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Star Maidens

Star Maidens is a British-German science-fiction television series, made by Portman Productions for the ITV network. Produced in 1975, and first broadcast in 1976, it was filmed at Bray Studios and on location in Windsor and Bracknell, Berkshire, and Black Park, Buckinghamshire. The series was partly financed by a German company, Werbung im Rundfunk (Advertising in Broadcasting), which dealt with distributing funding from the limited commercials shown on West German public TV. In this case, it was acting on behalf of the channel ZDF, which showed the series in West Germany.

Overview
The series presents a "battle of the sexes" and role reversal scenario in which male protagonists must escape servitude to women of an advanced civilization. The planet Medusa, home to a highly evolved and technologically advanced humanoid race, was already ruled by its women when a rogue comet knocked it out of its orbit of Proxima Centauri. Drifting through space, the orphan planet's surface became uninhabitable, and the inhabitants survived by building underground cities. The series begins with Medusa's entry into Earth's solar system. At first heartened to discover Earth, the Medusans are disappointed to learn that the human men are dominant there. Two Medusan men escape by stealing a ship and flying to Earth. Despite a successful escape, the two are pursued by the Medusan security forces. When the Medusans fail to re-capture the two men, they bring two human hostages—a man and a woman—back with them to their home planet. The series' 13 episodes concern the two groups' attempts to adapt to life on the different planets while brokering an exchange for the hostages. In the series finale, the Medusans' ship is pursued by another spacecraft, this one belonging to an alien race that has hunted Medusans in the past. Despite their technology and the antagonism they displayed throughout the series, the Medusans prove incapable of actually fighting an enemy, and only the intervention of a Medusan ship flown by an Earth man defeats the enemy. The saved Medusans return home, likely with an altered opinion of men.

Regarded as something of a camp novelty, it featured some female dominance elements. The series has some similarities with the British science-fiction series Space: 1999, whose second season was in pre production at Pinewood around the same time. Although Star Maidens was shot at Bray Studios by a different production company and did not benefit from as large a budget, both series featured the work of production designer Keith Wilson, whose props and set designs from Space: 1999 were adapted for Star Maidens, leading to a very similar look and feel. Even many of the sound effects from Space: 1999 were used. Lead actresses Judy Geeson and Lisa Harrow appeared in guest roles in the first season of Space: 1999, Geeson in the episode "Another Time, Another Place" and Harrow in "The Testament of Arkadia".

For the series' German dub, German natives Christiane Krüger and Christian Quadflieg provided their own voices, while the voices of the British cast were dubbed by other German actors.

Cast

 * Judy Geeson as Supreme Councillor Fulvia
 * Lisa Harrow as Dr. Liz Becker
 * Pierre Brice as Adam
 * Gareth Thomas as Shem
 * Christian Quadflieg as Dr. Rudi Schmidt
 * Christiane Krüger as Supreme Councillor Octavia
 * Derek Farr as Professor Evans
 * Dawn Addams as Clara

Episodes

 * 1) Escape to Paradise
 * 2) Nemesis
 * 3) The Nightmare Cannon
 * 4) The Proton Storm
 * 5) Kidnap
 * 6) The Trial
 * 7) Test for Love
 * 8) The Perfect Couple
 * 9) What Have They Done to the Rain?
 * 10) The End of Time
 * 11) Hideout
 * 12) Creatures of the Mind
 * 13) The Enemy

DVD release
The complete series of Star Maidens was released on Region 2 DVD from Delta Entertainment in 2005. The two-disc set includes an interview with actor Gareth Thomas as a special feature. In 2017, the series was re-released on DVD by Simply Media with new cover artwork.

Novelisation
A novelisation of the series, written by Ian Evans (a pseudonym of the sci-fi author Angus Wells), was published in the United Kingdom by Corgi Books in 1977.

A Large format tie-in hardback album with photos, stories, and comic strips was published by Stafford Pemberton in 1978. ISBN 978-0860300571

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User:Lexi Marie/Refrigerants

These are refrigerants. Partially to help me remember the names, partially to note ones that need work. Feel free to edit the list, but please bold anything you add that does not need help.

This one's not a refrigerant, but....
 * Chemical name (Short redirect name that "normal"s can understand)
 * 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (R-134a)
 * 1) Ammonia (R-717)
 * 2) Carbon tetrafluoride (R-14)
 * 3) Chlorodifluoromethane (R-22)
 * 4) Dichlorodifluoromethane (R-12)
 * 5) Methyl chloride (R-40)
 * 6) Trichlorofluoromethane (R-11)
 * 7) Trifluoromethane (R-23)
 * 8) Carbon dioxide (R-744/CO2) (Isn't the chemical name easier to remember then the abbreviations?)
 * 9) Sulfur dioxide (R-764)
 * 10) Monochlorotetrafluoroethane (R-124)
 * 11) Dichlorotetrafluoroethane (R-114)
 * 12) Fluorotrichloromethane (R-13)
 * 13) Pentafluoroethane (R-125)
 * 14) Isobutane (R-600a)
 * 15) Monochlorodifluoromethane (R-22) <-- wtf? R-22 is Chlorodifluoromethane. Must have been some sorta mistake. --Phroziac . o ºO (mmmmm chocolate!) 18:51, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Propane (R-290)
 * Refrigerant

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Category:Water Margin

Articles about the Chinese classic novel Water Margin.

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Talk:David Clark

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This is a unified dab page because at least one of these people, David D. Clark, is known very widely as both "Dave Clark" and "David Clark". Noel (talk) 17:48, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Owler

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Conrad Herwig

Lee Conrad Herwig III (born 1959) is an American jazz trombonist from New York City.

Biography
Herwig began his career in Clark Terry's band in the early 1980s and has been a featured member in the Joe Henderson Sextet, Tom Harrell's Septet and Big Band, and the Joe Lovano Nonet (featured as a soloist on Lovano's 52nd Street Themes). He also performs and records with Eddie Palmieri's La Perfecta II and Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet, Michel Camilo's 3+3, the Mingus Big Band (often serving as musical director, and was an arranger on the 2007 Grammy nominated Live at the Tokyo Blue Note), the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra, and Jeff "Tain" Watts Family Reunion Band, among many others.

A Voice Through the Door on Criss Cross Jazz and the Tip of the Sword on RadJazz Music featured Richie Beirach and Jack DeJohnette. He has recorded several highly acclaimed projects in the Afro-Caribbean jazz genre, including the Grammy nominated the Latin Side of Joe Henderson featuring Joe Lovano for Half Note label. This is the follow-up project to the Latin Side of Wayne Shorter, Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis, and, the Latin Side of John Coltrane. All three were nominated for Grammy Awards (in 2009, 2005, and 1998 respectively) and recorded live at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. Featured musicians included Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Valentin, Eddie Palmieri, and Randy Brecker. Herwig's other solo recordings on Criss Cross are A Jones for Bones Tones, Obligation, Land of Shadow, Hieroglyphica, Unseen Universe, Osteology, and Heart of Darkness, which received 4 and 1/2 stars in Down Beat. He has been voted No. 1 Jazz Trombonist in the 1998, 1999, and 2002 Downbeat Jazz Critics' Poll and ranked highly on several occasions in the past decade. Herwig has been nominated for Trombonist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association on multiple occasions, including in 2015.

Herwig has conducted master classes, seminars and workshops at hundreds of universities and conservatories around the world including the Sibelius Academy, Finland; the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin; the University of Cologne, Germany; Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York; and the University of Southern California.

The recipient of performance and teaching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Herwig is a professor of jazz trombone, jazz improvisation, and jazz composition and arrangement at Rutgers University. He was elected to the board of directors of the International Trombone Association. His personal instrument is a brass/nickel silver Rath R10.

Herwig is an alumnus of North Texas State University in Denton, Texas, where he performed in the One O'Clock Lab Band. He attended Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, and Queens College, CUNY.

As leader

 * With Every Breath (Sea Breeze, 1987)
 * New York Hardball (Ken Music, 1990)
 * Intimate Conversation (Ken Music, 1991)
 * The Amulet (Ken Music, 1991)
 * Ao Vivo No Festival de Jazz de Guimaraes (Groove 1994)
 * The Latin Side of John Coltrane (Astor Place, 1996)
 * New York Breed (Double-Time, 1996)
 * A Pesar Del Diablo (Uanchu, 1997)
 * Heart of Darkness (Criss Cross, 1998)
 * Osteology (Criss Cross, 1998)
 * Unseen Universe (Criss Cross, 2000)
 * Hieroglyphica (Criss Cross, 2001)
 * Shades of Light (SteepleChase, 2002)
 * Land of Shadow (Criss Cross, 2002)
 * Que Viva Coltrane (Criss Cross, 2004)
 * Another Kind of Blue (Half Note, 2004)
 * Obligation (Criss Cross, 2005)
 * Sketches of Spain y Mas (Half Note, 2006)
 * A Jones for Bones Tones (Criss Cross, 2007)
 * The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter (Half Note, 2008)
 * The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock (Half Note, 2010)
 * A Voice Through the Door (Criss Cross, 2012)
 * The Latin Side of Joe Henderson (Half Note, 2014)
 * Reflections (Criss Cross, 2016)
 * “The Latin Side of Horace Silver” (Savant, 2020)
 * “The Latin Side of Mingus” (Savant, 2022)

As sideman
With Toshiko Akiyoshi
 * Ten Gallon Shuffle (Baystate, 1984)
 * Wishing Peace (Ken Music, 1986)
 * Wishing Peace from Liberty Suite (Ascent, 1986)
 * Carnegie Hall Concert (Columbia, 1992)
 * Desert Lady/Fantasy (Columbia, 1994)

With Michael Davis
 * Absolute Trombone (Hip-Bone Music, 1997)
 * Absolute Trombone II (Hip-Bone Music, 2007)
 * Hip-Bone Big Band (Hip-Bone Music, 2016)

With Bill Evans
 * Push (Lipstick, 1994)
 * Touch (ESC, 1999)
 * Big Fun (ESC, 2002)

With Bill O'Connell
 * Rhapsody in Blue (Challenge, 2010)
 * Zocalo (Savant, 2013)
 * Imagine (Savant, 2014)
 * Heart Beat (Savant, 2016)
 * Jazz Latin (Savant, 2018)

With Mingus Big Band
 * Live in Time (Dreyfus, 1996)
 * Blues & Politics (Dreyfus, 1999)
 * Tonight at Noon... Three or Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, 2002)
 * I Am Three (Sunnyside/Sue Mingus, 2005)
 * Live in Tokyo (Sunnyside/Sue Mingus, 2006)
 * Live at Jazz Standard (Sue Mingus, 2010)

With Eddie Palmieri
 * Palmas (Electra Nonesuch, 1994)
 * Arete (TropiJazz, 1995)
 * Vortex (TropiJazz, 1996)
 * El Rumbero del Piano (RMM, 1998)
 * La Perfecta II (Concord Picante, 2002)
 * Ritmo Caliente (Concord Picante, 2003)
 * Listen Here! (Concord Picante, 2005)
 * Full Circle (Ropeadope, 2018)
 * Mi Luz Mayor (Ropeadope, 2018)

With Walt Weiskopf
 * Simplicity (Criss Cross, 1993)
 * Song for My Mother (Criss Cross, 1996)
 * Sleepless Nights (Criss Cross, 1998)
 * Siren (Criss Cross, 1999)

With others
 * Robby Ameen, Days in the Life (Two and Four, 2009)
 * Robby Ameen, Diluvio (Origin, 2020)
 * Anthony Branker, The Forward Suite (Origin, 2014)
 * Dave Bass, NYC Sessions (Whaling City Sound, 2015)
 * Mario Bauza, Afro-Cuban Jazz (Caiman, 1986)
 * Mario Bauza, Tanga (Messidor, 1992)
 * Bob Belden, Black Dahlia (Blue Note, 2001)
 * Don Braden, The New Hang (HighNote, 2004)
 * Michel Camilo, One More Once (Columbia, 1994)
 * Caribbean Jazz Project, Paraiso (Concord 2001)
 * Elvis Costello, North (Deutsche Grammophon, 2003)
 * Miles Davis & Quincy Jones, Live at Montreux (Warner Bros. 1993)
 * Raul de Souza, Rio Mix (House 1999)
 * Al Di Meola, Orange and Blue (Bluemoon, 1994)
 * Pierre Dorge, Soundscapes (SteepleChase, 2018)
 * Paquito D'Rivera, A Night in Englewood (Messidor, 1994)
 * Paquito D'Rivera, Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG, 1997)
 * Orrin Evans, Mother's Touch (Posi-Tone, 2014)
 * Marianne Faithfull, Strange Weather (Island, 1987)
 * Greg Gisbert, The Court Jester (Criss Cross, 1996)
 * Tom Harrell, Time's Mirror (RCA Victor, 1999)
 * Joe Henderson, Big Band (Verve, 1996)
 * Joe Henderson, Porgy & Bess (Verve, 1997)
 * Rickie Lee Jones, It's Like This (Artemis 2000)
 * Eero Koivistoinen, Altered Things (Timeless, 1992)
 * Frank Lacy & Mingus Big Band, Mingus Sings (Sunnyside, 2015)
 * La India, Llego La India... Via Eddie Palmieri (Acid Jazz, 1992)
 * Eric Leeds, Things Left Unsaid (Paisley Park/Warner Bros., 1993)
 * Dave Liebman, Time Line (Owl, 1990)
 * Joe Lovano, 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note, 2000)
 * Brian Lynch, Spheres of Influence (Sharp Nine, 1997)
 * Brian Lynch & Eddie Palmieri, Simpatico (ArtistShare, 2006)
 * The Manhattan Transfer, The Chick Corea Songbook (4Q 2009)
 * David Matthews, Watermelon Man (Sweet Basil, 1997)
 * Ron McClure, Sunburst (SteepleChase, 1992)
 * Ron McClure, Double Triangle (Naxos, 1999)
 * Susannah McCorkle, Let's Face the Music (Concord Jazz, 1997)
 * Susannah McCorkle, Someone to Watch Over Me
 * Metropole Orkest, Better Get Hit in Your Soul (BHM, 2011)
 * Monday Michiru, Optimista (Polydor, 1999)
 * Grover Mitchell, Hip Shakin (Ken Music, 1990)
 * Lisa Ono, Pretty World Suite! (Supuesto! 2000)
 * Orishas, El Kilo (Capitol, 2004)
 * Tito Puente, The Mambo King (RMM, 1991)
 * Tito Puente, Masterpiece/Obra Maestra (Universal 2000)
 * Tim Ries, Stones World (Sunnyside, 2008)
 * Joe Roccisano, Nonet (Double-Time, 1998)
 * Renee Rosnes, Life On Earth (Blue Note 2001)
 * Jim Snidero, The Music of Joe Henderson (Double-Time, 1999)
 * Dave Stryker, Blue to the Bone (SteepleChase, 1996)
 * Clark Terry, Live at Marihans (Chiaroscuro, 2005)

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John Lowther du Plat Taylor

Colonel John Lowther du Plat Taylor CB VD (1829 – 5 March 1904) was the founder of the Army Post Office Corps and the Post Office Rifles.

Du Plat Taylor trained at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, but left in 1844 before he was commissioned. He then joined the Consular Service and was posted to China but was invalided back home after just two years. He joined the General Post Office in 1852 and worked as a Private Secretary to the Secretary of the Post Office, Sir Rowland Hill and then to Postmaster General.

Volunteer Movement and Formation of the Post Office Rifles and Army Post Office Corps
His lifelong association with the Volunteer Movement began in 1860 when he joined the Civil Service Rifle Volunteers as an ensign. He was promoted to captain and by 1865 he held the rank of major.

He formed the 49th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers in 1868 and was its commanding officer until 1896. In 1880 the regiment was renumbered 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers and he was appointed its honorary Colonel on 27 February 1901.

He proposed at his regiment's 1872 annual prize giving the formation of a reservist Telegraph and Postal Corps and in 1877 the War Office established a committee "to consider the formation of a Corps for the performance of Postal Duties in the Field". The War Office rejected the committee's recommendation that such an organisation should be formed, reasoning that it would be too expensive. However, in mid July 1882 du Plat Taylor was authorised by the Postmaster General, Henry Fawcett and the Secretary of State for War, Hugh Childers to organise an Army Post Office Corps (APOC), and on Saturday 22 July 1882 Queen Victoria issued a Royal Warrant to that effect.

The Army Post Office Corps was formed from 'M' Company 24th Middlesex Rifles Volunteers and deployed on active service during the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War. Their service resulted in them becoming the first Volunteer unit to earn a Battle Honour (Egypt 1882). The APOC also saw active service during the Suakin Expedition (1884–85) and the Second Boer War (1899–1902).

In 1913 the APOC was reformed as the Royal Engineers (Postal Section) Special Reserve.

Career after 1870
He resigned his position with the General Post Office in 1870 to take up a new appointment as the Secretary and General Manager of the East and West India Docks Company (E&WIDC), at the time the largest docking operation in the world. Between 1882 and 1886, under his stewardship, the company purchased the marsh land upon which was built Tilbury Docks. The Tilbury Docks were officially opened on 17 April 1886. He was at the helm of the company when the London Dock Strike (1889) began at the West India Docks.

He was awarded a CB in June 1887 for services to the Volunteer Movement.

Du Plat Taylor died on 5 March 1904 and was buried with full military honours at Brookwood Cemetery near Woking, Surrey.

Family
He was born in 1829, the son of Captain John Taylor, Paymaster of Pensioners of the King's German Legion.

He married Emily Emma Charlotte (b. 1841), the only daughter of the late William Corbet, High Sheriff of Leicestershire and the Honourable Mrs Emily Arabella Jane St. John Smith daughter of Henry St John, 4th Viscount Bolingbroke, 5th Viscount St John, of Bitteswell Hall, near Lutterworth, Leicestershire at the parish church of St Leonard's-on-Sea, East Sussex on 2 February 1863.

They had four sons: John Corbert Guthrie (b 22 Nov 1863), St.John Louis Hyde (b. 22 Jan 1865), George Philip (b. 22 Nov 1867) and Francis Maurice Gustavus (1878–1954),

The maritime archaeologist, Joan du Plat Taylor (1906–1983), is his granddaughter although he died two years before she was born.

Sons
Lieutenant Colonel St. John Louis Hyde du Plat Taylor, DSO, Royal Artillery - Born on 22 January 1865 educated at Haileybury School (1878–1883) and the Royal Military Academy. Woolwich He was commissioned in the Royal Artillery 9 December 1884; was promoted Captain 22 March 1894, and Major 18 April 1900. Major du Plat-Taylor served in the South African War, 1899–1900, taking part in operations in the Orange Free State in April 1900. He was present at the Relief of Mafeking. Operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, in July 1900; operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, including action at Zilikat's Nek. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 16 April. 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with three clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "St John Louis Hyde du Plat-Taylor, Major, Royal Artillery. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa" which was presented to him by the King 28 October 1901. Major Taylor retired 16 May 1906. He served in the European War, 1914–18, and was mentioned in Despatches. He married Alice, sister of Sir John Purves-Hume Campbell, 8th Baronet, in 1904. They had one daughter, Joan du Plat Taylor (1906–1983). He died in Purves Greenlaw Berwickshire, United Kingdom on 2 March 1936.

Major George Philip Du Plat Taylor, OBE, Grenadier Guards,  - Died 16 July 1926 married Miss Sydney Hilda Hutton Croft (c. 1872–1930) on 23 January 1896.

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Ethan James (producer)

Ralph Burns Kellogg (August 2, 1946 – June 19, 2003), also known as Ethan James, was an American musician, record producer, and recording engineer best known for his work on Minutemen's seminal album Double Nickels on the Dime. He also produced and engineered albums for Black Flag, The Bangles, Rain Parade, Dos, and many others. Many of these recordings were undertaken at Radio Tokyo Studio, the recording facility he founded in the early 1980s.

Under his real name, he was a member of the heavy metal band Blue Cheer from 1969 to 1972. He was considered a master of the hurdy-gurdy, a medieval instrument, and was also noted for playing the symphonium. James returned to performing in 1989 and performed with the San Francisco Mozart Festival Orchestra, among others.

James died of complications from liver cancer in San Francisco at the age of 56.

Selected discography

 * Shaking Hands With Kafka (Moll Tonträger, 1993)
 * What Rough Beast (Moll Tonträger, 1995)
 * The Ancient Music Of Christmas (Hannibal Records, 1996)
 * A Garden Of Hurdy-Gurdy Delights (Taqsim Records, 1997)
 * Learning Chinese The Hard Way (Stonegarden Records, 2002)

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Talk:1985–86 NHL season

Gretzky: NPOV?
"Had the Oilers won five in a row, it is highly unlikely that Wayne Gretzky would have been traded when he was as Edmonton would have had a chance to beat the Canadiens record of five in a row. As it was, the Oilers won five Cups in seven years -- the last Cup sans Gretzky."

I am curious if there is a source for this, or if this is just the authors opinion. I have never heard this theory before, and I would like to know where it came from. It strikes me as nothing more than speculation by the author at this point. Resolute 16:17, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree -- this text seems awfully speculative. From memory, Peter Pocklington's motivation for trading/selling Gretzky had very little to do with cup victories, and much more to do with his financial situation.  Andrwsc 20:18, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

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Herbert Murerwa

Herbert Muchemwa Murerwa (born 31 July 1941) is a Zimbabwean politician. He served as the Finance Minister of Zimbabwe from April 1996 to July 2000, from August 2002 to February 2004, and again from 26 April 2004 to 6 February 2007. He has been Minister of Lands and Land Resettlement since February 2009.

Political career
In a cabinet reshuffle on 9 February 2004, Murerwa was replaced as Finance Minister by his deputy, Christopher Kureneri, and was instead appointed as Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education. Following the arrest of Kureneri, Murerwa was additionally appointed as acting Finance Minister later in 2004. On 16 April 2005, he was formally appointed as Finance Minister again, leaving the post of Higher Education Minister; this followed the March 2005 parliamentary election, in which Murerwa was elected to the House of Assembly from Goromonzi constituency.

Murerwa engineered the historic repayment of US$120 million (out of $300 million) in debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), prior to their enforcement of a threat to expel Zimbabwe from the IMF for nonpayment of arrears (31 August 2005). Commenting on his country's accomplishment, he stated that it proved "that no one can write off Zimbabwe as yet" and that we "can still do things on our own." This repayment has put Zimbabwe in an excellent position to move forward on loan talks with neighbour South Africa for a loan of between US$200 and US$500 million.

During his tenure Zimbabwe's economy shrunk by 30% between 2000 and 2004 following the seizure of about 4,500 white-owned commercial farms which sent agricultural production plummeting.

Inflation, at 164.3% in June 2005, increased to 254.8% in July 2005, creating a speed-bump on the road to the government's goal of bringing inflation down to 80% by year end. Murerwa recently presented a supplementary budget to pay wages, import food and build new housing, after admitting that targets for economic growth and inflation would be missed. Inflation was at 1193% in July 2006 making it the highest inflation rate in the world outside the war zones. Many people viewed Murerwa as the reason why the Zimbabwean economy was struggling due to his 'yes my lord' approach towards President Robert Mugabe. This was aggravated by the fact that he opposed the currency reforms initiated by Gideon Gono, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe director, in August 2006. Before that Murerwa wanted to introduce $250,000 bearer cheque during the absence of Gono which would have fuelled the inflation rate further only to be stopped by Mugabe.

During his Fiscal Policy Review on 16 August 2005 Murerwa said, "Bringing down inflation, initially to double digit, and ultimately to single digit levels remains our objective. The disinflation process will, however, not be smooth sailing. Addressing the prevailing high inflation challenges facing us demands that we all make sacrifices, with Ministries living within our economy's means. There will simply be no magic solutions to our challenges."

He also commented on corruption, saying it "negatively affects the social and moral fabric of the nation, encouraging indiscipline and rent seeking behaviour – with the resultant hardships largely falling on the poor. It causes major costs to business activities and, hence, the introduction of various measures and institutions to decisively deal with this problem. In this regard, Government, in consultation with stakeholders, has announced the appointment of members of the Anti-Corruption Commission. Prohibitive penalties for corrupt practices are being considered, including the intensification of awareness campaigns of all existing Whistle Blower Funds. In the case of upholding the integrity of officers at the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, Government has initiated ongoing measures to nip all corrupt tendencies at border posts. Already, a number of criminal activities have been unearthed with several officers under investigation and prosecution. Similar exercises are being extended to other Government departments, including Immigration, VID, CMED, the Registrar General's Office."

As part of a much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle by President Robert Mugabe, Murerwa lost his cabinet post on 6 February 2007.

This followed a public spat with Reserve bank Governor Gideon Gono over fiscal policies. According to the Zimbabwe Times the Reserve Bank governor took the unprecedented step of attacking Murerwa in lengthy statements published in the government-owned press as advertisements. Mugabe appeared to side with Gono, leaving the minister exposed. Murerwa and Gono had apparently taken opposing views on the issue of payments made by the Reserve Bank for various services offered to the Government of Zimbabwe.

In a brief telephone conversation with The Times, Murerwa said that he did not want to make any comments over the issue of his departure from cabinet. "I do not want to comment. Why should I?" he asked before ending the conversation. It was thought that Murerwa might be keeping silent on the issue in the expectation that he could be tapped to replace the ailing Stan Mudenge as Minister of Tertiary Education.

Murerwa was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the Senate seat from Goromonzi, in Mashonaland East, in the March 2008 parliamentary election. He narrowly won the seat according to official results, receiving 16,156 votes against 15,287 for Vincent Gwarazimba of the Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai faction and 4,560 for Marimo Cloudios of the MDC-Mutambara faction.

When the ZANU-PF–MDC national unity government was sworn in on 13 February 2009, Murerwa became Minister of Lands and Land Resettlement.

On 27 November 2017, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who succeeded ousted President Robert Mugabe following the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état, announced the dissolution of the Zimbabwe Cabinet, leaving only Patrick Chinamasa and Simbarashe Mumbengegwi as acting ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively.

Murerwa was put on the United States sanctions list in 2003.

Occupations

 * Minister of Finance– Government of Zimbabwe (2002–2004)
 * Minister of International Trade and Technology– Government of Zimbabwe (2001–2002)
 * Minister of Higher Education and Technology– Government of Zimbabwe (2000–2001)
 * Minister of Finance– Government of Zimbabwe (1996–2000)
 * Minister of Industry and Commerce– Government of Zimbabwe (1995–1996)
 * Minister of Environment and Tourism– Government of Zimbabwe (1990–1995)
 * High Commissioner to the UK– Government of Zimbabwe (1984–1990)

Education

 * 1970, BA in sociology, George Williams College, USA;
 * 1972, Master's in education, Harvard University, USA;
 * 1978, Doctor of education, Harvard University, USA.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pigger

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

The result of the debate was delete. Nufy8 18:16, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Pigger
Not total nonsense, so not CFD. Slang or something. Delete. feydey 17:53, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete with extreme prejudice. Al 17:55, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete slang DV8 2XL 18:17, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * "Pakastanian"? Speedy illiterate insult page. Bishonen | talk 19:04, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above arguments. Punkmorten 19:53, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete. Attack page. -- BD2412 talk 21:49, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as neologism (per my comment on Articles_for_deletion/Pegro). Tonywalton | Talk 21:58, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete the related pair of neologisms. -Splash 01:14, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.

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Noriyuki Haga

Noriyuki Haga (芳賀 紀行) is a Japanese former professional motorcycle racer. He won 43 world championship superbike races during a 25-year racing career, making him one of the most accomplished competitors never to have won a Superbike World Championship. Haga was the runner-up in the championship three times and, four times finished in third place. His 43 victories ranks fifth all time in the history of the Superbike World Championship behind Jonathan Rea, Carl Fogarty, Alvaro Bautista and Troy Bayliss. Haga ranks fourth behind Troy Corser, Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea in career World Superbike race starts with 313. He last competed in the 2018 CIV Supersport 600 Championship, aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6.

Early career
Haga started his racing career by competing in the Japanese Superbike Championship in 1993, riding a Ducati bike. He then moved to Yamaha in 1995, and won the championship with Yamaha in 1997. During his stint with Yamaha in Japanese Superbike, Haga was chosen to represent Yamaha in the 1996 Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race. He teamed up with Yamaha's World Superbike rider Colin Edwards and won the race.

Superbike World Championship
Before Haga began racing full-time in the World Superbike Championship in 1998, he had already been racing occasionally in WSBK since 1994. In, Haga received a wild card entry to race in the Japanese round of WSBK at Sugo. He surprisingly finished second in Race 1, collecting his first podium in WSBK at his first attempt. However, he failed to finish in Race 2. In, while still racing in his home championship, he was given another chance to race in WSBK. He was chosen to replace the injured Colin Edwards for the last two races of the season in Sugo, Japan, and Sentul, Indonesia. He performed well in both rounds, collecting his first win in WSBK along with 2 more podiums.

In, Haga began racing WSBK full-time. He also adopted the number 41 that he has used ever since. Haga joined Yamaha's Superbike team, replacing Colin Edwards who moved to Honda. He started the season brilliantly by winning 3 of the first 4 races. Unfortunately, his performance declined and he dropped out of championship contention. He won another two races in the season and finished 6th in the championship standing. During the year, Haga also received a wild-card entry to the 1998 500cc Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. Haga scored an unexpected third place podium in his 500cc debut. This was his only podium in his brief 500cc/MotoGP career.

The following season, Haga finished 7th in the championship. He only managed 1 race win and 1 third-place finish on the new Yamaha YZF-R7. As a result, another Japanese rider, Akira Yanagawa finished 5th, above Haga. This marks the only time Haga was not the highest placed Japanese Rider in every season in which he competed in WSBK.

Haga improved his performance to challenge for the title in. However, his season was disrupted when he was tested positive for a banned substance. Haga was tested positive for the substance Ephedrine after the race in South Africa, though it was later learned that Ephedrine occurs naturally in the herbs used in the Ephedra supplement that he'd taken during the off-season. He initially received a one-month ban beginning on June 5 and had his points from both South African races deducted. However, after a series of appeals the points from Race 1 in South Africa were reinstated and the ban was delayed and reduced to a 2-week ban, resulting in Haga missing the final round at Brands Hatch, Great Britain. With Haga losing 25 points and sitting out a 2-race weekend, Colin Edwards comfortably won the 2000 championship.

500cc/MotoGP World Championship
After an eventful year, Haga left WSBK and joined the 500cc World Championship for the 2001 season. Haga initially did not want to join the 500cc Championship as he wanted another chance to challenge for the WSBK crown. However, Yamaha had already announced that they were withdrawing from WSBK and focusing on the challenge to win the 500cc Championship. Haga joined the factory-backed Red Bull Yamaha WCM team, riding the Yamaha YZR500. Haga failed to adapt to the new bike and had a disappointing season, without a single podium. He finished fourteenth in the championship.

He returned to WSBK in  in a one-bike Aprilia team, on an Aprilia RSV 1000. He had several podium finishes but no wins. He finished 4th in the overall standing, before moving back to MotoGP in the following season. He was joined by his former teammate Colin Edwards to spearhead Aprilia's MotoGP campaign, riding the newly developed Aprilia RS Cube. Both Haga and Edwards endured another disappointing season with the RS Cube performing poorly. Haga once again finished fourteenth in the championship without a podium.

Return to Superbike
After another failed attempt in MotoGP, Haga returned to WSBK in. He joined the Renegade Ducati Koji team and was in contention for the championship until the final round, despite several mechanical failures.

For Haga joined Yamaha Motor Italia, Yamaha's factory supported team. He finished third in the championship and became the first rider to win a dry weather race having failed to lap fast enough to qualify for 'Superpole'.

In, he was again Yamaha's leading man. After 7 rounds he was 2nd in the championship to Troy Bayliss, without having won a race. At round 7 in Brno he took pole, but finished third and fourth in the two races, having been passed by Michel Fabrizio on the last lap of both. At round 8 in the UK, he took his first win of the year. At Round 9 at Lausitzring in Germany Nori picked up two second places after battling for the win in both races. The first race was won by his good friend Yukio Kagayama of Alstare Corona Suzuki and the second by Britain's James Toseland of Winston Ten Kate Honda, who had been his main rival for 2nd place in the championship. For the third season in a row, Haga came third.

Troy Corser joined the Yamaha team for, and together they brought Yamaha the manufacturer's championship. Haga finished 2nd in the riders championship, 2 points behind Toseland - a double win in the final round at Magny-Cours being just not enough.

He continued to ride for Yamaha in. Haga won seven races during the season, with wins at Valencia, Monza, and Magny-Cours, as well as doubles at the Nurburgring and Vallelunga. However, this was only good enough for 3rd in the final standings behind (the winless) Corser and Xerox Ducati's title winner, Troy Bayliss.

In, he joined the factory-backed Ducati Xerox Team to replace the retiring Bayliss, winning his first race at Phillip Island, and taking an early championship lead. However, a severe high-side crash during Race 2 in Round 9 at Donington Park put his pursuit of the 2009 championship in doubt. With Haga out of race 2, Ben Spies took victory and reduced Haga's points lead to 14. In the Superbike World Championship Noriyuki Haga joined the PATA RACING TEAM APRILIA (Satellite Team) as a solo rider on the Aprillia RSV4 Factory bike.

British Superbike Championship
Haga signed with the Swan Yamaha British Superbike Team for the 2012 season alongside reigning 2011 BSB champion Tommy Hill. Haga marked his BSB debut at the first race of Round 1 at Brands Hatch with a 13th-place finish (Race 2 was cancelled due to extreme track conditions caused by pouring rain). In Round 8 at Cadwell Park, Haga broke his collarbone in a big high-side during free practice and was ruled out for the weekend. After suffering with nagging injuries for most of the season, Haga eventually finished 8th overall. On 16 September 2013, it was announced that Haga would be returning to BSB with Paul Bird Motorsport riding a Kawasaki ZX-10R for the final 3 rounds of the season.

Career summary

 * World Superbike career
 * 1996: 22nd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha (2 race as wild-card, 1 podium)
 * 1997: 13th in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha (4 race as replacement rider, 1 win, 3 podiums, 72 points)
 * 1998: 6th in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha WSBK Team (5 wins, 7 podiums, 258 points)
 * 1999: 7th in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha WSBK Team (1 win, 2 podiums, 196 points)
 * 2000: 2nd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha WSBK Team (4 wins, 11 podiums, 334 points)
 * 2002: 4th in World Superbike Championship with PlayStation 2-FGF Aprilia (7 podiums, 278 points)
 * 2004: 3rd in World Superbike Championship with Renegade Ducati Koji (6 wins, 9 podiums, 299 points)
 * 2005: 3rd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha Motor Italia WSB (2 wins, 10 podiums, 271 points)
 * 2006: 3rd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha Motor Italia WSB (1 win, 11 podiums, 326 points)
 * 2007: 2nd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha Motor Italia WSB (6 wins, 15 podiums, 413 points)
 * 2008: 3rd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha Motor Italia WSB (7 wins, 11 podiums, 327 points)
 * 2009: 2nd in World Superbike Championship with Ducati Xerox Team (8 wins, 19 podiums, 456 points)
 * 2010: 6th in World Superbike Championship with Ducati Xerox Team (2 wins, 6 podiums, 258 points)
 * 2011: 8th in World Superbike Championship with Pata Aprilia Team (0 wins, 4 podiums, 176 points)
 * 500cc/MotoGP career
 * 1998: 20th in 500cc World Championship with Yamaha Racing Team (1 race as wild-card, 1 podium, 16 points)
 * 2001: 14th in 500cc World Championship with Red Bull Yamaha WCM (15 race, 59 points)
 * 2003: 14th in MotoGP World Championship with Alice Aprilia Racing (16 race, 47 points)
 * Others
 * 1996: Won Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race with Yamaha (with Colin Edwards)
 * 1997: Won Japanese Superbike Championship with Yamaha
 * 2012: 8th in British Superbike Championship with Swan Yamaha (0 wins, 1 podium, 160 points)
 * 2015: 7th in Asia Road Race SS600 Championship with Team Kagayama Suzuki ASIA (Suzuki GSX-R600)

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