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No offense intended, but the wikipedia main namespace isn't the right location to work on getting people to help with diaster relief. 24.165.233.150 06:07, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Please do not remove speedy deletion tags from KatrinaHelp. It is considered vandalism, no matter what your reason is. If you disagree with its deletion, say why on the talk page or Speedy deletions. Thank you.   [  +t,  +c ,  +m  ] 06:08, August 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your new page KatrinaHelp is not an encyclopedia article. It's just a random collection of links to non-articles, none of which have anything to do with Hurricane Katrina.   [  +t,  +c ,  +m  ] 06:24, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * Rklinejr, if this is truly a work in progress, please use the sandbox, or edit it in a word processor or text editor before posting it to Wikipedia. It is considered very bad form to remove speedy tags from articles you've created, no matter how much you disagree with its speedy deletion. Thank you.   [  +t,  +c ,  +m  ] 06:35, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

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Russell Maryland

Russell James Maryland (born March 22, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for 10 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes. Maryland was selected by the Cowboys with the first overall pick in the 1991 NFL Draft.

Early life
Maryland was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, where he played high school football at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. He was not highly recruited, and the only major college program to offer him a scholarship was the University of Miami.

In 1989, he was named third team All-American. As a senior in 1990, he registered 96 tackles and $10 1/2$ quarterback sacks for the Miami Hurricanes. He was named a consensus All-American, College Football Lineman of the Year by the UPI and became the first Hurricane player ever to receive the Outland Trophy for the best lineman in college.

Maryland finished his college career with 279 tackles, 25 tackles for losses and 20.5 quarterback sacks, while helping his team win two national championships, four bowl games, a perfect home record and a 44-4 overall record.

Prior to his graduation from Miami, Russell was inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society, the highest honor bestowed by the university.

In 2001, he was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame. The same year, he was inducted into the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. In 2016, he received the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award.

Dallas Cowboys
Maryland was the first overall pick in the 1991 NFL Draft, by the Dallas Cowboys, after the initial No. 1 prospect Raghib Ismail decided to sign with the Toronto Argonauts. After the New England Patriots failed to sign Ismail, the Cowboys attempted to do so by trading for the first overall pick, sending the Patriots Eugene Lockhart, Ron Francis, David Howard, a 1991 first round pick (#11 Pat Harlow) and a 1991 second round pick (#41 Jerome Henderson).

Maryland started as a rookie defensive tackle and from the beginning showed the relentless motor and effort that he would be known for. He was especially stout against the run and helped the team win three Super Bowls. In 1993 he was named to his only Pro Bowl.

Oakland Raiders
On July 19, 1996, he signed as a free agent with the Oakland Raiders. On April 1, 2000, he was released in a salary cap move. He started 63 out of 64 games with the Raiders.

Green Bay Packers
On April 20, 2000, he was signed as a free agent by the Green Bay Packers, to replace Gilbert Brown as the team's starting nose tackle. He started all 16 games during the season. On September 2, 2001, he was released after refusing to take a pay cut.

During his 10-year career he started 140-of-154 games, had 371 tackles, 24.5 sacks and recovered six fumbles.

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Aasiaat

Aasiaat or Ausiait, formerly Egedesminde, is a town in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, located on its namesake island in the heart of Aasiaat Archipelago at the southern end of Disko Bay. With a population of 2,980 as of 2021, it is Greenland's fifth-largest town.

Etymology
In Greenlandic, Aasiaat means "Spiders" (Edderkopper). The exact explanation for this is yet to be determined because of the lack of historical facts of the origin of the name. The most common assumption is that when the town was founded as a settlement, spiders were abundant. Alternatively it might be a relic of Inuit mythology, wherein spiders bring good luck. Similar to the rest of Greenland, spiders are rarely seen in the town.

Aasiaat is sometimes referred to as the Town of the Whales, since marine mammals such as whales and seals are a common sight.

Native peoples
Archaeological projects in the region have suggested human habitation in the region that includes Aasiaat as far back as the 5th millennium BC. The earliest modern settlers dated to around 1200; these were probably subsistence hunters.

These inhabitants hunted harp seals and capelin (ammassaat) near Sydøst Bay in the spring. In the summer, they moved to Nassuttooq for reindeer and halibut. During autumn, the people of Disko Bay returned home to hunt small harp seals. In the winter, the bay froze over, and they hunted narwhals and Beluga whales.

These early people designed and built their own kayaks and umiaks when the water freed up; in the winter, they used qamutiiks.

Early history of Aasiaat
The settlement that would become Aasiaat was founded in 1759 by Niels Egede, son of Hans Egede, a Norwegian missionary. Named Egedesminde Colony after him, it was located north of Nordre Strømfjord, and was 125 km south of Aasiaat's current location.

The town was moved to its current site in 1763. Most villagers were whalers, and the smallpox germs they carried to the region ravaged the native population, especially during the 1770s.

Early 20th century
Aasiaat saw much growth in the first half of the 20th century. In 1932, the town opened the first school in the country which allowed women to obtain secondary education. One of its first graduates was the first woman novelist of Greenland, Mâliâraq Vebæk, who was valedictorian of her graduating class in 1934.

Aasiaat in World War II
On May 3, 1940, a treaty signed in Godhavn allowed American relief airplanes bound for the British Isles to use Greenlandic, Icelandic, and Scottish airspace. A result of World War II was the fact that Denmark, under the control of Nazi Germany, could not freely send supplies to Greenland; this task fell to the United States and Canada. Supplies were stored near Aasiaat, and were then transferred to other towns of the region, such as Uummannaq and Sisimiut.

Post-World War II
Aasiaat has grown much since the war. A weather station was constructed in 1942 by the Americans. Cod, an economically popular fish since the 1930s, were caught and sent to a new factory to be salted and packed. Other businesses sprang up, accommodating to the resources and climate of the region. This boom reached its peak in the 1950s, when a power plant and telecommunications station were installed.

In 1998, a new landing strip was opened to the public (previously a heliport was the only aerial facility); it is near a shrimp processing factory. Today, almost 4,800 people live in Aasiaat and its neighboring settlement, Kangaatsiaq.

Geography
The largest island of the Aasiaat Archipelago is Saqqarliup Nunaa, which is uninhabited, but has buildings to accommodate tourists. On the western tip of the island is the abandoned village of Manermiut. As of 2013 the total population of the archipelago is spread among three settlements:

 * The town of Aasiaat (3,142 inhabitants), is located on the namesake island just northwest of Saqqarliup Nunaa.
 * The settlement of Akunnaaq (98 inhabitants) is located on the namesake island just northeast of Saqqarliup Nunaa, 23 km east-north-east of Aasiaat.
 * The settlement of Kitsissuarsuit (87 inhabitants) is located on the small namesake island (Danish Hunde Ejland, for the village and the island), 21 km northwest of Aasiaat.

Another abandoned village is Vester Ejland on the namesake island, the westernmost of the archipelago, 29 km west-south-west of Aasiaat.

Climate
Aasiaat has a polar climate (Köppen ET) with a July mean of only 6.8 C.

Population
With 3,069 inhabitants as of 2020, Aasiaat is the largest town in the Qeqertalik municipality. The population has fluctuated considerably over the last two decades, decreasing 3% relative to the 2001 levels and increasing more than 10% relative to the 2008 levels.

Education
Aasiaat has four schools: a regular school (Gammeqarfik), a highschool (GU-Aasiaat), a vocational school (Piarersarfik), and a school for the mentally disabled (Ado Lyngep Atuarfia).

Economy
Fishing of shrimp and crabs, shipbuilding, and tourism are the primary economic activities of the region. The archipelago area offers many services for tourists, including kayaking, cross-country skiing, dogsledding, and whale-watching.

Tourist attractions

 * Aasiaat Museum

Transport
Aasiaat is a port of call for the Arctic Umiaq Line coastal ship and Diskoline.gl (domestic passenger ships for disko bay). Aasiaat harbour functions as well as a hub for regional shipping. The town is also served by Aasiaat Airport with direct connections to Ilulissat and other settlements in the country and Disko Bay region, as well as the Air Greenland hub in Kangerlussuaq. Air Iceland occasionally arrange charter flights for the travel industry.

Community events
Aasiaat has several recurrent events which engage most of the inhabitants and visitors. "Maaji-mi Peqqissuusa" (let's stay healthy in May) is an arrangement with focus on activities which will improve one's health and is based on volunteer organizers.

Aasiaat Midnightsun Marathon takes place in late June with different distances with start/finish in the town square with live music.

Nipiaa Rock Festival is usually a 3-day long concert with various musicians. It is known as the best musical event in Greenland. The Rock Festival takes place in the Sportshall at the end of August/beginning of September.

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Miracles
What miracles did he perform? The only mention of miracles is briefly glossed over here: He spent much time among the people, ministering to their spiritual needs, carrying out missionary journeys, preaching and performing miracles. Wouldn't the miracles be a major part of his notability? If so, they should probably be elaborated on. -kotra 07:26, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

You ask about Cuthberts Miracles. You may find comparison with St Francis a help, but Cuthbert was not as impressive as Francis. His miracles are largely based on telling widows that no one Else in their family would die of Plague etc. None did it seems. There are also the ch eerie stories involving Cuthbert talking to Birds (who it is claimed understood him). Cuthbert would 'tell off' the Crows for looting his vegetable patch and the Crows would act contrite and not do their 'Veg robbin' anymore etc. How seriously should we take these stories? well that is up to you. During WW2 there was said to be prayers offered to Cuthbert to protect the City from Air-raids, (no source for these stories).Johnwrd (talk) 02:57, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Dates
c. 634–20 March 687; the date seems to be part of hagiography (so is much of the rest, anyway) as it is the end of winter, which is followed by Easter and resurrection. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.82.177.147 (talk) 18:58, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

The Life of Cuthbert
Perhaps an section on Bedes Life of Cuthbert would have been of help. It is the only lengthy information we have about the Mystic. The story also has an uncanny ring of truth to the tale as it chronicles his slow progression into isolated (insanity?). Towards the end of Bedes mini Biography of Cuthbert you find yourself asking if Cuthbert really was tormented by Demons (like the blind Man who was tormented by Harpies in Jason and the Argonaughts, or was simply wrestling with chronic depression.Johnwrd (talk) 03:06, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Where is the evidence for Dunbar? He was born near Lauder. As for being from a noble family, as a child he played with other children and as a youth he acted as a shepherd - so clearly NOT noble. He was well-to-do enough to have a horse to take him to Old Melrose and perhaps a servant, but that is far from "noble". Some serious work needs doing here. https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/bede-cuthbert.asp Freuchie (talk) 17:59, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Etymology
What does "Cuthbert" mean? - Gilgamesh (talk) 09:56, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Cuthbert of Durham
In the introduction to "Two Lives of Cuthbert", the scholar and translator Bertram Colgrave, quoting Reginald of Durham, describes the three most popular Early Saints of that period as Cuthbert of Durham, Edmund of Bury and Aethilthryth of Ely. The Cult of Cuthbert was centred on Durham, even if he lived in Lindisfarne and some of the Farne Islands. Wikipedia should stick to what the experts on Cuthbert write, not unsourced local folklore. There are plenty of sources (cf for example St Cuthbert's Well, etc). Mathsci (talk) 14:17, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

 * Actually, consulting four sources - I show plain "Cuthbert" as the most often used description. That includes the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints and the Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Colgrave's work is still important, but there are newer works on Cuthbert. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:19, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

 * More sources - Stenton's Anglo-Saxon England (3rd edition) has plain "Cuthbert, St" in the index, but calls him "Cuthbert of Lindisfarne" in the text (example - p. 126 in my paperback edition). Henry Mayr-Hartig in The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England uses plain "Cuthbert" in the index but "Cuthbert of Lindisfarne" in the text (example p. 150). Peter Hunter Blair in The World of Bede uses plain "Cuthbert" in both index and text (example p. 101). Barbara Yorke in The Conversion of Britain uses "Cuthbert" in the index but "Cuthbert of Lindisfarne" in the text (example p. 242). Eric John in Reassessing Anglo-Saxon England uses "Cuthbert" in both index and text (example p. 36).Ealdgyth - Talk 14:30, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

 * I agree that just unadorned Cuthbert is fine. (That's how he is in this quite old primary source, an illuminated manuscript from Coldingham Priory.) Mathsci (talk) 14:35, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Me too - though there is Cuthbert of Canterbury - Archb. of Canterbury & minor saint. But we rightly regard the Northerner as primary. Both "of Lindisfarne" and "of Durham" can be amply referenced, largely depending on the period being talked about. Colgrave spent most of his career at Durham ....Johnbod (talk) 15:09, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Saxon?
Now where is the consensus on this talkpage that describes Cuthbert as a Saxon? Cuthbert was born and spent his life in Bernicia, an Anglian kingdom. Saxons colonised Sussex, Wessex, Essex; Jutes, Kent and the Isle of Wight. Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria (Bernicia, Deira, and at times Cumbria) were Anglian. Simple. "Anglo-Saxon" as a term is a Victorian coverall invention, partly due to Wessex's domination of the later Heptarchy, so therefore an anachronism in this case. Brendandh (talk) 10:43, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Screw consensus, where are your sources? You won't find scholarly sources describing Cuthbert as "Anglian". Bernicia ceased to exist (finally) in 634, either shortly before or after Cuthbert was born. A-S historians don't use "Anglian" for people from this time or place, nor "Saxon", though I'm aware some geneticists like to distinguish between the two as late as this. Johnbod (talk) 12:36, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * ODNB says "No reliable information is extant about Cuthbert's family, though information given in the accounts of his miracles suggests that he may have come from the area known as Lothian, between the Tweed and the Forth." and "Cuthbert's name suggests that he was of Anglo-Saxon rather than British origin, but it is less clear from what social class he derived." see here. The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England entry for Cuthbert doesn't give an ethnicity at all. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:10, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Indeed, I read a lot on Cuthbert for St Cuthbert Gospel & never once saw him described as "Anglian". It will take a lot of much firmer DNA evidence to make historians, or linguists, separate the terms at this period. Johnbod (talk) 15:53, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

 * Oh tedious, charmed I'm sure Johnbod at your opener! A couple:  that may explain the tribes that made up the proto-English. Circumstantially Cuthbert was either of native British or Anglian stock, with the latter more likely because of his Germanic name. Furthermore Bernicia did not cease to exist in 634, it continued in various guises usually under the title "Earldom of Northumbria" or "Earldom of Lothian" until William I of Scotland ceded to Henry II of England in 1157. Brendandh (talk) 16:15, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, ye olde evidence! Even reading those sources it will be clear that historians just do not divide up Anglo-Saxons of Cuthbert's time into their putative ethnic origins. Johnbod (talk) 16:24, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

 * Oh, yes, I'm going to rush to embrace a secondary history from 1882 over something from 2004? Or a book from 1948 published by "Book club associates"? I think I'll stick with more modern secondary sources. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:37, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Nothing wrong with Book Club Associates to be fair, they do or did mail order "club" reprints, normally identical to the original publishers' editions. "Sir Keith Grahame Feiling (1884–1977) was Chichele Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, 1946–1950.....". His last? new edition of this was Macmillan, 1950, heven knows when the text of a 1948 reprint was first published.   Johnbod (talk) 17:04, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

So you're for the newbies are you? Ohyes modern is always good and the best? IMO the chaps with the sideburns and collars were just as good if not better than than the tieless chaps with bumfluff. Anyhow, it does not get away from the fact that Cuthbert was no Saxon. Brendandh (talk) 22:34, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Just spotted this discussion. I agree with Ealdgyth and Johnbod that we would need a source for "Anglian", given what the ODNB says. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 19:38, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

 * Oh good God give me the pistol! Cuthbert was from Northumbria, an 'Anglian' kingdom, as was Mercia and East 'Anglia' (...see that?). He was not from Sussex, Wessex, Essex, Middlesex or Kent. He flourished prior to Alfred or Athelstan's consolidations of what would become England (using the Anglian name for the kingdom), so what's the beef with having to name him the Saxon? Brendandh (talk) 19:53, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * "Anglo-Saxon" is fine; I don't see anyone arguing for "Saxon". Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:58, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * What does the ultimate authority say on the topic? Drmies (talk) 14:09, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

OR by Brendandh
As discussed above, a large number of sources describe Cuthbert as an Anglo-Saxon saint. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (p 108), describes him as "Monk and bishop of Lindisfarne ... Northern England's most popular saint ... Born of a fairly well-to-do Anglo-Saxon family, he became a monk at Melrose in 651. With abbot Eata he moved to Ripon to start a monastery." So as before Anglo-Saxon seems to be common usage. I think using Northumbrian in the lede is misleading. But what exactly is the problem with "Anglo-Saxon" and why do we have to repeat this discussion every few weeks? Mathsci (talk) 08:00, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Original research? We are talking about Cuthbert's origins here! It's very simple, calling Cuthbert a Saxon is like referring to a Canadian or an Argentinian, as an American. While citizens of the two previous are inhabitants of the Americas, common usage of "American" is one who dwells in the USA. Similarly Cuthbert was a native inhabitant of Northumbria, an Anglian kingdom with distinct differences to the Saxon kingdoms of the south. England was only being formed at this point, but not counting Alfred's Wessex (which did not unite all-England), "Anglo-Saxon England" did not exist until Athelstan's reign in 927 some 300 years after Cuthbert's birth. Cuthbert's main centres of veneration are in Northumbria (much larger than present Northumberland), he was a Northumbrian Angle, no matter how much Alfred of Wessex tried to appropriate his cultus during the latter's project of the unification of the "English peoples" (note the "Saxon" was dropped there!) .Brendandh (talk) 08:43, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
 * You cannot include these changes without sources. Please read wp:OR. Home-spun theories have no place. This is not your blog. So to reiteratre: please produce reliable sources. So far what you claim does not match up with any of the sources previously discussed. The Oxford Dictionary above describes Cuthbert as coming from an Anglo-Saxon family. Other sources are listed above and support Anglo-Saxon. So sources please. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 09:55, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Got to love a bit of constructive anachronism! Angles, Saxons, Jutes all different peoples who united later in their history. We are talking about Cuthbert of Lindisfarne here, Lindisfarne being the cradle of Christianity in Northumbria, latterly the whole of England, but especially in the North, and in southern Scotland. Here's one from an Edwardian hagiography., another one from the 1820s. Do you deny he was a Northumbrian, a country that was essentially Anglian? (ie from Angeln, as opposed to Old Saxony, Jutland or Frisia) Brendandh (talk) 10:43, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Sigh. We've been through all this before. Find an academic specialist from the last 30 years who calls him an "Angle". Johnbod (talk) 10:59, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

30 years, is that a cut-off point? So, nothing of academic merit happened prior? Anyway here's a more recent doctoral thesis page 13 for starters. So ridiculous. You don't call a Schweizerdeutsch, German; or a Fleming, Dutch do you? Brendandh (talk) 11:16, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
 * What, "Anglian kingdoms were forged in Northumberland during the sixth century"? The thesis certainly pushes Northumbrian separateness (pp 60-61) & is much happier taking Bede at his word than most modern historians, but doesn't seem to assert that all the Northumbrian population in Cuthbert's day should be referred to as "Angles", & is anyway only an unpublished dissertation.  Cuthbert himself seems barely mentioned. I note that on page 71, "According to the Scottish Chronicle Cináed I (Kenneth MacAlpin, d. 858) attacked Bernician strongholds in Saxonia, referring to Northumbrian lands". Silly Scots, what did they know?  It's not what "you" or "we" call things, it's what current WP:RS call them that matters, as people keep pointing out to you.  Johnbod (talk) 12:03, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Oh, is that right? Anglian kingdoms that were forged in the 6th c.? Now let us think? Bernicia and Deira of course, oh and Mercia and East Anglia (except the last two weren't in Northumbria (and certainly not in the present little county of Northumberland, which doesn't even reach the Humber these days, poor souls!). 'Saxon' and it variants, Sais, Sassunach etc. Yup, that's the word for the English (the Germanic invaders of the British Isles) in all Celtic languages, because the Saxon chaps were the earliest to settle in Sub-Roman Britain. (Much in the same way the Arabs used a variant of 'Frank' for the Crusaders, the Frankish contingent being amongst the largest grouping to try and wrest the Holy Land from them, ("Ferenghi", "farang" etc that is still in use parts of the Middle and Far East for any westerner), or the proto-Germans who used varieties of Wealhas, Welsh, Vlach etc. to refer to any foreigner. from Volcae tribe.) What you appear to fail to grasp, is that the English were not a country before 927, the tribes prior to that of pretty much anywhere north of the Thames were a distinct grouping of people from the region of Angeln, that while of similar Germanic roots, were not the same peoples as the Saxons or Jutes or Frisians. That'll be why there was such a thing as the latterly named Heptarchy. 'Anglo-Saxon' as a term to describe the essentially Anglian Cuthbert, the apostle of Northumbria, is like referring to Margaret Thatcher as a 'Western Leader' rather than 'British', or Gamal Nasser just simply as an 'Arab', rather than an 'Egyptian', Vladimir Putin, as 'Eurasian' rather than 'Russian', oh and Napoleon as 'citizen of the world', rather than 'French' which he was not, or even a 'Corsican', which he was. Brendandh (talk) 18:39, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

 * You need scholarly sources (recent ones) that state he was Anglian or Northumbrian. There are already sources on this page that call him "Anglo-Saxon", including the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Wikipedia reflects recent scholarly sources, so to go against the already mentioned and put forth sources you need other scholarly sources. It's that simple. Ealdgyth - Talk 18:54, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Recent? That seems a great idea, one and a half millennia after the events of Cuthbert's life! Instead I'll give you near contemporary, Bede. Here, and here . No Saxony mentioned, or even referred to in the term Angelcynnes folcum is there? Brendandh (talk) 19:48, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

 * I see nothing in that which gives Cuthbert's background as either Northumbrian, Anglian, or anything else. In fact, nothing is said of his family background at all in Bede's Ecclesiastical History that I can see. Again, the ODNB says "Anglo-Saxon" and the Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England doesn't give a background. Let's see your sources that explicitly state what Cuthbert's background was... FOr that matter ... the Oxford Dictionary of Saints (5th edition, 2003) says of Cuthbert that he was "born of a fairly well-to-do Anglo-Saxon family". Walsh's A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West doesn't give any nationality for Cuthbert. The Middle Ages: A Concise Encyclopedia edited by H. R. Loyn has an entry for Cuthbert that doesn't give a background nationality. Peter Hunter Blair in The World of Bede (p. 101) says of Cuthbert "The great Cuthbert, though English by birth, was first a monk at an Irish foundation...". Nicholas Brooks, in his article "From British to English Christianity" in Conversion and Colonization in Anglo-Saxon England says that "Lindisfarne preferred its English saint, Cuthbert, to its Irish founder, Aidan". (p. 6). Henry Mayr-Harting in The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England states that "Cuthbert was an Englishman..." (p. 161). Ealdgyth - Talk 20:43, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Yes, English-man. (Although there is a sneaky chance he was Irish!) You just don't get it do you? The term 'Anglo-Saxon' to describe the new kingdoms to the north of the Thames, of the period before Athelstan united England, but arguably maybe by Alfred's time, is simply a misnomer. In this period the term 'Anglo-Saxon' (a modern construct, similar to Celtic) is a cultural tag, and not one of ethnicity, one might as well just use Insular Germanic peoples. Just as, one can place Odoacer and Vittorio Emannuele as Italian kings, no-one would say thay were ethnically related? It is far better to talk of a subject's nation or tribe in this context. And it is the most likely, given the circumstances, that Cuthbert was a descendant of the Anglians that had settled Northumbria following Ida's conquest of Bernicia. It's that easy. Brendandh (talk) 21:27, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
 * It may be a misnomer, or convenience, but it is one universally adopted by historians for decades. And in fact there are reasons for this, which you will find argued out in historical writing of (broadly) the first half of the last century, with some recent reinforcement from genetic studies. Until that changes, Cuthbert will remain "A-S" here, however much polemic you churn out. Johnbod (talk) 00:39, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

Chiming in here to help avert an edit war as (I hope) a fairly objective outsider, and someone who has been involved in several pedantic wording debates (usually on the side of pedantry)... but basically Wikipedia always must err on the side of the sources. So if the consensus of the sources is to use A-S, then A-S is what we use, regardless of whether it is right or wrong. Personally, I'm inclined to agree with friend Brendandh's assessment of correctness, but as Wikipedians our hands are tied. Cuthbert is Anglo-Saxon until the weight of academia says otherwise. Metao (talk) 08:13, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

 * D'ye know (God give me bloody strength!) calling Cuthbert, a Saxon is like calling Hekla, a Danish mountain; or Popocatépetl, American? Mt. Etna Byzantine or even Spanish? And as a result of the prior silly, you two can eff off, and I maybe leaving Wikipedia before an eruption truly starts! (mebbe? :)) Stoopid bloody people. Brendandh (talk) 19:23, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

 * I'll take that as a concession to the rules. Thank you. By the way, if you decide to stay, you might like to consult with WP:CIVIL, as well as WP:OR and WP:RS (which it seems you still haven't consulted). Metao (talk) 09:30, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Conversely, I'd suggest you might play with some Northumbrian seals, or go to Hexham, Cuddy duck! Brendandh (talk) 14:48, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

 * As an Australian, I have no idea what that means. So, in the interests of WP:AGF, I'll just assume it means "thank you for your sage advice". Metao (talk) 01:23, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

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Saint Cuthbert
Why is Saint Cuthbert not referred to as Saint in the title of this Wikipedia page and in the lede ? He is most commonly known and recognisable as St Cuthbert. I changed it but see it has been reverted and with the one word 'no' in the edit box. Jamie Stuart (talk) 18:19, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * See MOS:HONORIFIC and MOS:SAINTS --Ealdgyth (talk) 19:25, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

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User:Im Gumby Dammit

OH MY GOD WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

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Note to Admins
24.165.233.150 has been attacking me since I created this account. Originally, he (wrongly) claimed I was a "sockpuppet" of some sort. Now he's just being childish. Please take care when adding to this talk page and do not allow this person to influence or lie to you in any way. --Im Gumby Dammit 06:25, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * No attack intended, but your repeated insertion of the fark link is unacceptable and against wikipedia editing standards. Multiple editors have removed the link. Wikipedia is not a web directory, and as such links from articles should be as focused and authoritative as possible. Another account User:Stoker And Hoop was blocked just before the creation of your account for the same practices. Please stop removing my warnings, please stop editing against consensus. 24.165.233.150 06:30, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Blow it out your eye wall, junior. You've been attacking me since this account was created, up to and including accusing me of being someone's sockpuppet.  The link IS "Miscellaneous" therefore, it belongs under the category of such.  I'll remove your warnings as long as they are placed up because you my friend are NOT a Wikipedia adminstrator.  --Im Gumby Dammit 06:31, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia isn't like other electronic forums where only moderators moderate. Maintaining the wikipedia is the work of all of it's users. 24.165.233.150 06:35, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm an admin, and it's best that you do not remove other people's comments, let alone doing so without their permission.  Plz refer to WP:RULES.  Also to 24.165.233.150, plz don't bite the newcomers.  I am going to put back the original comments. --Madchester 06:37, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * Not that it matters much, since he seems to have stopped adding the fark link, but this user is just another account for User:Stroker And Hoop who was blocked just a little bit ago for the fark cruft. See his use of the "blow it out your eye wall" insult. --24.165.233.150 06:41, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Oh blow it out your ass, Mr. "I'm-too-good-to-be-logged-in." You have no proof that I'm anyone else and your baseless accusations are laughable.  You think you can armchair for the adminstrators and yet you bought your couch at a yard sale for twenty bucks.  Just because I use words that someone ELSE uses that automatically makes me them?? If I speak Dutch does that make me Santa Claus?  Now go "blow it out your eye wall!"--Im Gumby Dammit 06:46, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't care if you're the King of France. 24.165.233.150 has been harrassing, attacking, and accusing since I created this account.  If you are going to go after me, then go after HIM as well.  For some reason, he seems to dislike Fark.com as well...maybe he's a Something Awful fan? In which case he definitely deserves to be warned.--Im Gumby Dammit 06:39, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I like fark just fine, and don't have a clue what something awful is (sounds awful)... But wikipedia isn't like DMOZ or yahoo.. it's not a collection of links. The fark link isn't the sort of links we should have on the articles and this is supported but many other editors. 24.165.233.150 06:43, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files; any links not directly related to Hurricane Katrina should not be added simply because it exists. --Madchester 06:44, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * What a load of shit. I see entries ALL THE TIME that have links which have nothing much to do with the entry in question. Also, the Fark thread IS DISCUSSING THE HURRICANE. Therefore, it's valid.  --Im Gumby Dammit 06:47, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Yea, Wikipedia isn't consistent... not all pages meet our goals yet, but the general direction is towards improvement. Just because some pages do the wrong thing doesn't mean we should add more. There is a hurricane thread on almost every forum on the internet frequented by US residents. It would be useless and outside of the scope of the project to link them all... and there is nothing special or notable about the fark thread. 24.165.233.150 06:51, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Honestly dude, whatever your name is, you clearly aren't following the rules and should really not be diving into a major current event before you understand how WP works. Just my opinion though.  --W.marsh 06:44, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Aug 29
Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Please don't vandalise user pages. Thank you. --Madchester 06:44, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * HE vandalized MINE using a sockpuppet accusation template. *I* merely returned the favor.  Now blow it out your eye wall! --Im Gumby Dammit 06:49, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Please refrain from personal attacks; they will not be tolerated on WIkipedia. --Madchester 06:51, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * Please refrain from posting on my Talk Page; it will not be tolerated. --Im Gumby Dammit 06:53, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Hey gumby, it wasn't intended as an attack. Are you saying that you aren't the same person as User:Stroker And Hoop? It looked like you probably were, which is why I tossed up the notice, not as an insult. In the edits you made afterwords, you've done a pretty good job of convincing me of it... 24.165.233.150 06:54, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Madchester 06:58, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikipedia. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may come back after the block expires. --Madchester 07:01, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * Yay! Now I'll have time to go work on my dream of laughing at retards who post stupid warnings on peoples' talk pages!  Thanks, By Owner!  --Im Gumby Dammit 07:03, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

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Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview

Saint Ignatius' College Riverview is an Australian independent single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys located in Riverview, a small suburb on the Lane Cove River on the Lower North Shore of Sydney.

Established in 1880 by Joseph Dalton SJ, Saint Ignatius' is a Jesuit school in the tradition of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. It is part of the international network of Jesuit schools that began in Messina, Sicily in 1548. Saint Ignatius' College has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,560 students from Years 5 to 12, including 335 boarders in Years 6 to 12.

The College is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association, and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).

Numerous leading contributors to Australian politics, arts, law, religion and sport were educated at Riverview. Notable alumni include former Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott; former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Barnaby Joyce; the current Chief Justice of New South Wales, Tom Bathurst; the current Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher OP; former Premier of New South Wales Nick Greiner; seventeen former Wallabies, nine Olympians and eight Rhodes Scholars; as well as the first Australian-born astronaut, Paul Scully-Power, and numerous writers including poet Christopher Brennan, art critic Robert Hughes, and playwright Nick Enright.

History
Following Archbishop Roger William Bede Vaughan OSB's invitation to the Jesuits to come to Sydney, on condition that they open a boys' boarding school, and the bequest of Fr John Joseph Therry, who on his death in 1864 left the greater part of his property to the Society of Jesus, Joseph Dalton SJ concluded arrangements for the purchase of the Riverview property on 28 June 1878. Dalton became founding rector of the college.

The first students were brought to the school as advertised in the Catholic newspaper The Express, whereby boys aged between 8 and 12 would be received at Riverview "as soon as possible after the Christmas holidays". Classes commenced with two students on 11 February 1880, in a small stone cottage on the Riverview estate.

The original cottage became very cramped with greater numbers and, to provide better accommodation, St Michael's House was built. The building was designed by W. W. Wardell and opened on the feast of Saint Michael, 29 September 1880. In 1882 a wooden boatshed was built for rowing and in 1883 the infirmary took shape.

In its early years the college offered classical and modern languages, history, mathematics, the natural sciences and all other branches required for the civil service, the junior, senior and matriculation examinations, along with modern mercantile subjects. By December 1882, with an enrolment of only 70 boys, the college extended the curriculum to include English composition, writing, music, singing, drawing, painting, Irish history and oral Latin.

Lessons were taught six days a week. Prayers began the day at 6.15 am, followed by Mass and study before breakfast at 8.30 am and concluded with night prayers at 8.30 pm. On Sundays and holidays the boys were allowed to sleep in until 6.30 am.

Within seven years of its founding, keen observers were taking notice. In 1887, James Francis Hogan wrote in The Irish in Australia that: "St. John's College, affiliated to the University of Sydney; St. Ignatius' College, Riverview, conducted by the Jesuit Fathers; and St. Joseph's College, Hunter Hill [sic], under the management of the Marist Fathers [sic, actually the Marist Brothers], are three educational institutions that reflect the highest credit on the Catholic population of the parent colony".

The main building of the college was constructed in three stages between 1885 and 1930 and the foundation stone was laid by Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, on 15 December 1885.

As originally designed by Gilbert, Dennehy and Tappin, of Ballarat, the building was to be a huge square, representing four identical fronts, but only the South front was completed according to plan due to financial constraints.

The Riverview College Observatory was built in 1909, and was established by the distinguished Jesuit astronomer and seismologist, Edward Francis Pigot (1858–1929), who ordered a complete set of seismographs from Göttingen.

Daniel O'Connell was director of the Observatory from 1938 and was later called to be director of the Vatican Observatory. Another distinguished Jesuit seismologist and astronomer, Thomas Burke-Gaffney, became assistant-director of the Observatory in 1946 and director from 1952. His studies of seismic aspects of nuclear explosions garnered worldwide attention and he served as vice-president of the Royal Society of New South Wales.

The Dalton Memorial Chapel was also built in 1909. The organ in the chapel was built in 1910 at a cost of £460 by Charles Richardson and installed in 1911. By the 1970s the organ was becoming unreliable and the college organist at the time, Peter Meyer, contracted Arthur Jones to rebuild it in 1976.

Although the first dayboys were not officially admitted until 1923, there was a small group of pupils who were permitted to attend the college as dayboys. In fact, up until the 1960s dayboys remained relatively small in number and Riverview was mainly for boarders.

In the lead up to the 2003 Iraq War, the three school captains wrote a letter to the Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, calling for a withdrawal of Australian troops from the Persian Gulf and for a non-military solution. They told Howard a poll of 574 students at the college showed 75 per cent were against Australian military participation in Iraq, regardless of the United Nations’ position.

During February 2005, students sang for Pope John Paul II outside his hospital in Rome as part of the 2005 Pilgrimage of Hope. The students had previously met the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, meditated in Assisi and worked the streets and orphanages of Calcutta with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity.

Motto
The school motto, Quantum Potes Tantum Aude ("Dare as much as you can, for God and for Man"), was introduced by the rector-headmaster, Thomas Gartlan SJ, in 1906. Quantum Potes Tantum Aude is now formally translated from Latin as "As much as you can do, so much dare to do", seen to best reflect the Latin, replacing the former "Dare to do your Best". The motto is taken from a song of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1227–1274) entitled Lauda Sion Salvatorem ('Praise, O Sion, Praise Thy Saviour'). The next line after Quantum Potes Tantum Aude is Quia Maior Omni Laude, which, together, translates to "As much as you can do, so much dare to do, because He is above all praise".

Traditions
It is a longstanding practice for students, particularly in the lower years of the college, to write "A.M.D.G" in the top left-hand corner of any piece of work they do. This stands for "Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam" which means "To the Greater Glory of God": a central theme of Jesuit spirituality. Traditionally, at the end of a piece of work they wrote "L.D.S." in the center of the page, a practice which is no longer widespread. This stands for "Laus Deo Semper" which means "Praise to God Always", another traditional Jesuit motto. The college song is "Ignatius Teach Us to Know".

Jesuit education
A former Society of Jesus Superior General, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, wrote in The Characteristics of Jesuit Education that the "ideal is the well-rounded person who is intellectually competent, open to growth, religious, loving and committed to doing justice in generosity to the people of God".

Riverview's Jesuit partner schools include St Aloysius' College in Sydney, Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide, Xavier College in Melbourne, Loyola College, Mount Druitt, Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare, Ireland, Belvedere College in County Dublin, Ireland and Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, England.

Co-curriculum
St Ignatius' College offers students the opportunity to participate in a number of co-curricular activities including:
 * AT Thomas Advocacy Group, ATTAG ('ay-tag') formed in 2012 to increase the social awareness among students at the school. Named after an Indian Jesuit martyr who gave his life in defending the rights of the 'dalit' untouchables, this group effectively replaced the Amnesty International Club (1980s–2007).
 * Debating and Public speaking: (1881–present) 35 GPS 1sts Premiership Winning Teams (since 1964), and 5 between 1920 and 1963, 22 Lawrence Campbell Oratory Winners since its institution in 1935, 12 Australian Schools Debating team members (some students for 2 years) (instituted 1972–present) and 31 NSW School Debating team members (instituted 1971–present) (some students for 2 years).
 * St Ignatius' College also offers a range of co-curricular activities including music, drama, and digital media and photography.

Sport

 * Australian rules football: (1880–1892 and 1984–present) In 2004, Riverview became the first GPS school to field an Australian Rules team in the under-18s division of the Sydney Football League. Since entering the competition in 2004, Riverview has won two premierships, in 2005 and 2011. Since 2016, Riverview has moved to AFL Sydney's Independent Schools Competition (Composed of CAS and AAGPS schools), with the 1st XVIII winning the competition 5 times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022) from a possible 6 opportunities (note 2021 was voided due to COVID-19 Pandemic). The First XVIII's 2022 premiership saw them crowned as the first-ever Independent Schools Competition champions, going through the regular season and the inaugural finals series undefeated defeating Newington in the Grand Final at Jubilee Stadium Kogarah 11.7–73 – 2.7–19.
 * Basketball: Riverview have won the AAGPS title twice; in 1978, and most recently in 2019, breaking a 41-year premiership drought. The 1st V have also come second several times since 2000. In 2013 Riverview won the Raschke Cup, played at Newington College. The 2015/16 season was a notable successful season in the school's First Grade history, coming first in the All Australian Jesuit Cup, winning the Raschke Cup and coming third in the Sydney Schools Shootout. The 2018/19 season has been the most successful in the basketball program's history, with the team breaking the 41-year premiership drought in the Firsts competition, winning the GPS title. The 2019 First V also won the Raschke Cup (beating Sydney Grammar School in the final of the new tournament format 86–59), Division 1 Sydney Shootout and the Division 1 National Championship (held in Melbourne). The team was also crowned NSW Champion School for the first time in the program's history, defeating Westfield Sports High and Hunter Sports High, with 2nd V, also completing a three-peat of GPS championships.
 * Rowing: Riverview was the second Sydney school to take to the water (after Sydney Grammar) and has a strong rowing tradition. Under Father Thomas Gartlan SJ, the school established a rowing program in 1882 at a time when there were only a handful of senior rowing clubs in existence on Sydney Harbour and its reaches. The Riverview Gold Cup regatta was inaugurated in 1885, is one of the oldest continuing regattas in Australia, and has been a key fixture of the Sydney rowing calendar for senior and school oarsmen ever since. The year 1997 was the first year Riverview 1st VIII won the Gold Cup Regatta (Open Men's Eights) this crew was stroked by Olympian Daniel Noonan. The school's boatshed joined the New South Wales Rowing Association in 1889. The facilities are on the Lane Cove River with Riverview the only school in Sydney whose boatshed and pontoon are on the main school campus.
 * Rugby union: Rugby union has been the major winter sport at Riverview since 1892. Riverview has always fielded formidable rugby sides with the sport ingrained in the robust culture of the school. Sport is compulsory at Riverview, until the 1980s rugby was the only winter sport offered. To this day, the 3rd, 2nd and 1st XV are strongly supported by the students with "War Cries" at each game. 17 Wallabies have attended Riverview so far, the first was Ignatius O’Donnell to run on against the British Isles at the SCG in 1899, he was Wallaby No. 29. The 1st XV are awarded distinctive wide Royal Blue and White striped jersey (referred to as "wide stripes"), just prior the first official GPS game at a full school assembly. These jerseys stand out from other school jerseys and are well respected by the students.
 * Surf Lifesaving: (1987–present) Riverview commenced active participation in lifesaving as a sport in the 1986–1987 summer season.
 * Tennis: Riverview has a storied history in AAGPS Tennis, with 11 Firsts premierships and 16 Seconds premierships. Notably, the College won 5 Firsts premierships in a row between 1998–2002, and 13 Seconds premierships in 14 years between 1994–2007.

 * Athletics
 * Baseball
 * Cricket
 * Cross country
 * Fencing
 * Futsal
 * Golf
 * Martial arts
 * Mountain biking
 * Sailing

 * Rifle Club and Cadets: (1885–1974)
 * Swimming
 * Table tennis
 * Volleyball
 * Water polo

House system
The House system was established in 1983 with the aim of improving the quality of care for students. There are sixteen Houses, each consisting of approximately 85 boys from Years 7–12, with a Housemaster and five tutors in each House. Housemasters are concerned with the academic and pastoral development of boys under their care. In so doing, the House System at Riverview aims to develop the "well-rounded person", as Peter Hans Kolvenbach SJ emphasised in the Characteristics of Jesuit Education: "In a Jesuit School the atmosphere is one in which all can live and work together in understanding and love, with respect for all men and women as Children of God. Jesuit Education insists on individual care and concern for each person...Cura Personalis (concern for the individual person) remains a basic characteristic of Jesuit Education".

From an initial eight Houses in 1983, four more were added in 1997 and another four were added in 2014 to reflect the growth in the student population.

Each House is divided into five mentor groups made up of students from Years 7–12. Approximately three students from each of these year groups are in every mentor group, led by a senior teacher. Mentor Groups meet after recess every day for 12 minutes.

Boarding
With a boarding student population of 335, Riverview is one of the largest boarding schools in New South Wales. Boarders are spread across 3 boarding houses on the College Campuses, including Fr Charles Fraser House (holding Years 6–8), St Johns House (Years 9–10) and Kevin Fagan House (Years 11–12). Officially a boarding-only school until the 1920s, the Day Boys remained a small minority until the late 1960s. The College now has a majority of day-boys.

Old Ignatian Union
Established in 1897, the alumni association of Saint Ignatius' College is named the Old Ignatians' Union or OIU, and has a mission to "sustain and strengthen the connection between Old Ignatians and to further the interests of the College." Reunions and fundraisers are held to help the Development Office fundraise bursaries. Old Boys also partake in sporting competitions through such institutions as the Old Ignatians Rugby Club.

Notable alumni
Alumnus of Saint Ignatius' College are known as Old Ignatians. For a list of notable Old Ignatians, see List of Riverview Old Ignatians.

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I've moved the logo pic here for the time being. It's a fair use image. Pretzelpaws 06:12, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

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Scott Rubenstein

Scott Ian Rubenstein (September 28, 1947 - July 25, 2019 ) was an American television writer and story editor best known for the latter in Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also wrote the TNG episode "The Dauphin". Some of Rubenstein's other television writing credits included 9 to 5, Diff'rent Strokes, Night Court, Cagney & Lacey, Benson, MacGyver, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Born Free, and What's Happening Now!!.

Career
Scott Rubenstein was also co-owner of L.A. Tax Service (started in 1982) and worked as an Accountant and writer. He won Funniest Account in Los Angeles in the 1990s. Before his writing career began, Scott was a teacher in the Peace Corps, stationed in the Philippines. After returning home, he taught in Sacramento at Christian Brothers and he entered and won a writing contest through 20th Century Fox, which brought him to Los Angeles where he joined as a member of 20th century Fox's Comedy writing workshop. There be began his writing career and has written over 30 episodes of television. Scott co-wrote many episodes with this writing partner, Leonard Mlodinow. Scott co-wrote Peacock Blues with wife and director Devo Cutler-Rubenstein for Showtime and it won best Short Film at Moondance Film Festival. He also co-wrote the award winning documentary Not Afraid to Laugh. Scott has worked as an Adjunct Professor and taught Screen Writing, Comedy Writing and Screen Writing Adaptations in multiple settings, including at the California State University Northridge and University of Southern California. Scott and L.A. Tax Service was featured on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show in a segment called Hustle and Cash Flow and he played a small part on an episode of the New Girl as Mr. Scott Rubenstein. He was also a part of Improv workshops with Aretha Sills, the granddaughter of Viola Spolin. Scott was born in New York, New York to Jewish Parents. His father was a prisoner of war in World War II and held captive by the Japanese. His father was held as a prisoner in the Philippines and survived the Bataan Death March and the Hell Ships. His mother was a writer and bookkeeper. Scott has been best friends with Actor Sal Viscuso since they met while attending the University of California Davis (Scott graduated in 1969). He is survived by daughter Artist Sara Gavin and son Aaron Rubenstein, co-owner LA Tax.

Filmography

 * Peacock Blues (TV Short)  1990
 * The New Adam-12 (TV Series) (writer)
 * The Landlord (1990) (writer) 1990
 * Night Court (TV Series) (writer)
 * Futureman (1990) (writer) 1989
 * Hunter (TV Series) (writer)
 * Shield of Honor (1989) (writer)
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) (story editor - 9 episodes, 1988 - 1989) (writer, 1989)
 * The Royale (1989, story editor)
 * Contagion (1989, story editor)
 * The Dauphin (1989, (written and sort editor)
 * The Measure of a Man (1989, story editor)
 * A Matter of Honor (1989, story editor) Show all 9 episodes 1987
 * MacGyver (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
 * Hell Week (1987)  1987
 * What's Happening Now! (TV Series) (1 episode)
 * Raj on the Double (1987) 1982-1986
 * Nine to Five (TV Series) (written by - 2 episodes)
 * The Russians Are Coming (1986)
 * The China Sin-Drome (1982)  1985
 * Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) (written by - 2 episodes)
 * The Psychic (1985)  - Stress (1985)   1984
 * Benson (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
 * Embarrassing Moments (1984)
 * Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series) (written by - 2 episodes, 1981 - 1982) (story by - 1 episode, 1980) (teleplay by - 1 episode, 1980)
 * The Older Woman (1982)
 * Growing Up (1981)
 * Substitute Mother (1980)

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John McBain

John McBain may refer to:

 * John McBain (musician) (born 1965), American musician
 * John McBain (One Life to Live), character on the American soap operas One Life to Live and General Hospital
 * Jock McBain (1882–1941), Scottish trade unionist and political activist

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User:Redbucket

Often pragmatic, the more often drunken and disenchanted "chaston" is alternately considered a seminal contemporary artist/poet and a failing seeker of the American Dream. By himself.

A promoter of American presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, he was quoted by the Muslim media outlet Muhajabah in a recent article.

His most memerable works are "An Ode to Ringworm and Hardship in General" and "The Great American Novel", both uncompleted.

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Enyce

Enyce ([NYC]) is an American hip hop fashion label owned by Sean Diddy Combs. The label was established in New York City in March 1996 by Evan Davis, Lando Felix and Tony Shellman. The co-founders had originally met while working for Seattle-based clothing brand International News. Liz Claiborne acquired the company in February 2004 for $114 million from Sports Brands International. In October 2008 Enyce was purchased by Sean Combs and Sean John for $20 million.

Many have mispronounced the brand name over the years. The pronunciation originates from the phonetic spelling of "NYC" (en-y-ce) but sounded out in an Italian fashion. This was because the company started under Fila, an Italian-based company. Employees asked how they would pronounce the word replied "en-ne-che", making it the "correct" way to say the brand.

Enyce specialises in old school clothing, with an emphasis on puffy jackets and jerseys with their logos on them. They also seem to have an official Instagram account, which is owned and operated by the companies CEO, Sean Diddy Combs. Its last post was made in the year 2016, and most of the account's posts seem to not relate to the actual clothing company at all.

Clothing lines

 * Enyce
 * Lady Houy

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Didier Breton

Didier Breton (born 1953) was the chief operating officer of Trader Classified Media, one of the world's largest classified advertising companies., division president for infrastructure and systems at Groupe Bull, and an executive at Hewlett-Packard and Valeo. Since 2006 he has been associated with Pamoja Capital, an investment firm.

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FedEx furniture

FedEx furniture is the artistic creation of computer programmer and creative consumer Jose Avila, III. In June 2005, Avila created a website, Fedexfurniture.com, to display photographs of a couch, bed, dining room table, and desk that he had constructed out of cartons obtained from overnight shipping giant FedEx Corporation (FedEx). FedEx attorneys used the takedown provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to force Avila's ISP to take the site offline, accusing Avila of infringing on FedEx's copyrights and trademarks, breaching his contract with FedEx by using the cartons for purposes other than shipping, and potentially misleading consumers into believing that FedEx approved or endorsed Avila's actions. Among attorneys and activist organizations concerned with the exercise of First Amendment rights on the Internet, FedEx's actions raised questions about the constitutionality of using the DMCA to censor unwanted speech. The Fedexfurniture.com website is down as of July 8, 2017.

The story
In 2005, Avila moved to Tempe, Arizona with nothing more than clothes and work essentials. He was still stuck in a lease on his California apartment, and could barely afford his new apartment in Arizona.

After a bit of frustration over not having furniture, Avila remembered that a former roommate had solved a similar problem by constructing furniture using FedEx cartons. Using hundreds of FedEx boxes and materials that he "already had lying around" for shipping various items, Avila constructed every piece of furniture in his apartment. Avila's designs were sturdy and attractive. Friends urged Avila to put pictures of the furniture on a Web site. According to Avila, he did so in order to show that trying financial circumstances need not lead to despair; one can respond creatively, even artistically, by using "found" materials. The site's message was "It's OK to be ghetto".

The site subsequently attracted widespread attention, both from Web surfers and the press. Because the site was getting so much traffic, Avila placed a PayPal donation link on the page and asked for help to pay for the bandwidth charges. He also announced a plan to sell Fedexfurniture.com T-shirts, although Avila says that no T-shirts were ever sold.

On June 27, 2005, FedEx attorneys wrote to Avila's ISP. Citing the takedown provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), they demanded that the ISP remove Avila's materials from the Web. They justified their request on two grounds:
 * Infringement of FedEx's intellectual property (specifically, copyrights and trademarks.)
 * Violation of FedEx's terms of use for packaging supplies.

In order to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the DMCA, Avila's ISP complied with the request and removed Avila's materials from the Web. Had the ISP not done so, it could have been held liable for contributory infringement (aiding and abetting the infringer) if Avila's materials were subsequently found to be infringing in a court of law.

FedEx's actions concerned Internet free speech activist organizations, such as Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society, which are concerned about the use of the DMCA's takedown provisions to censor unwanted speech. According to these organizations, the DMCA's purpose is to prevent Internet copyright infringement; it was never Congress's intent that the DMCA's takedown provisions should be used when the real issue is trademark infringement or breach of contract.

A Stanford attorney, Jennifer Granick, assisted Avila on a pro bono basis. In her letter to FedEx, she disputed the use of the DMCA to remove Avila's site from the Web; she argued that the company's claim of copyright infringement had no merit; therefore, FedEx should not have used the DMCA to silence Avila's speech. The company's underlying motivations, she argued, were to protect its trademark and ability to place restrictions on public use of its cartons. Avila restored his site briefly. The dispute attracted widespread press attention, and Avila was frequently interviewed to tell his side of the story. In response to Granick's letter, FedEx attorneys reiterated their claims. Subsequently, Avila removed his site from the Web, citing technical difficulties. By January 2006, Avila's site had returned, however, by June 30, 2006 the site had again disappeared. This was caused by a server crash, and as of July 27, 2006 it was back online, but as of August 16, 2007 the site is gone. It popped up again in October 2007, but is currently down (July 8, 2017).

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John McCall MacBain

John H. McCall MacBain (born in 1958) is a Swiss-based, Canadian billionaire businessman and philanthropist who is the founder of the McCall MacBain Foundation and Pamoja Capital SA, its investment arm. Prior to establishing the McCall MacBain Foundation, in the late 1980s he bought Auto Hebdo magazine in Montréal, Canada and bought and consolidated several other existing Auto Traders and Buy and Sell classified papers to form Trader Classified Media with operations in 23 countries.

Education and personal life
McCall MacBain received an MBA from Harvard Business School (1984), an MA in Law (Jurisprudence) from Wadham College, Oxford (1982) as a Rhodes Scholar and an Honours BA in Economics from McGill University (1980). He holds honorary degrees from Dalhousie University, the University of Ottawa, Brock University, McGill University and Monash University.

He served as President of the Students' Society of McGill University, as well as valedictorian. While at Oxford, he was co-captain of the university's ice hockey team.

McCall MacBain has five children and two grandchildren. He is married to Marcy McCall MacBain, an academic at the University of Oxford in the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. He is also an avid skier, marathon runner, ice hockey player and cyclist as well as a commercial land and sea pilot.

Career
He worked from 1984 to 1987 as director of marketing at Power Financial Corporation.

From 1987 to 2006, McCall MacBain was the founder, President and CEO of Trader Classified Media, the world's leading classified advertising company. Starting with his purchase of three small publications in Montréal in 1987, when he was 29 years old, he developed the classified business to include 500 print titles and 57 internet sites in over 23 countries, including in Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain and the United States.

After its IPO in 2000, Trader Classified Media was publicly traded on NASDAQ and the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange. In 2006, McCall MacBain sold the company and set up the McCall MacBain Foundation.

He is now Chancellor of McGill University for a three-year term from 2021 to 2024 and he is a member of The Giving Pledge.

Philanthropy
Since its formation in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2007, the McCall MacBain Foundation has made approximately $500 million of grants to fund projects relating to education and scholarships, health and climate change, and the environment. In addition to his role as a director and Chair of the foundation, McCall MacBain is the Founding Chair of the European Climate Foundation, Chancellor of McGill University, a member of the Advisory Board for the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and a Foundation Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. Additionally, he is a director of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa.

McCall MacBain, a Canadian Rhodes Scholar (Quebec and Wadham, 1980), donated $120 million to the Rhodes Trust in order to help fund the scholarships and aid the expansion of the program to new countries. He made that gift in September 2013 during the Rhodes 110th anniversary celebrations. As a result, he was named a 'Second Century Founder of the Rhodes Scholarships' in honour of that significant gift. Additionally, McCall MacBain was honoured in 2014 as a Fellow of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors at Oxford University and at Rhodes House, where his portrait hangs and a room bears his name. The McCall MacBain Graduate Centre at Wadham College, Oxford, was endowed by him.

McCall MacBain has also donated more than $10 million to fund McCall MacBain Loran Scholars through the Loran Scholars Foundation – the largest undergraduate entry scholarship program in Canada – and to fund the Mandela Rhodes Foundation.

On June 30, 2016, McCall MacBain was named an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston for "his achievements as a business leader and for his contributions to academic institutions as a philanthropist."

On February 13, 2019, John and Marcy McCall MacBain donated $200 million to McGill University, the single-largest charitable gift in Canada at the time, for a graduate scholarship program – the McCall MacBain Scholarship at McGill – modelled on the Rhodes Scholarship.

In 2019, the McCall MacBain Foundation also seeded the Kupe Leadership Scholarship at the University of Auckland.

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Tahindesar

Tehandesar is a small populated place in the province of Rajasthan, India.

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CHFI

CHFI may refer to:

 * CHFI-FM, a radio station (98.1 FM) licensed to Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 * CFTR (AM), a radio station (680 AM) licensed to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CHFI from 1962 to 1971

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Futaba-kun Change!

Futaba-kun Change (ふたば君チェンジ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroshi Aro. Fast-paced, madcap and relatively mature in themes, it is usually comedic, with occasional elements of romance. Aro admitted that he created the series to be his version of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½. In Japan, the manga began serialization in the December 1990 issue of the Shueisha magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump. It switched to the sister publication Monthly Shōnen Jump Original in 1993 and ended in the March 1997 issue. A total of eight tankōbon (bound volumes) collecting the chapters were released by Shueisha between 1991 and 1997, but it is now out of print. Futaba-kun Change was licensed by Studio Ironcat in the United States, but as the company went out of business their release is also out of print. Currently, the manga is available digitally on Kindle, with a different translation from Studio Ironcat's. The manga, however, has had some of its content edited.

Plot
Futaba Shimeru is a normal high-schooler living a normal life, active in his school's wrestling club and slowly getting closer to his awkward love interest, Misaki. This fails to last as he discovers his family's hereditary genetic defect that becomes active at adolescence. Although it will eventually become controllable, either excitement or stress now makes Futaba switch sex. Hilarity ensues. The general status quo of the storyline, tone and atmosphere is maintained until volume 6, at which point Misaki discovers Futaba's secret.

In volume 8, the manga abruptly changes from light comedy to serious science fiction. Futaba, Misaki and Kurin are taken by aliens that explain that the Shimeru family are not merely bizarrely mutated but descendants of a space crash 12 to 13 thousand years ago. They are taken to the star system they originated from to see a structure much like a Dyson sphere, but see that the entire race has been annihilated. Determined to find a less tragic future, they return to Earth. Eight years have passed, all their friends and family have happy lives (Motomura and Nigiri have gotten married and Futana is a celebrity playboy), the Shimeru clan have spread throughout the world, and their condition is now widely known and accepted.

Characters

 * Futaba Shimeru (締留ふたば)
 * The lead character of the story, he's stunned to learn that not only will he change into a girl when he becomes excited, but somehow he failed to notice that all of the other members of his family switch sex as well. His new female form is just as strong as his male form, and has a power of attraction that quickly launches her into a career as a Japanese idol. His family name is a reference to the word futanari.

 * Misaki Shima (島美咲姫)
 * Futaba's love interest, the fact that he turns into a girl when he becomes aroused places a seemingly insurmountable barrier to their relationship. Her cooking is intolerably sweet to anyone else, and she is very superstitious. After she switches from swimming club to wrestling club so her new friend "Futaba-chan" will not be the only girl in it, there is a joke about how it turns out that none of the other swimmers actually know how to swim in regular water that is not filled with dissolved sugar from Misaki's sugar-filled body. Her family has a little connection to the Shimeru clan.

 * Futana Shimeru (締留双菜)
 * Futaba's sister who in her male form makes the most out of her powers of attraction, by seducing countless girls and probably a few boys as well. She does not use birth control, and leaves a small army of sex-shifting offspring behind. She also gropes Futaba, but probably more for the amusement value of watching his reactions than genuine interest since it does not cause her to shift sex. Futana genuinely loves both sexes, even to the point of shape shifting in front of Futaba whom he tricked to do sexy poses.

 * Kurin Shimeru (締留倶鈴)
 * A very important member of the main Shimeru family which has arranged for her engagement to Futaba. Imperious and pushy she is initially contemptuous of her fiance until she learns that he's also the famous Futaba-chan and that he's already interested in someone else, at which point she desperately tries to win his affection. In her female form, she is short and unattractive, but her male form is tall, handsome and surrounded by a cloud of pheromones that leave women awestruck. She uses this power to get free food since the transformation makes her extremely hungry.

 * Motomura (本村)
 * The president of the wrestling club, Motomura is a large and impressive manly figure but is easily moved to tears in his excesses of emotion. He is also a compulsive gambler and Negiri takes great advantage of his weakness.

 * Takeru (武流)
 * Another member of the wrestling club, he's the weakest wrestler among them, and a would-be lothario.

 * Chima (地真)
 * The last member of the wrestling club, he takes the Japanese cliché of nosebleeds due to sexual arousal to exaggerated lengths, even using it as a weapon in a martial arts tournament.

 * Kahoru Iroka (伊炉華かほる)
 * A famous actress/model, s/he is the person Futaba thought of as his father, although he actually gave birth to Futaba. Iroka pushes Futaba to follow in her footsteps as Futaba-chan.

 * Negiri Shusendou (酒仙洞音霧)
 * Misaki Shima's friend, she takes control of both the wrestling club and Futaba-chan's idol career because Motomura and Futaba are both easily taken advantage of. Negiri is Futaba-kun's equivalent of Nabiki Tendo and speaks using Kansai turns of phrase.

 * Principal Hiroin (緋楼院)
 * A small man with an over-sized head, Principal Hiroin is somewhat mad. Whenever he sees someone in trouble he changes into one of his superhero costumes (modelled on Japanese superheroes) and appears to attempt to save the day. He is aware of Futaba's double identity and arranged for both identities to be students at the school, which has many secret cubbyholes where Futaba (and Principal Hiroin) can change identities without being seen. His daughter, Takane, is secretly Queen X and playacts at supervillainy just as he plays at superheroics.

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Charles Cockerell

Charles Cockerell may refer to:

 * Charles Robert Cockerell (1788–1863), English architect, archaeologist, and writer
 * Sir Charles Cockerell, 1st Baronet (1755–1837), English official of the East India Company and politician

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The Confidence-Man

The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, first published in New York on April Fool's Day 1857, is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book was published on the exact day of the novel's setting.

Centered on the title character, The Confidence-Man portrays a group of steamboat passengers. Their interlocking stories are told as they travel on the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. The narrative structure is reminiscent of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Scholar Robert Milder notes: "Long mistaken for a flawed novel, the book is now admired as a masterpiece of irony and control, although it continues to resist interpretive consensus."

Analysis
The novel's title refers to its central character, an ambiguous figure. He sneaks aboard a Mississippi steamboat on April Fool's Day. This stranger attempts to test the confidence of the passengers. Their varied reactions constitute the bulk of the text. Each person, including the reader, is forced to confront the placement of his trust.

The novel is written as cultural satire, allegory, and metaphysical treatise, dealing with themes of sincerity, identity, morality, religiosity, economic materialism, irony, and cynicism. Many readers place The Confidence-Man alongside Melville's Moby-Dick and "Bartleby, the Scrivener" as a precursor to 20th-century literary pre-occupations with nihilism, existentialism, and absurdism.

The work includes satires of 19th-century literary figures: Mark Winsome is based on Ralph Waldo Emerson, while his "practical disciple" Egbert is Henry David Thoreau; Charlie Noble is based on Nathaniel Hawthorne; and a beggar in the story was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.

The Confidence-Man was probably inspired by the case of William Thompson, a con artist active in New York City in the late 1840s.

Character list

 * The mute – A man in cream colors, a tossed look, a linty fair cheek, downy chin, flaxen hair. Looks like a stranger. He writes on a slate an allusion to 1 Corinthians 13.
 * The barber – Puts up a sign "No Trust". The Cosmopolitan convinces him to remove the sign, and trust that for one week, he will pay for all unpaid services.
 * Guinea, an African-American crippled beggar – Catches coins with his mouth. Says he sleeps on the streets. After his honesty is questioned, he gives a list of people who can vouch for him: The man with the weed in his hat, the man in a grey suit, the transfer agent, the herb-doctor, the Cosmopolitan, The Agent of the Philosophical Intelligence Office and Thomas Fry, all of these are main characters potentially attempting to deceive each other.
 * A purple faced drover – Gets the initial information about Guinea.
 * The man with the wooden leg – Casts doubt on whether Guinea is a cripple.
 * A country merchant, Mr. Henry Roberts – A man of generous acts. He is the first to be pushed into believing he used to know Mr. John Ringman, but a memory lapse made him forget. He gives him money, then follows the advice to buy stock at the Black Rapids Coal Company. He later discusses pity with its president, drinks too much, then confesses 'charity and hope' are mere dreams.
 * A young Episcopal clergyman – Discusses the genuineness of Guinea, "frozen in cold charity" then "thawed into fluidity" and kind words.
 * A Methodist minister – Very martial looking, accuses the man with the wooden leg of being a 'reprobate and a Canada Thistle'.
 * A gruff boatman – Asks Guinea to go find anybody to vouch for (Guinea).
 * John Ringman, the Man with the Weed – He tries to convince the country merchant, Mr. Roberts, they are acquainted, but Robert's memory faltered. He asks for money, then recommends buying stock at the Black Rapids Coal Company. He is said to be looking for money to be able to go join his daughter after a disastrous divorce left him penniless. He tries to convince the sophomore to throw Tacitus away because it is too depressive. He is reading Mark Akenside's "The Pleasures of the Imagination".
 * The sophomore – A young student reading Tacitus to read the gossip. Later, he wants to buy stock from the Black Rapids Coal Company. It turns out he likes "prosperous fellows" and despises "gloomy men".
 * A Well-to-do Gentleman – dressed in ruby colored velvet, has a ruby colored cheek. After he is accosted by the man in the gray suit, expresses annoyance at all the beggars allowed on the ferry.
 * The man in a gray suit – This man accosts people for donations to a Widow and Orphan Asylum (Seminoles).
 * The hard-hearted old gentleman – A bulky man accuses the man in a gray suit of hypocrisy.
 * The good man – An elegantly-dressed man with white kid gloves and white hands. Melville explains he is "a good man" but not a righteous man. His hands are kept clean by having a black servant do the dirty work for him. He has a disagreement with the man in a gray suit about poverty.
 * A charitable lady – asked to give $20 to the man in the gray suit.
 * John Truman, the president and transfer agent for the Black Rapids Coal Company – lives on Jones street in Saint Louis.
 * A somewhat elderly person in Quaker dress – spreads his poetry about confidence in one another.
 * A little dried-up man – Refuses to do anything outside his habits: no wine, no games, etc.
 * The shrunken old miser – sickly, he is afraid of losing his last savings, yet gambles in the Merchant's scheme of tripling returns, and ends up buying boxes from the Herb-doctor, paying in Mexican pistols and not dollars.
 * Goneril – The wife of John Ringman, the man with the weed. She is said to be cold-hearted, to touch other men in a sly way, to take revenge for jealousy on her daughter. During the divorce procedures, she dragged her husband to court then was awarded his money. Shortly after, she dies.
 * The sick man – The man is sick and tired of doctors offering ineffective remedies. The herb-doctor tries to convince him, with confidence, his herbs will work. After a philosophical debate about whether nature can be trusted, he agrees to try.
 * The herb-doctor – Tries to sell "Omni-Balsamic-Reinvigorator" and "Samaritan Pain Dissuader". He tries to set the bones of Tom Fry. He gives part of his earnings to 'charity'. He helps the Old Miser to stand during a conversation with the Missourian.
 * The dusk giant – A kind of invalid Titan in homespun. He violently attacks the Herb-Doctor, proclaiming 'there are pains only death can ease'.
 * His child – The daughter of the Dusk Giant is bi-racial.
 * Auburn-haired gentleman – Thinks the Herb-Doctor needs unmasking.
 * An unhappy-looking woman – Sobs after the Herb-Doctor asks if anybody needs charity.
 * A man with a hooked nose – Thinks the Herb-Doctor is a fool for giving away some of his earnings to charity.
 * A third person with a gossiping expression – Thinks the Herb-Doctor is a 'prowling Jesuit emissary'.
 * Thomas Fry, aka, Happy Tom, the "soldier" – A beggar dressed in grimy old regimental coat. He passes off as a veteran of the Mexican wars, but claims his true story is he was crippled in prison while waiting to testify against a rich murderer. The said murderer got off easily because he had friends, whereas Thomas Fry had no friends and was crippled. After he discovers his brother in Indiana died, he took to begging. Confident his story wouldn't arouse any pity, he fakes a different story.
 * Pitch, the Missourian bachelor – An eccentric, ursine in aspect. He questions the efficiency of the Herb-Doctor's remedies, proclaiming nature brings about many ills, and is not to be trusted: eye problems, destroyed $10,000 of property, threw hail, and shattered windows, He is skeptical of the goodness of humanity and doesn't have confidence in man: "All rascals", most are "knaves or fools". He makes fun of the Old Miser after he is tricked by the Herb-Doctor, argues with the Herb-Doctor about whether nature is good and trustable, then talks about the dishonesty of teenagers with the Agent of the Philosophical Intelligence Office. The latter, however, convinces the Missourian to try hiring a boy at their agency. After the transaction, The Cosmopolitan accosts him, and as he tries to get rid of him, defends his right to be a solitary misanthrope. Throughout the conversation, he shows broad knowledge of "philosophy and books" equal to his obsession with "woodcraft and rifles".
 * The agent of the Philosophical Intelligence Office – A labor-contractor for teenagers. He tries to convince the Missourian bachelor he should try the services of the Philosophical Intelligence Office. After the latter objects he had enough of teenagers, the agent makes an analogy between a child not having a beard but a beard will grow later, and a child who hasn't "evinced any noble quality" will yet "sprout" these qualities, "for, have confidence, it, like the beard, is in him". He also likens baby teeth to "corrupt qualities" in "the man-child", and "the sound, even, beautiful permanent" adult teeth to "sound, even, beautiful and permanent virtues". The baby teeth, like the corrupt qualities are "thrust from their place by the independent undergrowth of the succeeding set" of teeth or virtues. He also likens a teenager to a caterpillar, and an adult to "the natural advance of all creatures" - the butterfly. a teenager is like good wine in maturation. Saint Augustine and Ignatius of Loyola are given as examples of virtuous men, rascals in their youth. He succeeds in convincing the Missourian Bachelor to try a fifteen-year-old boy.
 * The cosmopolitan, Francis "Frank" Goodman – A philanthropist, the Cosmopolitan tries to test the ideas of love evoked in the beginning of the book by the Mute, (the references to 1 Corinthians 13), first by arguing with the Missourian one should be warm and confiding with all members of humanity, then by testing the strength of Charlie Nobel's commitment to friendship by asking to borrow money, then by doing the same to the disciple of Mark Winsome, Egbert. The latter test leads to a long debate about whether helping friends leads to an end of their friendship, and if so, how. Finally, the Cosmopolitan convinces the barber momentarily to trust him to pay all the financial losses the barber will accrue for removing the sign "no trust", then does not pay for the shave. In the final chapters, he has a discussion with the Old Man about a warning in the Bible about "an enemy" who "speaketh sweetly in with his lips" but his intention is to tempt, use, and profit from you.
 * Charles "Charlie" Arnold Noble – Charlie tells the Cosmopolitan Frank he thinks the Missourian is worse than Colonel John Moredock. Then he tells the story of John Moredock. Then he invites Cosmopolitan Frank to drink together as they discuss the story. Frank clearly tries to get Charlie to drink too much. He agrees to be "best friends" with Frank, but turns cold after Frank reveals he would like to borrow money from him. Frank brings him back to his normal self by performing a ritual.
 * Colonel John Moredock – The Indian Hater. He wasted his life taking revenge on Indians for the murder of his family. He is a kind man and a good citizen outside of his revenge sprees.
 * Charlemont – The protagonist of the integrated fable told by the Cosmopolitan Frank. He is a young merchant of French descent with many friends. One day, he became morose and unfriendly to everyone, vanishes, and isn't heard from for many years. It appears he was bankrupt, but his strange behavior started several months ago. One day, he comes back, friendly and dressed in expensive clothes. Everybody wondered about events, then one friend asks about them several years later. Charlemont knew his ruin was coming, and didn't want to embarrass his friends into helping him, so he shunned them, and moved to Marseilles (France) so he made his fortune again, then returned, confident he wouldn't embarrass his friends. (The Cosmopolitan Frank stresses there is no moral to this story, it is merely an amusement.)
 * Mark Winsome, The mystic Master – cold, restrained. He accosts the Cosmopolitan Frank to warn him Charlie Noble is "an operator". He encourages Frank to think about what it must be like to be a rattlesnake. Then he scares an artist-beggar away with a cold stare. His disciple, Egbert, is the example of following his philosophy.
 * Crazy Italian beggar – A haggard seller of a rhapsodical tract. The Cosmopolitan Frank buys his tract and promises to read it. Mark Winsome, the Mystic Master regards him as a scoundrel.
 * Egbert – Mark Winsome's disciple. He agrees to do a theoretical exercise with the Cosmopolitan Frank: he pretends to be Frank's "best friend" Charlie Noble, and plays the scene of Frank asking for money. Egbert, following his master's philosophy, gives several reasons for not lending or giving money, and tells the story of China Aster as an illustration.
 * China Aster – The protagonist of an integrated fable. He accepts a loan from his friend Orchis with the aim of investing in his business to create more profit. But he doesn't have any business skills, so the money serves to bring about his ruin through unpaid interest on the loan. The devastation is so great, his wife loses her inheritance, his son misses school, and he dies of despair. (The moral of the story -- never accept a loan from a friend.)
 * Orchis – China Aster's friend. He wins the lottery, then pushes some of it in the form of a loan on his friend.
 * The old man – He sits in the middle of the Gentlemen's cabin, awake while others try to sleep, reading the Bible. He discusses the trustworthiness of the Apocrypha with Cosmopolitan Frank. He buys objects from the peddler-boy. He gets a "Counterfeit Detector" as a bonus for buying so much, and tries to use it to see if his banknotes are fake. The Detector is complicated.
 * The man talking in his sleep – A man sleeping in a berth in the Gentlemen's cabin while the Old Man and Cosmopolitan Frank have a discussion. His interjections in his sleep coincide with the subject of the discussion, attributing the quote from The Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach to a description of the confidence man.
 * The peddler-boy – A boy dressed in rags sells items for protecting one's money from thieves on a steamer: a traveler's lock, a money belt. His sales technique involves showing the uselessness of the object just purchased to sell the next object. All his customers receive a bonus of a "Counterfeit Detector".

Adaptations
The novel was turned into an opera by George Rochberg; it was premiered by the Santa Fe Opera in 1982, but was not held to be a success. The 2008 movie The Brothers Bloom, starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel Weisz, borrows some of the plot and makes numerous references to the book: One of the characters is named Melville, the steamer ship is named Fidèle, and the initial mark refers to these coincidences.

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Hiroshi Aro

Yoshihiro Tamogami (田母神 慈宏), better known by his pen name Hiroshi Aro (あろ ひろし), is a Japanese manga artist. He is mostly known for being the author of Futaba-Kun Change!, Morumo 1/10 and Yuu and Mii.

Aro worked as an assistant to manga artist Osamu Akimoto. He admitted that Futaba-kun Change! was created to be his version of Ranma ½ by Rumiko Takahashi, just as Yuu & Mi was his version of Takahashi's Maison Ikkoku. Aro makes guest appearances in his own comics, drawing himself as an alligator wearing glasses.

Works

 * Yuu and Mii (1986–1989, serialized in Monthly Shōnen Jump, Shueisha)
 * Morumo 1/10 (1986–1987, serialized in Gekkan Shōnen Captain, Tokuma Shoten)
 * Futaba-Kun Change! (1991–1997, serialized in Monthly Shōnen Jump, Shueisha)
 * Hunter Cats (1993–1996, serialized in Shōnen Captain, Tokuma Shoten)
 * Muteki Eiyuu Esugaiyaa (1994, Hakusensha)
 * Kagaku no Nyotaimori (2002, Futabasha)
 * Mikoto Nikki (2002, Shueisha)
 * Meitantei Amikasa Kurisu!! (2004, Bunkasha)
 * Boku no Shachōsama (2006-ongoing, serialized in Manga Time Jumbo, Houbunsha)
 * Momoiro Bukken (1999–2002, serialized in Kyun, Cosmic International)

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The example of the Irish potato famine is appropriate; however, the statement that this disease (blight) was caused by a virus is incorrect. There is abundant and consistent evidence that the potato disease responsible for the famine was caused by Phytophthora infestans (1), formely classified as a fungus, but now placed in the Kingdom Stramenopila, Phylum Oomycota, Class Oomycetes, Order Perenosporales, and Family Pythiaceae (2). This new classification includes the genus Phytophthora and other Oomycetes, the brown algae (giant kelps), the diatoms, the yellow-green algae, and the golden-brown algae. There is, to the best of my knowledge, no convincing evidence that the Irish potato famine was caused by a virus.

Sources: 1. Encyclopædia Britannica 2. Southern Illinois University website www.siu.com

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Genetic Diversity is the difference of animals in the same species, while genetic variation is the difference between SIMILAR species!

 * No, that's not what genetic variation is. Please sign comments. Richard001 06:27, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Genetic variation
Genetic variation has now been redirected here, but there is no mention of the word. What sort of a merge is this? Richard001 (talk) 08:17, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Merge with Genetic variability
Consider merging this article with genetic variability since the concepts are very close and it's not always clear when to link to the diversity or variability page. Proposed name for the merged page: genetic variation. – SteveChervitzTrutane (talk) 09:34, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Opposite
Whats the oppoiste of genetic diversity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.23.240.86 (talk) 23:42, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Importance of Genetic Diversity with Mammals
1. Consider adding some examples of low genetic diversity with mammals (i.e. cheetahs) 2. Consider talking about the importance of maintaining genetic diversity with mammals. (low population and generation times) 3. Also adding factors that lead to low genetic diversity in mammals. As an educational effort for conservation biology of mammals. Dkoman.4 (talk) 17:37, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

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Greek : γενετική ποικιλομορφία — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2149:8227:A300:8DA3:34C2:25F3:9936 (talk) 01:01, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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Maldivian laari

The laari (ލާރި) is a coin denomination issued by the Maldives as the subdenomination of the Maldivian rufiyaa since 1960. One rufiyaa is equal to 100 laari. It was issued in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50.

The name of the currency is derived from lari. The earliest laari were bent silver wires reminiscent of the early coins from Lar.

The Maldive Islands have been using laari for centuries but they were first described by François Pyrard de Laval, who lived on the islands 1602–1607.

The current coins are made out of a range of metals, including nickel, brass, cupronickel and aluminium. The coins are issued by the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA).

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