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Maninder Singh (cricketer)

Maninder Singh (born 13 June 1965) is a former Indian cricket player and a cricket commentator. He represented India in 35 Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals. A slow left-arm orthodox spin, Maninder was considered the heir apparent to Bishan Singh Bedi, who then held the record as India's leading spinner in terms of wickets. Maninder retired prematurely for personal reasons. Singh holds the Test record for the most Tests in a complete career without aggregating 100 runs. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 1988 Asia Cup.

Career
Maninder began his Test career playing against Pakistan in Karachi, in December 1982. His last match was against Zimbabwe in May 1993. He was regarded as heir apparent to Bedi, and at the height of his career, he was reputed to possess a huge variety in his arsenal. He is often credited with bowling an over where each of the six balls would be different from the previous one, juggling with flight, length and spin. His international career was however cut short due to a lot of internal team politics. He took 88 wickets in his 35 Tests, with a best of seven wickets for 27 runs. He took 66 wickets in One Day Internationals and a best of four wickets for 22 runs.

He is also remembered for his dismissal in the Madras Test, resulting in a tie against Australia in the 1986–87 series.

Though now retired from active cricket, Maninder is still in the scene as a cricket expert.

Controversy
On 22 May 2007, Maninder was questioned by police for possession of cocaine and he confessed to using cocaine for himself. It is alleged that they found 1.5 grams of cocaine in his residence in East Delhi, sold to him by a Nigerian national the police had been following. Maninder though denied the charges vehemently. In 2012, he was acquitted of the charge.

In the early hours of 8 June 2007, Maninder was admitted to Shanti Mukund Hospital in Delhi with injuries to his wrists. His wife has issued a statement saying that it was "purely an accident" however local TV channels have speculated that it could be the result of a fake suicide attempt or even a domestic accident.

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CHYR-FM

CHYR-FM (96.7 MHz, Mix 96.7) is a commercial radio station in Leamington, Ontario, Canada, serving the Southwestern Ontario market. It is owned by Blackburn Radio and airs a hot adult contemporary format branded as Mix 96.7. The station competes with cross-border station WDVD in Detroit.

710AM CJSP, Cheer Radio
The station was launched in 1955 by Sun Parlor Broadcasting at 710 AM, as a daytimer with a 250-watt transmitter, using the callsign CJSP. The principal shareholders in Sun Parlour Broadcasting were Al Bruner, John Garton Sr., Lou Tomasi and Art Gadd. The station increased its power to 1,000 watts in 1960. The "SP" in the call sign stood for "Sun Parlour," a nickname for the Leamington/southern Essex County region of Ontario. CJSP was a small-town station typical of its era with a variety of programming including a Top 40 show; the station distributed a record survey called "The Fascinatin' Fifty" in that era.

In late 1967, the station adopted its current callsign, and received approval from the CRTC to broadcast at nighttime; due to clear channel rules to protect New York's WOR, the station remained on 710 during the day, but shifted to 730 at night. The switch in frequency was called fine tuning time, and was accompanied by a Lou Tomasi voiced 60-second audio bed series of varying-pitched beeps which helped the listener re-tune (hopefully) to the station where they would be told "you're back on the beam with Cheer Radio". The nighttime station also used a different callsign, CHIR, but retained the same Cheer branding. During its years of operation on two frequencies, the station had two licenses, one for each call sign. In 1968, the station was sold to Rogers Communications, although Sun Parlour Broadcasting continued to operate as a separate subsidiary.

As "Channel Seven, Cheer Radio," CHYR/CHIR aired a very contemporary and upbeat MOR music format bordering on Top 40, an approach that might be today considered Hot AC. In the mid-1970s, they started to spell out the daytime call letters on-air "C-H-Y-R" as well as use the phrase "Super Seven Cheer" and variations with a new Pepper/Tanner jingle package (reportedly as a light poke at the "Big 8" just up the road in Windsor), but overall the format approach and on-air policy was always "bright, tight, brief and real!" In 1974, the "CHIR" calls were quietly abandoned, and the nighttime transmitter's call sign instead became CHYR-7. The station increased its nighttime power from 250 to 500 watts that year. In 1975, Keith Dancy acquired Sun Parlour Broadcasting from Rogers, although two years later he sold the station back to Rogers, along with CKJD in Sarnia, in exchange for CHIQ in Hamilton. In 1987, the station's ownership was spun off to Blue Water Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Maclean-Hunter.

CHYR Country, move to FM
Four years later, the station dropped its longtime adult contemporary sound for a country format, citing listener demand for Canadian country music as an impetus for the change.

In 1993, the station received CRTC approval to move to FM. In preparation for the move, most of the AM transmitter towers had to be demolished to make room for the new FM tower; as a result, the 730 frequency was abandoned and the station operated full-time at reduced power on 710 for a few months. The move to FM was completed in July of that year. After a brief period of simulcasting, CHYR ceased operations on 710 kHz at 6 p.m. on September 10, 1993. In 1994, Maclean-Hunter was acquired by Rogers, and The Blue Water Group was sold to Blackburn Radio.

96.7 Cheer-FM (2001–2008)
On April 22, 2001, the station abruptly dropped its country format after 10 years and flipped to Hot AC branded as 96.7 Cheer-FM, reviving the heritage "Cheer" name. Market vet Tim O'Neill took over mornings and Corey Robertson arrived in late 2001 for afternoons.

On January 3, 2007, CHYR moved its broadcast tower from just outside Point Pelee to a new tower in Cottam, making the signal available to over 70 thousand more homes.

Mix 96.7 (2008–present)
On March 3, 2008, the station rebranded as Mix 96.7.

In 2016, a low-power community FM station at 96.7, WNUC-LP. signed from the New Center neighbourhood of Detroit, Michigan, which reduced CHYR's reach in Detroit, along with some interference between the two stations within Windsor's city centre.

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Frank Nobilo

Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo (born 14 May 1960) is a New Zealand former professional golfer.

Nobilo had a successful playing career, winning 14 pro tournaments around the world. He was at his peak during the mid-1990s when he also produced strong finishes in all four major championships.

Since his 2003 retirement, Nobilo has worked as a television announcer for golf events.

Personal life
Nobilo was born in Auckland, of Italian and Croatian descent, and is the great-grandson of an Italian pirate. At birth, his right leg was shorter than his left, causing him ongoing back problems. He was educated at St Peter's College in Auckland where he was persuaded to play golf by schoolmates (Chris Treen and Mark Lewis). Nobilo preferred to play Rugby league for Glenora over Rugby Union for St Peter's, which was "a bone of contention" with the school, and with his parents. "I got a bit of grief because I preferred league over rugby then and I was a bit more of a rebel. I used to catch the train to and from school and it took about 30–40 minutes. My mum said it drove her crazy because I missed it often and my parents were living in Glen Eden and I would end up in Henderson and they'd have to come and collect me."

Nobilo and his wife, Selena, married in 1998. He has a daughter, former CNN journalist Bianca Nobilo, who also speaks Italian and Croatian, from a previous marriage. Nobilo works as an ambassador for The House of Nobilo, one of New Zealand's leading wineries and founded by one of his relatives Nikola Nobilo. Frank Nobilo was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to golf, in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Career
In 1978, Nobilo won the New Zealand Amateur at 18, the second-youngest winner of this title. He turned professional in November 1979. His first professional win came in 1982 at the New South Wales PGA Championship on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Nobilo joined the European Tour in 1985 as a full-time player, having played in selected events in 1982 and 1983. He recorded his first win on the Tour in the 1988 PLM Open (not to be confused with the KLM Open). Nobilo subsequently won four other European Tour events and finished inside the top 50 on the Order of Merit every season from 1988 to 1996, with a best of 14th place in 1993.

After strong performances in all the majors, including a 4th-place finish in the Masters Tournament and a tie for 8th in the PGA Championship, Nobilo left Europe at the end of 1996 and joined the United States-based PGA Tour for the following season. He won the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic during his rookie season, which proved to be his only win on that tour. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

One week after his marriage to Selena in 1998, Nobilo was struck above the left eye by an errant tee shot at the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Central Florida. The injury required 30 stitches, and affected his play afterwards.

Nobilo played for the International Team in each of the first three Presidents Cups (1994, 1996, 1998). He contributed significantly to the international appeal of the event when in 1998 and paired with fellow kiwi Greg Turner he holed a 70-foot putt on the final green to defeat the American pairing. On 2 October 2008, International Presidents Cup team captain Greg Norman announced that Frank Nobilo would serve as his assistant captain for the 2009 Presidents Cup 6–11 Oct. 2009 at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco.

On 9 October 2007, it was reported that Nobilo had announced he would be coming out of retirement, and attempt to gain a card for the U.S. PGA Tour through qualifying school. However, in a statement issued on the Golf Channel's website, Nobilo denied the report: "I have not, nor did I have any intention of entering this years PGA Tour Qualifying school."

Television work
Upon retiring from tournament golf in 2003, Nobilo joined the Golf Channel for studio coverage. He has been a key member of the Live From team at the major championships. From 2012 to 2014, he occasionally filled in for Peter Jacobsen on NBC's golf coverage (NBC and Golf Channel are corporate siblings).

In 2015, Nobilo joined CBS's golf coverage, replacing Peter Oosterhuis. Like Oosterhuis did, he worked only the cable coverage of about half of CBS's events, while working on the network coverage of the other half, including the Masters and PGA Championship. He remained on Live From on Golf Channel but will no longer be allowed to fill in on NBC. Nobilo made his CBS debut at the 2015 Phoenix Open.

He was also a commentator in Rory McIlroy PGA Tour and EA Sports PGA Tour video games, released in 2015 and 2023, respectively.

Amateur wins

 * 1978 New Zealand Amateur
 * 1979 New Zealand Under-25 Stroke Play Championship

PGA Tour wins (1)
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)
Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–1)

Other wins (4)

 * 1987 New Zealand PGA Championship
 * 1995 Sarazen World Open
 * 1996 Subaru Sarazen World Open
 * 1997 Mexican Open

Results in major championships
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied

Summary

 * Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (1986 Open Championship – 1994 PGA)
 * Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)

Results in The Players Championship
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Results in World Golf Championships
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Team appearances
Amateur
 * Eisenhower Trophy (representing New Zealand): 1978
 * Nomura Cup (representing New Zealand): 1979

Professional
 * World Cup (representing New Zealand): 1982, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000
 * Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing New Zealand): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
 * Presidents Cup (International team): 1994, 1996, 1998 (winners)
 * Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Australasia): 1995
 * UBS Warburg Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2001

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SFSS

SFSS may refer to:

 * Simon Fraser Student Society, a student group at Simon Fraser University
 * Semaphore Flag Signaling System, a fictional internet standard for transmitting Internet Protocol packets
 * Effluent sewer, also called a solids-free sewer system (SFSS), a sewer system that treats waste in septic tanks before pumping the effluent to a central plant

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Cape Sable Island

Cape Sable Island, locally referred to as Cape Island, is a small Canadian island at the southernmost point of the Nova Scotia peninsula. It is sometimes confused with Sable Island. Historically, the Argyle, Nova Scotia region was known as Cape Sable and encompassed a much larger area than simply the island it does today. It extended from Cape Negro through Chebogue.

The island is situated in Shelburne County south of Barrington Head, separated from the mainland by the narrow strait of Barrington Passage, but has been connected since 1949 by a causeway. The largest community on the island is the town of Clark's Harbour. Other communities are listed below. At the extreme southern tip is Cape Sable.

History
Cape Sable was first inhabited by the Mi'kmaq, who called the area and generally the island itself "Kespoogwitik", meaning "where the land ends". Cape Sable Island was charted by explorers from Portugal who named it "Beusablom", meaning "Sandy Bay".

French Colony
Cape Sable and Cape Negro, Nova Scotia were first settled by the Acadians who migrated from Port Royal, Nova Scotia in 1620. The French governor of Acadia, Charles de la Tour, colonized Cap de Sable giving it the present name, meaning Sandy Cape. La Tour built up a strong post at Cap de Sable beginning in 1623, called Fort Lomeron in honour of David Lomeron who was his agent in France. (The fur trading post called Fort Lomeron was later renamed Fort La Tour although identified as Fort Saint-Louis in the writings of Samuel de Champlain.) Here he carried on a sizable trade in furs with the Mi'kmaq and farmed the land.

During the Anglo-French War (1627–1629), under Charles 1, by 1629 the Kirkes took Quebec City, Sir James Stewart of Killeith, Lord Ochiltree planted a colony on Cape Breton Island at Baleine, and Alexander's son, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling established the first incarnation of "New Scotland" at Port Royal, Nova Scotia. This set of British triumphs in what had otherwise been a disastrous war was not destined to last. Charles 1's haste to make peace with France on the terms most beneficial to him meant that the new North American gains would be bargained away in the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632). There were three battles in Nova Scotia during the colonization of Scots: one at Saint John; another battle at Balene, Cape Breton; and one on Cape Sable Island.

Siege of 1630
In 1629, as a result of these Scottish victories, Cape Sable was the only major French holding in North America. There was a battle between Charles and his father at Fort St. Louis (See National Historic Site - Fort St. Louis), the latter supporting the Scottish who had taken Port Royal. The battle lasted two days. Claude was forced to withdraw in humiliation to Port Royal.

As a result, La Tour appealed to the King of France for assistance and was appointed lieutenant-general in Acadia in 1631.

By 1641, La Tour lost Cape Sable Island, Pentagouet (Castine, Maine), and Port Royal to Governor of Acadia Charles de Menou d'Aulnay de Charnisay.

La Tour retired to Cap de Sable with his third wife Jeanne Motin, wed in 1653, and died in 1666.

Father Rale's War
During Father Rale's War, there were numerous attacks on New England fishing vessels. As an important landfall and base for seasonal New England fishing vessels working the rich fishing banks of Southwestern Nova Scotia, Cape Sable attracted several waves of pirate attacks in the Golden Age of Piracy. Pirates Ned Low and John Phillips raided fishing vessels off Cape Sable and Phillips met his death off the Cape in 1723.

In 1725 the British signed a treaty (or "agreement") with the Mi'kmaq of Cape Sable and other parts of Nova Scotia but the rights of the Mi'kmaq defined in it to hunt and fish on their lands have often been disputed by the authorities.

French and Indian War
The British Conquest of Acadia happened in 1710. Over the next forty-five years, the Acadians refused to sign an unconditional oath of allegiance to Britain. During this time period, Acadians participated in various militia operations against the British and maintained vital supply lines to the French Fortress of Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour. The Acadians and Mi'kmaq from Cape Sable Island raided the Protestants at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia numerous times.

During the French and Indian War, the British sought to neutralize any military threat Acadians posed and to interrupt the vital supply lines Acadians provided to Louisbourg by deporting Acadians from Acadia. In April 1756, Major Jedidiah Preble and his New England troops, on their return to Boston, raided a settlement near Port La Tour and captured 72 men, women and children.

In the late summer of 1758, the British launched three large offensives against the Acadians. One was the St. John River Campaign, another was the Petitcodiac River Campaign, and the other was against the Acadians at Cape Sable Island. Major Henry Fletcher led the 35th Regiment and a company of Joseph Gorham's Rangers to Cape Sable Island. He cordoned off the cape and sent his men through it. One hundred Acadians and Father Jean Baptiste de Gray surrendered, while about 130 Acadians and seven Mi'kmaq escaped. The Acadian prisoners were taken to Georges Island in Halifax Harbour.

En route to the St. John River Campaign in September 1758, Moncton sent Major Roger Morris, in command of two men-of-war and transport ships with 325 soldiers, to deport more Acadians. On October 28, his troops sent the women and children to Georges Island. The men were kept behind and forced to work with troops to destroy their village. On October 31, they were also sent to Halifax. In the spring of 1759, Joseph Gorham and his rangers arrived to take prisoner the remaining 151 Acadians. They reached Georges Island with them on June 29.

New England Planters
Following the Acadian Expulsion in the 1750s, the island was settled by the New England Planters from Cape Cod and nearby Nantucket Island. The waters off southwestern Nova Scotia had been well known to them since the days of French settlement in the early 17th century. While the tides of the Gulf of Maine may have brought a few exploring fishermen from Nantucket to the island, it was an entirely different tide that spawned the eventual permanent English settlement—a political tide.

Many Cape New Englanders took advantage of the offer of 50 acre of land to each male adult who would leave his home and live on those vacated lands in Atlantic Canada. Cape Sable Island was well known to Cape Cod fishermen and they moved north in 1760 to take advantage of a new life. The Cape Sable settlement soon became, and remains today, an important base for inshore fisheries. It is famous as the birthplace of the Cape Islander fishing boat, a motor fishing boat which emerged about 1905. Ferry service provided transportation to the island in the early 20th century. A causeway was eventually constructed for pedestrian and automobile traffic, opening on August 5, 1949. Today the lobster fishery is the island's biggest industry.

Raid on Cape Sable Island (1778)
During the American Revolution, on September 4, 1778, the light infantry company of the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants), under the command of Cpt. Ranald MacKinnon, was in the Raid of Cape Sable Island. American Privateers were threatening Cape Sable Island when the 84th Regiment arrived; they surprised the ship in the night and destroyed it. For his aggressive action, MacKinnon was praised highly by Brigadier General Eyre Massey. In response, one of his friends, Cpt. MacDonald, wrote to Major John Small, "McKinnon was embarrassed by the praise of the General and requested it not be inserted in the record since he only did his duty."

Communities of Cape Sable Island
The following communities are included within the Community of Cape Sable Island:

 * Cape Sable Island
 * Centreville
 * Clam Point
 * Clark's Harbour
 * Lower Clarks Harbour
 * Newellton
 * North East Point
 * South Side
 * Stoney Island
 * The Hawk
 * West Head

Shipwrecks
Cape Sable is the centre of a busy fishing area and an important landfall for shipping in the Age of Sail. This traffic produced many shipwrecks such as the SS Hungarian in 1862 and the schooner Codseeker in 1877.

Climate
Cape Sable Island has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The surrounding waters result in cooler summers, but milder winters, with less snowfall, than the rest of Nova Scotia. Summer temperatures are very low for the latitude (the same latitude as Toulouse), and the climate borders the subpolar oceanic (Köppen Cfc) type. At the peak of summer, in late August and early September, daily average high temperatures is around 15 °C. Winters are wet and windy, but warm for Atlantic Canada. Snowfall is moderately heavy, but winter brings less snow than in most other locations in Atlantic Canada, which commonly average much more snow per winter season (for example, Sydney, Nova Scotia [283 cm] and St. John's, Newfoundland [335 cm]). Summers on Cape Sable Island are cool with much more stable weather when compared to winters. Due to surrounding cool ocean waters, summer thunderstorms are very rare, but low clouds and fog are common. The strong influence of the Atlantic Ocean also produces exceptionally strong seasonal lag. On average, the coldest month is February, while the warmest month is September, coming in slightly warmer than August, and October is slightly warmer than June.

The island lies in the path of Nor'easters, which reach maximum frequency and intensity in winter, meaning this area's wettest months on average are December and January. Tropical weather systems, including, rarely, hurricanes can occur occasionally, generally entering the area from the south or southwest, with the greatest risk in September and October. Cape Sable Island is also prone to bouts of thick fog. Over the years the Cape's storms, and the close proximity of the island to shipping routes, has led to a substantial number of shipwrecks. The most tragic was the wreck of the SS Hungarian in February 1860 with the loss of over 200 lives. A lighthouse was established at the tip of Cape Sable in the next year.

Birdwatching
The island is a notable birding destination, being an important migratory stopping point for birds such as the Atlantic brant and piping plover. The unique climate, abundant tidal marshes, and geographical location on the north–south flight path of numerous migratory waterfowl have led to it being designated an Important Bird Area. The annual brant geese flyby occurs during March and April. Tens of thousands pass over at dusk after spending the day feeding in local marshes, spending the night in the Atlantic to the east of the island.

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Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles/Archive 2

Capitalization of names
It would be helpful to people who are not familiar with Japanese names, or who are uncertain about names that are commonly westernized, to capitalize family names so as to distinguish between family and given names.

At least some note should be made to distinguish between family and familiar names of notable figures. (post made by anon)

There is a debate over "naming order" - you may wanna look at that. WhisperToMe 06:30, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I have three objections to using all capitals for signifying last names. First of all, although it is fairly common in academic literature (for example, the first mention of a Chinese author's name in a scientific article), and it is used occasionally elsewhere (it's used in some of the public CIA reports for politician's names), the use of all caps for last names is very rare in English. That means that it would requre some sort of explanation (footnotes, linking to an explanation article, etc.), just as any other method of explaining name order for cultures that do not use the European Given Name-Surname order (China, Japan, Korea, Arabic contries, Hungary, etc.).

 * My second objection is that using all caps for last names is just plain UGLY!

 * Finally, there are many cases where a person is primarily known by their first name (such as the haiku poet Bashō. I think that it is wrong to place such an undue emphasis on their last name in those cases (e.g. MATSUO Bashō). In most cases, we really don't even need to know which name is the surname or family name, and which is name is the given name, although it is nice to know. gK [[User talk:GK|¿?]] 08:33, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Wards of Cities
I propose a standard for titles of articles on wards of cities and ask for comments. My proposal is this: XXX Ward, YYY (XXX is the name of the ward, the word "Ward" begins with a capital letter because it's part of a proper name, and YYY is the name of the city).

Presently, various styles of article titles are in use. Fushimi, Kyoto is one. This is misleading because it follows the pattern City, Prefecture and makes Fushimi seem like a city in Kyoto Prefecture. (Actually, I started the article...)

Ukyo-ku, Kyoto includes the Japanese word "ku." I don't see that as a bad thing, but it might make finding articles difficult for those who do not know this word.

A third style is Tennoji, to which Tennoji-ku, Osaka redirects.

Check Yokohama, Kanagawa for additional examples. Adopting a standard now can save lots of work as people create articles. Fg2 06:33, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)

 * Note that the 23 special wards (mostly) follow the WARD, PREFECTURE style, although one could argue that these are, well, special. The 5 NY boroughs are simply the borough name (e.g. Brooklyn), which I think is a bad example.  Whichever one we standardize on, we should create redirects for the "-ku" form (probably both "WARD-ku" and "WARD-ku, CITY").  I think I like WARD, CITY (without the word "Ward"). -- Rick Block 15:11, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Be aware that the 23 wards of Tokyo are starting to call themselves "city" in English. I know that Koto-ku calls itself Koto City in the logo and pamphlets. And notice that all the official Web sites of the 23 wards uses the word "city" as the subdomain. http://www.city.koto.tokyo.jp/~koho/rinku.html So I'm queasy about using "Ward," but I think it's okay to call it a ward (instead of a city) in the descriptions. I prefer with or without the -ku. We can create all three renderings: XXX Ward, XXX-ku, and XXX. The question is, which one will be the "real one" to which the other two will be redirect to? Right now, it seems that most articles are using XXX only. I prefer adding the -ku (also -gun to Districts). Photojpn.org 16:18, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Personally I think the original proposal (XXX Ward, YYY) sounds good. After all, the article titles for the prefectures are under Z Prefecture, not Z-ken. Saying "Ward" seems to be the common standard in English and would probably be easier to understand for those not as familiar with Japanese. But, looking at the Wards of Japan page, it looks like there's a lot of pages that will need to be retitled. As for the "special wards" of Tokyo, I would call the wards of Tokyo "Ward" as well ... even if they call themselves "cities" in English they're still "ku" in Japanese, and calling them XXX City (like Shinjuku City) would confuse people (especially people who don't know that Tokyo is technically not a "city" itself, but a "to") CES 04:30, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I should clarify that I'm only proposing the change for wards of cities. Tokyo is not a city, so my proposal does not cover the 23 special wards since being like cities they should remain as they are, e.g. Shinagawa, Tokyo (in my opinion). How many articles on ordinary wards are there? A lot, yes, but not so very many. Twenty-seven, by my count. I counted the ones in blue in Wards of Japan. Blue means that their article already exists. I omitted the ones in Tokyo, For comparison, see Arrondissements of Paris, which names the wards in French, and numbers them in French. For example, instead of "First arrondissement" the article title is "Ier arrondissement." This, in the English Wikipedia. The word "ku" must seem as odd to those who don't speak Japanese as "Ier" does to people who don't speak French. (And "arrondissement" is also not English...) Fg2 07:39, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * All I can say is thank goodness for redirect pages, otherwise I for one don't think I could look up an arrondissement without one, given the naming system they're using. I'd never heard of "special wards" until reading this discussion, and after reading up on them on the Japanese wiki page, I agree that the special wards of Tokyo should be left alone.  Only in Japan could you have wards that are not wards!  It conforms with common English usage too, I rarely hear people refer to Shibuya Ward or Shibuya City--just "Shibuya". CES 13:38, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

A few statistics from google, restricted to English language hits (and, BTW, I had no idea how this would come out): It would seem, at least outside of Tokyo, the more common form (by far) on the web is WARD-ku, CITY, with WARD, CITY a not very close second, and WARD Ward, CITY comparatively non-existent. If anyone wants to we could collect more data, but this much is enough to convince me it should be WARD-ku, CITY (outside of Tokyo). -- Rick Block 00:12, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Re: Google results - I think it's because that's how most people write Japanese addreses in English. I've never really seen anyone write the word "Ward" in English addresses on postal mail and meishi. Writing -ku is just shorter and simpler. It also tells us that it's not a -shi or -gun. In the case of Tokyo though, the 23 wards are so well-known that we don't need to write -ku as long as we write "Tokyo" after it. So people may tend to leave out -ku. Photojpn.org 01:59, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I just want to show my view, as I am the one who started to use ward-ku standard. The rationale was that a ward name without -ku suffix sometimes makes no sense as a place name, like minato (lit. port), chuo (lit. center), and such. Hence in Japan, we usually put -ku at the end of a name. 23 special wards are completely different species. Though they have a word ward, they have nothing in common with wards in other cities. To avoid confusion in future, I will put a quick note about this kind of convention at the main page. Furthermore, we really should go to create Japanese place name like Japanese name. Not mention to names of rivers, mountains, temples, .... -- Taku 03:31, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Nice new article! Fg2 12:22, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

Naming order redux
Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse, but the great vote on naming order was largely inconclusive with no real sign of compromise on the horizon. Should we just agree to disagree on this subject for now? It's too bad we can't come up with something we can all agree on ... maybe we should wait until we can.

Also, should we archive this discussion page? It's getting pretty long. I'd do it myself but I'm not sure how. CES 13:50, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * If we want to be optimistic about this, at least we now know more precisely about people's preference. As Fg2 pointed out, we seem to agree on names for historical figures. Though I am basically fed up with this long long time ago :) We need new blood. -- Taku 03:47, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

 * The French Wikipedia made a footnote for Japanese names (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Nom_japonais) - Maybe we should try one for EN. The French link the footnote like this: ( WhisperToMe 23:06, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * See Junichiro Koizumi - Here's the first footnote. WhisperToMe 01:22, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

"Nipponized"
I recently came across a page called Nipponized English terms (corresponds to the Japanese wikipedia page 日本語における外来語の事例集) ... I found the article title to be pretty bizarre and potentially offensive (in the US at least, I thought we stopped referring to Japan-related issues/people as Nip~ after World War II for the sake of political correctness). I wanted to see what people here think before bringing the issue up further on that page. CES 14:33, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I do not think "Nipponized" should be offensive, since "Nippon" is one way to pronounce the word for Japan in Japanese (although it is not the official English term; see Japan->Names of Japan). However, according to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, "Japanize" is a word, while "Nipponize" is not. Therefore, we should use "Japanized" instead. Josh 21:27, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)

 * I renamed it. At the very least, it doesn't follow naming conventions. Lists should be titled "List of...". --Paul Richter 08:57, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Kanji
There seem to be a few articles floating around on individual kanji. Since these generally have the sort of information found in a kanji dictionary (stroke count, radical, etc.), it would seem that these would be more appropriate for the Wiktionary. Also, since en.wikipedia doesn't allow Unicode in titles, they all end up under gibberish titles here, or else with titles like ku (kanji) that assume there is only one kanji with a given reading (actually a pretty rare occurrance); Wiktionary, on the other hand, allows Unicode in titles. — Gwalla | Talk 06:30, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm not sure these can be justified in WP. Kappa 06:37, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree; this would, however, be a valuable project for Wiktionary or perhaps even a full-fledged Kanji guide on Wikibooks. --Golbez 07:05, May 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * On Kanji making up names, these names use the "Revised Hepburn" format of naming. WhisperToMe 22:14, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * And? I'm not sure what relevance that comment has to this. We're not talking about romanization here.   — Gwalla | Talk 23:55, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, since special characters are not allowed, the only choice for naming an article on a specific kanji on Wikipedia is a romanization of a reading. The only problem is that most kanji are not notable enough to be included in an encyclopedia. WhisperToMe 00:13, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I think it's a far bigger problem that the vast majority of kanji have several different readings, and many readings (especially on-yomi) are shared between several kanji, making any title based on pronunciation inherently ambiguous. Take ku (kanji), which is about the kanji for "nine": it's also pronounced kyū (on-yomi) or kokono (kun-yomi); my kanji dictionary lists about 27 different kanji that can be pronounced ku, and it's just a learner's dictionary and not comprehensive. But the real issue is whether they belong on Wikipedia at all rather than Wiktionary.   — Gwalla | Talk 01:04, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Wiktionary already has a bunch of kanji dictionary type articles (see for example &) so it's definitely redundant. DopefishJustin (・∀・) 18:51, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

A few open questions:
 * What should we do with the existing kanji articles? List them for deletion?
 * What about linked kanji in articles? I assume we should relink them to the Wiktionary entries, but what about the ones that redirect to articles on the kanji's meaning (like 川, which links to island), or the counters that redirect to Japanese counter word? Should we go into the Wiktionary entries and make sure they link to the relevant Wikipedia articles?
 * What do we do with the redirects? List them on Redirects for Deletion? Make them into soft redirects?   — Gwalla | Talk 22:16, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Okay, here's the plan. Existing kanji articles (like ichi (kanji)) will be listed on VfD. Mangled-encoding redirects (like Ä¸ƒ) will be turned into soft redirects to Wiktionary, except for those that link to Japanese counter word. The lists of links in toyo kanji, joyo kanji, and kyoiku kanji will be relinked to Wiktionary kanji articles. List of kanji by group, List of kanji by stroke count, and List of kanji by concept will be transwiki'd. How does that sound? — Gwalla | Talk 23:46, 25 May 2005 (UTC) — Gwalla | Talk 23:46, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Commons user M4RCO has put several diagrams on Commons illustrating the writing of kanji (stroke order). The article is Kanji Stroke Order. This information is not normally part of a dictionary, although it would certainly make a dictionary stronger. But I wonder if it brings us past the point of a dictionary and into an encyclopedia. Also, because kanji share a history with China, and have additional history in Japan (and other countries), they could benefit from narrative discussions of an encyclopedia rather than the terse entries that characterize most dictionaries (narrative discussions are also possible in Wiktionary, which like Wikipedia, "is not paper"). So the information could go on either wiki... but I lean toward having it on Wikipedia, with articles like "list of kanji by XXX" providing the way to access the information --- not many people will spontaneously type "Getsu (kanji)" into the search window. Fg2 01:15, May 26, 2005 (UTC) revised Fg2 01:44, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thatj ust ties unto my suggestion of creating a Kanji Wikibook, avoiding both Wikipedia and Wiktionary. However, an article on how to properly draw Kanji could be done in Wikipedia, with some of the stroke order pictures. --Golbez 01:29, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

 * It's a good idea. Personally, I don't know how much activity there is on wikibooks (or wiktionary). Wikipedia has a lot of activity. Fg2 01:44, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

 * Since a guide to writing kanji is a sort of howto, Wikibooks is probably the best place for it. Level of activity doesn't really have any bearing on what project a given contribution is appropriate for.   — Gwalla | Talk 21:52, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

 * You could make a case that kanji could have articles like the ones on individual letters of the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets (like A)detailing the derivation of the written forms (the development of the morphemes, however, is etymology and is technically the province of Wiktionary). I can even see mentions of kanji that were used as manyogana and developed into kana in articles. However, it'd be pretty hard to make a non-stub without duplicating information in the Wiktionary entries. Still, it's perfectly legitimate to link back and forth between the 'Pedia and Wiktionary (the latter even has a template, for that purpose).    — Gwalla | Talk 21:52, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

The existing kanji articles are on VfD as Votes for deletion/Kanji articles. — Gwalla | Talk 22:15, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Names of albums, books, songs etc
If an article lists books by an author, or albums by a band, should the names be given in kanji and/or romaji, or only a translation? An if no official translation is available, is an unoffical one acceptable? Kappa 23:28, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I would always include kanji and rōmaji for informativeness' sake, maybe putting it in a table if it's too cluttered. Adding an unofficial translation would be OK IMO but I would do it in the style (lit. meaning) or add a footnote stating that the translations are unofficial. Including translations only is a bad idea because often things are better known among fans (and who else would care) under their Japanese titles, especially if they haven't been domestically released. DopefishJustin (･∀･) 23:02, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Japanese names
From the Japanese names section, this sentance doesn't make sense: "Give the romanization for any name or term written in kanji or kana when the Japanese pronunciation is different from the English pronunciation." I suggest we change this to: "Give the romanization for any name or term written in kanji or kana when the Hepburn romanized spelling is different from the English spelling." -Himasaram 13:01, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me. DopefishJustin (･∀･) July 1, 2005 18:14 (UTC)

Template for articles Japanese terms
I think it would be a good idea to agree on a standardized info-box template for articles on Japanese terms. This is very well implemented in articles on Korean terms, see for example Kimchi or Silla. In fact, it's already common in articles on Japanese martial arts for example Sumo or Karate, and I think we would benefit from doing the same thing for any non-stub Japan article! To the right is my proposal for such a template:

See an implemented example over at Seppuku. -Himasaram 13:35, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I think Seppuku is a pretty good argument against this: after all, it's exactly the same in all romanization schemes. See also Karate, which has the exact same spelling (Karatedō) in all three romanizations shown (except for a circumflex instead of a macron in Kunrei-shiki—big whoop). I believe in most cases the actual differences in romanized spellings are too minor to warrant mentioning each (especially Nihon-shiki, which is both archaic and almost identical to Kunrei-shiki).   — Gwalla | Talk 17:03, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * We can discuss the details later. For the time being, I just want some feedback on the general idea of a generic template for articles on Japanese. Korean articles use the following two templates: Template:Koreanname and Template:Koreanname_noimage. I think we should do something similar. -Himasaram 19:27, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Please take look at Seppuku again. I made a Template:Japanesename and tried it out. There is one Template:Japanesename noimage as well. They are slightly different from the example posted here. Please tell me what you think! -Himasaram 19:57, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I have to agree with Gwalla. Such boxes are necessary and helpful for languages like Chinese, Korean, Hindi and others that have several different native pronunciations and English romanizations, but there is only one style of romanization that is in widespread and scholarly use for Japanese, and only one native pronunciation of Japanese words. A quick look at the Seppuku article shows that it's cluttered and that the box is really doing nothing to improve the article itself. Oppose. Exploding Boy 19:58, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

I disagree with the idea of using a table. The table works for the Korean language but it is not useful for Japanese articles. In English, Hepburn has been consistently used throughout history. This is unlike Korean and Chinese that have several conflicting romanization schemes that were popular at one time or another used in English. There is no benefit that I can think of in making Japanese articles like Korean articles. For Japanese articles, the style "term (kanji hepburn)" meets the needs perfectly and it is less cluttered than a full-blown table. —Tokek 18:53, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Oppose. "term (kanji hepburn)" is indeed much less cluttered and there are no alternate pronounciations. JeroenHoek 19:43, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Verb conjugation should not use extended vowels for endings
It should be noted that romanizations of verbs should not use extended-vowel notation for verb endings. For example, ??? (o-mo-u, meaning "to think or feel") should always be transliterated "omou" and never "omo." The "u" is part of the verb conjugation. I'm only a student but this is fairly vital, is it not? — J44xm 00:39, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Likewise, I'm only a student, but my Japanese Grammar syllabus seems to agree with you. JeroenHoek 14:07, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Not all ? are long vowels. ??? is actually pronounced "o-mo-u", not "o-mo", so of course the correct romanization is also omou. Jpatokal 03:16, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree that inflected endings should not carry macrons. Fg2 03:37, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

 * Someone want to write that caveat into the Hepburn article in a sensible manner? At the least clarify what a long vowel is exactly and give an example of what isn't. --zippedmartin 05:45, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

 * How does this sound, to replace number one under the Romanization section:
 * Long o and u are written with macrons as o and u, respectively. (Note that "ou" (??) is usually romanized as o except in the case of verb endings, in which it must be rendered as "ou"—e.g., the verb ??? (omou) should not be romanized as "omo". If in doubt whether a word with a terminal "ou" is a verb, the best recourse is to leave the "ou" as such and let someone more knowledgeable change it it need be. (If you are having difficulty typing these characters with your IME, remember that you can also click on the special characters below the Wikipedia edit box. You can also enter the HTML entity &#333; for ō, and &#363; for ū.)''
 * -- J44xm 19:50, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

 * Better than not mentioning at all, at any rate. Though IPA would help clarify it. --zippedmartin 12:07, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

 * That's horribly complex and mostly incorrect. The facts of the matter are, there are two different sounds in Japanese, one being a long O (o) and the other a sequence of two vowels (ou).  Japanese kana does not differentiate between these, but Japanese sure do, and so should we.

 * As for what I propose to do about this, I suggest we leave the existing sentence as is, and whack people with clue sticks if they don't understand what long vowels are and romanize incorrectly. Jpatokal 05:34, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm of course willing to defer to whatever's correct. For reference, the idea came from a discussion at JRef's Learning Japanese forum. I was under the impression that in hiragana, the long "o" (o) was usually represented as "ou," which is the reason I thought the clarification is in order.—J44xm 01:57, August 5, 2005 (UTC)


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Rain (2001 film)

Rain is a 2001 New Zealand film directed by Christine Jeffs. A debut film by Jeffs, it was released in New Zealand in 2001 and internationally in 2002. It concerns the coming of age of 13-year-old Janey, and is based on the novel Rain, written by Kirsty Gunn. Rain was produced by Philippa Campbell.

Plot
Janey is on vacation with her brother Jim, mother Kate, and father Ed, at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand. Ed and Kate, who are on the verge of divorce, sit in the backyard all day drinking whisky, leaving their young children to amuse and fend for themselves. Cady, a local boatie who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye. In response to his wife's problems with alcohol and infidelity, Ed turns to alcohol, neglecting his children almost as much as his wife. When Janey sees Cady photographing Kate on his boat, she persuades him to take pictures of her as well. Then, like her mother, she wants something else from him.

Leaving little Jim alone on the beach, Janey leads Cady high into the woods. After posing for him, she takes his camera and tells him how to pose. She adjusts his shirt and tells him to strip off. Then she puts his camera aside and starts touching him all over. They kiss, her head tilts back, and the screen goes black-and-white.

In the next scene, a camera shot from far above shows Janey as she lies alone in the woods naked. She is next seen walking back down the woody hillside to the beach with her clothes on. Off in the distance she sees her brother's body. She runs the length of the beach to him, screaming his name.

When she reaches him, she launches into frenzied CPR. Her father arrives and takes over the CPR. Janey begs him, "Make him breathe!" and when he says he is trying, she yells at him that he is not. They eventually accept that they are too late to save Jim and, by extension, the family.

Cast

 * Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki as Janey
 * Marton Csokas as Cady
 * Aaron Murphy as Jim
 * Alison Routledge as Heather
 * Sarah Peirse as Kate
 * Alistair Browning as Ed

Location
Rain was shot on location around the Mahurangi Peninsula on the eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island in April–May 2000, with the coastal beach and mudflats replacing Lake Taupō which was the setting of the novel the film was based upon. The central location was Scandretts Bay beach in Scandrett Regional Park, prior to conservation work being completed.

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Tina Tyus-Shaw

Tina Tyus-Shaw (born in Griffin, Georgia) has been a television news anchor and journalist at WSAV-TV in Savannah, Georgia for more than 30 years.

Tina wanted to be a television broadcaster at an early age, and graduated from Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech, Communication and Theater.

She worked a series of radio and television jobs in Macon, Georgia; North Carolina; and Columbus, Georgia, before settling in Savannah in 1992. She started working for WSAV-TV in April of that year as a weekend news anchor but within just three years had made it to the main anchor position on the nightly news at 6 and 11.

In 1996 she was chosen to carry the Olympic Torch through Savannah. This continued an Olympic tradition in Tina's family. Her aunt Wyomia Tyus was a three-time gold medalist in 1964 and 1968.

She is best known to viewers as a champion for breast cancer survivors. Her popular Buddy Check 3 reminds women and men to do regular breast self exams each month.

Tina is married and has four children.

She contributed to the 2016 book Shift Happens: Inspirational Stories on Finding Happiness, Achieving Success and Overcoming Obstacles about her experienced with miscarriage.

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Sarong party girl

A sarong party girl (also known as an SPG) is a woman in Singapore and (to a lesser extent) Peninsular Malaysia of Chinese ethnicity who exclusively dates or socializes with men of European origin.

Etymology
The term sarong party girl has its fairly innocuous roots in the late 1940s to early 1950s when Singapore was still ruled by the British Empire. As a general practice, the British forces personnel socialised very much among themselves, according to their military ranks and status (i.e. officers as opposed to enlisted men). However, there were some instances when specific local Singaporean "guests" were invited to social functions hosted by the British. The term sarong party came into use to describe social functions which included local invited "ladies" who wore the sarong, a native word for a wrap-around skirt popular among local Singaporean men and women of the time.

Common stereotypes
Historically, the stereotypical sarong party girl had a false foreign accent, was provocatively dressed, and exclusively dated or preferred white men either resident in Singapore or foreigners. The sarong party girl stereotype in local entertainment is usually portrayed as a gold-digging, husband-snatching Asian woman, and this perception contributed much to Singapore's decadent image in the 1970s, as seen in films such as Saint Jack. Due to these stereotypes, women who are classified as sarong party girls often have to endure negative sweeping statements. The sarong party girl stereotype was popularised by a series of humorous books by Australian writer Jim Aitchison in the 1990s, offering a satirical portrayal of the SPG and related aspects of Singaporean culture. Over time, the term has taken on a somewhat more derogatory meaning. Nowadays, sarong party girls are no longer identified by a unique dress code or appearance, referring simply to any local woman who prefers to socialize with males of a Caucasian ethnicity, particularly for romantic or sexual relationships. A sarong party girl is commonly perceived as a fetishist who is racist and discriminates against their own community and race stemming from self-hatred, while showing a favoritism towards white people and effectively abandoning their Asian identity.

Dictionary definitions

 * from the Coxford Singlish Dictionary
 * from A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English

Articles

 * "Naked Blogger Attracts Thousands" (13 June 2005) from the Sydney Morning Herald

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Talk:Priestly Society of the Holy Cross

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New article is already done. With new data, limited quotes, and npov editing. Lafem 04:10, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I deleted it to get the copyright violation out of the history and restored the new version. -Aranel (" Sarah ") 23:05, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Why I moved the article
According to the naming conventions, we do not use an article name that suggests a hierarchy of articles. As the society's constitution refers to it not as "Opus Dei: Priestly Society ..." but simply as the "Priestly Society ...", this is the proper title. Gentgeen (talk) 20:31, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper

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Reasons for wanting to delete this page:

 * 1) There is not such theory.  There is such a paper however.
 * 2) The paper predicts the cosmic background radiation.  Other works describe the cosmic origins of chemical elements.
 * 3) Even if renamed to Alpher-Bethe-Gamow paper, the best thing to do would be to make it a redirect to cosmic background radiation.

In short, this is an incorrect article with an incorrect title. Please remove it ASAP. --EMS | Talk 04:09, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Would a redirect really be the best option? A cursory search of the CMB articles doesn't reveal any mention of the paper, which is certainly significant in and of itself to be worthy of an article. I agree theory is the wrong title, and it should probably be changed to paper or some such thing (prediction?). --WilyD 11:44, 29 September 2005 (EST)

The paper is probably worthy of an article. Suppose we renamed to Alpher-Bethe-Gamow paper, talked about the paper and how it got its name, maybe a brief summary of what was said in the paper and a link to cosmic background radiation. DJ Clayworth 15:49, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

DJ Clayworth That sounds like a reasonable plan to me. The paper is historically significant and the events surrounding it (such as the inclusion of Bethe as an author) are historically interesting, if of debatable significance. For the moment, anyhow, I made a minor edit to clarify a point I felt was misleading. I also wonder if "Shortcomings of the Theory" is NPOV or not. --WilyD 11:50, 29 September 2005 (EST)

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A second AfD decided to move Alpher-Bethe-Gamow theory to Alpher-Bethe-Gamow Paper. The pre-move version of the aritcle can be found here. A history merge may or may not be appropriate. Alphax τεχ 07:24, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Bad Footnote
Footnote 1 apparently is intended to link to a Discover Magazine article, but discover.com belongs to the credit card company. --Dolohov (talk) 02:32, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Why the en-dashes?
Why is the title spelled with en-dashes instead of hyphens? I would think it should be "Alpher-Bethe-Gamow paper". Is there a good argument for this? SpectrumDT (talk) 20:57, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Well it is the correct typography. Endashes indicate that Alpher, Bethe, and Gamow are three different persons. Compare with Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula, the endash tells you it's two different person, named Gell-Mann and Nishijima. Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}κοντριβς – WP Physics} 21:08, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

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Kerry Talmage

Kerry Talmage (March 23, 1963 – June 17, 2004) was a Canadian comedian and actor, who developed a cult following in South Africa. He suffered with diabetes and was continually battling the disease through his life.

Talmage found comedy accidentally through a defense mechanism he would use when being taunted in school due to his short height. His first time on stage was on a dare during a joke contest in his hometown of Winnipeg, to which he won beer for his routine and was subsequently taken on by an agent in the crowd, who got him his first gig.

Through most of his career, he struggled with his health, including pancreatitis and underwent a kidney transplant before later contracting cancer on one of his original kidneys. He credited comedy with keeping him alive despite his health challenges and noted in the late 1990s that he didn't think he'd have been alive by then if it weren't for his comedy career. He died in June 2004 of kidney disease.

Early life
From a young age, he was taunted due to his small stature, often being shoved into school lockers and developed a defense mechanism to cope, by way of "wisecrack[ing] his way through life" and would subsequently earn a reputation as a "fearless joker". His earliest stand-up routine was in his hometown of Winnipeg. During a joke contest, he got up "on a dare" to tell a few "one-liners" and went on to win a pitcher of beer. An agent was observing in the crowd, who gave Talmage his card and called him several nights later, offering him a gig the same night. Talmage took the opportunity, getting up on stage and telling a few funny stories he was familiar with; after five minutes, he had one laugh, reflecting that it was all he needed, noting that "I felt it through my body like a high I'd never experienced before."

Kerry recalled during a stint in hospital when he was very young that he once told a joke to a child in the bed next to him. Although he was unable to recall the joke, he remembered the child laughing quietly then passing away.

Career
During his high school days, Talmage had originally intended upon pursuing an acting career. His first effort in standup comedy was at the Polo Park Inn in 1984, after some friends persuaded him to get up and "tell a few jokes" as a contest, which he went on to win. After a number of successful comedy appearances at the Viscount Gort, he started his own agency named Comedy Connections, which had around nine comedians on its books and book appearances for them in Winnipeg. When Yuk Yuk's opened in Winnipeg, he sold his agency and joined them, first appearing at New Talent Night and was later hired by the club to do appearances around the city. His earlier material was described by him as being "dirty", though he later made it cleaner as he felt that gave him the best chance of getting television broadcasts. Short in stature (standing 5 ft in height), he rose to become a standup headliner and for 15 years called Toronto his home-base. He traveled around the world performing and eventually ended up in South Africa, where he was writer, producer and star of situation comedy Bachelor Pad. The sitcom, which featured sketches and celebrity appearances, won a prize on its script and a pilot of 13 episodes was shot. He later went touring around Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia.

Kerry toured with Prince, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Nash The Slash, The Tragically Hip and Doug and the Slugs. He was also featured on The Movie Network's Comedy Special Mondo Taboo, CBC-TV's Hour Magazine, CHCH-TV's Comedy at Club 54, MuchMusic and at Comedy Festivals in Toronto, Vancouver, Seattle and Montreal.

While a writer for the Simpsons, Conan O'Brien created a character on The Simpsons based on Kerry, a kidney patient by the name of Cornelius Talmage.

Talmage reflected on the difficulties involved in making a living from being a comic, noting that comics may have to drive for hours around different clubs to perform for very little money, only after they have spent years performing for free to build a reputation strong enough that they can command a fee. He considered the possibility in the late 1980s of moving to Toronto or Alaska as he was told by numerous people that he could not make a successful career as a comedian in Canada, but he did not believe that to be true. He ultimately left his hometown in search of work further south as he felt that club owners were more focused on hiring "hot American acts" instead of home-grown "less-exotic" talent.

Health
A Type 1 diabetic, Talmage was constantly battling the disease which eventually cost him his life. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Kerry's family moved to Winnipeg in 1975 where he attended school in suburban Charleswood and went on to graduate from Oak Park High School.

In April 1993, he received a kidney transplant, although doctors did not remove his original two kidneys as the surgery was considered too risky. During a comedy performance in Montreal in 1996, he felt pains and called an ambulance, where upon reaching hospital, his body was described as being "on the verge of a shutdown". He thought the pains may have been pancreatitis but after tests was found to be cancer on one of his original kidneys. Following his hospital stay, he returned home to Vancouver but had to cancel jobs, so fellow comics held a benefit and raised $1,500 to help him pay his rent. As a practical joke, his fridge was filled with kidney pies. He underwent major surgery in January 1997 to remove the cancerous growth.

Talmage credited comedy as his reason for being alive, acknowledging that he was bitter "about how life has handed me the crap it has" through his numerous surgical operations, yet when asked why he continued to do comedy despite his health challenges, he noted that it was what kept him alive and there was no way he would give it up. By 2001, he was taking drugs to prevent rejection of his new kidney and was injecting himself six times a day due to diabetes. He was spending around $300 on his drugs alone.

In June 2004, Talmage lost his health battle and died from kidney disease. A fundraising event in his honour took place on October 3, 2004, where comics from all over Canada took part with the proceeds going towards establishing an endowment fund in his honour.

Personal
Born in Winnipeg, Canada, Kerry Talmage was known as being short in stature, measuring 5 ft in height.

By 1996, Talmage had lost a girlfriend and a fiancée to his stand up career, which he chose over his relationships. He was living with four other comics in a house in 1996, where he was referred to as Tube Boy. Having returned from a tour to find his then girlfriend sleeping with his best friend, he nearly quit comedy until falling in love again and later married Ildiko, a geophysicist.

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Talk:OFC Men's Nations Cup

Conclusion of discussion
The conclusion of the below preserved discussion was that rather than making a new, nearly parallel article, a rewrite was in order to increase clarity. This was done by Cursive, and the article was much better. The rewrite may be found in the edit history. The time and date of the rewrite was 10:48 20 August, 2005 ("cleanup/clarification").

IanManka 15:22, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Merging from another article
This doesn't make any sense to be in the 2006 World Cup Qualifying Oceania article. It should be merged with the Oceania Nations Cup article. If users of WP deem this necessary to this article, provide a link instead. IanManka 04:47, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

If you read the article, the group stages of the world cup qualifying tournament doubled as the group stages of the oceania nations cup - the only difference being the two-legged final for the oceania nations cup did not count in the world cup qualifying. It should not be merged with the Oceania nations cup article because that page gives the details of the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup tournament. Given that magnitude of overlap between the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup and the world cup qualifying, it does makes sense to keep them together. It doesn't make sense to merge the 2004 OFC nations cup information with general information about the Oceania nations cup. Also, Oceania Nations Cup 2004 redirects there. If we wanted to make a new non-redirected page there, it would only mean needless duplication. Cursive 05:38, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm sorry. I misunderstood -- when I read the part that explained the doubling, I misunderstood. Maybe I was just naive, but maybe a minor rewrite to make it more clear? Or maybe something that restates what was said in the introduction of this page put with the section? I didn't make a connection from the beginning to the end. I thought that the final was just thrown in there. Any thoughts about this? IanManka 05:33, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I think though, to reduce confusion, that a separate page be created for the matches of the Nations Cup, even though it does overlap with 2006 qualifying. It could be noted at the introduction or along with the first/second stage that it doubled with the Nations Cup, with a redirect to the page with the results, not unlike Football World Cup 2006 (qualification): "Full details of prior group stages, along with league tables are available at Football World Cup 2006 - Oceania Qualification Groups." I think this would cause less confusion, although another page would have to be created, it would be much less complex. IanManka 05:43, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Furthermore, one who is navigating through WP searching for qualification to the World Cup using the template at the bottom of the qualification pages might be confused when they see "(not part of World Cup)" (much like I was). Not part of World Cup? Why should it be in the World Cup Qualification article? IanManka 14:38, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

 * How's it look now? I think that it makes it clear why it's there. Cursive 14:54, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Excellent! Much better! Thanks, Cursive! What do I do now with the merge proposal, now that the point is moot, and a merge no longer necessary? IanManka 15:00, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Eh, not sure, I would think that removing the tags would be enough, anyone who was really interested would be able to see this discussion on this talk page I think. I'll add something to the talk page of the qualification page pointing to here. Cursive 15:04, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Question, i dont get it
Why is australia in this cup? According to the map they should play the asian cup cause they are pink not yellow?

 * Australia withdrew from OFC in 2006. 205.174.22.28 01:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Waw!
Waw now looks Complete! Stanza13 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stanza13 (talk • contribs) 15:47, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

How it can became a featured page?? Stanza13 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stanza13 (talk • contribs) 17:18, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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Requested move 8 April 2024

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The result of the move request was: moved. Uncontested RM (closed by non-admin page mover)  ❯❯❯  Raydann  (Talk)   17:10, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

OFC Nations Cup → OFC Men's Nations Cup – Previous consensus at 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup should be applied here. Making a RM due to potential disagreement. Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 15:28, 8 April 2024 (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.
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 * Support per nom and previous RM. GiantSnowman 19:25, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

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Dirk Gringhuis

Richard H. Gringhuis (September 22, 1918 – March 1974) was an American artist and illustrator. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he studied from 1939 to 1941 at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, lived in New York for a year, then moved back to Michigan. He wrote and illustrated 28 books, half of them on Michigan history. He also was producer-host for the television series, “Open Door to Michigan.” He served as Curator of Exhibits at the Museum and associate professor in Elementary Education at Michigan State University. He received special awards for his work on Michigan, including the Governor's Award, A National Educational Television Award, and an Award of Merit from the Michigan Historical Society. He was closely associated, as a contract author and artist, with the Mackinac Island State Park system from 1958 until his death. During that time he wrote and illustrated four publications on the Mackinac region, illustrated many others and painted exhibit murals. Having moved to East Lansing in 1952, he painted the Michigan Folklore Mural at the East Lansing Public Library.

His books include Here Comes the Bookmobile (1952), Were-Wolves and Will-o-the-Wisps: French Tales of Mackinac Retold (1974), Lore of the Great Turtle (1970), and The Young Voyageur (1955). He illustrated three volumes in the Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner—#4, Mystery Ranch; #5, Mike's Mystery; and #6, Blue Bay Mystery.

He illustrated The Hidden Valley of Oz in 1951.

Books written and illustrated

 * Hope Haven: a tale of a Dutch boy and girl who found a new home in America (William B. Eerdmans, 1947)
 * Tuliptime (A. Whitman, 1951)
 * The Hidden Valley of Oz by Rachel Cosgrove (Reilly & Lee, 1951)
 * Here Comes the Bookmobile (A. Whitman, 1952)
 * The Young Voyageur (McGraw-Hill, 1955)
 * The Eagle Pine (David McKay, 1958)
 * Rock Oil To Rockets: The Story of Petroleum in America (Macmillan Publishers, 1960)
 * Big Mac (Macmillan Publishers, 1961)
 * Saddle the Storm (Bobbs-Merrill, 1962)
 * Of Cabbages and Cattle: The Story of America's Farms (Dial Press, 1962)
 * Big Dig: a Frontier Comes to Life (Dial Press, 1962)
 * Of ships and fish and fishermen, (Our natural resources) (A. Whitman, 1963)
 * Mystery at Skull Castle (Reilly & Lee, 1964)
 * Open door to the Great Lakes (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1966)
 * In scarlet and blue: The story of military uniforms in America (Dial Press, 1966)
 * Stars on the Ceiling: the Planetarium Story (Meredith Press, 1967)
 * Giants, Dragons and Gods: Constellations and Their Folklore (Meredith Press, 1968)
 * Lore of the Great Turtle (Mackinac Island State Park Commission, 1970)
 * The Great Parade: Tall Tales & True of Michigan's Past (Hillsdale Educational Publishers, 1970)
 * Indian Costume at Mackinac: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century (Mackinac Island State Park Commission, 1972)
 * Were-Wolves and Will-o-the-Wisps: French Tales of Mackinac Retold (Mackinac State Historic Parks, 1974)

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Talk:NAD Electronics

This page needs a disambiguation section, since "NAD" also stands for the National Association of the Deaf in America.
 * Set up the diambiguation.

general
Low cost equipment? Erm, has anyone looked at their past and current pricing? NAD has a wide range of prices, but most is upper price segment, not lower. And yes, this article need a big clean-up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.198.144.68 (talk) 19:14, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

and
It's a common misspelling of "and." Should that be included? Twilight Realm 23:09, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * What the hell? 81.232.158.237 17:19, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Name of the Company
The name of the company is “NAD Electronics”, not “New Acoustic Dimension”! To open a “New Acoustic Dimension” was originally the stated claim, but this phrase is no longer used today.--85.182.65.212 17:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Fixed. GlassFET 17:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

NAD Link and Naming Scheme
I think, the sections “NAD Link” and “Naming Scheme” are too trivial for an encyclopedia and should be deleted. Are there any objections to this? --80.171.194.48 07:57, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Blowing Women's Clothes Off
It should be mentioned that NAD makes the amplifier so loud it can blow women's clothes off. It was in the remake of the Italian Job, so it must be true! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.29.1.76 (talk) 05:12, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

List of Legacy Equipment
NAD does not appear to list their older equipment. If anyone has access to this information it would be a nice addition! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.208.160.232 (talk) 16:21, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

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Fragaria nilgerrensis

Fragaria nilgerrensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a wild strawberry native to southern and southeast Asia. Its fruit are white to light pink, with poor flavour, and the fruit is of no commercial value. It is similar in appearance to F. moupinensis.

All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria nilgerrensis is diploid, having 2 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 14 chromosomes.

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Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz

Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939) is the thirty-third book in the Oz series created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the nineteenth and last written by Ruth Plumly Thompson until 1972's Yankee in Oz. It was illustrated by John R. Neill. The book was followed by The Wonder City of Oz (1940).

The phrase "The Wizard of Oz" was included in the title to coincide with the MGM film The Wizard of Oz, which was released the same year the novel was published. As such, the focus of the story is on characters who appeared in the first novel. Thompson focuses the book most strongly on Jellia Jamb, though that character was unnamed in the first novel.

Synopsis
The story opens with a dinner party, attended by seven of the characters from Baum's inaugural book, including the castle-housemaid Jellia Jam. After the dinner, the Wizard takes his guests to a glass-domed building that contains two gleaming silver aircraft, the newly created ozoplanes. The Wizard has named them the Ozpril and the Oztober. The guests enthusiastically pile into the craft to inspect them.

The Soldier with the Green Whiskers is suddenly overcome by a violent stomach cramp from eating too many pickles. He slams into the control panel of the Oztober, causing it to take off. The Wizard, startled and appalled, takes the Ozpril in pursuit and in search of the Oztober, accompanied by Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow.

Enduring a chaotic flight, the resourceful Tin Woodman eventually gets the Oztober under control; he lands in a previously unexplored sky-country called Stratovania. He enthusiastically but undiplomatically claims the place for Ozma as a colony of the Land of Oz. The ruler, Strutoovious the Seventh, also called "Strut of the Strat" for short, is outraged, and decides to turn the tables and conquer the land of Oz. He forces the Tin Woodman to fly him and his army to Oz, leaving Jellia and the Soldier behind in Stratovania.

The Wizard and company arrive at Stratovania in the second ozoplane. But the plane is blown up by the Stratovanians, and the Ozites have to leap off the edge of the skyland to save themselves, riding on winged staffs stolen from two Stratovanians. (The Stratovanians all own winged staffs and use them for transportation.)

The Wizard and his party land at Red Top Mountain in the Quadling Country. The place's rightful ruler, Princess Azarine, has escaped the clutches of the usurper Bustabo (an even worse villain than Strut) who captures the travelers. This villain sends the Wizard in search of Azarine, and holds the rest of the party hostage. The hostages escape, and meet up with the Wizard, Azarine, and her protectors, the great stag Shagomar and his wife Dear Deer. The group reaches the palace of Glinda, though the sorceress is absent with Ozma; the Wizard is able to use Glinda's magic to combat the Stratovanian invasion.

Strut and his forces reach the Emerald City; the residents flee or hide. Strut tries to obtain Ozma's Magic Belt from her safe, but is frustrated; the Wizard has united with Ozma and Glinda to rescue the Belt, the most powerful magical talisman of Oz. Once in possession of the Belt, Ozma transports Strut's army home and ends his bid for conquest. She turns the usurper Bustabo into a red squirrel, so that Azarine can resume her rightful place.

Thompson gives her protagonists some odd adversaries, including sky creatures called Spikers that are something like iridescent spiked blow-fishes, and a large fierce bugbear that is half insect and half bear. And she indulges in extravagant nonsensical tech talk, as with the Wizard's "elutherated altitude pills" and Glinda's "triple-edged, zentomatic transporter."

Reception
The Indianapolis News said, "Ozoplaning is the best of the recent stories, for its fantasy has at least a foundation in reality." The Hartford Courant agreed, saying that Thompson "attains new peaks of adventure droll humor in Ozoplaning. In none of the 18 other Oz tales from her pen since 1921 has she more nearly approached the delightful wit and fascinating style of the original Oz chronicler."

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Murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks

Thomas and Jackie Hawks were a couple from Prescott, Arizona, United States, who were murdered in 2004.

In April 2009, Skylar Julius Deleon and Jennifer Henderson were convicted of charges relating to their murders. Deleon was sentenced to death while Henderson was sentenced to two terms of life in prison without parole. Two other people, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Alonso Machain, were convicted separately of the killings. Kennedy was sentenced to death, and Machain accepted a plea bargain after testifying for the prosecution in the trials of Deleon, Henderson, and Kennedy. He was sentenced to 20 years and four months in prison.

Disappearance
Thomas Hawks was a retired probation officer and bodybuilder. He and his second wife Jackie owned a 55-foot yacht, the Well Deserved, which they treated as their permanent home and on which they sailed for two years around the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California. In 2004, they decided to sell their yacht and set up a home in Newport Harbor to be closer to their grandchild. Jackie (née O'Neill) Hawks had helped raise Tom's sons from his first marriage since adolescence. When the wife of Hawks' older son was expecting their first child, Jackie treated the news as if it would be her natural grandchild.

Their advertisement for the yacht sale was answered in November by Skylar Deleon. The couple was initially cautious of Deleon, but they became more receptive when Deleon's then-pregnant wife Jennifer and their other child came to the meeting. The Hawks were last seen alive on the morning of November 15, 2004, heading out of the harbor. The yacht returned, but they did not. Neither body has ever been recovered.

Perpetrators
Skylar Preciosa Deleon (born John Julius Jacobson Jr. a.k.a. Skylar Julius Deleon) is a convicted murderer of three people. Deleon's gender was officially changed to female in 2019 while awaiting execution on death row. Deleon was a child actor who appeared in commercials and in the series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as an uncredited extra.

At 20, Deleon joined the United States Marine Corps, but deserted after 15 days ("went on Unauthorized Absence (UA)"). She was later given an other than honorable discharge.

Others involved

 * Jennifer Lynn Henderson (formerly Jennifer Deleon), wife of Skylar Deleon at the time of the murders. She was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to two terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
 * John Fitzgerald Kennedy, former Insane Crips gang member in Long Beach and former youth pastor, ex-convict for attempted murder, recruited the same day of the murder.
 * Myron Sandora Gardner Sr., former Insane Crips gang member and ex-convict for involuntary manslaughter, who met Deleon at work after Deleon's release from prison, declined to participate in the crime but introduced Deleon to Kennedy.

Investigation
Police inquired into the couple's disappearance and on November 26, 2004, it was discovered that an attempt was made to access the Hawks' bank account from Mexico. The family was notified and filed a missing-persons report with the Carlsbad, California police department.

On November 29, the police interviewed Skylar Deleon. Deleon told them that he bought the boat from the Hawks and provided proof-of-purchase documents. He told police that the Hawks left in their car with the purchase money and named Alonso Machain as a witness to the purchase. Deleon claimed to have purchased the boat with the intent of laundering money related to an armed burglary in 2002 for which he had been convicted.

In March 2005, after initially fleeing to Mexico and returning, Machain confessed to the crime. He was arrested in connection with the couple's disappearance along with Deleon and Deleon's wife, Jennifer. Skylar Deleon initially maintained innocence, claiming they were not present at the time and speculated that the Hawks were killed over a bad drug deal.

Trials
Authorities alleged that during a sea trial of the boat in Newport Beach Harbor a few days after meeting the Hawkses, Deleon and accomplices Machain and Kennedy bound and gagged the couple and threw them overboard, tied to the yacht's anchor. Deleon allegedly masterminded the plan to kill the couple for financial gain and enlisted Machain to help.

Deleon's then-wife, Jennifer ( Henderson), was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder on November 17, 2006, after four hours of jury deliberation. In October 2007, Henderson was sentenced to two life terms without parole. She is currently housed at Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, California.

While awaiting trial in jail, Skylar Deleon was charged with soliciting another inmate to murder her cousin and father. Deleon was also accused of killing John Jarvi, a resident of Anaheim, California, who was found dead in Mexico in 2003. Deleon's father and cousin (who was charged as an accessory to the Jarvi murder) were considered "important witnesses" in both murder cases. On March 13, 2008, Deleon, who had been born male, partially severed her penis with a razor blade while being held in jail. After receiving medical attention, she was returned to jail the following day. In an interview with ABC's 20/20, Deleon indicated that she attempted to cut off her penis because she wanted to be a woman. Defense lawyers claimed that Deleon's need for money to finance sex reassignment surgery was the motivation for the Hawks' murders. In 2019, Deleon's gender was legally changed to female and Deleon's name is now Skylar Preciosa Deleon.

On September 22, 2008, jury selection began in the case against Deleon. In a consolidated case, Deleon was jointly tried for the murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks and John Jarvi. Despite Deleon's earlier protestations of innocence, once the trial began, Deleon's attorney conceded that Deleon had indeed committed all three murders. The attorney said she had taken the case to trial only to argue to a jury that Deleon should not be sentenced to death. On October 20, Deleon was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances for financial gain and multiple victims and on November 6, 2008, the jury rendered a death verdict. Sentencing was originally scheduled for January 16, 2009, but was then rescheduled to March 20 on request by Deleon's attorney. On March 13, it was announced that sentencing would again be rescheduled, to April 10, so that the families of the victims could attend. On April 10, 2009, Deleon was sentenced to death by Orange County Superior Court Judge Frank Fasel. She is on death row at San Quentin State Prison.

On February 19, 2009, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was found guilty on two counts of first degree murder after fewer than three hours of jury deliberation. He was sentenced to death on May 1, 2009. Like Deleon, Kennedy is on death row at San Quentin State Prison.

Alonso Machain, after testifying against Deleon, Henderson, and Kennedy, pleaded guilty to two counts each of voluntary manslaughter, kidnapping, and robbery. On June 15, 2009, he was sentenced to 20 years and 4 months. He was first eligible for parole in September 2021. He is currently serving his sentence at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, California.

In March 2009, after spending four years incarcerated, Myron Gardner pleaded guilty to "accessory after the fact" and the murder charges against him were dropped.

In the media

 * This case was investigated on TV by Aphrodite Jones in her Investigation Discovery documentary TV series True Crime with Aphrodite Jones (Season 1, Episode 9) and was explored on the same network on two other programs: Wicked Attraction (episode "Calm Before the Storm") and Deadly Sins (episode "I'd Kill For A Sex Change").
 * This case is referred to in a segment of the "Caffeine-Induced Aneurysm" episode of Robot Chicken.
 * This case was investigated on TV on Oxygen on the TV show Snapped: Killer Couples, a spin-off of Snapped.
 * The 48 Hours episode "Dark Voyage" covers this crime.
 * The Demons in the City of Angels episode Child Actor Killer covers the case.
 * This case is also covered in the podcast "Killafornia Dreaming: True Crime Tales from the Golden State; Episode 14, The Tale of Lost at Sea" - Google Play Podcasts.
 * This case is briefly mentioned in the Podcast "Raised by TV" hosted by comedians Lauren Lapkus and Jon Gabrus in the episode "Mt. Crushmore."
 * This case is covered on the TV show Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen, Season 2, Episode 165, "The Final Voyage."
 * This case is mentioned in the podcast "My Favorite Murder" in Episode 169, "This Old Sandwich."
 * This case was investigated on ABC 20/20 episode "Overboard."
 * The case was the subject of an episode of HLN's How it Really Happened, "The Yacht Murder Mystery: Unspeakable Cruelty" (season 7, episode 5).
 * The case was focused on in The Real Murders of Orange County episode "Love Lost At Sea," which aired on Oxygen 11/15/2020.

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Mary Pearcey

Mary Pearcey (26 March 1866 – 23 December 1890) was an English woman who was convicted of murdering her lover's wife, Mrs. Phoebe Hogg, and child, Tiggy, on 24 October 1890 and hanged for the crime on 23 December of the same year. The crime is sometimes mentioned in connection with Jack the Ripper, and Pearcey has been posited as a Ripper candidate.

Early life
Mary Pearcey was born Mary Eleanor Wheeler in 1866.

It has been erroneously stated that her father was Thomas Wheeler who was convicted of and hanged for the murder of Edward Anstee. However, author Sarah Beth Hopton was unable to find any evidence of connection between the two people, and also found a retraction of the newspaper article in which the misinformation was first printed.

Mary Wheeler took the name "Pearcey" from John Charles Pearcey, a carpenter with whom she had lived. He left her because of her infidelity. She later took up residence with a furniture remover, Frank Hogg, who had at least one other lover, Phoebe Styles. Styles became pregnant, and Hogg married her at Pearcey's urging. They lived in Kentish Town in London. Styles gave birth to a daughter also named Phoebe Hogg.

Murder of Phoebe Hogg
On 24 October 1890, Mrs. Hogg, with her baby, called on Pearcey at her invitation. At around 4:00 p.m., neighbours reportedly heard screaming and sounds of violence. That evening, a woman's corpse was found on a heap of rubbish in Hampstead. Her skull had been crushed, and her head was nearly severed from her body. A black perambulator was found about a mile away, its cushions soaked with blood. An eighteen-month-old child was found dead in Finchley, apparently smothered. After the adult body was initially speculated to be that of an 'unfortunate' in the press, it was eventually identified as Phoebe Hogg, with the toddler's body being that of her daughter. Mary Pearcey had been seen pushing baby Tiggy's perambulator around the streets of North London after dark. The police searched her house, and found blood spatter on the walls, ceiling, a skirt and an apron, as well as matted hair and blood on a fireplace poker and a carving knife. When questioned by the police, she said that she 'had a problem with mice and was trying to kill them'. Sir Melville Macnaghten wrote that Pearcey would later respond by chanting, "Killing mice, killing mice, killing mice!".

Mary Pearcey was charged with murder. She maintained her innocence throughout the trial, but was convicted, and was hanged on 23 December 1890.

Pearcey's murder case generated extraordinary press attention at the time. Madame Tussauds wax museum of London made a wax figure of Pearcey for their Chamber of Horrors exhibit, and also purchased the pram used in the murder and the contents of Pearcey's kitchen. When the Tussaud exhibit of these items opened, it attracted a crowd of 30,000 people. The noose used to hang Pearcey is on display at the Crime Museum in New Scotland Yard.

Execution
On 23 December 1890, Pearcey was hanged by James Berry. Berry noted her strong composure in the condemned cell, describing her as "the most composed person in the whole [execution] party."

When prompted to make a final statement Pearcey said, "My sentence is a just one, but a good deal of the evidence against me was false". At first she declined the assistance of female prison warders, but after further prompting, accepted their assistance saying, "Oh, well, if you don't mind going with me, I am pleased."

In his memoirs, Berry described Pearcey's execution as "quiet and painless."

Jack the Ripper
Mary Pearcey, like many other famous Victorian-era murderers, has been suggested as a suspect in the Jack the Ripper slayings. She was apparently the only female suspect mentioned at the time. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, speculated at the time that the Ripper might have been female, as a woman could have pretended to be a midwife and be seen in public in bloody clothing without arousing suspicion or notice. This theory was then expanded upon in 1939 by William Stewart in his book Jack the Ripper: A New Theory, which specifically named Pearcey in connection with the crimes. All evidence given is circumstantial, and there is no physical evidence or eyewitness reports linking Pearcey to the Ripper crimes.

F. Tennyson Jesse, the British criminal historian, explained the theory in her study of Pearcey's case: "It was no wonder that, simultaneously with the discovery of the crime, legends should have sprung up around her figure. The rumour even arose that the notorious Jack the Ripper had been at work in the locality, and though this was quickly disproved, yet the violence and horror associated with the crime was such as to make it understandable how the rumour arose in the first place. Even in the earliest paragraphs which announced the discovery of the crime, several false statements were suggested."

In May 2006, DNA testing of saliva on stamps affixed to letters allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper to London newspapers, and thought by some modern writers to be genuine, appeared to come from a woman. This led to extensive discussion of Pearcey and her crime in the global press.

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Category talk:Aviation risks

Only after creating this category did I think of a (possibly) better name for it - Category:Aviation hazards. If you agree, put note your vote here and we'll make it happen. --Hooperbloob 04:17, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

I second that. Also I removed "Bitching Betty" because it is not a hazard or risk. 64.53.50.34 17:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree. I'd also like to see articles on "Mechanical failure" (e.g. Eastern Airlines Flight 611) and "Mechanical error" (e.g. AeroPeru Flight 603, American Airlines Flight 191, etc.). Perhaps also one on "Design and manufacturing error" (e.g. Swissair Flight 111, Turkish Airlines Flight 981, etc.). --70.72.19.133 06:35, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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Retriever (album)

Retriever is the eighth studio album from Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith.

Track listing
All songs written by Ronald Eldon Sexsmith.

 * 1) "Hard Bargain" – 3:13
 * 2) "Imaginary Friends" – 3:42
 * 3) "Not About to Lose" – 3:00
 * 4) "Tomorrow in Her Eyes" – 2:29
 * 5) "From Now On" – 4:39
 * 6) "For the Driver" – 2:47
 * 7) "Wishing Wells" – 4:08
 * 8) "Whatever It Takes" – 3:21
 * 9) "Dandelion Wine" – 3:29
 * 10) "Happiness" – 2:32
 * 11) "How on Earth" – 4:10
 * 12) "I Know It Well" – 2:39

Cover versions
The Art of Time Ensemble featuring Sarah Slean recorded "Dandelion Wine" on their 2009 album Black Flowers. Canadian singer Michael Buble released a version of the song in 2009 featuring Sexsmith which was included on Buble's 2009 album Crazy Love.

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