814.

Étienne had been secretary to Hugues-Bernard Maret, Duc de Bassano, and in this capacity had accompanied Napoleon throughout his campaigns in Italy, Germany, Austria and Poland. During these journeys he produced one of his best pieces, Brueys et Palaprat (1807). During the Restoration Étienne was an active member of the opposition. He was seven times returned as deputy for the département of Meuse, and was in full sympathy with the revolution of 1830, but the reforms actually carried out did not fulfil his expectations, and he gradually retired from public life. Among his other plays may be noted: Les Deux Mères, Le Pacha de Suresnes, and La Petite Ecole des pres, all produced in 1802, in collaboration with his friend Charles Gaugiran de Nanteuil (1778–1830).

With Alphonse Dieudonné Martainville (1779–1830) he wrote an Histoire du Théâtre Français (5 vols, 1802) during the revolutionary period. Étienne was a bitter opponent of the romanticists, one of whom, Alfred de Vigny, was his successor and panegyrist in the Academy. He was an Officer in the Legion of Honour, and was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

In Bruis et Palaprat, Étienne penned the phrase "On n'est jamais servi si bien que par soi-même", which has widely been translated as "If you want something done right, do it yourself", although the literal translation is "One is never served so well as by oneself".

Works
Theatre Varia
 * 1799: Le Rêve, opéra comique in 1 act and in prose, lyrics by citizen Étienne, music by citizen Gresnich, Paris, Opéra-Comique, 8 pluviôse an VII
 * 1800: Rembrandt ou la Vente après décès, vaudeville anecdotique in 1 act, by citizens Étienne, Morel, Servière and Moras, Théâtre des Troubadours, 26 fructidor an VIII
 * 1800: Le Chaudronnier, Homme d'État, comedy in three acts and in prose, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 1er thermidor an VIII
 * 1800: La Lettre sans adresse, comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles... by citizens Étienne and Moras, Théâtre des Troubadours, 26 vendémiaire an IX
 * 1800: L'Apollon du Belvédere ou l'Oracle, folie-vaudeville impromptue in 1 act, by citizens Étienne, Moras and Gaugiran-Nanteuil, Théâtre des Troubadours, 29, 30 brumaire, 1er, 2 and 3 frimaire an IX
 * 1801: Pont-de-Veyle ou le Bonnet de docteur, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, by citizens Gosse and Étienne, Théâtre des Variétés, 6 vendémiaire an X
 * 1801: Désirée ou la Paix du village, allegory in 1 act, in vaudevilles, by citizens Gaugiran-Nanteuil, Moras and Étienne, Théâtre Favart, 5 germinal an IX
 * 1801: Le Grand Deuil, opéra bouffon, lyrics by citizens J.-B. Vial eand C.-G. Étienne, music by citizen H. Berton, Opéra-comique, 1er pluviôse an IX
 * 1802: Le Pacha de Suresnes ou l'Amitié des femmes, comédie-anecdote in 1 act and in prose, by citizens C.-G. Étienne and Gaugiran-Nanteuil, Théâtre Louvois, 11 prairial an X
 * La Petite École des pères, comedy in 1 act and in prose, by C.-G. Étienne and Gaugiran-Nanteuil, Théâtre Louvois, 8 nivôse an XI
 * 1803: Le Pauvre Riche ou la Séparation de biens, comedy in three acts and in prose written in society with Mr. Nanteuil, Théâtre Louvois, en vendémiaire an XII
 * 1803: Les Maris en bonne fortune, comedy in 3 acts, Théâtre Louvois, 9 germinal an XI
 * 1804: La Jeune Femme en colère, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 28 vendémiaire an XIII
 * 1804: Isabelle de Portugal ou l'Héritage, historical comedy in 1 act, in prose, by MMs. Étienne and Gaugiran-Nanteuil, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 27 November
 * 1804: Une heure de mariage, comedy in one act and in prose mingled with ariettes, music by Nicolas Dalayrac, created at the Opéra-Comique (théâtre Feydeau), 29 ventôse an XII (20 March)
 * 1805: Gulistan ou le Hulla de Samarcande, comedy in three acts and in prose mingled with ariettes, with Poisson de La Chabeaussière after the One Thousand and One Nights, music by Nicolas Dalayrac, creatred at the Opéra-Comique (Théâtre Feydeau), 8 vendémiaire an XIV (30 September)
 * 1806: Le Nouveau Réveil d'Épiménide, comédie épisodique in 1 act, in prose, by MM. Étienne and Gaugiran-Nanteuil, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 5 February
 * 1807: Le Carnaval de Beaugency ou Mascarade sur mascarade, comedy in 1 act, in prose, by MM. Étienne and Gaugiran-Nanteuil, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 2 February
 * 1807: Bruis et Palaprat, comedy in 1 act and in verse, Théâtre-Français, 28 November
 * 1808: Un jour à Paris ou la Leçon singulière, opéra comique in 3 acts, mingled with music, lyrics by M. Étienne, music by M. Nicolas Isouard, Opéra-comique, 24 May
 * 1810: Cendrillon, opéra-féerie in 3 acts and in prose, lyrics by M. Étienne, music by Nicolas Isouard, Opéra-comique, 22 February
 * 1810: Les Deux Gendres, comedy in 5 acts and in verse, Théâtre-Français, 11 August
 * 1812: Le Chômeur naïf, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Théâtre-Français, 12 May.
 * 1813: L'Intrigante ou l'École des familles, comedy in 5 acts and in verse, Théâtre-Français, 6 March
 * 1814: L'Oriflamme, opera in 1 act, lyrics by C.-G. Étienne and Baour-Lormian, music by Méhul, Paer, Breton and Kreutzer, Académie impériale de musique, 1 February
 * 1814: Joconde ou les Coureurs d'aventures, comedy in 3 acts, mingled with singing, by M. Étienne, music by Nicolo (Nicolas Isouard), Théâtre de l'opéra-comique, 28 February
 * 1814: Jeannot et Colin, comedy in 3 acts, mingled with songs, by M. Étienne, music by Nicolo, Théâtre de l'opéra-comique, 17 October
 * 1815: Racine et Cavois, comedy in 3 acts and in verse, Théâtre-Français, 26 April
 * 1816: Le Rossignol, opéra comique in 1 act, lyrics by C.-G. Étienne, music by Lebrun, Académie royale de musique, 23 April
 * 1816: L'Une pour l'autre, opéra comique in 3 acts, by M. Étienne, music by M. Nicolo, Opéra-comique, 11 May
 * 1818: Zéloïde ou les Fleurs enchantées, opera in 2 acts, lyrics by C.-G. Étienne, music by Lebrun, Académie royale de musique, 19 January
 * 1821: Les Plaideurs sans procès, comedy in 3 acts and in verse, Théâtre-Français, 29 October
 * 1822: Aladin ou la Lampe merveilleuse, opéra-féerie in 5 acts, Académie royale de musique, 6 February (music by Nicolo and Benincori)
 * 1825: Le Bénéficiaire, comedy in 5 acts and 1 vaudeville, by MM. Théaulon and Étienne, Théâtre des Variétés, 26 April
 * 1826: Le Chiffonnier ou le Philosophe nocturne, comédie en vaudeville in 5 acts and in 1 day, by MM. Théaulon et Étienne, Théâtre des Variétés, 6 January
 * 1827: Une nuit de Gustave Wasa ou le Batelier suédois, opéra comique in 2 acts, lyrics by J.-M.-C. Leber and C.-G. Étienne, Opéra-comique, 29 September
 * 1830: Arwed ou les Représailles, épisode de la guerre d'Amérique, drama in 2 acts, mingled with couplets, by MM. Étienne, Varin and Desvergers, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 31 March
 * 1802: Histoire du Théâtre français depuis le commencement de la Révolution jusqu'à la réunion générale by C. G. Étienne and Alphonse Martainville (2 volumes)
 * 1820: Lettres sur Paris ou Correspondance pour servir à l'histoire de l'établissement du gouvernement représentatif en France (2 volumes)
 * 1825: Mémoires de François Molé, preceded by a notice about this actor, by M. Étienne. Le Comédien, by M. Remond de Sainte Albine
 * 1846–1853: Œuvres (5 volumes)

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Shima Uta (The Boom song)

"Shima Uta" (島唄) is a 1992 song by the Japanese band The Boom. It was written by the lead singer, Kazufumi Miyazawa, based on his impressions from visiting Okinawa for a photo shoot. It is the band's best selling song, well known throughout Japan and Argentina, and one of the most widely known songs associated with Okinawa although the band members are all from Yamanashi Prefecture. The song uses a mix of modern pop and rock styles as well as min'yō. Okinawan musical instruments and Okinawan vocabulary have been incorporated into the song.

The song itself was used in an advertising campaign for the Xi brand awamori.

Origin
In a 2003 interview for fRoots, Miyazawa explained that he got the idea for the song after speaking with Okinawan survivors of the US invasion of Okinawa during World War II.

...for the first time saw a deeper side of Okinawa. I saw some remains of the war there and visited the Himeyuri Peace and Memorial Museum and learnt about the female students who became like voluntary nurses looking after injured soldiers. There were no places to escape from the U.S. army in Okinawa, so they had to find caves. Although they hid from the U.S. army, they knew they would be searching for them, and thought they would be killed, so they moved from one cave to another. Eventually they died in the caves. I heard this story from a woman who was one of these girls and who survived. I was still thinking about how terrible it was after I left the museum. Sugar canes were waving in the wind outside the museum when I left and it inspired me to write a song. I also thought I wanted to write a song to dedicate to that woman who told me the story. Although there was darkness and sadness in the underground museum, there was a beautiful world outside. This contrast was shocking and inspiring.

In another interview, Miyazawa explained that most Okinawan casualties were not caused by American troops, but by Japan's instructions to commit suicide rather than surrender.

When the United States were about to invade Japan during the Second World War II, the country was instructing people telling them, 'before USA has you, kill yourself'. In Okinawa 200.000 people died. And most of them weren't killed by USA... They hid under the earth.

While the song does not specify who the people being separated are, Miyazawa stated in the 2002 interview, "It is about the separation of a man and a woman, a separation that they couldn't control, and didn't want."

Okinawan influence
In fact, the term shima-uta originally refers to traditional folk songs of the Amami Islands. It is not a native term of Okinawa but was introduced from Amami in the 1970s. Uehara Naohiko, Okinawa's influential radio personality and songwriter, borrowed the term from Amami and give a new meaning to the term. He used his radio programs and musical events to popularize the name of shima-uta in Okinawa.

Miyazawa first heard Okinawan-influenced music from Haruomi Hosono in the 1970s. Later, he asked friends to bring him tapes from the island, as Okinawan music was not readily available in Japan. Miyazawa said in the 2003 interview,

There are two types of melody in the song Shima Uta, one from Okinawa and the other from Yamato (Japan). I wanted to tell the truth that Okinawa had been sacrificed for the rest of Japan, and Japan had to take responsibility for that. Actually, I wasn't sure that I had the right to sing a song with such a delicate topic, as I'm Japanese, and no Okinawan musicians had done that. Although Hosono started to embrace Okinawan music into his own music early on, it was in a different way to what I was trying to do. Then I asked [Okinawan rock star and peace activist] Shokichi Kina what he thought I should do about Shima Uta and he said that I should sing it. He told me that Okinawan people are trying to break down the wall between them and Yamato (mainland) Japanese, so he told me I should do the same and encouraged me to release "Shima Uta".

Miyazawa plays the sanshin, the Okinawan precursor to the shamisen, when singing "Shima Uta" in concert.

Release history
There were initially two versions of "Shima Uta" released by The Boom. The first release is the "Uchinaaguchi Version" (ウチナーグチ・ヴァージョン) which is sung partly in Japanese and partly in Okinawan (uchinaaguchi), and was released as a single on December 12, 1992. The "Original Version" (オリジナル・ヴァージョン) followed on June 21, 1993, and is sung entirely in Japanese, although some words from Okinawan remain (such as ウージ uuji, which means sugarcane ). These versions of the song were performed at the 44th annual Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

The Boom periodically re-released "Shima Uta", first on October 5, 2001, as a rearranged version as a double A-side to their song "Kamisama no Hōseki de Dekita Shima" which was later remixed for the band's 2002 album Okinawa: Watashi no Shima. 2002 also saw the release of a new "Shima Uta" single on May 22 which included vocals from Argentine vocalist Alfredo Casero who became famous in his own right for his cover of the song. The Boom with Casero performed this version at the 53rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen. On March 20, 2013, The Boom released a new 20th anniversary version of the song and single.

Music video
The music video for "Shima Uta" was filmed on Okinawa Prefecture's Taketomi Island, with Taketomi Village's "traditional Okinawan" houses featured prominently along with local flora and fauna. For the 20th anniversary version, The Boom returned to Taketomi and filmed local residents, as well as some other notable residents of Okinawa Prefecture, lip syncing the song with Miyazawa's vocals.

Cover versions
The song has been covered by many artists, including Gackt, Rimi Natsukawa, Tokiko Kato, Alfredo Casero, Plastiko, Diana King, Andrew W.K., Willy Sabor and Allister.

Gackt
The Gackt's version features taiko drums, traditional dancers and singers, and China Sadao as sanshin player/min'yō singer.

Alfredo Casero
The 2001 version by Casero won three awards at Premios Gardel, the "Argentine Grammy Awards." In 2002 the Casero version was voted the theme song for the Argentina football (soccer) team's 2002 FIFA World Cup. A Japanese football fan club, Ultras Nippon, also used Shima Uta as their theme song. "Shima Uta" was the first Argentine hit song to be sung entirely in Japanese. It stayed on the top of the charts for six months. Miyazawa and Casero sing together in concert when Miyazawa tours Brazil and Argentina.

Andrew W.K.
American musician Andrew W.K. recorded his own version of the song for his album The Japan Covers. It uses the same translation as Izzy Cooper used in her versions, adding the dedication line at the end. He performs the song over synthesizers.

Allister
Shima Uta can be found on the Japanese version of the 2005 album Before the Blackout, performed in Japanese.

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John Patsalos

John Patsalos (, born January 6, 1938), formerly known as John Patler, is an American former Nazi who was convicted of the August 25, 1967, murder of American Nazi Party (ANP) leader George Lincoln Rockwell.

Early life
Patsalos was born in New York City to Greek parents. When John was five, his mother took him and his younger brother, George, and moved to his grandmother's house. Shortly after that his father shot and killed his mother. John's father was convicted of manslaughter and sent to Sing Sing Prison. He was released on parole in 1953. After John's grandmother died, he and his brother were sent to the Bronx to live with their father. Both brothers spent two weeks at the Youth House while their father faced child abuse charges, but were later released back into his custody.

Career
Patsalos served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1958 to 1960, when he was honorably discharged on grounds of "unsuitability" after being arrested at an American Nazi Party rally. He joined the American Nazi Party in 1960 and changed his surname to "Patler" to make it sound more like "Hitler".

On May 24, 1961, Patler, Rockwell, and eight others were arrested on charges of disturbing the peace in New Orleans after trying to picket the movie Exodus. They went on a hunger strike in jail. Rockwell was only able to raise enough bond money for himself so he could be released five days later. In June 1961, all ten men were found guilty. Patler was sentenced to 45 days in jail and fined $150. Once more, Rockwell paid his bond, but left his followers in jail. In 1962, the convictions were overturned on appeal. Several years later, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Louisiana's statute on "breach of the peace" was unconstitutional. Ironically, the ruling mainly benefited black civil rights activists. In 1963, Patler was arrested and convicted of disorderly conduct for picketing an integration rally in New Jersey. He spent 10 days in jail.

Patler became a captain in the American Nazi Party and editor and cartoonist for the party's magazine, Stormtrooper. Patler drew racist and segregationist cartoons. However, he was expelled from the Party in March 1967 for "Bolshevik leanings" after disagreeing with party leader George Lincoln Rockwell about some of the party's policies, as well as due to his "unstable character" and for "spreading dissent between light- and dark-skinned Nazis" within the party.

Patler described his relationship with Rockwell in endearing terms, stating "I loved him like a father and he loved me like a son". In his last letter to Rockwell, Patler wrote: "I don't think there are two people on earth who think and feel the same as we do. ... You are a very important part of my life. I need you as much as you need me. Without you there is no future".

Shooting and sentencing
On Friday afternoon August 25, 1967, Patler shot and killed Rockwell while Rockwell was seated in his car, parked in front of a laundromat at an Arlington, Virginia, shopping center. Rockwell was shot with a 7.63 mm broomhandle Mauser pistol. Patler was arrested half an hour later, about a mile (1.5 km) from the scene of the shooting. Despite maintaining his innocence, he was convicted of first degree murder on December 16, 1967. The prosecutor requested a death sentence due to the highly premeditated nature of the slaying, but the jury recommended the most lenient sentence possible, 20 years. Patler was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Arlington Circuit Court Judge Charles Russell.

Patler was free on bail while appealing his murder conviction. In 1969, he won a $15,000 libel ruling against an American Nazi Party official who had told the FBI Patler had stolen the gun used to kill Rockwell. After losing his appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia for murdering Rockwell, he was sent to prison in 1970. In June 1972, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously turned down an appeal.

Patler was paroled in August 1975, having served less than eight years of his sentence. In 1976, he was charged with trespassing and possession of marijuana; his trespassing charge was later dismissed. After violating his parole, he received an additional six-year sentence.

Legacy
In 1970, Patsalos was reported as using his old name again, and as contributing to a Spanish language newspaper called El Pueblo, with him condemning racism in an editorial. He also described his former racism as being due to his thoughts "that [he] was inferior" and that he was "dark and ugly". Hank Burchard commented he was "olive-skinned and beautiful". In a 1970 article, Patsalos said, "I think [members of the National Socialist White People's Party are] always watching me ... so I never go any place without looking behind me", along with claiming "I think one of them may be the guy who really killed Rockwell".

In the early 1970s, Patsalos attended art classes at Radford College under a study-release program, although in 1975 a temporary ban was imposed on enrollment of prisoners and parolees, after college officials learned who he was, along with also claiming they did not have knowledge of the program. The ACLU disputed the ban, although did not dispute the college's subsequent refusal to give Patsalos a dorm.

In 1978, media outlets reported Patsalos was attempting to get a name change back to his original name.

In a 2012 book, Nicholas, the son of Patsalos, recalled his father expressing regret for his time in the American Nazi Party, with him saying "I should have been with Dr. King and the Civil Rights people back then. They were truly my people, not those Nazis." In 2017, The Washington Post described Patsalos as a "staunch online defender of Donald Trump". Patsalos praised the marchers at the Unite the Right rally. He refused multiple interview requests from the newspaper.

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