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Steven Gould

Steven Charles Gould (born February 7, 1955) is an American science fiction writer. He has written ten novels. His 1992 novel Jumper was adapted into a film released in 2008.

Biography
Steven Charles Gould was born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on February 7, 1955, to James Alan and Carita Louise Gould. His father was an Army officer; when Gould was in junior high his father was stationed at Fort Shafter in Hawaii for three years. The whole family learned to scuba dive there, and Gould went diving frequently.

Gould attended Texas A&M University and has set much of his writing in Texas. Aggiecon, which is held in College Station on the Texas A&M campus, was the first science fiction convention Gould attended, and he was chair of Aggiecon V in 1975.

Gould submitted the first short story he wrote to Analog; it was rejected with a personal note from then-editor Ben Bova, who encouraged Gould to let him see his future work. The second story Gould wrote, "The Touch of Their Eyes", was read aloud by Theodore Sturgeon at a writing workshop at AggieCon in 1979. Sturgeon made one correction ("Calvary and Cavalry are two different things") and suggested that Gould submit it to Stan Schmidt, who had become editor at Analog in late 1978. Gould did, and the story was published by Analog in 1980.

Gould was director of the south/central region of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) from 1986 to 1989. He was also a guest lecturer at Texas A&M in 1990. Gould was president of SFWA for two years through June 2015.

Gould practices and teaches aikido, which is featured prominently in his books 7th Sigma and Helm. The young protagonists of both books become proficient at the martial art and eventually embrace it as a full lifestyle. His scuba diving hobby informed scenes in his novels Greenwar and Blind Waves. Greenwar was a collaboration with his wife, Laura J. Mixon.

Writing workshops
Gould has been an instructor at the annual one-week speculative fiction workshop Viable Paradise since 2000.

Personal life
In 1989 Gould married Laura J. Mixon and moved with her to New York City, where her job supported them while he finished his first novel, Jumper. The couple currently live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They have two daughters.

Works
This list of works (data from ISFDB) covers Gould's novels, speculative fiction short fiction, and essays and includes general themes for each of the novels. Includes updates from Gould's website.

Novels

 * Jumper novels
 * Jumper (Tor, 1992): A young man discovers he has the ability to teleport, and uses it to fight terrorists while evading government agents.
 * Reflex (2004). A sequel to Jumper.
 * Jumper: Griffin's Story (2007): A novel detailing the back story of a character in the 2008 film adaptation of Jumper
 * Impulse (Tor, 2013). Another sequel to Jumper, it was adapted into a TV series in 2018
 * Exo (Tor-Forge, 2014). Another entry in the Jumper series.
 * Other novels
 * Wildside (Tor, 1996): A group of Texas high school graduates find a hole into a pristine parallel world unspoiled by man and human-instigated extinctions. They start a gold business and are discovered by the government.
 * Greenwar (Forge, 1997; Tor, 1998) with Laura J. Mixon. The plot deals with deep sea energy and environmental issues
 * Helm (Tor, 1998): A novel concerning mind control and the destruction of Earth's ecosystem
 * Blind Waves (Tor, 2000): A novel concerning melted icecaps, investigation into violence against refugees out at sea and in a floating city; set in Texas
 * 7th Sigma (2011): A novel set in an American Southwest ravaged by insect-sized metal-eating, self-replicating robots. It takes place in the same world as Gould's short stories "Bugs in the Arroyo", "A Story, with Beans" and "Rust with Wings".

Short fiction

 * "The Touch of Their Eyes" (Analog Science Fact & Fiction, Sep 1980)
 * "Wind Instrument" (Asimov's, Jun 1981)
 * "Gift of Fire" (Analog, Aug 1981)
 * "Rory" (Analog, 1984)
 * "Mental Blocks" (Amazing Stories, Jul 1985)
 * "The No License Needed, Fun to Drive, Built Easily with Ordinary Tools, Revolutionary, Guaranteed, Lawnmower Engine Powered, Low Cost, Compact, and Dependable Mail Order Device" (Analog, Apr 1986)
 * "Poppa Was a Catcher" (New Destinies, Volume II, ed. Jim Baen, Aug 1987; Cities in Space, ed. Jerry Pournelle, John F. Carr, Sep 1991)
 * "Peaches for Mad Molly" (Analog, Feb 1988; The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, May 1989; The 1989 Annual World's Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Arthur W. Saha, Jun 1989; New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction, ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Sep 2003)
 * "Simulation Six" (Asimov's, Mar 1990)
 * "The Session" (The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors, ed. Terri Windling, Tor Apr 1995)
 * "Leonardo's Hands", with Rory Harper (RevolutionSF, Aug 2005)
 * "Shade" (Tor.com, 2008) - Side story to Reflex
 * "Bugs in the Arroyo" (Tor.com, Apr 2009)
 * "A Story, with Beans" (Analog, May 2009; The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, Jul 2010, The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 23rd Annual Collection, 2010)
 * "Tameshigiri" (The Living Dead 2, John Joseph Adams. Night Shade Books, 2010)
 * "Rust with Wings" (After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia, 2012)

Essays

 * Introduction (A Conflagration Artist, a collection by Bradley Denton) (Wildside Press, 1994)

Awards
Gould's short fiction has been nominated twice for the Hugo Award, for the short story "Rory" in 1985, and the novelette "Peaches for Mad Molly" in 1989. "Peaches for Mad Molly" was also on the shortlist for the Nebula Award that year. His first published short story, "The Touch of Their Eyes", was also nominated for the Analog Award for Best Short Story in 1980.

Gould's first novel, Jumper, was nominated for the Compton Crook Award (Balticon - Best 1st Novel) and came in second for the Locus Award for Best First Novel.

Gould's second book, Wildside, was awarded the Hal Clement Award for best young adult science fiction novel in 1997. The National Library Association has also recognized Jumper and Wildside as best books for young adults.

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Mogila, North Macedonia

Mogila is a village in North Macedonia. The village is located in Pelagonia Region, north-east of the city of Bitola. The name probably derives from the Slavic word "Mogila" which could mean "mound", "hill" or "grave".

Demographics
According to the 2002 census, all but one of Mogila's 1,526 residents were Macedonian. Ethnic groups in the village include:

History
In the 19th century Ottoman Macedonia, Mogila was known as a village in the district of Bitola with a large population of "Komiti" or Macedonian freedom fighters. In 1900, Mogila had 850 residents.

In the late 19th century and early 20th century the village became involved in the struggle of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization against Ottoman rule. On May 8, 1903, the home of local revolutionary Nikola Meshkov, a member of Parashkev Tsvetkov's band, was raided by Ottoman forces, and in the ensuing battle three men and two women were killed.

Sports
Local football club FK Mogila last played in the Macedonian Third League

Notable people

 * Dimče Sarvanov, IMRO revolutionary

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Acoustic Ladyland

Acoustic Ladyland was a London-based jazz-punk band consisting of Pete Wareham on vocals and saxophone, Seb Rochford on drums, Chris Sharkey on guitar, and Ruth Goller on bass guitar.

Tom Herbert of The Invisible played bass on their first three albums. They are part of the F-IRE Collective. Some of the members are now part of electronic jazz group Melt Yourself Down, whose debut album came out in 2013.

History
Acoustic Ladyland formed in 2001 and released their first album Camouflage, an acoustic album inspired by Jimi Hendrix songs, in 2004. Their second album, Last Chance Disco, an electric set of self-penned compositions, was released in 2005, and was the Jazzwise album of the year.

On 13 September 2010 Pete Wareham announced that the band "as we know it will be no more" after a series of farewell gigs in December 2010. The band were chosen by Portishead to perform their last ever show at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival that they curated in July 2011 at London's Alexandra Palace. Before beginning their performance, Wareham announced that after the farewell gig the band would be known as Silver Birch.

Awards and honors
Acoustic Ladyland won the BBC Jazz Award for Best Band 2005. Their third album Skinny Grin was released on V2 Records in November 2006.

Discography

 * Camouflage (Babel, 2004)
 * Last Chance Disco (Babel; Label Bleu 2005)
 * Skinny Grin (V2, 2006)
 * A.L.IVE (V2, 2007)
 * Living With A Tiger (Strong & Wrong, 2009)

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 * Dryland from stourbridge → Transwiki:Dryland from stourbridge \Mike(z) 20:45, 24 January 2006 (UTC) (speedied, nnband)
 * Trigun episode guide → Transwiki:Trigun episode guide — Jeff Q (talk) 07:31, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was Delete. Redwolf24 04:13, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

So Fweet
Band vanity. The article itself states that the band is not notable. 7 Google hits. - ulayiti (talk)  23:58, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I was once in a band that wrote five songs, and I know I don't deserve an article. -- BD2412 talk 00:14, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, does not meet the notability guideline at WP:MUSIC. Tempshill 00:38, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete "not famous" says it all. -- Etacar11   00:59, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * once again, what's the holdup implementing   as a tag? JDoorjam 01:56, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
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Sith Apprentice

Sith Apprentice is a Star Wars fan film that made its debut on the internet on March 29, 2005, directed by John E. Hudgens and co-written by Hudgens, Denny Humbard, and Men in Black creator Lowell Cunningham. Made for around $1000, it is a spoof of Star Wars and The Apprentice, with Emperor Palpatine filling the Donald Trump role in his search for a new apprentice. The final candidates in the film are Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Count Dooku, and Jar Jar Binks.

While the film primarily spoofs the Star Wars universe in the format of The Apprentice, there are several other notable targets, including swipes at The Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dracula, and The Lord of the Rings. In the film's standout sequence, Darth Vader takes to the stage, dancing Riverdance-style with a squad of stormtroopers.

At one point in the film, Vader cuts off Dooku's head and hands in a scene staged similarly to one in Revenge of the Sith where Anakin, not yet Vader, cuts off Dooku's hands and then proceeds to cut off his head. However, Sith Apprentice was written and filmed months before Revenge of the Sith premiered.

The film has proven popular with Star Wars fans, and won the Audience Choice Award in the Lucasfilm-sponsored 2005 Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards. In August 2010, Time magazine listed it as one of the Top 10 Star Wars fanfilms.

Cast

 * Robert Alley ... Darth Sidious
 * Robert E. Bean ... Darth Vader
 * Kristen Caron ... Darth Maul
 * Patrick McCray ... Count Dooku
 * Brandon Alley and James W. Williams... JarJar Binks
 * Brian Boling ... Boba Fett
 * Uncredited actor ... Jango Fett
 * Amy Earhart ... Pink Five
 * Heather Harris ... The FemTrooper
 * John E. Hudgens ... The voice of Darth Vader
 * Denny Humbard ... The Reluctant Jedi
 * John Mailen ... The voice of JarJar Binks
 * Sarah Mailen ... Emperor's Advisor #1
 * Jeff McClure ... Emperor's Advisor #2
 * Ziggy McMillan ... Darth Maul (voice)
 * Tom Ott ... Imperial Admiral
 * Christine Papalexis ... Yoda
 * Stephen Stanton ... The voice of Yoda

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Talk:Cartwright

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Could someone make a disambiguation page for other Cartwrights? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.192.150 (talk) 23:59, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: Moved all per nom. No such user (talk) 13:23, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

– The current primary topic Wainwright is a poorly written stub article that shouldn't be the primary topic, given the large number of people and places with this name. Ditto for Cartwright, which is currently a primary redirect to said article. Per WP:NOPRIMARY, the disambiguation page should be at the base title for both. 162 etc. (talk) 20:31, 29 September 2021 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Cartwright (disambiguation) → Cartwright
 * Wainwright (disambiguation) → Wainwright
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 * Support per nomination. The four-sentence stub for "Wainwright" certainly does not delineate a subject of such great primacy that "Cartwright" should redirect to it. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 03:09, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 22:45, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support the occupation appears to get the most views of things called just "Wainwright"[] but not overwhelming especially when you take into account the building getting more. To me in England the walking meaning would be primary and that's what comes up mainly in Google but that's probably partly due to my location. The Canadian place gets a compareable number of views[] to the occupation.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 08:41, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Support all per nom. The words are archaic (for that matter, the occupation is archaic), and the use as a name is more common. User:力 (power~enwiki,  π,  ν ) 01:33, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

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Lars Petrus

Lars Erik Petrus (born 4 November 1960) is a Swedish accomplished speedcuber. He has been described as a Rubik's Cube icon and master.

Information
Petrus grew up in Gammelstaden just outside of Luleå.

He took up speedcubing in the early 1980s, learning it over the course of a summer when he was unemployed. In 1982, he became the national champion of Sweden, and went on to finish fourth overall at the first official Rubik's Cube World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

He later published his method, known as the Petrus system, on the Internet. It became a fairly popular method among intermediate and upper-level speedcubers, although its more recent use has diminished considerably due to the increased predominance of methods such as ZZ, Roux, and CFOP. Petrus won the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves category at the 2005 World Championships held in November 2005 at Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA claiming the US$500 prize. He competed in the 2006 International Rubik's Cube Competition in San Francisco. He currently (since 1995) resides in SF Bay Area, California, USA, where he works as a software developer.

He has also catalogues and published an explanation of Ikea product names.

The Lars Petrus System
The Petrus System was designed as an alternative to the popular layer-based solutions of the early 1980s using 2v2v2 blocks. Petrus reasoned that as a solver constructs layers, further organization of the cube's remaining pieces is restricted by what one has already done. In order for a layer-based solution to continue after the first layer had been constructed, the solved portion of the cube would have to be temporarily disassembled while the desired moves were made, then reassembled afterward. Petrus sought to get around this by solving the cube outwards from one corner, leaving him with unrestricted movement on several sides of the cube as he progressed. This method is often used to solve the cube in a fewest-moves solution.

The method
The system uses seven basic steps to solve a Rubik's Cube.

 * 1) Build a 2x2x2 block
 * 2) Expand to a 2x2x3 without destroying the 2x2x2 block
 * 3) Correct edge orientation (EO)
 * 4) Solve two complete layers
 * 5) Permute the remaining corners (CP)
 * 6) Orient the remaining corners (CO)
 * 7) Permute the final edges (EP)

Petrus invented three simple and flexible algorithms to complete the last three steps, which he named Niklas, Sune, and Allan.

While the method stands alone as an efficient system for solving the Rubik's Cube, many modifications have been made over the years to stay on the cutting edge of competitive speedcubing. Many more algorithms have been added to shave seconds off the solution time, and steps 5+6 or 6+7 are often combined depending on the problems each case presents.

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List of New York Mets broadcasters

Current broadcasters
 * Television: SportsNet New York (SNY) or WPIX channel 11
 * Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez
 * Radio: WCBS 880 AM (English)
 * Howie Rose, Keith Raad, Patrick McCarthy
 * Radio: WINS 92.3 HD2 (Spanish)
 * Max Perez-Jimenez, Nestor Rosario

Television

 * SportsNet New York (2006–present)
 * WPIX (1999–present)
 * MSG Network (2002–2005)
 * MSG Metro Channels (2002–2005)
 * SportsChannel New York/FSN New York (1980–2005)
 * (W)WOR-TV (1962–1998)

English

 * WCBS 880 AM (2019–)
 * WOR 710 AM (2014–2018)
 * WFAN-FM 101.9 FM (2013)
 * WFAN 1050 AM (1987–October 7, 1988); 660 AM (October 7, 1988–2013)
 * WHN 1050 AM (1983–1987)
 * WMCA 570 AM (1978–1982)
 * WNEW 1130 AM (1975–1977)
 * WHN 1050 AM (1972–1974)
 * WJRZ (WWDJ after May 16, 1971) 970 AM (1967–1971)
 * WHN 1050 AM (1964–1966)
 * WABC 770 AM (1962–1963)

Spanish

 * WINS-FM 92.3 HD2 (2024–)
 * WEPN 1050 AM (2013–2023)
 * WQBU-FM 92.7 FM (2010–2012)
 * WADO 1280 AM (1994–2009)

Current

 * Gary Cohen: Radio (1989–2005), TV (2006–)
 * Howie Rose: Radio (1994–1995, 2003–), TV (1996–2003,2006)
 * Keith Hernandez: TV (1998–)
 * Max Perez-Jimenez: Spanish Radio (2005-)
 * Ron Darling: TV (2006–)
 * Gary Apple: TV, studio host (2006–)
 * Jim Duquette: Radio/TV, studio analyst (2012–)
 * Nestor Rosario: Spanish Radio (2011-)
 * Steve Gelbs: TV, sideline reporter (2014-)
 * Andy Martino:TV, studio host (2014-)
 * Eamon McAnaney: TV, studio analyst (2016-)
 * Todd Zeile: TV, studio analyst (2016-)
 * Terry Collins: Radio/TV, analyst, studio analyst (2021-)
 * Michelle Margaux: TV, studio host, sideline reporter (2021-)
 * Jerry Blevins: Radio/TV, analyst, studio analyst (2021-)
 * Keith Raad: Radio (2023-)
 * Patrick McCarthy: Radio (2023-)
 * Chelsea Sherrod:TV, studio host (2023-)
 * Anthony McCarron: TV, studio host (2024-)
 * Daniel Murphy: TV, studio analyst (2024-)
 * Nikki Lattarulo:TV, studio host (2024-)

Former

 * Lindsey Nelson: Radio/TV (1962–1978)
 * Buck Canel: Spanish Radio (1970-1979)
 * Steve Albert: Radio/TV (1979–1981)
 * Bob Goldsholl: TV (1980)
 * Art Shamsky: Radio/TV (1981)
 * Lorn Brown: TV (1982)
 * Jiggs McDonald: TV (1982)
 * Steve LaMar: Radio (1982–1984)
 * Billy Berroa: WEPN Spanish Radio (1982–2007)
 * Bud Harrelson: TV (1983)
 * Steve Zabriskie: TV (1983–1989)
 * Tim McCarver: TV (1983–1998)
 * Don Criqui: TV (1991)
 * Rusty Staub: TV (1986–1995)
 * Bob Carpenter: TV (1992–1993)
 * Todd Kalas: Radio (1992–1993)
 * Renato Morffi:Spanish Radio (1990–1995)
 * Armando Talavera: Spanish Radio (1989,1992-1993)
 * Mike Crispino: TV (1999–2001)
 * Sean Kimerling: TV (1999-2003)
 * Clemson Smith-Ruiz: TV (2003)
 * Bob Murphy: TV (1962–1981); Radio (1962–2003)
 * Matt Loughlin: TV, Pregame Host/Sideline Reporter (1996–2005)
 * Tom Seaver: TV (1999–2005)
 * Ted Robinson: Radio (2002–2003), TV (2002–2005)
 * Dave O'Brien: TV (2003–2005)
 * Fran Healy: TV, (1984–2005)
 * Bill Daughtry: TV, Sideline Reporter (2002-2005)
 * Kip Lewis:TV, Sideline Reporter (2003-2005)
 * Chris Cotter: TV, Sideline Reporter, Studio Host (2006-2007)
 * Tom McCarthy: Radio (2006–2007)
 * Dave Gallagher: TV, Studio Analyst (2007)
 * Matt Yallof: TV, Studio Host (2006–2008)
 * Kevin Berkhardt: TV, Sideline Reporter (2007-2014)
 * Harold Reynolds: TV, Studio Analyst (2008)
 * Darryl Strawberry:TV, Studio Analyst (2008-2009)
 * Dwight Gooden: TV, Studio Analyst (2010)
 * Wayne Hagin: Radio (2008–2011)
 * Tiffany Simmons TV:Sideline Reporter (2011-2012)
 * Chris Carlin: TV, Studio Host (2009–2013)
 * CJ Pappa: TV:Sideline Reporter (2012-2013)
 * Ralph Kiner: Radio (1962–1981), TV (1962–2013)
 * Bob Ojeda: TV, Studio analyst (2009–2014)
 * Seth Everett: Radio (2014)
 * Cliff Floyd: TV, Studio analyst (2015)
 * Scott Braun: TV (2015-2017)
 * Alexa Datt: TV, Sideline reporter (2015-2017)
 * Bobby Valentine:TV, studio analyst (2015-2017)
 * Josh Lewin: Radio (2012–2018)
 * John Franco:TV, Studio analyst (2015-2018)
 * Nelson Figueroa: TV, Studio analyst (2015-2019)
 * Justine Ward:TV, sideline reporter (2018-2019)
 * John Sadak:Radio (2019)
 * Juan Alicea: WEPN Spanish Radio (1982–2019)
 * Jonas Schwartz:TV, studio host (2009-2020)
 * Doug Williams:TV,studio host/sideline reporter (2016-2021)
 * Anthony Recker:TV, studio analyst (2020-2021)
 * Gregg Caserta:: Radio (2021)
 * Ed Coleman: Radio (1996–2013, 2019-2022)
 * Jake Eisenberg:Radio (2022)
 * Chris Williamson:TV, studio host (2022)
 * Wayne Randazzo:Radio, TV (2015-2022)

 * Brendan Burke:Radio (2022)
 * Gary Thorne:Radio (1985–1988,2022), TV (1994–2002, 2021)
 * Brad Heller: Radio (2019-2022)
 * Lee Mazzilli:Radio/TV, Studio Analyst/Analyst (2007–2008, 2021-2022)

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The result of the debate was Delete. Redwolf24 04:16, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

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First of all, the article is misnamed. Also, the information has been merged into Hard disk and External hard drive which I believe to be a much better place for it. The article's name doesn't serve as a useful redirect, so I see no reason for it to exist. Aqua 23:59, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - noticing the policy on merging and deleting... the external hard drive part wasn't a merge in any way, I wrote that before I'd ever heard of this 2.5' article. That was just a coincidence. The article did prompt me to add the part about differnt sizes of hard drives to hard disk, but I already had that knowledge, so I don't think that quite counts as merging. --Aqua 00:23, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, we can't have an article on each possible measurement of each possible thing in the universe. The article on 2.5" could also say ... insert joke here.  Tempshill 00:34, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nobody is going to look for "disk drive" under the title 2.5' (or 2.5", for that matter). The content is easily reproduced, and probably exists elsewhere anyway. ManoaChild 02:02, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above (just voting so that there a few votes, really). -Splash 03:09, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
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The Jedi Hunter movie poster

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Talk:Racialism/Archive 4

Racialism is not Racism but a prerequisite for racism
W. E. Dubois argues that racialism is the philosophical belief that differences between the races exist, be it biological, social, psychological, or in the realm of the "soul". He then goes on to argue that racism is using this belif to push forward the argument that one's particular race is superior to the others.

Therefore, Dubois separates the conditions of racism from racism itself. (I haven't read Dubois, but I ready Anthony Kwame Appiah summarizing Dubois' position in his book In my father's house, chapter 3) Racialism is a value neutral philosophy, while racism is a value charged ideology. Dubois needs to make this distinction clear, because he actually argues for the racialist "talent" of the black folk (he argued for black forms of intelligence, as expressed in the arts, dancing, singing, and so forth - a fairly naive essentialist position that would not necessarily be welcome today, but understandable given the realities of Jim Crow racism of the early 20th century)

Therefore, I find it unacceptable that there is a photo of hitler along with "racialism" and that it lists "black separatism" (as in Malcolm X's) along the same lines of Nazi white supremacy. I think the whole notion of putting nazi white supremacy next to black separatism is a POV opinion, specifically that of a supporter of the color blind perspective. (Color blind supporters argue that even talking about race furthers racial oppression, and that race should merely be "forgotten"; this is the official stance of the Republican Party at the United States, as well as little George.)

Racism should talk about the belief that a race is superior than another, while racialism should describe the belief that races have differences, be they qualitative (as in differential characteristics) or relative (as in hierarchies of better and worse races).

I'm not aware of other literature besides Dubois that talks about racialism, so someone correct me if wrong.

--Yonghokim 02:09, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You are spot on, but due to the tendancy in england to smear the definitions of the two terms together, and the aggressive ignorance of certain editors regarding that fact, this page had become a worthless mirror of the racism article. I have restored the factually accurate, NPOV content. Sam Spade 16:27, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * You have restored the old non-NPOV version, which you seem to do every few months. Slim, Jay, Will, and Rebroad viewed it as the conensus one, and I in turn have restored it, again. If anyone wishes to add material on Dubois, they are more than free. But not as a pretext for restoring the old non-consensus version. We have been through all this before, at length. El_C 11:05, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

RfPP
A RfPP and RfC seem to be the next step. Or you could try research. Review Special:Whatlinkshere/Racialism, and familiarise yourself with the common international usage of the term. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 01:14, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Please spare me the snide innunedo, SS. Thanks. El_C 01:21, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Ah, that was a typo. Dosen't matter. I am hopeful that Wally is willing to continue to serve as my advocate in this case. Thanks. El_C 01:53, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * As per the constructive suggestion for me to try research, I find it peculiar (and I mentioned this prior) how SS' version employs the very same reference section I myself have compiled . Again, I'm hopeful that trying to minimize the seemingly unending conflict with SS through the aid of my advocate will prove productive in resolving this.  El_C 02:17, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Racialism and racism are not always synonyms. ,,, identity politics, etc... Some of your references were not needed, and I trimmed them. The others seemed good, so they were kept. Good work on finding books of references the readers might find useful. Now please either a) study the subject, and realise that racialism and racism are not always synonyms, or b) realise that your usage is a synonym of racism, the cheifly British usage, and not applicable to this article. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 15:20, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * see also fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racialisme. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 02:06, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Revert
Sam, I reverted to El C's version because it seems to be the one with the consensus behind it, but I left your tag up, which hopefully still refers to the other version. Your edit introduced too many changes to be able to judge them at at once. It might make more sense to go through them on the talk page before putting them up. For example, I find it problematic to say in the intro that separatist groups don't use the term to imply racial superiority because some of them clearly do, so that assertion would have to be made much more precise with good sources. SlimVirgin (talk) 00:33, August 1, 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, if this is what passes for consensus, I havn't much hope for the wikipedia. Anyhow, I made the changes and added the citations requested, hopefully you'll get a chance to review them before my edits are reverted. It looks like this article needs alot more editors. As far as "Your edit introduced too many changes to be able to judge them at at once", that was done because the previous version was describing racism, not racialism. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 02:27, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

As above, please add any changes to the consensus version. Jayjg (talk) 02:33, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Oh, and the distinction is a false one. Jayjg (talk) 02:37, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I would appreciate if you reviewed the differences between the two versions, and checked the various links and citations I have provided above before reverting an article and leaving terse and unenlightening comments on the talk page. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 02:47, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Summary

 * version a

 * basis:

version b is contrary to the definition of external sources, compare:

"Racialism is a term used to describe racial policy, in what is generally perceived to be a negative sense, as promoting stratification and inequality between racial categories"

With:

,, etc...

Racialism and racism are not always synonyms.

see also fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racialisme

 * Version b

 * basis:

"It is, however, *most widely* used as a synonym for racism"
I still feel my version is representative of various interpertations from a number of authoritative sources:

 * 1) Merriam-Webster Online =  I still fail to understand why he cannot be encompassed within that general framework and in the context of such an overview. What do other editors think? El_C 02:13, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

I don't understand you, what is wrtt? As far as W.E.B. DuBois being encompassed, it certainly is,m in my version anyhow. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 05:21, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * That stands for: with respect to, that other t is a typo. The point is that you failed to integrate him into my version, even though several editors noted they considered it to be the consensus one. That is the point I advance wrtt (with regards to the) comment directly above. El_C 06:22, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Ongoing changes
Please bring proposed changes to talk. I've already noted, for example, that Rushton (which in your revision is featured on the lead) cannot be presented without qualification, as merely scientific. That is not an acceptable depiction and is divorced from academic consensus, I challenge. El_C 05:05, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

3RR reminder
Just a notice that Sam Spade has reverted three times now; in case he has not noticed, so as avoid to him accidentally violating the 3RR. El_C 05:40, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * What are you talking about? My last 4 edits which you might try to call reverts (some of which I would vigorously insist included substantive, non-revert editing, such as addition of citations, and the like) were @:

 * 07:22, 3 August 2005

 * 06:55, 3 August 2005

 * 04:25 2 August 2005

 * 04:04 2 August 2005

 * as you can plainly see, I did not make 3 reverts within 24hrs, nor do I have any intent of doing so, much less the punishable 4th. Please restrain yourself, and review the applicable policy pages before you quote them to me. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 15:16, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Aherm, well, SS: Even if I made an error (which everyone does, too, I noticed), it was for your benefit, and I suggest you restrain yourself in general before reminding me of policy. Further, those were rvts since you added your v. every single time. That's it, for now. El_C 22:25, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I added my version plus citations, thus striving for consensus, thats hardly a revert. And I know not of your "Aherm", please stick to plain english on this talk page. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 23:36, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I'll use any English I see fit, incl. w whatever shortforms, etc. Please review the WP:3RR and WP:RV for the meaning and definition of rvts. El_C 00:41, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Complete Lack of Racialism By Non-Whites
There are dozens of non-white examples existing in history yet only white's acting as the racist exist in the article. Just to name a few are the Japanese during and before WWII, African massacre of whites (outside of S. Africa, there had been much racism towards whites in the past), or even certain tribes of American-Indians.

 * try that. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 23:37, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Ive mentioned Rwanda, for example. Your diff is non-specific, no concerete additions are noted. If you wish to contribute, I suggest you attempt to integrate your edits into the v. which editors here view as consensus. Also, please review the WP:CON guidelines. El_C 00:47, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

POV trainwreck
Racialists often cite purportedly scientific works such as Race, Evolution and Behavior by J. Philippe Rushton, IQ and the Wealth of Nations by Richard Lynn, and The Bell Curve by R.J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray. This is often referred to by opponents as "scientific racism," and is overwhelmingly regarded by the scholarly community as amounting to pseudoscience.

 * First you make the leap that citing such texts is "scientific racism", then you make the claim that these texts are "overwhelmingly regarded by the scholarly community as amounting to pseudoscience." This is fast becoming one of the worst articles I have seen in a very long time. Thank God we have a replacement version so handy! ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 21:57, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Thank goodness we have other editors here to confront your unremitting and uncritical bias ("!"), one utterly divorced from academic consensus, whereby you want to use Wikipedia as a platform to depict Rushton's theories as scientific per se. Have you read any criticisms of his works? Are you familliar with the view that his peers hold toward his theories? Your leaps here have been objected by many, and supported by few to none. El_C 22:06, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Have a glance @ NPOV and Cite your sources. I am requesting a cite for "overwhelmingly regarded by the scholarly community as amounting to pseudoscience." (hint, you may want to set your sights a bit lower, and aim for quoting one of those aformentioned "peer"s making such statements) ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 22:11, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, have a glance. I have requested a cite for "scientific" as per academic consensus for many months now.

 * I consistently find that East Asians and their descendants average a larger brain size, greater intelligence, more sexual restraint, slower rates of maturation, and greater law abidingness and social organization than do Europeans and their descendants who average higher scores on these dimensions than do Africans and their descendants. I proposed a gene-based evolutionary origin for this pattern

 * Can you cite sources demonstrating the above as amounting to "scientific"? Modern social science overwhelmingly does not propose a "gene-based approach," Rushton is in a minority ,and is isolated in his position. (debate on CBC, with David Suzuki, for ex.).El_C 22:59, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Minor oversight
Indeed, I got confused and reverted to SS version by mistake, and now I am unable to self-correct myself and do a propper revert. That's fine, though, either someone else will choose to insert SlimVrigin's latest version, or my follow up to it, or exapnd ehat I refered to as a comrpomise (which I immediately intended to do) by noting that David Suzuki specifically uses the word pseudoscience which SS unwikified, and that his opinion does not exist in isolation (example: the Center for Evolutionary Psychology), or I will do this in 24 hours. Thanks for reading, everyone. El_C 01:32, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, I did my best to merge in the changes your suggest. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 05:36, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * The point is that other sections were added without discussion from your version, which still makes this your version. Just so we're clear about that, I am very much against you seemingly sneaking these through the backdoor. El_C 05:40, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I have no idea what your talking about, i did what SV and Jayjg have been asking me to do all along, I merged the two versions, one edit at a time, pursuing consensus w compromise. Please keep the personality politics out, and focus on the edits and the article. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 05:43, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, please avoid personality politics and tactics and emphasize on editing an encyclopedia. Since you still have the two versions tag up, and your current changes account as part of your version. I want to make that prefectly clear. El_C 05:51, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

More obstruction
SS just removed the tag, falsely claiming his version to be the consensus one. I dispute it. El_C 06:42, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Sam, there are too many changes to keep track of. Can we deal with it section by section, rather than going back and forth? Which are the crucial points you want to make or want to delete? SlimVirgin (talk) 06:44, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't understand any of the above. I made edits section by section, discussing them as I went, pursuing consensus with compromise. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 18:35, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Protection
Could all editors discuss issues rather than reverting and editing with no more than a series of edit summaries? I'll unprotect the article when it seems that editors are seeking consensus rather than just waging a war of attrition. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 16:56, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Two major problems with the protection

 * 1) The totally disputed header is removed, dispite the necessary corrections having been reverted
 * 2) The wrong version is linked to on the two versions header.

 * ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 19:36, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Which version should the tag refer to, so I can correct it? I'm sure that sort of thing is allowed during protection. SlimVirgin (talk) 19:45, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

20288844

or

20319736

(A and C below, respectively), either one would be fine. Also, please reinstate the header as it is the article is agressively inaccurate and opinionated. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 21:53, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Three versions
There are now three versions of this article, which I urge thoughtful and interested parties to continue to edit, albeit with care

 * /Version A Largely written by User:Sam Spade, it is his prefered version.
 * /Version B Largely written by User:El C, it is his prefered version, and closest to what is on the article at present.
 * /Version C, the compromise version, which I urge all thoughtful and interested parties to edit, and attempt compromise regarding.

¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 19:36, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Ah, thanks, but no thanks. I fail to see any substantive difference between your version (A) and the version you're asking others to get behind ("...which I urge all parties to edit... etc.") here (C). Both of which you created, I should note. It appears you're attempting game the system by using your preferred version (with very minor differences) as starting point for others. Why not version B? Both A and C are inferior to the article as it stands. I endorse the current article, or version B as my second choice. FeloniousMonk 20:55, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for making clear your most recent personal attack for all to see, Sam. Move along now and either make a case for your position or cede to the consensus of the participants. FeloniousMonk 22:02, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Sam, I've added the totally disputed tag back, and corrected the number to reflect your preferred version, as El C's preferred one (or close to it) is the one on the page. I don't think I've looked at C yet, but I will either later today or over the weekend. SlimVirgin (talk) 23:40, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you very much :) ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 23:52, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Paragraph One
In the first paragraph we find "Whenever the term is employed, especially in academia, it serves the purpose of a contradistinction with the term racism. It is, however, widely used as a synonym for racism." So whenever "racialism" is used it serves the purpose of contrasting with "racism" which is widely used as a synonym. So "racialism" is used to contrast with a word that means the same thing. Some contrast. The rest of that version is just as bad. Sam's is better, but is a mere beginning (but why put even MORE work into it if one is just going to be reverted anyway?). Make progress, guys, replace this garbage with Sam's and FREELY edit from there. WAS 4.250 16:45, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

 * The text is reasonably clear:

 * 1) Academic world: "racialism" used to mark distinction with "racism".
 * 2) Non-academic world: "racialism used as synonym for "racism".
 * The text doesn't say that they mean the same thing, and doesn't have the implication that worries you. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 17:11, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I also thought it was reasonably clear, much more so than SS inferior version, which attempts without any qualifications, to depict racialist social-scientists as being a part of acedemic consensus, which is false. The progress the above editor seeks is "clearly" non-NPOV. El_C 20:24, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

He suggested that we allow the wikiprocess to determine the flow of the article, editing rather than blindly revert waring. Please, come lend a hand at Talk:Racialism/Version C, thats got to be more fun than discussing one another. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 00:12, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

 * No, he called one version with a lot of support "garbage" on the basis of a personal misunderstanding of what it said, and then did a cheerleading dance for using your version as a starting point. While I understand your reason for defending him, it doesn't stand up. (There were also no personal remarks, so I'm not sure what your dig was intended to refer to.)
 * This business of different versions is distracting and more of a hindrance than a help (especially as involves SS reverting the only editor to try to work on it); why not discuss and work on improving the article that's here?  The sooner that starts happening, the sooner the article is unprotected and everyone can get back to making an encyclopædia.  Protecting an article to stop edit-warring isn't supposed to start editors edit-warring on temp versions — and that certainly doesn't boost my confidence that the article can be unprotected. --Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 09:07, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

It is clear that you have an inappropriate level of involvement here for a protecting admin. I think you need to step back and reassess your role. POV partisan or neutral administrator, but clearly it is inappropriate to continue wearing both hats. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 10:40, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, assuming that it isn't clear to anyone else, would you give your reasons for this claim? I've not edited the article, nor commented on the issues, so it's difficult to see where the evidence will come from, but I'll keep an open mind.  --Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 14:45, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Just scroll up and read over your comments here, particularly the one made at 09:07, 8 August 2005 (UTC). ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 15:49, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Take it to AN/I, or RfC; see what they say there about my comment. If they agree that it shows me to be a PoV partisan or non-neutal, I'll unprotect the page and leave it alone for good. Now, I can't say fairer than that.  If, on the other hand, you'd prefer to drop the conceit that any comment critical of you must for that reason be partisan, and get on with discussing the article, that would be even better. --Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 16:57, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Gentlemen, may we get back to the article? "Whenever the term is employed, especially in academia," is not the same as "Academic world: "racialism" used to mark distinction with "racism"." or does "whenever" mean something different in the UK than the US? Mel, are you confused again? Or maybe its just the old debugging one's own code problem? By the way, I was and am perfectly aware of what you INTENDED to say. My point is that you are not ACTUALLY saying what you think you are. And I find more problems like that in the one version than in the other, therefore the one with the most least problems should be used and freely edited (rather than create some third version "off-line") and the problem version thrown away. Things thrown away are "garbage". I apologize if my use of the word gave offense. WAS 4.250 16:29, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

 * If all that you meant was that the first paragraph is poorly worded, then why not say so, and suggest a rewording? That would be much more constructive. It's that sort of thing that I mean when I say that I'm looking for signs that genuinine collaborative editing is going to take place, not more squabbling and edit-warring. I don't like keeping the page protected, and I'm looking for a reason to unprotect it, not trying to find an excuse to keep it protected. --Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 16:57, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

I tried to add " And even if you DO accurately say what you intend: Is it true? Says who? This assertion is debateable enough to need to be backed by a reference. Debateable enough, maybe some other way of indicating people define the term differently. Sam's version avoids all these problems with this first paragraph. I come to similar conclusions with many other paragraphs." to my above comment and would up in an edit conflict with you. Sorry, I'm not being more clear. WAS 4.250 17:06, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

What is going on here?
I am about to ask for page unprotection from a neutral admin, since nobody is discussing anything anymore, and I get the idea that a number of "interested" parties arn't really all that interested at all. The resounding lack of compromise edits to Talk:Racialism/Version C is particularly telling. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 22:10, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Requests_for_page_protection

¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 22:19, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

 * It's a purposeless discussion, marred by negativity. SS will continue to make  massive  changes without discussion, resulting in another revert war — not dialogue and improvement, but controversy and conflict. And round n' round we go. El_C 03:56, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree — but it's still important that editors start discussing and editing, otherwise the page will just be unprotected by one of SS's few remaining supporters, or even by a genuinely neutral admin (like me, incidentally) who doesn't want to see indefinite page-protection that simply freezes in place one version of a controversial page.
 * In other words: hop to it, people. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 09:46, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Please assume good faith, and refrain from personal comments. If you can do that, and would like to discuss Talk:Racialism/Version C, I would be glad to do so. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 15:44, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Ah, that would be the sort of assumption of good faith that involves the sneering reference to a "neutral admin"? You might at least try to look consistent, and to follow the rules that you throw in other editors' faces. --Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 18:09, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Are you accusing me of hypocracy? if so, I suggest you read over ad hominem. Just because you don't think I follow my own advice doesn't make it any less true. Now, can we please discuss the edits, instead of each other? Talk page and all of that... ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 20:43, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

The article
I think Talk:Racialism/Version C is really great, what do you think? ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 20:43, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

title: Talk:Racialism/Archive 4


text:
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Perfectus imperium

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 04:29, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Perfectus imperium
Alleged secret society, said to operate in Canada. No proof of its existence. Started by the same poster who created the CNDP page, previously on vfd. CJCurrie 00:01, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't be a very secret society if you could Google it, would it? Delete. --GraemeL 00:13, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Aw, I wanted to make the first snide remark. Delete. Flowerparty  talk 00:17, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Not just the first snide remark of the article, but of the day's vfds!
 * Clandestine Canadians... ))shudder(( gives me the willies. Delete per CJCurrie. JDoorjam 00:58, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:V.— Encephalon | ζ  01:05:45, 2005-08-19 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:V. Which is to say that I do not expect it be verified from Google, being secret. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist — if someone can show there is some media (or literarY0 consideration (however hyperbolic) of the purported existence of this secret society, then I'd reconsider. -Splash 02:09, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. As alluded to above, a truly secret society could never be in Wikipedia, as they would be unverifiable. Fernando Rizo T/C 02:32, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete faulty Latin. Martg76 03:37, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not verified. Zhatt  06:30, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Too secret. Sjakkalle (Check!)  07:51, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete article suggests a leaked .pdf on the web, no trace of any by the names given which seem to come from this SS. Alf 10:00, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-verifiable. -- Cnwb 12:10, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, in order to protect the secrecy of the secret society people. Yay! I'm helping! -- BD2412 talk 14:56, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unverifiable. Alex.tan 18:07, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Doesn't exist ;)Amren 00:07, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - I am in this society and I want it to remain secret. Hahnchen 03:05, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non-verifiable and non-notable - Farquard 19:42, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable. --[[Image:Ottawa flag.png|20px]] Spinboy 21:28, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


text: Category:Gannets

title: Category:Gannets


text:
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport

Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport is in the census-designated place of Weyers Cave, Virginia, United States, 5 mi west of the Town of Grottoes and 12 mi northeast of the City of Staunton. It is used for general aviation and is served by one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

The airport is operated by the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Commission, with members from the cities of Staunton, Waynesboro and Harrisonburg, and the counties of Augusta and Rockingham.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 7,746 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 8,364 in 2009 and 10,408 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008/2009 (between 2,500 and 10,000 per year).

Facilities
The airport covers 433 acres (175 ha) at an elevation of 1,201 feet (366 m). Its single runway, 5/23, is 6,002 by 150 feet (1,829 x 46 m) asphalt.

In 2021 the airport had 37,204 aircraft operations, average 102 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% commercial, and <1% military. 64 aircraft were then based at this airport: 49 single-engine, 12 multi-engine, 2 jet, and 1 helicopter.

Early history
Rockingham and Augusta counties and the cities of Harrisonburg, Waynesboro and Staunton formed a commission to build a regional airport in the 1950s. Construction was completed in 1958; the 4000-foot runway was extended to 5000 ft after a few years, and to 6000 ft by 1970. Piedmont Airlines DC-3s arrived in 1960; the last Piedmont YS-11 left in 1981.

Additions and renovations
In 1991 a $900,000 renovation project was completed. The commuter terminal was enlarged by 4000 sqft and lounge space, secure areas, and concession areas were added.

In 1993 Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Commission closed its 25-year-old aircraft maintenance shop because it was barely breaking even. The Commission decided that a private company, Classic Aviation Services Inc., would provide aircraft maintenance services at the airport.

In 1996 the airport completed a $2 million project to enlarge public-use areas of the terminal, add an observation area, expand the apron, and add new hangars.

A regional visitor information center was added to the airport in 1996.

Transportation Security Administration took over security screening at the airport in August 2002.

In September 2003 the airport was awarded a $100,000 federal grant to add on-demand ground transportation within Rockingham County and Augusta County.

Free bus service between the airport and Harrisonburg, Staunton, and Waynesboro began in March 2004. Bus stops included James Madison University, Eastern Mennonite University, and a Courtyard by Marriott in Harrisonburg.

The airport was awarded a $4.6 million federal grant to repair its runways in May 2004. A $2.9 million federal grant to repair the airport's taxiway was awarded in July 2005.

The airport repaired its transient aircraft aprons with a $1.2 million federal grant in 2009.

The airport completed a $2 million project to add seating and lobby space for passengers, add space for security inspectors, add modern restrooms compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act, and replace its 50-year-old mechanical and utility systems.

The airport received a $1.6 million federal grant to buy two snow removal vehicles and an airport fire-rescue vehicle in August 2016.

Airline service
Chatauqua Airlines ran US Airways Express' connector service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport from July 1996 to June 2000.

United Express began service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport in April 2000. United Express service at the airport ended in December 2001.

Air Midwest offered US Airways Express' connector service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport in June 2000. Its service ended in April 2003. Colgan Air began offering US Airways Express' connector service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport in April 2003, when the airport became eligible for federal subsidies under the Essential Air Service program. The service to Pittsburgh ended in July 2004 when US Airways downgraded Pittsburgh's status from a hub to a focus city.

US Airways Express restarted service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport in April 2005. Colgan Air started offering service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport in February 2008.

In 2011 Roanoke's representative to Congress Bob Goodlatte advocated ending a federal subsidy program called Essential Air Service that made it financially viable for private airlines to offer service to small airports such as Shenandoah Valley.

In 2012 Colgan Air ended service to Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport after the carrier's parent company declared bankruptcy in 2012. The service was replaced by Silver Airways in July 2012. Silver Airways' service to the airport ended in November 2016.

Frontier Airlines began service between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Orlando International Airport in November 2012. The service was canceled in April 2013.

ViaAir began flights between Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport and Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in September 2016. ViaAir also began flights from Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport to Orlando Sanford International Airport. In November 2017, it was announced that the EAS routes served by ViaAir would cease and SkyWest, operated as United Express, service would replace ViaAir beginning on April 1, 2018. SkyWest ended service in November 2022.

Service is currently operated by Contour Airlines to Charlotte.

Accidents and incidents

 * On September 23, 1985, Henson Airlines Flight 1517 was on approach to the airport when it crashed due to pilot error leading to a CFIT. All 14 people on board the flight died.

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Bonded by Blood

Bonded by Blood is the debut studio album by American thrash metal band Exodus. Although the album was completed in the summer of 1984, it was not released until 1985 due to issues with Exodus and the record label. It is considered one of the most influential thrash metal albums of all time. This is also the only full-length studio album of Exodus to feature Paul Baloff on vocals, though he was also on their 1982 Demo and appeared on their 1997 live album Another Lesson in Violence.

In 2008, Exodus re-recorded Bonded by Blood and re-released it as Let There Be Blood, featuring a new line-up of members aside from drummer Tom Hunting and guitarist Gary Holt who played on the original.

Album information
Bonded by Blood was originally titled A Lesson in Violence, but had its name changed when a suitable cover idea could not be found. An advance cassette copy of the album (with the original title) was widely distributed through the tape-trading network upon the record's completion late in the summer of 1984, creating an immense underground buzz prior to the official release of the LP. The release was delayed, however, due to problems with the artwork.

The song "Impaler" was originally to be featured on Bonded by Blood, but it was abandoned when Kirk Hammett took the main riff with him to Metallica (it was used on "Trapped Under Ice").

Album cover
The original album cover art was an illustration of good and evil conjoined twin infants. For the 1989 reissue this cover was replaced with the band logo on a red and black image of a crowd. The album was remastered and re-issued by Century Media in 1999 in Europe only, with two live tracks from its Combat re-release in 1989, featuring Steve Souza on vocals. This reissue from Century Media restored the original twin cover artwork.

Reception and legacy
In a contemporary review, Bernard Doe of Metal Forces defined Bonded by Blood "a classic album in the thrash metal sense which is sure to be sneered at by the unconverted and mainstream media."

Bonded by Blood received a positive modern review from Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic, who states: "Had it been released immediately after it was recorded in 1984, Exodus' Bonded by Blood might be regarded today alongside Metallica's Kill 'Em All as one of the landmark albums responsible for launching the thrash metal wave" and adds that "Exodus were left to wonder what kind of impact they may have had without these setbacks." Rivadavia also described Bonded by Blood as "an album whose influence far exceeds its actual notoriety, and it remains a crucial piece of the thrash metal puzzle – essential." Canadian journalist Martin Popoff described Exodus as a band "doing what Metallica did best, and doing it with killer undeground savagery", and considered Bonded by Blood "a solid, forward-thinking record". However, he observed that their "purist lack of compromise made [Exodus] somehow toneless and haranguing compared to multi-dimensional personalities like Metallica and Megadeth."

Accolades
In 2013, Bonded by Blood was ranked number 80 on Metal Rules' 'Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums'. In August 2014, Revolver placed the album on its "14 Thrash Albums You Need to Own" list. The album was ranked number one on Loudwire's top ten list of "Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4".

In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked Bonded by Blood as 45th on their list of "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".

Thrash metal revival act Bonded by Blood named themselves after the album.

Personnel
Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Exodus

 * Paul Baloff – vocals
 * Gary Holt – guitars
 * Rick Hunolt – guitars
 * Rob McKillop – bass
 * Tom Hunting – drums

Additional personnel

 * Satan's Choir – backing vocals

Production

 * Ken Adams, Todd Gordon – executive producers
 * Mark Whitaker – production, assistant engineer, mixing
 * John Volaitis – engineer
 * Robin Yeager – mixing at Tres Virgos Studios, San Rafael, California August 1984
 * Gordon Lyons "The Triple Threat" – mixing assistant
 * George Horn – mixing, mastering at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California

Artwork and design

 * Donald J. Munz – cover art, layout
 * Richard A. Ferraro – cover painting

In popular culture
In the television series Cobra Kai, the character Raymond "Stingray" mentions Bonded by Blood while being confronted by a neighbor.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Razlo

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The result of the debate was Delete. Redwolf24 04:14, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Razlo
Delete this article about non-notable artist Razlo, creator of non-notable comics Entertain-Dome and Bizarre Uprising. Bizarre Uprising has Alexa ranking of 976,990. Entertain-Dome has Alexa ranking of 3,724,060. Article on Razlo is editedby, of course, Razlo. Dragonfiend 00:03, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per submitter. Tempshill 00:36, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above arguments. Punkmorten 20:52, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
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Kro (character)

Kro (sometimes referred to as the Warlord Kro) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Kro appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021), voiced by Bill Skarsgård.

Publication history
Created by Jack Kirby, Kro first appeared in The Eternals #1 (July 1976).

Fictional character biography
In the Marvel Universe, Kro is a military leader and sometimes acts as the leader of the Deviant race, an evolutionary offshoot of the human race created by the Celestials. He is one of the first Earth Deviants created. Besides being a shapeshifter, he is immortal. He hides this from his fellow Deviants by pretending to be a long line of fathers/sons. Also hidden from the Deviants is his long-standing (100,000 years) on-off relationship with Thena, leader of the Eternals and mother of their twin children, Donald & Deborah Ritter. This relationship unravels during the course of the story.

In the past, Kro has disguised himself as the Devil in order to try to influence or frighten humans. His control over his own molecules renders him immune to the genetic manipulations of Ghaur.

In the advent of the Heroic age, Kro attacked New York, trying to incite fear in the human population of the incoming Celestial judgement. He battled the Eternals and agreed a truce with his old lover Thena, showing themselves to the modern world. He tried to reconcile with Thena, bringing her to the City of Toads of Lemuria. She was treated as royalty, but she became horrified with many of the Deviants practices, like the purge of the very monstrous deviants, and the Gladiator's fights to the death. She took the Deviant gladiators Ramsak and Karkas, and fled Lemuria, leaving Kro angry. He battled the Asgardian God Thor, when he went to the Deviant city under New York, to rescue some of the Eternals. Kro was left behind by Brother Tode, who escaped in a flying pod. Kro also took part in the ill-advised assault in Olympia. The Deviant's aristocracy, led by Brother Tode, kidnapped the Eternals and intended to disintegrate them. Kro tried to save Thena, but she rejected him again. The hero Iron Man (James Rhodes) rescued the Eternals and helped them defeat the deviant invasion. Then the Eternals transformed the deviant's aristocracy into a synthetic cube, killing them. Thena saved Kro, and he was the only survivor of the failed attack.

After the death of Brother Tode, Kro returned to Lemuria and became a figurehead monarch for the Deviants. He had a power struggle with Priestlord Ghaur, who now decided to take the power de facto. Kro attacked the Eternals once more with his giant armada. However, Ikaris and Makkari defeated the Deviants. Kro was betrayed by some agents of Ghaur and escaped. He joined Thena and both were running away from the Deviants and the Eternals. Finally, Ikaris found them and replaced Thena as Prime Eternal after a ceremony. Ghaur tried to take the power of the Dreaming Celestial, and was stopped by the Avengers and Eternals. After the disintegration of Ghaur, Kro remained as the unique leader of the Deviants. He had another dispute with Thena, when he revealed that he was influencing her with a new type of brain mine. Kro also agreed to a truce with Ikaris. He was acting as monarch when Quasar came to Lemuria, and he was organizing gladiator matches. Some time later, Kro became depressed by the loss of Thena, and abdicated the throne to search for her again. He located her and their twin children, Donald & Deborah Ritter, conceived long before his attack in New York. Together, they ended the tyranny of Brother Visara in Lemuria, and joined as a family. Kro was also the founder of the Deviant team Delta Network, including some heroic Deviants like Ramsak, Karkas and his own children. He led them in an attempt to rescue the Avengers from a resurrected Ghaur. Kro and Thena searched for their children when they were captured by the villain Maelstrom. When the mad priest Ghaur tried to form an Anti-Mind, in his plan to battle the Celestials, and captured the Ritters and Thena, Kro led his deviant faction to rescue his children and his lover. However, he was outmatched by Ghaur's power, and kept up the fight against Ghaur as his family escaped.

Kro and Ghaur formed bickering factions and kept the struggle for power in Deviant Lemuria. The external world did not know who was in charge. Kro was still recognized as the formal monarch in the UN and opposed the attack of the Black Panther and Wakanda against his nation. When the Avengers defeated some Deviants tribesman, they transferred them to Kro's control, as he was the Deviant King at the time.

Much later, a plague devastated Lemuria, the Deviants males were rendered sterile and a power struggle between Ereshkigal and Ghaur happened. Ghaur won when he promised the deviants the return of the fertility with the help of the kidnapped Eternal Phastos. Kro was acting in the sidelines as general and he was who attacked the unprotected Olympia, bringing the Eternal resurrecting machine and Phastos to Lemuria. Thor rescued Phastos and battled Ghaur. Kro kept the intrigue against Ghaur, and approached Ereshkigal. He activated the Asgardian Unbiding stone that she had stolen, but it got out of control, threatening all reality. When Thor destroyed the stone, Ghaur and Ereshkigal disappeared and Kro was left leading the Deviants. He regretted the incident and said to Thor that he had abandoned his ambitions.

Powers and abilities
Despite his Deviant heritage, Kro possesses a number of superhuman traits that are characteristic of an Eternal. Kro maintains a virtually unbreakable mental control over the processes and structure of his body, even when he is asleep or unconscious. As a result, Kro has a lifespan that has already lasted over 100,000 years and is immune to disease and aging. His mental control over his body enables him to maintain a youthful, vigorous physical condition. However, Kro is not so nearly indestructible as the Eternals. (For example, Ikaris nearly killed Kro once by strangulation.) But while sufficient force can kill Kro, he can use his mental control over his body to heal himself after being injured.

Kro also possesses the power of physical malleability, which is atypical for a Deviant. At will, he can cause most of the tissue of his body to become pliant, enabling him to shape it mentally like putty into different configurations. Once the tissue is set in an altered form, Kro has only to stop concentrating and his body will retain that shape until he concentrates upon changing it again. This ability enables him to disguise himself and take the appearance of others (with cosmetic help for skin color, body hair, and so forth). One of Kro's favorite ploys is to pass himself off among ordinary humanity as a demon by fashioning horns on his head.

Kro's shape-changing powers are limited. He cannot alter the shape of his skeleton in more than minor ways. Moreover, he cannot eliminate any of his mass while transforming; he can only redistribute his 320 lb of weight. Hence, he usually only uses his shape-changing power to alter his facial features. He can mentally mold the shape of his skull somewhat.

Kro has about three times the physical endurance of an ordinary human athlete. His heart is not located in the same place as an ordinary human being's; its true location is unrevealed.

In other media
Kro appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021), voiced by Bill Skarsgård. This version was previously the leader of the Deviants and was frozen in ice during an attack on Earth millennia prior. In the present day, he and several other Deviants are freed after the ice melts and he resumes his attack on Earth, gaining increased power and intelligence as well as a more humanoid form after absorbing power from several Eternals. Ultimately, he is killed by Thena after failing to absorb her power.

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Conor

Conor is a male given name of Irish origin. The meaning of the name is "Lover of Wolves" or "Lover of Hounds". Conchobhar/Conchubhar or from the name Conaire, found in Irish legend as the name of the high king Conaire Mór and other heroes. It is popular in the English-speaking world. Conor has recently become a popular name in North America and in Great Britain. Some alternative spellings for the name are often spelled Connor, Conner.

Notable people named Conor

 * Men

 * Conor Brady, former editor of The Irish Times
 * Conor Burns, British politician
 * Conor Casey, American soccer player
 * Conor Coady, English footballer
 * Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish politician and commentator
 * Conor Daly, American racecar driver
 * Conor Deasy, indie-pop singer
 * Conor P. Delaney, Irish-American surgeon
 * Conor Garvey (fl. 2010s), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Conor Gibbons, Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Conor Gill, lacrosse player
 * Conor Gillaspie, former MLB player
 * Conor Grace, Irish professional basketball player
 * Conor Heun, MMA Fighter
 * Conor Henderson, English-Irish footballer
 * Conor Jackson, Boston Red Sox outfielder
 * Conor Knighton, San Francisco-based actor
 * Conor Lamb, American Politician
 * Conor Lenihan, Irish politician
 * Conor Mason, British singer, songwriter, guitarist
 * Conor Maynard, musician and YouTuber
 * Conor MacNeill, Northern Irish actor
 * Conor McBride, computer scientist
 * Conor McDermott, American football player
 * Conor McCann, Northern Irish hurler
 * Conor McCarthy (Cork Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Conor McCarthy (Monaghan Gaelic footballer) (born 1995), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Conor McGregor, MMA fighter
 * Conor McPherson, Irish playwright
 * Conor Murphy, Irish politician
 * Conor Murray, Irish rugby union player
 * Conor Niland, Irish tennis player
 * Conor Oberst, American singer-songwriter best known for his work in the band Bright Eyes
 * Conor O'Brian (born 1980), ring name of American professional wrestler Ryan Parmeter, also known as Konnor
 * Conor O'Brien, Irish singer-songwriter best known for his work in the band Villagers
 * Conor O'Clery, Irish journalist
 * Conor O'Shea, former rugby player, current Italian rugby head coach
 * Conor O'Sullivan (disambiguation)
 * Conor Sheary, American ice hockey player
 * Conor Sinnott, (born 1986), Irish footballer

 * Women
 * Conor Leslie, American actor

Fictional characters

 * Conor Larkin, hero of the book Trinity by Leon Uris

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Oak Ridge High School

Oak Ridge High School, Oakridge High School, or Oakridge School may refer to a school:

Canada

 * Oakridge High School (London, Ontario)

United States

 * Oak Ridge High School (Oak Ridge, Tennessee), Oak Ridge, Tennessee
 * Oak Ridge High School (El Dorado Hills, California), El Dorado Hills, California
 * Oak Ridge High School (Oak Ridge, Louisiana), in Morehouse Parish
 * Oak Ridge High School (Missouri), Oak Ridge, Missouri
 * Oak Ridge Central Campus in Randolph County, Arkansas
 * Oak Ridge High School (Montgomery County, Texas), Conroe, Texas
 * Oak Ridge High School (Orlando, Florida), Orlando, Florida
 * Oakridge High School (Muskegon, Michigan), Muskegon, Michigan
 * Oakridge High School (Oregon), Oakridge, Oregon
 * The Oakridge School, Arlington, Texas

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Racialism
I am currently taking a break from contributing to articles, so I cannot attend to this myself. The article is undergoing very questionable revisions by Sam Spade. Some selected versions from the article's revision history to consider:

 * 19 Aug., primarily by Sam Spade.

 * 14 Sept., primarily by myself.

 * 19 Nov., primarily by myself.

 * Current (22 Nov.), by Sam Spade.

I, also, am the one who contributed every-single reference, which I now very much regret as it lends credibility to Sam Spade's very questionable revisions and deletionism. Should 'racialism' involve the current Racial Sepratist movement to such an extent, is perhaps a key question El_C

 * I would like to note that I do not find the current three participants in the article to be sufficiently qualified and/or impartial for the task. I strongly encourage Peer Review from those participants yet to be involved in editing the article recently, especially those with some preliminary (or better yet, beyond) background with the subject. Thanks. El_C

I would like to note that I have found El_C incapable of neutrality and factual accuracy in relation to matters of racist and communist POV. I welcome any outside involvement which emphasises NPOV, and would point out that since El_C's departure, the article has become stable and the neutrality dispute removed (not added nor removed by myself). While editing the page he was consistantly counter-consensus, and his departure appears to have achieved consensus. 'Nuff said. Sam Spade
 * I would question the POV ability of anyone who uses the phrase "I personally"... --62.252.192.6 22:47, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * While, I appreciate the support, Anon., please do not use proxies to convey your thoughts on this as it detracts from the credibility (sock puppet-wise) of our non-Racialist apologist, NPOV position. El_C
 * Consensus among three people whom, I believe, lack sufficient familiarity with the term beyond its use in the Racial Separatist movement. I would also like to reiterate that I find Sam's tactics to be highly questionable. El_C


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Category:Boobies

Boobies are birds in the family sulidae.

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Talk:Fascism in the United States

So the neutrality is disputed. Care to point out how I have been un-neutral? I have presented both sides of the debate, and have not made a full-on conclusion that this Administration is in fact Fascist. This is not my point of view, but the collected beliefs of many across the political spectrum. If you'd like to add examples of Fascism in other American administration, feel free. I will continue to research and present more examples of Fascism in the Clinton and Roosevelt administrations.JJ4sad6 00:07, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 * According to the text:
 * "There is a widespread belief supported by the research of political scientists and historical researchers that the United States now meets some or all requirements for a Fascist state."
 * Please name them and provide cites. I believe this claim is highly POV and factually not accurate.--Cberlet 00:15, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I already changed that comment to make it less POV. In my belief, the article still needs a lot of work to reach NPOV but I hope I made a start.--Alabamaboy 00:19, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

This article is original research
The more I think about it, the more I realize this article is original research. Unless someone can produce references to articles about the United States becoming fascist (and not just to elements of that, as is currently done) I think the article should be recommended for deletion. --Alabamaboy 00:36, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Go for it! --Doc (?) 00:38, 19 August 2005 (UTC) This looks like a breach of Godwin's law anyway. Call it righ-wing or totalitarian - but comparisions to the Nazi's are pretty pathetic. --Doc (?) 00:43, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * "Unless someone can produce references to articles about the United States becoming fascist (and not just to elements of that, as is currently done)" So do you want articles stating that the US is becoming fascist, or that it IS fascist? I have provided links to several articles showing that the US was/is Fascist under Clinton/Bush respectively. Are you asking for a article from USA Today or the New York Times saying something to the effect "The United States is Now Fascist"? Because I assure you that is an impossibility but does not mean that this should not be included. There is no newspaper article that says Unified Theory of Physics discovered, but I am certain there is a wikipedia article regarding it. JJ4sad6 00:45, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, there are a number of articles that you could link to about Unified Theory of Physics. I want to see an article by a social scientist or historian who says that the US is now fascist or has fascist elements. After all, in your first draft of the article you stated that this was a widespread belief among social scientist or historic researchers.--Alabamaboy 13:22, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Nazi Comparison? I fail to see a Nazi Comparison. The one who has broken Godwin's Law is you Doc. JJ4sad6 01:05, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Agree on keeping page?
Folks are messing up four pages now. Fascism, Neo-Fascism, Neo-Nazism, and Fascism in the United States. Can we please first agree as to whether or not the lengthy material on the U.S. should appear here or be moved in summary form to the Neo-Fascism page? I would prefer keeping this page, since it will be a magnet for revert wars. :-) --Cberlet 14:30, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The info can remain here for now. Eventually, if the editors can produce citations for this article, it can remain permanently. If they can't, then this page--and the edits to other articles--should be removed as original research. While I understand your frustration with the edits to other articles, no one should post original research here. In fact, it sounds like someone is pushing a politcal agenda with this article and the edits to other articles. If someone is doing this and pushing original research on the other articles, that is grounds for those edits to also be deleted.--Alabamaboy 15:51, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Fascism (United States) AfD
Fascism (United States) has been nominated for deletion here. keith 10:24, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

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Chris Onstad
I've unredirected Chris Onstad for you. So you know, to unredirect something, the easist thing to do is to just follow the redirect, click the "(Redirected from blah)" link, and then edit the article. — siro χ  o  07:25, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

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Garden City, New York
You did a great job de-POVing that article. Now we just have to keep an eye on it so it doesn't slide back! ... disco spinster   talk  02:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Quotations
Thank you for your kind words. I have encountered many "quotation" pages on the web over the years, and precious few of them bother to properly source (or even properly word!) their quotations. I've collected them over the years based on my reading as well as encountering a few on the web that were so good that I had to go and find a source. :) Bartleby.com's quotation section is where I link most of my quotations for sourcing, and I've found a few there as well just by browsing through the authors or topics that are of interest to me. You may be able to deduce a certain philosophical/political bent to most of the quotations... and it's likely somewhat aligned with my own. ;) --Dante Alighieri | Talk 16:49, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

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Elz

Elz or ELZ may refer to:

Places

 * Elz, a village in the market town of Lasberg, Upper Austria
 * Elz, locality of Puch bei Weiz, Styria, Austria
 * Elz, Hesse, a municipality in Hesse, Germany
 * Elz, synonym for the Elzbach river, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
 * Elz (Neckar), tributary of the Neckar river, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
 * Elz (Rhine), tributaries of the Rhine River, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
 * left arm of the Leopold Canal
 * right arm Alte Elz and Kleine Elz at Kenzingen

People

 * Kevin Robert Elz, computer programmer

Other uses

 * ELZ, IATA airport code for Wellsville Municipal Airport

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Penrhyndeudraeth

Penrhyndeudraeth (lit. 'peninsula with two beaches') is a small town and community in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 nearly 3 mi east of Porthmadog, and had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, increased from 2,031 in 2001. The community includes the villages of Minffordd and Portmeirion.

History
An older settlement of a few cottages at Upper Penrhyn was originally called Cefn Coch ('Red Ridge') and that name is perpetuated by the Penrhyndeudraeth primary school, which is known as Ysgol Cefn Coch; but the town proper is comparatively modern. The ground on which it stands was a malarial swamp encircling a huge stagnant pool.

The present town owes its existence as a commercial centre to a local landowner, David Williams of Castell Deudraeth near Minffordd, who in the mid-19th century drained the swamp and dried the pool and constructed many streets. Adopting a scheme of town planning evolved by the builder of Tremadog and his Italian craftsmen, Williams gave Penrhyndeudraeth broad streets and wide open spaces. The main square is a road junction with choice of four roads - one leading to the station, one to Porthmadog, one to Maentwrog and the other to Llanfrothen and the Pass of Aberglaslyn. Williams' daughter, Alice, built the first Institute Hall for one of the first British Women's Institutes in the country in Penrhyndeudraeth.

Prior to the many 19th century land reclamation projects (including The Cob at Porthmadog) and the building of the Ffestiniog Railway, both of which spurred economic growth, the few local inhabitants relied on agriculture and small-scale copper mining. Some men worked boats on the River Dwyryd, carrying slate from Maentwrog to the sea for export. Local women at that time gathered cockles in the estuary for sale in local markets. Penrhyndeudraeth is still known locally, especially by the people of Blaenau Ffestiniog and Porthmadog, as Penrhyn Cocos (or "Cockletown" in English).

Halfway between Penrhyndeudraeth and Minffordd, next to the Snowdonia National Park HQ, but standing apart, is Hendre Hall, where, in 1648, Humphrey Humphreys was born. He became Bishop of Bangor from 1689 to 1701 and then of Hereford. He died in 1712. One of the family carvings at the Holy Trinity Church Penrhyndeudraeth is of him. There is also an oak chest which Richard Humphreys gave to Llanfrothen Church while working as its warden in 1690.

The property named "Cae Ednyfed", between Penrhyndeudraeth and Minffordd, was once the property of Ednyfed Fychan, commander-in-chief to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth.

The town has not always been very religious. Early in the history of the Methodists, they established chapels, and fellowship meetings (seiadau) were established. There is a history of revivalists such as Daniel Rowland who held meetings at Tyddyn Isaf and the poet Dafydd Siôn Siâms who publicly cursed the new religion before himself being converted. He chastised the Methodists mercilessly before burning all their critical poetic works in a public bonfire in the village square. The Old Methodists' original communion chalice is to be seen in the National Library in Aberystwyth. The town was originally in two Anglican parishes, Llanfrothen and Llandecwyn. Holy Trinity church was built in 1858 and a new parish of Penrhyndeudraeth was created in 1897.

For 130 years, the explosives works were the economic backbone of the town. Historically, the population depended on employment offered by the slate industry at Blaenau Ffestiniog and the trade in raw materials through the busy harbour at Porthmadog.

Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward extends north to Llanfrothen with a total population of 2,587.

Explosives
The first explosives factory in Penrhyndeudraeth was established in 1865 as the Patent Safety Guncotton Company. It was licensed in 1875 and became part of the New Explosives Company, manufacturing explosives from guncotton, starch and India rubber. By 1908 it was the Steelite Explosives Company Ltd.

In 1915, the vast majority of the then factory was destroyed by an explosion. Along with this accident and another at Nobel’s Explosives in Scotland, Britain faced fighting the First World War with a shortage of much needed munitions.

The then newly appointed Minister for Munitions, David Lloyd George, ordered a Government requisition of the factory, which led to it being rebuilt to produce munitions and was known as HM Factory Penrhyndeudraeth, employing 349 workers.

Following the end of the First World War, production continued at the factory, but in 1921, it was closed and put up for sale. This was merely just the beginning and not the end for the factory however.

Durham born businessman, R.T. Cooke, who had coal mining interests in the north-east of England and was also the majority shareholder of the Essex-based Miner’s Safety Explosives Company was keen to capitalise on growing demand for explosives in the mining industry and wanted to start production of the much safer nitroglycerine. This however was found to be impossible at his site in Stanford le Hope due to the factory being too close to a Shell petrol refinery. Cooke knew he'd need to locate a new factory if his venture was to succeed.

On his train journey back from Essex to Durham, Cooke came across a newspaper advertisement listing government owned factories that were up for sale following the war. HM Factory Penrhyndeudraeth drew his eye immediately and Cooke decided to visit the site and found it was perfect for the production of Nitroglycerin due to it being located in a series of valleys.

In 1922, the production of explosives restarted in Penrhyndeudraeth and became known as Cooke’s Explosives Limited. Such was the site's success, R.T. Cooke expanded the factory and subsequently decided to move the Miner’s Safety Explosives Company from Essex, to Penrhyndeudraeth.

In 1927, the factory in Penrhyndeudraeth suffered another explosion, destroying the whole southern section of the site, which saw it unable to produce Nitroglycerin.

Facing the potential failure of his business being unable to fulfil orders, R.T. Cooke had no option but to seek the assistance of his then rivals, who were the only other producers of Nitroglycerin, the newly formed industrial giant, Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI).

ICI agreed to fulfil Cooke's Nitroglycerine orders whilst the factory in Penrhyndeudraeth was rebuilt, on the condition that they could buy a majority stake in Cooke's Explosives Company. Cooke agreed and was allowed to stay on at the company as a Managing Director.

The outbreak of the Second World War ensured that Cooke's explosives company was once again at the forefront of the war effort, producing an estimated 17 million hand grenades between 1939 and 1945.

Following the war, the factory returned to producing Nitroglycerine once again, employing over 300 people. 1957 saw the site's third serious accident since its inception, leading to further damage to its production facilities. The four workers killed in the blast were named as Elizabeth Catherine Lloyd, Annie Owen, Laura Williams, and Eric Evans.

In 1958, R.T. Cooke retired and ICI bought the remaining shares in Cooke's Explosives Company, now making it a fully owned ICI subsidiary within the ICI Explosives division known as Nobel’s Explosives Company Ltd which also had an extensive production site in Ardeer, Ayrshire. Although now a part of ICI, the factory was still known as “Cooke’s Works”.

The Cooke name lives on in Penrhyndeudraeth, as the name of a small industrial estate on part of the former factory site.

ICI's priority following its full acquisition of Cooke's Explosives was to introduce safer methods of working and heavily investing in modern technology, leading to some automation and remote control of production processes, with the aim of preventing another catastrophic accident that had blighted the factory over the decades.

This unprecedented level of investment in the factory led it to be the world's most advanced nitroglycerine factory. Its success saw ICI relocate its nitroglycerine production from its site in Ardeer, Scotland and base it exclusively at Penrhyndeudraeth.

By the 1970s the factory in Penrhyndeudraeth supplied 90% of the explosives for the British coal industry in the form of nitroglycerine-based explosive products. The prolonged miners' strike of 1984 and the competition from foreign coal imports resulted in wholesale pit closures which, in turn, reduced the demand for mining explosives to the point where production was no longer economic and the site was finally closed in 1995 and cleared in 1997, bringing nearly 130 years of explosives production at the site to an end.

The site is now in the hands of the North Wales Wildlife Trust as a nature reserve notable for the presence in summer of nightjars. The nature reserve is officially known as “Gwaith Powdwr” (Powder Works) a befitting homage to its explosive industrial past, ensuring its continued place firmly in the history books.

Many people died in accidents at the works, and there is a slate plaque at the top of the factory site known locally as “Klondike” to commemorate them and everyone who worked there.

Granite
Another 19th-century industry in the district is Garth Quarry at Minffordd, established in 1870 to make granite setts for road building in towns and cities. Like the explosives industry, the quarry relied heavily on the coming of the Cambrian Railways in 1872. The quarry is still operational, and owned by Breedon Group, producing roadstone and railway ballast.

Transport
The town is at the junction of the A487 with the A4085 which connects with Beddgelert and Caernarfon. The first section of this road is very narrow and rises steeply through Upper Penrhyn. In places it is so narrow that only a single vehicle can pass.

To the south is the new Pont Briwet bridge providing a short-cut to the Harlech road. The bridge is also shared with the Cambrian Coast railway mainline. A new £20m road and rail bridge was opened in 2015, replacing the old wooden structure. For generations, the Grade II listed Pont Briwet carried the Cambrian Coast Railway, allowing people to cross Afon Dwyryd from Penrhyndeudraeth to Llandecwyn along a narrow road suitable for cars only. The new bridge allows all road vehicles to cross and the original toll is no longer applied.

The town has two stations, Penrhyndeudraeth railway station on the southern side of the village on the Cambrian Coast Railway from Pwllheli to Shrewsbury and to the north, Penrhyn railway station, on the A4085 near the top of the hill, on the Ffestiniog Railway.

Culture and heritage
According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with approximately 76% of its residents aged three years or older stating that they could speak Welsh. According to the latest Estyn inspection report of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils come from homes where Welsh is spoken. In an incident in June 2011, with new English landlords of the Royal Oak pub in Penrhyndeudraeth, customers left the pub in anger and were threatened with an airgun after being told to stop ordering their drinks in Welsh. The pub subsequently had a change of management.

The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and Young People's Chaired Eisteddfod is held annually at the Memorial Hall. The village is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority headquarters.

There are many language traces of Old Welsh to be found in the place names in the Penrhyndeudraeth area, such as “Pont Briwet /Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" meaning bridge). Remains of old huts can be found near Ty’n y Berllan, which date back to the Bronze Age.

Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws wrote a song, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (approximately "streets of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His well-known band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their farewell album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.

Football
Penrhyndeudraeth F.C. has a senior team and several junior teams. The senior team are currently in their second season in the 2nd Division of the Welsh Alliance League, after finishing third in their first season at this level in 2012-13 and also winning the Take Stock Van Hire Cup (for Division 2 clubs), runners-up in the Mawddach Challenge Cup and also receiving a trophy for the best official matchday programme in the League's 2nd Division. This followed a very successful campaign in the Gwynedd League (2011–12) when they finished as League Champions and also won the "Gwynedd Safeflue" and "Bob Owen Memorial" Shields.

The junior teams (under 14, 12, 11, 9 and 7s) all play in the Llyn and Eifionydd Junior Football League.

Famous residents

 * Nathaniel Jones (1832–1905), poet and Calvinistic Methodist minister in the village from 1865
 * Alice Williams (1863 in Castel Deudraeth – 1957), Welsh bard, painter, and voluntary welfare worker
 * Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), philosopher, lived at Plas Penrhyn in the village from 1956 until his death.
 * Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959), schoolmistress and Welsh-language author.
 * Rupert Crawshay-Williams (1908-1977), British philosopher, great-grandson of "Darwin's Bulldog" Thomas Henry Huxley
 * Alun "Sbardun" Huws (1948–2014), founding member of the Welsh rock band Y Tebot Piws, songwriter, programme director at HTV and BBC, grew up in the village.

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