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The Shaggy Man of Oz

The Shaggy Man of Oz (1949) is the thirty-eighth book in the Oz series created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the second and last by Jack Snow. It was illustrated by Frank G. Kramer. The book was followed by The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951). The novel entered the public domain in the United States when its copyright was not renewed as required.

In The Shaggy Man of Oz as in his previous novel, The Magical Mimics in Oz (1946), Snow returned to the Oz books of Baum for his inspiration and his conceptual framework. He avoided all use of characters and plot elements introduced in the Oz books of Ruth Plumly Thompson and  John R. Neill, his predecessors in the post of "Royal Historian of Oz."

Plot
Abbadiah and Zebbidiah Jones are twins from Buffalo, New York; they prefer to go by their nicknames, Twink and Tom. The twins enjoy watching cowboy serials on the family TV set, customized by their scientist father with its own wall-sized projection screen. While the twins are watching the TV one afternoon, the normal picture changes into a strangely beautiful scene with a castle in the background. They are confronted by a living toy clown, a duplicate of the familiar toy they have named Twoffle. This living version, who calls himself Twiffle, persuades them to walk into the screen before them; the two children find themselves magically transported into the scene.

Twiffle explains that he is a third cousin of the twins' toy, Twoffle; the two have had long conversations about Twink and Tom while the children have slept. Twiffle serves a sorcerer named Conjo; they are on Conjo's island in the Nonestic Ocean, and are heading toward Conjo's castle.

Meanwhile, a problem has arisen in the Emerald City in Oz; the love magnet (introduced by Baum in his fifth Oz book, The Road to Oz) had been hanging above the city's entrance gate, but has now fallen from its nail and broken in two. Princess Ozma consults with the Shaggy Man, who first brought the talisman to Oz; they determine that the magnet can be repaired only by the magician who created it — none other than Conjo. In the Magic Picture, they watch Twink and Tom approach Conjo's castle with Twiffle. Surprised at the presence of two human children, Ozma decides to send Shaggy there immediately to investigate. Ozma equips Shaggy with a magic compass that will return him to Oz whenever he chooses. (Ozma herself will be unavailable, sequestered with Glinda the Good as they work on deep magics.)

Ozma transports Shaggy with her Magic Belt; he joins the children and Twiffle, much to their surprise. The four of them go to meet Conjo, who is short, fat, bald, and untrustworthy. Conjo agrees to repair the love magnet, though he wants Shaggy's magic compass in payment. The visitors stay the night; but Shaggy is awakened from sleep by a slight disturbance in his guest bedroom. He discovers that Conjo has repaired and surreptitiously returned the love magnet, but also has taken the magic compass. Twiffle insists that Conjo is not overtly evil, merely "selfish, lazy, and foolishly vain." Yet Conjo has lured the twins to his island to rob them of their memories and use them as his servants, which is malicious enough. Shaggy, Twink, Tom, and Twiffle escape from the island in Conjo's Airmobile.

They reach a sky country called Hightown, and the Airmobile is inadvertently lost, stranding them. They learn they can leave Hightown merely by swimming and walking down through the air, since gravity does not function in the place's vicinity. They next find their way to the Valley of Romance, where they stumble into a nightmare of incompetent amateur theater. Shaggy and Twink are bewitched into serving as cast members in an inept stage play. Tom and Twoffle manage to free them and break the spell of the place, by showing the love magnet to the Valley's king, queen, and assembled lords and ladies. (In Snow's narrative, the magnet has to be displayed to have its effect.)

Traveling again, the four encounter the King of the Fairy Beavers. The King agrees to help them reach Oz, if they invite him for a visit — and Shaggy is happy to oblige. The protagonists and their beaver companions make their way under the Deadly Desert through the Nome King's tunnel (see The Emerald City of Oz). They pass the barrier of invisibility that shields Oz from the outside world, and arrive in Oz — only to stumble into a crisis. Conjo has used the magic compass to reach Oz, where he grabs the Wizard's black bag of magic and locks himself in the Wizard's laboratory. Conjo wants to supplant the Wizard and gain control of Oz for himself. The Fairy Beaver King defeats Conjo with his water magic, squirting a jet of water from the Forbidden Fountain into Conjo's mouth. The now amnesiac Conjo is easy to manage and reform; he is returned to his island in Twiffle's care, for re-education. Twink and Tom enjoy a pleasant stay in Oz before Ozma sends them home once again.

Shaggy Man and John Dough
For his first Oz book, Snow had relied heavily upon Baum's The Emerald City of Oz. (Far from concealing it, Snow made the relationship between the two books clear in his text.) For his second venture, Snow depended upon Baum's 1906 novel John Dough and the Cherub. In both books, the protagonists escape an exotic but risky place (in Baum, the Island of Phreex; in Snow, Conjo's island) in a borrowed flying machine; they travel to other places from which, in turn, they again need to escape. Baum has a Palace of Romance, and Snow, a Valley of Romance. In Baum's Hiland, the people are tall and thin and live in tall thin houses — just as in Snow's Hightown. And in both novels, the heroes meet the King of the Fairy Beavers, who helps them to their final destination.

Modernizing
Though Snow relied on Baum's forty-year-old book for inspiration, he also faced a need to update the Oz enterprise. His first Oz book, launched in the post–World War II world, had not been a commercial success; "Oz books appeared oddly old fashioned and less compelling in an era of rocket engines and atomic bombs." The second book stands in marked contrast to the first in terms of its trappings of modernity. The child protagonists are a contemporary American boy and girl; their father, Professor Jones, teaches physics at a university. The professor owns an early-model television set, and moreover has modified it with a large projection screen of his own design. Conjo the magician has an aircraft — which flies not merely by "magic" but by anti-gravity plates. The episode in Hightown provides further consideration of gravity.

Reception
In the judgement of one critic, Snow's Shaggy Man of Oz "is more credible plotted and developed than Neill's books, but it is deficient in Ozian exuberance and humor."

Legacy
Eric Shanower borrows Twink and Tom, and refers to Snow's book, in his short story "Abby."

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Talk:Sex differences in crime

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USA Arrest Data Is 10 Years Old and Needs Update
FBI 2019 arrest stats for the 2019 table 66 are more relevant than the 2011 FBI arrest stats from the same series data table 66.

Examples:
 * 1) Murder & manslaughter 2019 - men arrest percent 89.0 - women arrest percent 11.0
 * 2) Rape 2019 - men arrest percent 96.5 - women arrest percent 3.5
 * 3) Robbery 2019 - men arrest percent 84.4 - women arrest percent 15.6 - 2011 has men 87.9% women 12.1% - 3% different

Transgender differences in crime
What do other editors think about including a section on transgender differences in crime?

There's a well known paper by Cecilia Dhejne, Paul Lichtenstein, Marcus Boman, Anna L. V. Johansson, Niklas Långström and Mikael Landén (Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery: Cohort Study in Sweden; PLOS ONE. Published 22 February 2011) that claims:

 * male-to-female transitioners are likely to retain the same risk of male pattern criminality, both for general crime, and for violent crime.
 * female-to-male transitioners are likely to adopt male pattern offending. The scale of difference from the female group, is however smaller than that of the male-to-female transitioner group for all convictions, and for violent offending.

I know this finding has been subsequently disputed. Professor Ruth Pearce has stated:‘This study is widely but inaccurately cited by anti-trans groups on social media as evidence that trans women retain “male patterns” of criminality, an error repeated by Profs Freedman and Stock.

Are there are any other high quality published data that are relevant here?

Nero Calatrava (talk) 18:09, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I think no. This blurb doesn't belong in this page. GBFEE (talk) 19:25, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

This C class article has some room for improvement. I noticed that some of the sources may be considered outdated, as statistical data changes over time, especially after more than ten years.Katdobs (talk) 03:39, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Poor citations, missing page numbers, etc.
Some of these citations are incomplete, the writing is therefore unverifiable 24.63.82.141 (talk) 13:04, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

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Gold Rush!

Gold Rush! (later retitled California: Gold Rush!) is a graphic adventure video game designed by Doug and Ken MacNeill and originally released by Sierra On-Line in 1988.

Gold Rush! is one of the last games that Sierra made with the AGI interface and is one of the most complicated. The rights to the game are currently owned and published by The Software Farm by its original developers the MacNeills.

Gameplay
The game is set in 1848, just before the California Gold Rush. The player is Brooklyn newspaperman Jerrod Wilson, who soon receives word that he must go to Sacramento to meet his long-lost brother. After a few minutes of gameplay, word arrives that gold has been found in California, and it becomes much more difficult for Jerrod to settle his affairs in Brooklyn and find a way to Sacramento.

There are multiple paths which Jerrod can take to get to his brother. He can travel on a stagecoach, which is the cheapest path, and the only path that is always available to Jerrod, no matter how long he spends in Brooklyn. This path brings Jerrod into contact with Native Americans, unruly oxen, parching deserts, and the likelihood of a winter storm in the Sierra Nevada. He can also travel by ship to Panama, cross through treacherous swamps and jungles on foot, and then catch another ship to Sacramento. This route is more expensive than the others and also requires Jerrod to prepare carefully for many hazards of the tropical climate of Panama, from malaria to jungle ants to crocodiles. The third and most time-consuming path is to journey all the way around Cape Horn on a ship. This choice has its own perils, from storms to scurvy. On each route, Jerrod can perish at random by a disease for which there is not yet any cure, such as cholera, making it prudent for players to save their game whenever possible and in multiple slots. Once Jerrod arrives in Sacramento, the three routes converge and all of the puzzles are the same. In California, Jerrod must try to prospect for gold, avoid bandits, and locate his mysterious brother.

Copy protection
Gold Rush! uses words from the book California Gold: Story of the Rush to Riches by Lou and Phyllis Zauner, which came with the game as a form of copy protection. If the player fails to enter the correct word at a certain point during the game, their character is immediately arrested for claim jumping and hanged on the gallows, which is the same as the regular in-game punishment for claim jumping, being caught in someone's hotel room, or stealing.

Reception
In 1989, Dragon gave the game 4½ out of 5 stars. Computer Gaming World gave the game a positive review, noting it mixes historical simulation with Sierra's traditional adventure gameplay. Compute! called Gold Rush "entertaining, somewhat educational, and a terrific escapade for first-time adventure game players", but warned that its simplicity might disappoint veteran gamers and that the graphics were inferior to that of some other Sierra adventures.

In 2011, Adventure Gamers named Gold Rush! the 96th-best adventure game ever released.

Reviews

 * The Games Machine (July 1989)
 * ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (March 1989)
 * ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (May 1989)
 * Power Play (March 1989)
 * Zzap! (July 1989)
 * Commodore User (July 1989)
 * Amiga Computing (September 1989)
 * Amiga Format (October 1989)
 * Australian Commodore and Amiga Review (October 1989)

Collector's edition
The Software Farm released a collector's edition of California: Gold Rush! in a wooden box in 2000. They also released an economy pack with just the game in an envelope.

Remake
German game developer Sunlight Games secured the rights and re-released the original version in July 2014. A remake with the name ''Gold Rush! Anniversary'' was released in November of the same year for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux. The ports for iOS and Android were released in March 2015. All graphics are pre-rendered, but all animations and characters are displayed in real-time 3D. The game's graphics are in high definition and the music was remade. All text from the original game was optimized with newly recorded voiceovers. The game can be controlled by a point-and-click control or with a parser (only Windows, Linux and Mac), which is similar to the old Sierra games which use the AGI interface. ''Gold Rush! 2 was released in April 2017 as a sequel to Gold Rush! Anniversary''.

Sunlight Games has also released a Special Edition which is limited to 350 copies. The Special Edition comes in a box with a banderole, and the content of the box is similar to the old Sierra boxes is: a copy of the game on a DRM-free DVD, a poster, a card with the serial number, a printed making-of booklet, a printed booklet with concept drawings, and a golden-colored coin. ''Gold Rush! The Special Edition'' can only be ordered at Sunlight Games' online shop.

Adventure Gamers gave the remake 1½ stars out of 5. Just Adventure gave the game a rating of B−. 3rd-strike gave the game a 7.0.

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Talk:Jeff Jarrett

Conflicting Information
Panda Energy and Carter would later acquire Jarrett's minority stake in the company in 2009, placing Carter as Owner and Chairman of TNA.[24]

BUT TNA WIKI PAGE SAYS HE OWNS 29% of TNA.ALSO JEFF HAS SAID IN 2014 that he still owns 29% of TNA.

PLEASE FIND OUT THE REAL INFORMATION AND CORRECT IT.

Wife
Tell me why it's important to include in this article that his wife is dead. Nosleep1234 10:41, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The article summarises the life of the professional wrestler Jeff Jarrett. It would be remiss if it did not mention highly publicised aspects of his private life that have influenced his professional life. McPhail 16:01, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

From where I sit, it summarizes the career of Jarrett, to which his dead wife is NOT relavant. Why did the 'personal life' section not exist before Mrs. Jarrett's passing (which, I might add, was so heavily reported by the dirtsheets everyone seems to hate), and why does it even now list NOTHING else? It doesn't help the article in the least. I can point to a ton of articles that have no personal life section and it makes no difference in the article quality. Just because information is out there doesn't mean it warrants inclusion. Shall we also include Jarrett's favorite brand of toothpaste should that become posted on a dirtsheet?

But since I'm just banging my head against a fucking wall, I think I better just walk away and let the older kid win. Nosleep1234 09:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

 * The personal life section is sparse because there isn't a lot of information about Jarrett's personal life readily available. The death of his wife and the resulting small-scale media storm has brought the facts that (a) Jarrett was married (b) his wife is now dead and (c) he has three children to light. The information was not just reported by dirtsheets; David Sahadi and Jim Ross both commented on Jill Jarrett's passing. I don't think you can seriously compare toothpaste preferences to martial status and parenthood; the latter two are highly important sociological indicators and a central component of many people's lives. McPhail 14:34, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Are you fucking serious? You think Jarrett's wife's death SHOULDN'T be on this article?  Are you fucking serious?  Do you realize just how WRONG that is?  Not in an emotional way, but from an encyclopedic way.  This article is not about the career of Jeff Jarrett; it is about JEFF JARRETT!  If that isn't enough for you, how about this: THE ONLY FUCKING REASON JEFF JARRETT TOOK A HIATUS FROM TNA TV WAS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF HIS WIFE'S DEATH!!!! AndarielHalo (talk) 03:04, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * His wife is in the article plus this post is over a year old. also remain civil and do not shout 1362talk 03:15, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Slap Nuts
What was the deal with the shirt that he wore that said slap nuts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.137.23 (talk) 03:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

 * In WCW, his catchphrase was "Choke on that, Slapnutz!" or "Listen up, Slapnutz!". 78.144.173.150 (talk) 16:55, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * To build on that, while I don't have a source, I do recall reading an article on the Internet the night prior to his coining of that phrase. Apparently it was the name of a bar Jarrett and some other wrestlers had visited. I wish I had a cite for that. 192.76.82.90 (talk) 22:16, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

No Jeff said that it started with his grandmother and he took it from there. I think you can search it on wrestleview.com and find an old interview. Miss Lindsie (talk) 22:00, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Last Match
It should be noted that while it was stated at Slamiversary 08 that his match in 07 was his last match, it was in reference to his last match TO DATE, and not his last match EVER. This site makes it sound like he's retired. He in fact is not, as is evident by last Thursday's Impact! Smokachu13 01:13 AM, 23 May 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.214.22.124 (talk) 08:15, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

2005 Most Overrated Wrestler
Is his award for 2005's Most Overrated Wrestler really appropriate? The section is entitled "Championships and Accolades." I hardly consider an insulting award like that to be an accolade. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.178.224.194 (talk) 17:29, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

this mistake is freakin hilarious
now im not even gonna bother editing this it made me laugh so much but lets have a look at the first paragraph:

Jeffrey "Jeff" Leonard Jarrett (born April 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He is also Vice President and creative writer who founded the company with his father Jerry Jarrett. He is well known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. Jarrett is a 10 time World Heavyweight Champion holding the WCW World Heavyweight title 4 times, the NWA World Heavyweight title 6 times and the WWA World Heavyweight Championship twice.

now it says hes a 10 time world champion, 4 times wcw, 6 times nwa and 2 time wwa, now that adds up to 12, what retard wrote that i wonder —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.206.55.10 (talk) 06:31, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Someone change that and they also change Jarrett's Intercontinental Championship reigns to seven and it's supposedly six.Miss Lindsie (talk) 01:16, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Twelve time World Champion
I was just wondering who is the source considering the legitimacy of his twelve reigns? I wouldn't exactly count the two from the WWA in that count. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.144.179.34 (talk) 06:06, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

 * The belt was defended in more than one country and the promotion that owned it considered it a world championship, making it a legit world championship. Add those in with his 4 WCW World Championship and his 6 NWA World Championship reigns and the total comes to 12 title reigns.-- Will C  07:55, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The WCW and NWA titles are obviously established world titles. The WWA reigns, as Will said, are legitimate world titles as 1) The WWA sanctioned the title as their top championship, and 2) the WWA title has been defended outwith the country of origin. So that's two in favour of 12 reigns - it can't really be challenged anyway. Brendan Heron (talk) 22:53, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Someone change that to ten. Which is right?Miss Lindsie (talk) 21:58, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Do not tell people to vandalise the article. Two solid arguments have been presented above. Feel free to present your argument here, but the intro will in NO WAY be altered without consensus here. Jarret is a TWELVE TIME world champion. Fin. 88.110.53.20 (talk) 19:47, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * "the intro will in NO WAY be altered without consensus here" - his championship reigns won't be altered, period. People seem to think that the WWA reigns are somehow less valid because WWA doesn't have the same name value as NWA or WCW. WWA sanctioned the title as their world championship, and it was defended in multiple countries. We don't need to be brain surgeons here. Regardless of how much "classic status" someone considers a title to have or not to have is irrelevant - like the ROH World Championship and ECW World Championship, the WWA Championship is a 100% legitimate world title. Any further edits will be reported and viewed as vandalism. Jarrett is a twelve time world champion. It's inarguable. It's fact. Brendan Heron (talk) 05:58, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

The WWA title is not a world title. When did PWI recognise it? When did any independant wrestling body recognise it? Every wrestling promotion considers their title to be a "world championship". It's clear bias to have it presented as a "world" championship. This needs sorted out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.71.29.190 (talk) 11:09, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * PWI has no standing whatsoever. They are simply a magazine. A title is a world title if it is sanctioned as a world title by an organisation and defended internationally, thus worldwide. Do not tell people to vandalise articles when solid arguments are staring you in the face. The article will never be altered, period. 89.168.213.42 (talk) 23:19, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * As per the moronic contribution above from 84.71.29.190 - There is no governing body which determines what is a "world title". If a promotion calls a title their world heavyweight championship, and it is defended outside the country of origin, then it's a "world" championship. PWI don't even recognize the WWE Championship - they now recognize only the "WWE Heavyweight Championship" (the World Heavyweight Championship). If you want to follow a two-bit magazine set up by a wrestling fan akin to you or I, then this merely cements your stupidity. Another person in favour of twelve reigns. If you're going to claim that the WWA title isn't a world title because you don't think it's got quite enough name value or that it isn't recognized by shitty PWI, then don't even waste your breath. RogerDeens (talk) 09:38, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Rogerdeens your wrong PWI only follow the WWE championship —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.111.123.167 (talk) 19:13, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope, he's right, you're wrong. PWI follows the "WWE World Championship", which is their name for the World Heavyweight Championship. That said, there's no governing body which dictates world championships. A world title is a world title if a promotion sanctions it as one. The NWA, WCW and WWA championships were all sanctioned by their respective promotions, and were defended around the world. PWI is nothing but the opinions of a few spotty smarks - they dictate nothing (it's the same as you setting up your own magazine, gaining some popularity and claiming you dictate title reigns). Nor does the WWE for that matter. They might be the largest organisation in wrestling, but they only dictate what is a world championship within their own promotion. Think of this: they are happy to recognize the NWA Championship reigns of WWE Hall of Famers, but don't acknowledge any of its reigns within TNA (WWE.com recognizes Christian as only a two-time ECW Champion). Does the most historic world championship within wrestling cease to be a world championship because WWE spits the dummy due to a rival promotion gaining some steam? Um, no. 88.109.25.35 (talk) 23:07, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Now changed to fifteen-time world heavyweight champion, as the USWA title is now a valid world title as per Wiki consensus. Derringer08 (talk) 11:43, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

TNA Sold
Jeff Jarrett has sold his shares to Bob Carter: http://www.cygy.com/2009/08/bob-carter-purchases-jeff-jarretts-tna.html 70.68.139.248 (talk) 02:35, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

WWF Championship contender?
In the intro it says he never won the 'WWE' Championship (he was never in the company when it was called that, so it should be changed to F) but he was a contender for it. I've just finished watching my old tapes from 1998 through to early 2000 and I can't remember him once getting a world title shot. Can someone enlighten me? Tony2Times (talk) 12:53, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You'd be right in saying that he never received a world title shot during his final run, but remember that Jarrett also competed in the WWF from 1993 - 1996. In early 1995 he received a brief push as a WWF Championship contender, notably having a live series with noted contender and former two-time champion Bret Hart (one of their notable bouts was broadcast on the January 23, 1995 edition of RAW) and finally wrestling Diesel for the WWF Championship on the February 20, 1995 edition of RAW. So "While he never captured the WWF Championship, he was a challenger for the title and achieved notable championship success in the promotion" is entirely factual and correct. 88.109.25.35 (talk) 22:52, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * True, he did wrestle Hart a few times and Diesel. Though as far as I know, he only ever received one clear-cut WWF title shot, so I will alter the intro to "he challenged for the title", as the current version implies that he was a consistent WWF Championship contender. But yes, Jarrett did wrestle for the WWF Championship, and this should be noted, as it is a prestige in itself for a wrestler. EdgarBacon (talk) 00:00, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

born on and where?
Um...Jeff Jarrett was not born in LaGrange, Georgia or Hendersonville, Tennessee. I remember watching his DVD that he was born in Nashville, Tennessee and he was born on July 14th, 1967, not April 14th, 1967...someone please fix this! Miss Lindsie 20:44, 3 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Misslindsie (talk • contribs)

"Extortion"?
The article states that when his contract expired one day before a pay-per-view title defence, "...Jarrett had subsequently extorted WWF Chairman Vince McMahon for $300,000 in order to wrestle without a contract."

I'm not sure that "extort" is the right word to use there; extortion is a crime, and McMahon would have had legal avenues available to him had Jarrett legitimately extorted him. All this is was a case of a performer who (a) had been heavily advertised to appear at a particular event, but (b) was not legally required to perform at said event. In the business world, that's called leverage; McMahon needed Jarrett to perform, and as a free agent Jarrett was able to name his price.70.26.163.71 (talk) 15:06, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

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Jeff Jarrett Photo
Does anyone have a more recent Jeff Jarrett photo? This one has been up for a very long time, and is one of the much more rougher looking photos of Jarrett.

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Jarrett may have appeared on Dynamite but he hasn't gotten the is All Elite announcement yet. Meaning this shouldn't be edited to saying he's signed to AEW User112889 (talk) 01:38, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

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Live in Helsinki

Live in Helsinki may refer to:

 * 6.12., a 2001 album by Värttinä, known as Live in Helsinki in the United States
 * Live in Helsinki (Zu album), 2003

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Talk:Vaigai River

A few questions
Being from Madurai, I feel guilty for not having initiated this article. I've a few questions. I don't have the following book, but have heard that it talks about this subject.
 * I've always heard that a "unique" feature about Vaigai is that it doesn't drain into the sea but into a tank built by some ruler of Ramanathapuram (which is the shore town near Palk Strait). In fact, there is an interesting legend around this. Vaigai, being dear to Madurai -the seat of third Sangam and hence important for Tamil, was angered that the sea "swallowed" Lemuria - the mythical continent where the first two Tamil Sangams happened. Hence it "chose" not to drain into the sea!
 * With due respect to Ayyavazhi as a religion, I should say that I've never heard of it until now inspite of me being resident in Tamil Nadu nearly all of my 25 years. In this light, should that be mentioned at all in the article. In case we should have it, we can have a few other legends around Vaigai given below.
 * Thiru Gnanasambandar wrote a verse in praise of Lord Shiva and left it in the river Vaigai and it moved against the flow to reach a place now called Thiruvedagam (close to the place my parents live). There is a big temple there. (I should take some photographs when I buy a digital camera) He did this on a challenge posed by Samanars or Tamil Jains to prove Saivism's superiority.
 * KaLLazhagar, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and brother of Parvati, was angered that Lord Shiva married her (she was born on earth as Meenakshi) in Madurai even before he could arrive there. So, in anger, he entered the River Vaigai (I don't know the reason). This day is still celeberated around April or May every year by taking an idol of him on a silver (?) horse to the river. This is one of the biggest events in Madurai. There's another atheistic twist to this event. That says that Madurai suffered a severe economic slump during some Pandya King's reign and he introduced this festival to induce activity (a number of people from many neighbouring districts attend this festival till date).

-- Sundar \talk \contribs 04:38, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

not NPOV
"Vaigai gets major feed from the Periyar dam in Kumuli in Kerala. As the Keral government is refusing to increase the storage level, Vaigai river ends up dry very often. The water never reaches Madurai, let alone flowing into places past Madurai." It is true that at present vagai gets major feed from Periyar Dam but the stateement that vagai is dry because the of Kerala's objection to the increase dam height is unfounded.First of all periyar River(and hence the dam) not part of Vagai river system(hydrological sense).There is a dam in Athoor(vagai Dam) whoch give water supply to madurai and Dindigul). Vaigai used to flow(atleast seasonally) before the construction of these dams. I am not sure even if the storage level at Mullaperiyar is increased there would be flow in Vagai(as the demand for water supply and Irigation would have increased that many fold)...Hence i think the above statement has to be removed or rewitten as it it does not have a NPOV. thanks activevoid (talk) 07:51, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The issue was a major one 6 years ago and was one last December too. Interestingly, not much has been done about it. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 11:03, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

No references
There are no references in this article and no details about the river's capacity,flow or seasonal fluctuations. This is not up to Wikipedia's standards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.215.23.146 (talk) 04:24, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

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Ordinary (liturgy)

The ordinary, in Catholic liturgies, refers to the part of the Mass or of the canonical hours that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed. It is contrasted to the proper, which is that part of these liturgies that varies according to the date, either representing an observance within the liturgical year, or of a particular saint or significant event, or to the common which contains those parts that are common to an entire category of saints such as apostles or martyrs.

The ordinary of both the Eucharist and the canonical hours does, however, admit minor variations following the seasons (such as the omission of "Alleluia" in Lent and its addition in Eastertide). These two are the only liturgical celebrations in which a distinction is made between an ordinary and other parts. It is not made in the liturgy of the other sacraments or of blessings and other rites.

In connection with liturgy, the term "ordinary" may also refer to Ordinary Time – those parts of the liturgical year that are neither part of the Easter cycle of celebrations (Lent and Eastertide) nor of the Christmas cycle (Advent and Christmastide), periods that were once known as "season after Epiphany" and "season after Pentecost".

Also, the term "ordinary liturgy" is used to refer to regular celebrations of Christian liturgy, excluding exceptional celebrations.

Mass
The Mass ordinary (Ordinarium Missae), or the ordinarium parts of the Mass, is the generally invariable set of texts of the Mass according to Latin liturgical rites such as the Roman Rite. This contrasts with the proper (proprium) which are items of the Mass that change with the feast or following the Liturgical Year. Ordinary of the Mass may refer to the ordinarium parts of the Mass or to the Order of Mass (which includes the proprium parts).

I. Kyrie
Kyrie eleison ("Lord, have mercy") is the first section of the Mass ordinary.

II. Gloria
Gloria ("Glory to God in the highest"). The Gloria is reserved for Masses of Sundays, solemnities, and feasts, with the exception of Sundays within the penitential season of Lent (to which, before 1970, were added the Ember Days occurring four times a year, and the pre-Lenten season that began with Septuagesima), and the season of Advent (when it is held back as preparation for Christmas). It is omitted at weekday Masses (called ferias) and memorials, and at requiem and votive Masses, but is generally used also at ritual Masses celebrated on occasions such as the administration of another sacrament, a religious profession or the blessing of a church. On May 22, 2019, Pope Francis altered part of the Gloria in Italy, changing from "Peace on earth to people of goodwill" to "Peace on Earth to people beloved by God." The changes, which were first approved by the General Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Italy, are part of the third edition of the Roman Missal.

III. Credo
Credo ("I believe in one God"), the Nicene Creed, is said on Sundays and at major feasts. The Apostles' Creed may substitute for it during Lent and Easter and at children's Masses, but some countries have received permission to recite it during the entire liturgical year. The Credo is used on all Sundays and solemnities.

IV. Sanctus
Sanctus ("Holy, Holy, Holy"), the second part of which, beginning with the word "Benedictus" ("Blessed is he"), was often sung separately after the consecration if the setting was long.

V. Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei ("Lamb of God").

VI. Ite, missa est
The phrase Ite, missa est ("Go, it is the dismissal", referring to the congregation) is the final part of the Ordinarium in the post-Tridentine Mass.

Canonical hours
The ordinary of the canonical hours consists chiefly of the psalter, an arrangement of the Psalms distributed over a week or a month. To the psalter are added canticles, hymns, and other prayers.

Traditionally the canonical hours were chanted by the participating clergy. Some texts of the canonical hours have been set to polyphonic music, in particular, the Benedictus, the Magnificat, and the Nunc dimittis.

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Talk:Kristjan Raud

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I've got no time currently to continue the translation. I leave the Estonian version here and when I am back, I will continue. Actually, the text cannot translated verbatim on copyright considerations, and I simply pluck the factual information and rearrange it.

Iseseisvuseelsetel kümnenditel sai Eestis aktuaalseks eri kultuurimõjude küsimus. Kunstnik Kristjan Raud pidas eesti kultuuri tähtsaimaks lätteks rahvuskultuuri, hinnates kõrgelt selle ilu, lihtsust ja omapära. Ta lähtus rahvuslikkusest kogu oma tegevuses.

Vennad õppisid koos Koeravere külakoolis, Viru-Jaagupi kihelkonnakoolis ja Rakvere kreiskoolis. Nende elutee lahknes 1883 Tartu Reaalkoolis, sest KR läks sealt Tartu I (saksa) Õpetajate Seminari. Mõlemad valisid aga kunstnikukutse: Paul lõpetas 1894 Düsseldorfi kunstiakadeemia, KR õppis Peterburi (1893-97), Düsseldorfi (1897-98) ning Müncheni kunstiakadeemias (1901-03). Üldharidust võimaldasid neil saada põllumehest isa ja ema vend Magnus Treublut. Kunstiõpingutes vedas rohkem Paulil, keda toetas pidevalt baltisaksa aadlidaam Natalie von Uexküll. Kuigi KR katsus ise hakkama saada, aidati tedagi. Nii hankis Johann Köler talle suurvürst pavel Aleksandrovitśi kaudu raha õpingute jätkamiseks. 1903 oli KR siiski sunnitud rahapuudusel õpingud Müncenis lõpetama ja asuma kevadel 1904 elama Tartusse. Kaksikvennad erinesid välimuselt ja olemuselt. Paul Rauda iseloomustasid eelkõige leebus, peenetundelisus ja seltskondlikkus. KR seevastu oli kinnine, põhimõttekindel ja äärmiselt põhjalik. Ainsana tolleaegsetest eesti kunstnikest ei huvitunud Paul Raud ühiskondlikust tegevusest, samal ajal kui KR oli üks aktiivsemaid. KR väärtustas ühiskonna arengu esteetilise ja eetilise mõjutegurina kunsti. Nähes selles esivanemate elujõu olulist allikat, soovis ta kaasajalgi õpetada eestlasi mõistma kunsti tähendust ja luua neile jõudu andvaid teoseid. Sellele pühendudes on KR öelnud: "Mina elasin väga tagasihoidlikku väikest elu igapäevase leiva teenimiseks ja olin peaaegu erak, et vabal ajal mahti leida nendeks ülesanneteks, mis mu vaimu- ja südameasjaks olid." Tartu perioodil (1904-14) algatas KR vanavara kogumise. Suuresti selle baasil loodi Tartus 1909 Eesti rahva Muuseum, millele KR pani palju lootusi eestlaste kultuurihuvi äratajana. Samal eesmärgil korraldas ta rahvakunsti- ja käsitöönäitusi, andis joonistustunde Eesti Noorsoo Kasvatuse Seltsi Tütarlastekeskkoolis, Eesti Käsitöö Seltsis ja oma kunstistuudios ning avaldas ajakirjanduses rohkesti artikleid. Asudes rahvusliku kunstistiili loomisele, seadis ta enesele suuri nõudmisi. KR-i arvates pidi kunstnik olema väga haritud, sisemiselt stabiilne ja siduma end rahva saatusega. 20. sajandi esimestel kümnenditel polnud tal ühiskondliku töö tõttu piisavalt aega kunstiloominguks. Tema tollased õnnestunumad saavutused seonduvad "Noor-Eestiga". KR ei liitunud selle kirjanduslik-kunstilise rühmitusega küll nii tihedalt kui kunstnikud Nikolai Triik ja Konrad Mägi, kuid ta aitas luua uut raamatukunsti. Enam tunnustatakse KR-i illustratsioone 1910 avaldatud Juhan Liivi luulekogule. Alates 1914. aastast kuni elu lõpuni elas KR Tallinnas. Iseseisvuse alguses dimineeris tema elus endiselt ühiskondlik külg. Ta juhtis haridusministeeriumi kunsti- ja muinsuste osakonna juhatajana, muuseumide korraldajana ja muinsusvalitsuse juhatajana 1919-24 Eesti muinsuskaitsetööd: koostas muinsuskaitseseaduse, hoolitses arhiividokumentide säilitamise eest, korraldas 1920 muinasvara päevad. KR-i mälestuste järgi tuli "päästa, päästa ja päästa ja koguda", sest paljud sõja ajal laokile jäänud kultuurivarad vajasid kaitset ja peremehekätt. KR rõhutas samuti riigistatud mõisate ajaloolist tähtsust kultuurikeskustena ja kritiseeris teravalt seisukohti, mille kohaselt neis sageli eeskätt majanduslikku kasutegurit hinnati. KR-i elu muutus otsustavalt 1924. Ta abiellus Elvira Tischleriga ja loobus enamikust ühiskondlikest kohustustest. Nüüd said talle esmatähtsateks kodu ja looming. KR-i perre sündis tütar ja kaks poega, 1929 valmis maja Nõmmel. Paraku jagus õnne kõrvale õnnetustki - 1930 suri KR-i lähim sõber, vend Paul Raud, kes oli andekas portretist, kuid kunstnikuna siiski venna varju oli jäänud. Elu viimasel perioodil tegeles KR loomingulise tööga rohkem kui varem ja see aeg kujunes talle väga viljakaks. KR-i lemmikteemad olid läbi aegade Eesti loodus ja mütoloogia, rahva elu. Eriti kuulsateks said 1935 ilmunud eepose "Kalevipoeg" 5. trüki illustratsioonid. See teema oli teda võlunud juba Tartu päevil, aga erakordne vastutustunne ja enesekriitika ei lubanud tal tollal selle ülesande kallale asuda. KR-i 75- sünnipäeva tähistamiseks kuulutati 3. III 1940 välja temanimeline kunstiaasta, mis jäi ühtlasi viimaseks iseseisvusaegseks suureks kultuuriaktsiooniks. Eesti riigi loomisele kaasa elanud kunstniku saatus oli näha tollase omariikluse lõppu. KR omistas elus suurimat tähtsust tööle oma rahva heaks. Eluõhtulgi kirjutas ta sõber Karl Eduard Söödile: "Tahaks vaba ja segamata olla, tahaks ometi veel sedateist ütelda, veel palju ütelda ja ikka jälle midagi uut ... nii lõpmatuseni."

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User:Sami m

Sami Määttä, Helsinki, Finland

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Benicia High School

Benicia High School is a public high school serving approximately 1,700 students, grades nine through twelve. It is part of the Benicia Unified School District. It is located in Benicia, California, in the North Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Like most California high schools, it is an open-air facility. The campus is adjacent to Mary Farmar Elementary School.

Activities and athletics
Benicia High School competes in the Diablo Athletic League (DAL). The Diablo Athletic League is Division I, Benicia competes in the Valley Division.

Theater
Throughout the year, the department puts on two dance shows and two plays, one of which is a musical. In some years the students put on their own production. The department also funds an improvisational comedy team which performs shows on select Fridays and Saturdays throughout the school year.

Band
The band consists of five main groups: the marching band, the concert bands, the color guard, the jazz band, and the drumline. The bands and the color guard perform and compete regularly in the fall and spring, and there are a winter color guard and winter drumline. The band competes in the Northern California Band Association.

 * Marching Band - The marching band performed in the 2001 and 2005 Tournament of Roses Parades.
 * Concert Bands - Benicia High School has two concert bands, a symphonic band and an audition-only wind ensemble.
 * Drum Line - The Benicia High School Winter Drumline is an NCPA Scholastic A class marching percussion ensemble.

Notable alumni
Notable alumni of Benicia High School include:
 * Robert Arneson (Class of 1948) – sculptor
 * Willie Calhoun (Class of 2013) – MLB outfielder for the New York Yankees
 * Austin Carr (Class of 2012) – NFL wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints
 * Dionne Quan (Class of 1998) – voice actress for Rugrats, The Fairly OddParents and Bratz
 * Austin Scott (Class of 2011) – Alexander Hamilton in the national Broadway tour of Hamilton
 * Freddie Stone (Class of 1965) – Known to high school classmates as Fred Stewart, he went on to become a guitarist in Sly and the Family Stone

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Karen Duve

Karen Duve (born 16 November 1961 in Hamburg) is a German author. After secondary school, she worked as a proof-reader and taxi driver in Hamburg. Since 1990 she has been a freelance writer.

Awards

 * 1991: Preis für junge Prosa der Stadt Arnsberg
 * 1994: Open Mike-Literaturpreis der literaturWERKstatt Pankow
 * 1995: Bettina-von-Arnim-Preis
 * 1996: Gratwanderpreis
 * 2001: Literatur-Förderpreis Hamburg
 * 2004: Friedrich-Hebbel-Preis
 * 2008: Hubert-Fichte-Preis der Stadt Hamburg
 * 2011: Nominierung für den Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse mit Anständig essen
 * 2017: Kasseler Literaturpreis für grotesken Humor

Literatur

 * Lyn Marven, Stuart Taberner: Emerging German-Language Novelists of the Twenty-First Century Camden House, 2011
 * The novel in German since 1990 Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011

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Talk:Boost (C++ libraries)

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Explanation of licencing terms, ( see MIT Licence ) ? References to alternatives like POCO ( http://pocoproject.org ), Platinum ( http://pt-framework.sourceforge.net ) and Dlib ( http://dclib.sourceforge.net )  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Savuporo (talk • contribs) 12:34, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Modern C++
Why not reword "modern c++" to include either the 1998 specification with templates or "c++ with STL" style wording. There is also a compiler support/regression page available such as. Laundrypowder 04:43, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I would say it heavy template use ala Alexandrescu that people understand as "modern". The article need complete rewrite, it is pretty stalled. Pavel Vozenilek 05:41, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I won't complain if you leave the term then. Laundrypowder 05:47, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Article rename
What about renaming the article to "Boost library" (or similar) instead? I find "Boost (programming)" a bit inelegant? --Fredrik Orderud 20:28, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Article rename is now performed. --Fredrik Orderud 23:35, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

 * What about Boost libraries (plural)? --24.189.158.214
 * The page was moved again to Boost (software), despite the above. Instead of moving it straight back, I moved it to Boost C++ Libraries since the article is about the libraries, rather than the 'supplier'. From the home page: Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. Does that seem reasonable? -- drrngrvy tlk @ 20:48, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

 * After many years there I can assure you that nobody knows :-) If you wander through the site, or the developers' list archives, you'll find all of "Boost library" (as if referring to a single library), "Boost libraries" or "Boost C++ libraries". And of course the name "boost dot org" somehow suggests —but doesn't imply— an organization (whatever that term means). The same pseudo-ambiguity between "library" and "libraries" exists after all in the C++ standard: we and the standard talk about "the standard library" while the single clauses refer to "Containers library", "Iterators library", "Input/output library" etc. Similarly, "boost" is often referred to the site, to the community or the "virtual place", as in "We at Wikipedia try to do our best". All things considered I'd choose between "Boost libraries" and "Boost C++ libraries", with a slight preference for the latter. — Gennaro Prota •Talk 21:16, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

What does boost stand for ?
if it stands for something...

See: http://www.boost.org/more/faq.htm Where does the name "Boost" come from? Boost began with Robert Klarer and I fantasizing about a new library effort over dinner at a C++ committee meeting in Sofia Antipolis, France, in 1998. Robert mentioned that Herb Sutter was working on a spoof proposal for a new language named Booze, which was supposed to be better than Java. Somehow that kicked off the idea of "Boost" as a name. We'd probably had a couple of glasses of good French wine at that point. It was just a working name, but no one ever came up with a replacement. Otodoran 23:57, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Libraries section, and its Cleanup flag
I looked through the Libraries section, and admit that I can't think of a cleaner or more concise way to describe the information therein. I feel that what is presented is a key part of the article, and should be present. The difficulty is that by its very nature, is tiered, embedded, and somewhat complex. I think that any other method of presenting the information would just result in the section being longer, more complex, and more difficult to parse. I vote for removing the tag: please comment with your feelings. Dxco 01:58, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia is not an arbitrary collection of information, and it is not a secondary index for the Boost Web documentation. If the section cannot be rewritten so as to convey the information therein in a more natural (and less externally-dependent) style it should be removed. Chris Cunningham 15:06, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I disagree. A one size fits all method of depicting usefull information does not work accross all categories of information. Some topics, such as something as arcane as highly tiered dynamic link libraries, can benefit from a simple, clean, straightforward detailing of hierarchical in the format currently show. The current sections appears to me as a complex collection of information made understandable by not adhering to a written / conversational form. This section, which I found to be central to my understanding of the topic, would be almost incomprehensible if written in a convetional manner. I understand this topic better because of the information conveyed in the article. Forcing a portion of the nitty gritty to be depicted in a form that isnt fitting to it would make the article opaque. While I deeply agree with the drive to de-listify article accross the board in Wikipedia, I think we should remember that this format for depicting information arose for a reason: in some cases, it is the most concise, clear, and understandable way to do so. Dxco 03:40, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

 * And Wikipedia is not an arbitrary collection of information. The argument is not "how best can this arbitrary collection of information be presented", it's "can this arbitrary collection of information be rewritten in such a way as to make it something other than an arbitary collection of information". Conversion to prose would necessitate a lot of additional content being added to explain the importance of various parts, and to convey how they relate to one another in a better way than a bulleted hierarchy. If nobody steps up to do this, it should go. Chris Cunningham 12:01, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * "Arbitrary" is your word, and not one I would use to describe the content involved. For myself, it was the concise layout of information about the components of the boost libraries that got me to a point where I could walk away feeling that I understood the topic at hand. This article has general information, and precise, dense detail - both of which I feel are useful. That a dense and complex aspect of the topic is laid out in a simple, clean form is not, to me, an indication of arbitrary information tossed together on a page. Instead, it's probably one of the cleaner ways to depict a lot of interrelated and hierarchical information that lies at the core of nitty-gritty and complex topic like libraries. In this case, I'll take function first, before form. Dxco 14:04, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

 * I don't agree. I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be possible to remove all the external links and collapse the main section of the article into a series of paragraphs which explain what Boost provides without having to enumerate all its header files. Even if it stays in list format the extlinks need to go, anyway. Chris Cunningham 17:50, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't follow what is wrong with examples. Are there actual guidelines on this? A found the example of Boost.Threads to be more clear than what I saw on other sites. I cut and pasted into my own code and it worked -- a thing of beauty in terms of examples since they showed only what is essential boost. I checked back today and found the examples are gone and the page nothing more than a basic description of what boost is (i.e., less informational value than other sites). I have been intending to post example code in other articles as I see this is already common. Are examples destined to be removed? Arbalest Mike (talk) 03:11, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

 * "Other sites", unsurprisingly, are there to teach people how to use Boost. Wikipedia is not a textbook, instruction manual or how-to guide. The only purpose in its covering a software library is to examine its place in the world, its influences, how it came to be and such. Code examples are used too often in Wikipedia, and articles striving for Good Article status frequently have to lose them in order to achieve such. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 11:01, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Linking
I have reverted the recent addition of links. Links to articles that has nothing to do with the Boost C++ Libraries, such as the link to spirit for the Boost.Spirit library, or links to disambiguation pages only serve to confuse the reader. Please ensure that the links are relevant and disambiguate where appropriate. decltype (talk) 20:22, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

ANSI Rumor
I heard somewhere boost was going to get added to the ANSI spec for C++.

Is this bologna?

--214.4.3.75 (talk) 02:43, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

 * Some of the libraries are added to the latest language revision. Quoting boost.org:

"Ten Boost libraries are already included in the C++ Standards Committee's Library Technical Report (TR1) and will be in the new C++0x Standard now being finalized. C++0x will also include several more Boost libraries in addition to those from TR1. More Boost libraries are proposed for TR2."You may find more info in C++ Technical Report 1 and C++0x. Tigrisek (talk) 21:44, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

 * ISO, not ANSI. But, in practice, Boost is actually the "new C++ feature sandbox."  Like Tigrisek said, many features from boost were adopted in the new C++11 standard and this trend will continue.  Many of the C++ standards committee members are member or contributors to the Boost project.  Yeah, so this article really doesn't do Boost any justice.  As with any standards committee, I think they omitted a lot of very powerful and mature features of Boost, but at least we got what we did (including some good TMP features!) along with some very needed core language features.  Daniel Santos (talk) 03:06, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: no consensus.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 20:32, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Boost C++ Libraries → C++ libraries Boost C++ libraries –

Not a protocol, but a set of libraries, as it says in the article text (with lowercase "l", too). Per WP:CAPS ("Wikipedia avoids unnecessary capitalization") and WP:TITLE, this is a generic, common term, not a propriety or commercial term, so the article title should be downcased. Lowercase will match the formatting of related article titles. Tony  (talk)  07:22, 10 November 2011 (UTC) In that case, we better start over with our reactions:
 * Oppose; removing the brand name is a puzzling suggestion, regardless of capitalization issues. Powers T 14:13, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose this is not about the standard set of C++ libraries, it is about the Boost ones. Further, nothing in the name suggests it is a protocol. The nominator doesn't make sense and either didn't read the article, or didn't read it properly. 70.24.248.23 (talk) 05:23, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose These libraries are usually simply known as Boost, no one would know them by the proposed name "C++ Libraries". Boost (C++), Boost (library), Boost (libraries), Boost (C++ library) or Boost (C++ libraries) would make more sense, although I'm not sure which one is best. —Ruud 19:39, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Doesn't the logo clearly say "Boost C++ Libraries"? That seems like the best name.  Powers T 21:04, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment – I think Tony made a mistake, and meant to suggest moving to Boost C++ libraries. I'd support that one, since Boost of proper but libraries is not.   Dicklyon (talk) 06:59, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Oops, sorry guys. Fixed RM target. I don't mind the suggestions made by Ruud, but this needs a search to confirm that one of them is the best. Tony   (talk)  15:20, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

 * Support – no need to capitalize libraries. Dicklyon (talk) 15:56, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Still oppose; the logo clearly indicates that the entire phrase is a proper noun and thus should be capitalized. Powers T 16:03, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
 * the logo that says "boost C++ LIBRARIES"? or is there something else you're referring to?  Dicklyon (talk) 22:09, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

 * Oppose Either use the full name capitalized or use a disambiguation tag. —Ruud 21:32, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

 * Support move to Boost (C++) in line with WP:UCN, following the standard disambiguation form used for most C++ articles.  (talk) 16:57, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Evidence

 * Books – 13 of 22 that talk about "the Boost C++ libraries" and don't have Boost in their titles use lower case. This is a good indication of how the term is used outside of its authorship community.  It hard to find books with boost in the title that also use "the Boost C++ libraries" in a sentences, but the one I found uses lowercase.  Dicklyon (talk) 22:07, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

 * "Boost C++ Libraries" is the full proper name, "Boost" is the shortened proper name. If a text calls them "the Boost C++ libraries" it's using the shortened form together with a clarifying term. We don't use those for Wikipedia article titles, we would write "Boost (C++ libraries)" or something of that form. —Ruud 22:55, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

 * Where is the evidence that that's a proper name. Their official web page has logo with "boost" with subtitle "C++ LIBRARIES", but never refers to their libraries as anything but "Boost libraries".  Maybe we can settle on that instead?  Dicklyon (talk) 23:15, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

 * I think that would be as strange as moving "Firefox" to "Firefox browser" or "Emacs" to "Emacs editor". Simply use the proper name with some kind of (parenthesized) disambiguation tag if necessary. I've suggested a number of possibilities above. —Ruud 23:36, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

 * That would be fine; as long as we get away from this "proper name" nonsense. I'd suggest Boost (C++ libraries).  Dicklyon (talk) 00:20, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

 * I agree with this suggestion: everywhere on their own website, it's referred to as just "Boost". Since obviously we can't call it "Boost", "Boost (*something to fix the disambig*)" is required here. --DanielPharos (talk) 23:25, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, very good suggestion, Dick. Tony   (talk)  10:47, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Since the RM failed, I took the liberty of moving to one of the plausible suggested titles. Anyone prefer a different one instead? Go for it. Dicklyon (talk) 23:59, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Boost Software License
JFTR, Boost Software License and its talk page now end up here after an AFD discussion. –Be..anyone (talk) 18:02, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

filesystem in C++17
It should be noted that C++17 may have a filesystem library based on boost::filesystem. At least, the proposal exists, I'm not sure where it stands in the standard itself.40.142.182.216 (talk) 05:55, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Needs updating
C++17 has adopted (adapted?) much of the Boost filesystem library. Boost has a Python (language) library which creates wrappers for C++ code so that it can be used in Python. IOW, Boost is not 'just' for C++. (the copyright on that suggests that this has been available since 2002) IMHO both of these facts are significant and should be mentioned in the article.40.142.185.108 (talk) 20:07, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

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The Wonder City of Oz

The Wonder City of Oz (1940) is the thirty-fourth book in the Oz series created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the first written and illustrated solely by John R. Neill Neill introduced a modern-day reimagining change in tone that continued through his subsequent books, according to David L. Greene and Dick Martin of The Oz Scrapbook; "(His Oz entries) ...are highly imaginative, but the imagination is undisciplined; each book, in fact, has enough ideas to fill several." In Neill's interpretation; Emerald City has skyscrapers and gas stations. Normally inanimate objects act alive: houses talk and fight, shoes sing (they have tongues), and clocks run. The book was followed by Neill's The Scalawagons of Oz (1941).

The plot
Jenny Jump captures a leprechaun named Siko Pompus (apparently a pun on "psychopomp") and forces him to make her into a fairy; but he only does half the job before escaping. Jenny then jumps to Oz using her half-fairy gifts. She lands in the carriage of Princess Ozma during a parade — and quickly expresses her desire to be a queen herself.

Jenny displays a bold and tempestuous nature; when she loses her temper she spits flames from her mouth. Yet she is also enterprising and resourceful; she soon sets up a Style Shop with a magic turnstile which gives fashion makeovers (the turnstile turns styles). Jenny half-adopts a Munchkin boy called Number Nine (he's the ninth of fourteen children) who is overwhelmed by the force of her personality, and she treats him like a slave.

Jenny's disruptive nature quickly becomes apparent. In response, the Wizard removes her fairy abilities and starts making her younger. Jenny has her good points too: she saves the Emerald City from conquest by an army of chocolate soldiers. Yet her ambition lures her into running against Ozma in an Ozlection to become ruler of the Land of Oz. It is clear that Ozma will win any fair election by a landslide — but a landslide is a terribly dangerous thing to have in the Emerald City. So Prof. Wogglebug cooks up a more random choice, in which citizens are weighed on scales to determine their votes. In the end, the Ozlection is exactly a tie, with a precisely equal number of votes cast for Ozma and for Jenny Jump. Only one person has yet to vote: the leprechaun Siko Pompus. He assures Jenny that he is her friend, and then he steps forward to cast the deciding vote...for Ozma. He claims it's for Jenny's own good, to save her "a heap of responsibility."

Jenny is so irate at this outcome that she causes chaos in the city: she releases the tigers from tiger-lilies, the bulls from bullrushes, the lions from dandy-lions, etc., to rampage through the streets. The Wizard resolves matters with his magic: he extracts Jenny's bad temper, envy, and ambition, so that these faults no longer plague her. He makes these faults visible for Number Nine, Dorothy, and other assembled friends: bad temper is a black wasp, envy is a green snake, and ambition is a fat red toad. Jenny is delighted with the change in her by quoting "How grand I feel!" Ozma and Glinda make Jenny a Duchess of Oz and she is now young and carefree enough to be a fitting companion for Number Nine.

Finally, Jenny's leprechaun godfather gives her back her fairy gifts, in externalized and material forms: "an ivory-handled eyeglass for one eye" that provides fairy sight, and a pair of rose-colored gloves, "a golden slipper for her left foot, and a pair of thistle-down earmuffs" that enable her other fairy powers, whenever she needs them.

Editorial interference
The Ozlection storyline, with its shoes-as-votes scenario, was not written by Neill but by an anonymous editor who found portions of Neill's version of the book inadequate. None of the incidents in this plot thread are illustrated by Neill. Baum biographer Katharine M. Rogers points out this storyline as a particular example of the unbelievable situations in Neill's books.

Geography
In a prefatory note addressed to the book's child readers, Neill states that he and his family live in Flanders, New Jersey, which he describes as "on top of the Schooley Mountains and the Jenny Jump Mountains are really truly mountains right next to us." He characterizes them as "wonderful mountains for fairies to hide in." As Neill indicates, Jenny Jump Mountain is a real place, located in northwestern New Jersey in the Jenny Jump State Forest.

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Sydney Steel Corporation

Sydney Steel Corporation (SYSCO) was a Crown corporation in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It owned and operated a steel mill in Sydney.

Early history of steelmaking in Sydney
An integrated steel mill was established on the southeast side of Sydney Harbour in the Whitney Pier neighbourhood of Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1901 by American investors. This entity was named Dominion Iron and Steel Company Limited (DISCO). Coal from the Dominion Coal Company Limited (DOMCO) was used to create coke to fuel the blast furnaces for smelting iron ore which arrived from Bell Island, Newfoundland.

In 1920, DISCO, the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company (SCOTIA) in Sydney Mines, and the Wabana ore mine on Bell Island were acquired by the British Empire Steel Corporation (BESCO). In 1930, BESCO reorganized as Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (DOSCO). Hawker Siddeley Canada purchased DOSCO in 1957.

Donald Commission
Hawker Siddeley sought to eliminate money losing operations and in 1965, DOSCO announced that its mines had only 15 years of production left and concluded that the cost of opening new underground mines in the Sydney Coal Field would be too expensive. The company made its intentions clear that it would be exiting the coal mining business within months. DOSCO's continued operation of its steel mill, lacking modernization and far removed from the steel markets of the midwest and central Canada, was tentative at best.

In response to a vast public outcry in industrial Cape Breton County, the Minority government of Prime Minister Lester Pearson announced J.R. Donald would head a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Cape Breton coal industry, with hearings held in 1965 and 1966. The Donald Commission recommended that a federal Crown corporation be established to acquire and manage DOSCO's coal operations, with the aim being to slowly wean the Sydney area economy off the coal industry.

 * "Future planning should be based on the assumption that the Sydney mines will not operate beyond 1981."

On July 7, 1967 the Cape Breton Development Corporation, or DEVCO, was established to operate the mines in the interim, while phasing them out throughout the 1970s and, at the same time, develop new economic opportunities for the surrounding communities.

Nationalization
On December 1, 1967, the provincial government established Sydney Steel Corporation (SYSCO) under an act of the provincial legislature. to operate DOSCO's steel mill for a period of 12 months until the steel mill could be resold to another private operator.

On March 30, 1968 DEVCO expropriated DOSCO's coal mines and the Sydney and Louisburg Railway, settling for a payment of $12 million. The federal government's plans to gradually shut down coal operations during the 1970s were derailed by rising world energy prices and changes in political priorities. Similarly, the provincial government's 1-year temporary commitment to transitioning ownership of the steel mill from DOSCO turned into a 33-year commitment, adding over $1 billion to the cash-strapped province's debt.

SYSCO became a political football for economically depressed Industrial Cape Breton and no provincial government dared to shut it down, opting instead to use heavily subsidized federally produced DEVCO coal for coking fuel to continue running the antiquated mill. Over time, the provincial government gave limited capital investments to SYSCO from the late 1970s into the early 1980s. In the mid-1980s the provincial government of premier John Buchanan decided to modernize the steel mill prior to selling it to the private sector. This modernization changed the steel making process from a fully integrated oxygen blast plant using iron ore into an electric arc mini mill using scrap steel. The blast process fuelled by coke was mothballed in favour of using electricity to smelt the scrap recycled metal brought in by rail.

Closure
With no purchasers from the private sector and tumultuous steel markets during the 1990s, the provincial government began to seek ways to rid itself of SYSCO. Numerous proposals for sale to foreign and domestic companies came and went, raising and lowering the hopes of Sydney and its surrounding area each time announcements were made and then promises broken.

Finally, the Progressive Conservative government of John Hamm opted to sever provincial funding for the company entirely upon being elected in 1999. Sydney Steel Corporation's board of directors was disbanded on 25 January 2001. The liquidation of the corporation began soon after. In July 2001, it was announced that SYSCO's mini mill was being sold to an Indian company named Zoom Developers who planned to dismantle it and ship it overseas.

Despite worker protests, SYSCO's steel production was shut down that year with the site remediation talking taking place over the next two decades. The area is now an industrial and sports park.

Environmental legacy
Until the mid-1980s, SYSCO along with its predecessors, Hawker Siddeley, DOSCO, BESCO, and DOMCO/DISCO, was a user of coke as a fuel for the mill's blast furnaces. Coke is produced by slowly baking coal, evaporating or leaching out various liquids in the process.

The coke ovens used in Sydney were located across Victoria Road from the steel mill and since 1967 were operated by the federal Crown corporation DEVCO, which also operated the mines that produced the coal supply. The associated run-off from these coke ovens over a period of 85 years ended up in the Muggah Creek tidal estuary downhill from the coke ovens and adjacent to the steel mill, creating the Sydney Tar Ponds.

Site remediation was carried out by Nova Scotia Lands Incorporated and Harbourside Commercial Park Inc., a Crown corporation formed to redevelop the site as a commercial and industrial estate. The cleanup was completed in 2013 with the opening of Harbourside Commercial Park and Open Hearth Park, which are situated on the site of the former Sydney Steel Corporation. Open Hearth Park features a playground and soccer field, and has hosted events such as a concert by international recording stars Aerosmith in September 2014.

In 2006, Carole Lee Boutilier, founder of the Sydney Steel Plant Museum, contributed a sample of steel rail to the Six String Nation project. Part of that material was inlaid as a fret marker into the 17th fret of Voyageur, the guitar at the heart of the project.

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Talk:Hamilton Hume

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i'm thankful that he made the Hume highway. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.16.246.3 (talk • contribs) 14:44 19 August 2005 (AEST).

122.49.175.121 (talk) 07:36, 3 August 2009 (UTC)dhfdsthjvydfedxg

When he is born
Hamilton Hume was born in was born in Parramatta, New South Wales on 18 June 1797. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.49.175.121 (talk) 07:40, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Descendants?
At Hume Barbour Trophy is a reference to a descendant of Hamilton Hume - "The competition was first held in 1930 after a trophy was donated to the NSW Department of Education by Miss Hume-Barbour, a descendant of the Australian explorer - Hamilton Hume". There are various ghits for “hamilton hume descendant”, and for “descendant of Hamilton Hume”. I am also aware that 200 of his supposed descendants celebrated his bicentenary on 19 June 1997 near Yass. This was presumably the exact day, although some sources say he was born 18 June 1797.

So, what’s with these descendants? He did marry, but had no children afaik. Or did he? --  Jack of Oz    ... speak! ...   09:06, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

 * The Australian bio says that he "practically commandeered the eldest son of his youngest brother, Francis Rawdon Hume", and that they were together until near to his death. This record  describes Hamilton Hume Barber as his descendent, but this record  describes "Mary Letitia Barber" as a a grandniece of Hume's.  It would seem likely that we are dealing with the descendent of his nephew, and also likely to be descendent of a grandniece.  Probably not quite enough hard evidence for WP yet, but a family tree must exist somewhere.  --Inas66 (talk) 04:28, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

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Picture of Hamilton Hume
Hi there, I am writing a biography of an Indigenous guide who came into contact with Hamilton Hume in his younger days. In looking for images of Hume I saw the one included in this Wikipedia article with the very long beard attributed to August Tronier in 1873. Comparing this image with others of Hume both younger and older (he died in 1873) I can't see any resemblance. The eyes are different particularly the shape of the eyebrows (Hume's were particularly distinctive). Does anyone know where this image was sourced from and can they verify it is Hume? I also noted in the Google image search that quite a few pictures of his fellow explorer Hovell were included under the Hume search so it pays to be careful when choosing a verifiable image.Thanks for your help! ABeeBee33 (talk) 09:39, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

 * I have come with the same comment. Is it possible that the 'younger' portrait, here attributed to being of 'Hamilton Andrew Hume', is his father Andrew Hamilton Hume? Roy Scherer (talk) 08:05, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * No - I'm wrong about it possibly being his father - the first photograph is similar to the ones in the State Library - https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/hume-and-hovell and is definitely Hume. However, I maintain the second photo (described as in his later years) is not of Hamilton Hume. Roy Scherer (talk) 08:11, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

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The Scalawagons of Oz

The Scalawagons of Oz (1941) is the thirty-fifth book in the Oz series created by L. Frank Baum and continued by his successors; it is the second volume in the series both written and illustrated by John R. Neill. The novel was followed by Lucky Bucky in Oz (1942).

Plot
In Scalawagons, Neill exploits two characters he introduced in his previous novel, The Wonder City of Oz, Number Nine and Jenny Jump. Jenny is the book's protagonist, though the story begins with Number Nine, who is now an assistant to the Wizard of Oz. The Wizard has a tendency to disappear suddenly, as he pursues various projects. His latest project is the creation of a new form of transportation for the Land of Oz. In a red-domed facility atop Carrot Mountain in the Quadling Country, the Wizard has established a factory to build scalawagons, intelligent cars that can also fly. They spread their running boards like wings. In his illustrations, Neill makes them resemble the "kiddie cars" of amusement-park rides; their heads are in turrets on their roofs.

The Wizard makes Tik-Tok the superintendent of the scalawagon factory. The scalawagons are conscious, but not very smart; Tik-Tok pounds sense into them with a rubber mallet. His new duties wear on the mechanical man, however, and he runs down sooner than expected. A blue-green buckwheat cake named Bell-snickle finds the factory; bent on mischief, the monster knocks the stationary Tik-Tok out a window. Bell-snickle ignores Tik-Tok's warning signs, and fuels the scalawagons with "flabber-gas" (apparently a pun on the word "flabbergast"); they quickly fly away. In the disorder, Bell-snickle is soaked in the fluid; blown up like a balloon, he/she/it sails away into the sky — and disappears from the plot for ten chapters. "Flabber-gas" is a liquid — "gas" as in gasoline — but has the effect of lighter-than air gasses like hydrogen and helium.

The palace of Glinda is located not far away; from her Great Book of Records Glinda learns of the scalawagons' existence and their escape. A party sets out to investigate, consisting of Jenny Jump, The Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Sawhorse. The four are quickly involved in chaotic adventures, complicated by the Sawhorse's tendency to race off uncontrolled, and involving a menagerie of beings that includes "Lollies" and their "Pops," water spirits and kelpies, talking animals and a grumpy grandfather clock. Jenny Jump uses her fairy powers to take to the air and meets a group of fairy bell-ringers called the Nota-bells. When Number Nine joins Jenny, they find and wind up Tik-Tok, and eventually locate the scalawagons flying over the Deadly Desert and herd them back to Oz.

Bell-snickle returns to cause more trouble. It comes to dominate a stand of walking talking trees, and drives them toward the Emerald City in a vain attempt at conquest. At the gate of the city, the Tin Woodman terrifies the trees with his axe, and the threat is quickly disposed of. Bell-snickle is captured, and is cowed into agreeing to a new way of life: Jenny runs the monster through the turnstile of her style shop until it is reduced to a rubber stamp. Ozma also uses the converted monster as a stopper, to stop trends she doesn't approve. The Nota-bells are given quarters in a high tower of Ozma's palace, where they supply pleasant music to the city below. The story ends with a great party and dance.

Bell-snickle analysis
The antagonist of Neill's plot is a mysterious monstrosity called Bell-snickle. It first appears as "a large bluish-green object, flat as a buckwheat cake, and rolling along on its edge like a cartwheel." The creature does have arms and legs, as well as facial features; it wears bells on its ears, explaining at least one portion of its name. (The thing has no apparent relation to the Belsnickel of Christmas lore, except their common nomenclature.)

Neill gives no account of Bell-snickle's origin and no explanation of its nature or abilities. The creature prides itself on being a "mystery," and attacks anything that shares that designation. It has the egotism and petulance of a spoiled child.

Puns
Baum introduced pun-dependent humor into the Oz books from the start of the series; Neill carried punning farther than any other Oz writer. In the course of her adventures, Jenny Jump lands in a field of conscious and talkative potatoes; they are ruled by a spud named Dick — he is their "Dick Tater." Late in the book, the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman enjoy "a game of squash" — which they play "with ripe bananas and brickbats."

Reception
In A Brief Guide to Oz, Paul Simpson writes: "Even less well regarded than Neill's effort from the previous year, perhaps unsurprisingly, copies of The Scalawagons are very hard to find!"

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Gail Schoettler

Gail Schoettler (, née Sinton; born October 21, 1943) is a retired American politician and businesswoman who served as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado and 50th Colorado State Treasurer. In the 1998 gubernatorial election, Schoettler was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Colorado, losing to Republican Bill Owens by just 7,783 votes.

Early life and education
Schoettler was born Gail Sinton in Los Angeles, California on October 21, 1943. Schoettler's father was a cattle rancher and member of the Shandon school board. Schoettler has a brother and twin sister. Schoettler grew up on a cattle ranch in Shandon, California.

In 1965, Schoettler earned a Bachelor of Art degree in economics from Stanford University. Schoettler earned a master's degree and PhD degree in African History from University of California, Santa Barbara.

Career
Schoettler became a research assistant for an African Studies professor at University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies, earning $2.50 an hour.

In 1975, Schoettler co-founded and became the President of the Denver Children Museum in Denver, Colorado, until 1985. In the same year, Schoettler co-founded Women's Bank of Denver.

Politics
In 1979, Schoettler became a member of Board of Education in Douglas County, Colorado. Schoettler served until 1987. In 1983, Schoettler became an Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Personnel,

On November 4, 1986, Schoettler became the 50th Colorado State Treasurer. Schoettler defeated Dick Sargent and Joseph M. Nelson with 51.60% of the votes. On November 6, 1990, as an incumbent, Schoettler won the election and continued serving as Treasurer of Colorado. Schoettler defeated Dick Sargent and Karen Thiessen with 53.74% of the votes.

In 1994, Schoettler was elected Lieutenant Governor of Colorado as the running mate of Roy Romer. On November 3, 1998, Schoettler lost the election as the Democratic nominee for Governor of Colorado. Schoettler was defeated by Bill Owens with 48.43% of the votes. Schoettler was defeated by 7,783 votes.

Post-government career
Schoettler and Judi Wagner started a women's group that would raise money to support women candidates. Schoettler cofounded Electing Women and Electing Women Alliance. In 1999, Schoettler was appointed as the U.S. Ambassador of 2000 World Radiocommunication Conference, hosted in Istanbul, Turkey. Schoettler is the owner of eGlobalEducation, a travel company.

Personal life
At 21 years old, Schoettler married John Schoettler, a geologist, and they moved to Santa Barbara, California. In 1969, the Schoettlers moved to Colorado. The couple divorced in 1988, and in 1990, Gail Schoettler married Dr. Donald Stevens, Dean of the University of Colorado at Denver College of Business. Schoettler has three children and two step-children, and lives in Parker, Colorado.

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Should start out stating what country this is in (Singapore?) Leonard G. 04:46, 19 August 2005 (UTC) --

Suggestion to merge this article with Bukit Batok because they are pretty much the same thing. A bit confusing with the New Town alias, considered expanding Bukit Batok instead.

Fernvale 16:16, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

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"straddling along the eastern boundary of the West Region" ? That is just bad English. Straddling implies that something lies across a given feature. So if Bt Batok lies across the boundary, then it should be 'straddling the eastern boundary'. if it is completely on either side, than maybe strike 'straddling'? Someone with better geopgraphinc information would have to decide — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sejtam (talk • contribs) 02:12, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

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