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Peter Rawlinson

Peter Rawlinson may refer to:
 * Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell (1919–2006), British politician, barrister, and author
 * Peter Rawlinson (engineer), Welsh-born engineer for Lucid Motors

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SBS6

SBS6 is a Dutch free-to-cable commercial TV channel and is a part of Talpa TV, formerly known as SBS Broadcasting B.V. and now owned by Talpa Network. Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are Net5, Veronica, and Viaplay TV.

History
SBS stands for Scandinavian Broadcasting System. When the SBS Broadcasting Group started expanding outside of Scandinavia in 1995, one of the first countries where they set up a channel was the Netherlands with SBS6. SBS6 was the third Dutch commercial TV station after RTL 4 and RTL 5, which were launched in 1989 and 1993 respectively. SBS6 launched on 28 August 1995.

When SBS6 was launched, they were in a tough competition with the channel Veronica, which started as a commercial station at the same time. Both SBS6 and Veronica wanted to be on channel 6 of the viewer's television. The channel was initially nicknamed as a "people's channel" or a "camping channel", but over time had become a broader channel, achieving the third place in the Dutch television market, behind NPO 1 and RTL 4, with a market share of 10%.

The SBS Broadcasting Group expanded their Dutch channel lineup with Net5 on 1 March 1999. In 2003, Veronica was added to the lineup.

The German ProSiebenSat.1 Media took over the parent company, SBS Broadcasting Group, on 27 June 2007. In 2011, all of SBS's activities in the Netherlands (through SBS Broadcasting B.V.), including the three TV stations (SBS6, Net5, and Veronica), the two TV guides (Veronica Magazine and Totaal TV), production, design, and teletext activities were sold to a joint venture between Sanoma Media Netherlands (67%) and Talpa Holding (33%).

On 10 April 2017, Talpa Holding acquired a 67% stake from Sanoma Media Netherlands.

Imported

 * According to Jim
 * Band of Brothers
 * Castle
 * Close to Home
 * Columbo
 * Coronation Street
 * Days of Our Lives
 * Diagnosis: Murder
 * Elementary
 * Escape to the Country
 * Flashpoint
 * The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
 * Friends
 * Heartbeat
 * House
 * Little House on the Prairie
 * Martin
 * Medical Emergency
 * The Mentalist
 * Monk
 * Murder, She Wrote
 * My Wife and Kids
 * NCIS
 * NCIS: Los Angeles
 * Rome
 * The Sing-Off
 * Space: Above and Beyond
 * Under the Dome
 * Who's the Boss?

Local

 * Achmea Kennisquiz
 * Alle hens aan dek
 * Alles over wonen
 * Andy & Melisa
 * Als de brandweer
 * Arbeidsmarkt TV
 * BankGiro Loterij The Wall
 * Battle of the Bands
 * Bouw Je Droom
 * Celblok H (an adaptation of the Australian drama Wentworth)
 * De Bondgenoten
 * Domino Day
 * Hart van Nederland
 * Lang Leve de Liefde
 * My Tribute to Elvis
 * Postcodeloterij Miljoenenjacht
 * Reportage
 * Shownieuws
 * Actienieuws
 * Trauma Centrum
 * ''Vandaag Inside

Sports

 * BDO World Darts Championship
 * Marathon Speedskating
 * PDC World Darts Championship – Summaries only (live on the website)
 * Red Bull Air Race
 * UEFA Champions League, since the 2015/16 season
 * FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA European Championship qualifying matches of the Netherlands national football team (all home and friendly matches)

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Ready Steady Cook (Australian TV series)

Ready Steady Cook is a four-time Logie Award-nominated Australian cookery competition show that aired on Network Ten. It is based on the original Ready Steady Cook series broadcast by the BBC. The format is owned by Endemol (now part of Banijay).

Original series
The show debuted in 2005, where it was hosted by former chef Nick Stratford. It aired weekdays at 1:00pm.

Former Nine Network personality Peter Everett took over the hosting job in January 2006 to coincide with Ten's new daytime lineup. From 2006, it has aired at 2:00pm.

In March 2011, it was announced that Colin Lane would replace Everett from June 2011.

Ready Steady Cook was axed after the final new episode on 26 August 2013, after 9 seasons. Repeats continued to air until 15 November 2014.

Revived series
In October 2023, it was announced Network 10 would be reviving the series in 2024, with new host Miguel Maestre, which are intended to air on Friday nights in the new timeslot of 7:30pm. The reboot series premiered on 8 March 2024. Due to lower than expected viewership, the series moved to 6:30pm Saturdays from 1 June 2024, then moved to 4:00pm Saturdays from 15 June 2024.

Overview
Two teams (Capsicum and Tomato), consisting each of a professional chef and an audience member compete against each other, both trying to create the best entrée, meal and dessert in a 20-minute time limit. The final segment sees both opposing chefs teaming up to prepare a dish in a strict time limit.

New challenges were introduced in 2009. As well as the regular gourmet and classic bags, the chefs are given surprise new challenges that push their cooking skills to the limit.

Original series

 * Andy Ball
 * Janelle Bloom
 * George Calombaris
 * Chris Cranswick-Smith
 * Shane Delia
 * Manu Feildel
 * Matt Golinski
 * Jacqui Gowan
 * Damian Heads
 * Mark Jensen
 * Tom Kime
 * Miguel Maestre (now become a host for the revived series)
 * Alastair McLeod
 * Nicholas Owen
 * Brett Panter
 * Tobie Puttock
 * Adrian Richardson
 * Dominique Rizzo
 * Jason Roberts
 * Carol Selva Rajah
 * Darren Simpson
 * Adam Swanson
 * Anthony Telford
 * Yuey Then

Revived series

 * Diana Chan
 * Adam D'Sylva
 * Alastair McLeod (returning chef)
 * Khanh Ong
 * Anna Polyviou
 * Sergio Perera
 * Hayden Quinn
 * Mike Reid
 * Sarah Todd
 * Mindy Woods
 * Alice Zaslavsky
 * Adriano Zumbo

Celebrity guests
A celebrity version of Ready Steady Cook Australia aired separate to the daytime series during prime time for a brief period in 2005. The following celebrities have appeared at least once, though others have also been seen on the show, both during the regular series and prime time celebrity shows.

2005
In 2005, Celebrity Ready Steady Cook aired at a prime-time slot at 7.00pm Weeknights for a brief period. The show was cancelled after 2 weeks. The following celebrities have appeared on Celebrity Ready Steady Cook include:

 * Natalie Bassingthwaighte
 * Tim Brunero
 * Anthony Callea
 * Ryan 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald
 * John Foreman
 * Andrew G
 * Mike Goldman
 * Marcia Hines
 * Ryan Moloney
 * James Mathison
 * Leah McLeod
 * Kyle Sandilands

2008
In 2008, there were a number of 'celebrity cook-offs' on the daytime show. The celebrity cook-offs were randomly put into the schedule throughout 2008. Some of the celebrities that appeared in 2008 are:

 * Faustina 'Fuzzy' Agolley (host from Video Hits)
 * Christine Anu
 * Natarsha Belling
 * Billy Bentley (Big Brother 2007 housemate)
 * Tahir Bilgic
 * Aleisha Cowcher (Big Brother 2007 winner)
 * John Dee (Planet Ark Founder)
 * Wes Dening
 * Anh Do
 * Bianca Dye (first 'celebrity cook-off')
 * Peter Everitt
 * Bobby Flynn
 * Nic Fosdike
 * Adam Harvey
 * Vijay Khurana
 * Jade MacRae
 * Brad McEwan
 * Erin McNaught
 * Nathan Sapsford (host from Video Hits)
 * Sandra Sully
 * Peter Timbs (Big Brother 2001 housemate)
 * Zoran Vidinovski (Big Brother 2007 housemate)
 * Kim Watkins
 * Ron Wilson
 * Tiffani Wood
 * Bill Woods

2009
The celebrity cook-offs return for the 2009 series. Participants include:

 * Performers Gina Riley and Craig McLachlan
 * Country music stars Beccy Cole and Gina Jeffreys
 * Newsreaders Ron Wilson and Kathryn Robinson
 * Newsreaders Angela Bishop and Belinda Heggen
 * Newsreader Brad McEwan and retired netball player Liz Ellis
 * Bondi Vets Dr. Chris Brown and Dr. Lisa Chimes
 * Bondi Rescue lifeguard Tom Bunting and pro-bodyboarder Alex Bunting
 * Singers Grace Knight and Paulini
 * So You Think You Can Dance Australia judge Bonnie Lythgoe and choreographer Jason Gilkinson
 * NRL players Ben Ross and Luke Grant
 * The Biggest Loser season three contestants Sam Rouen and Sean Holbrook
 * Good News Week team captain Claire Hooper and Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation comedian Josh Thomas
 * Radio personalities Jonathon "Jono" Coleman and Ian "Dano" Rogerson
 * Socceroos players Simon Colosimo and Danny Vukovic
 * Former Hi-5 member Nathan Foley
 * Country singer, Melinda Schneider and singer/songwriter Mark Gable
 * Australian Idol performers, Luke Dickens and Teale Jakubenko
 * Ita Buttrose
 * Father Chris Riley – Youth Off The Streets

2024
During the special episodes of the show, there will be some celebrities from the series:
 * Angela Bishop
 * Laura Byrne
 * Matty Johnson
 * Amy Harrison, A-League Women footballer
 * Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones, radio hosts
 * Julia Morris & Robert Irwin, hosts of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
 * Jessica Rowe
 * Kyah Simon, A-League Women footballer

Series 10 (2024)

 * On 28 January 2024, OzTAM's ratings data recording system changed. Viewership data will now focus on National Total ratings instead of providing data on the 5 metro centres and overnight shares, meaning only National total ratings will be added to episodes.
 * "I'm A Celebrity" special episode where Robert Irwin & Julia Morris appeared on 15 March 2024.
 * Ready Steady Cook's Easter Special on 22 March 2024.
 * "The Bachelor" special episode where Matty Johnson and Laura Byrne appeared on 5 April 2024.
 * "A-League Women" special episode where Kyah Simon and Amy Harrison appeared on 12 April 2024.
 * An entertainment royalty special where Angela Bishop and Jessica Rowe appeared on 10 May 2024.
 * Jonesy & Amanda appeared on 1 June 2024.

Awards
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 * Logie Awards of 2009
 * rowspan="4" | Most Popular Lifestyle Program
 * rowspan="4" | Ready Steady Cook
 * Logie Awards of 2010
 * Logie Awards of 2011
 * Logie Awards of 2012


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Phoropter

A phoropter or refractor is an ophthalmic testing device. It is commonly used by eye care professionals during an eye examination, and contains different lenses used for refraction of the eye during sight testing, to measure an individual's refractive error and determine their eyeglass prescription. It also is used to measure the patients' phorias and ductions, which are characteristics of binocularity.

Typically, the patient sits behind the phoropter, and looks through it at an eye chart placed at optical infinity (20 feet or 6 metres), then at near (16 inches or 40 centimetres) for individuals needing reading glasses. The eye care professional then changes lenses and other settings, while asking the patient for subjective feedback on which settings gave the best vision. The patient's habitual prescription or an automated refractor may be used to provide initial settings for the phoropter. Sometimes a retinoscope is used through the phoropter to measure the vision without the patient having to speak, which is useful for infants and people who do not speak the language of the practitioner.

Phoropters can also measure heterophorias (natural resting position of the eyes), accommodative amplitudes, accommodative leads/lags, accommodative posture, horizontal and vertical vergences, and more.

The major components of the phoropter are the battery of spherical and cylindrical lenses, auxiliary devices such as Maddox rods, filtered lenses, prisms, and the JCC (Jackson cross cylinder) used for astigmatism measurement. The prismatic lenses are used to analyze binocular vision and treat orthoptic problems.

From the measurements taken, the specialist will write an eyeglass prescription that contains at least three numerical specifications for each eye: sphere, cylinder, and axis, as well as pupillary distance (distance between eyes), and, rarely, prism for one or both eyes.

The lenses within a phoropter refract light in order to focus images on the patient's retina. The optical power of these lenses is measured in 0.25 diopter increments. By changing these lenses, the examiner is able to determine the spherical power, cylindrical power, and cylindrical axis necessary to correct a person's refractive error. The presence of cylindrical power indicates the presence of astigmatism, which has an axis measured from 0 to 180 degrees away from being aligned horizontally.

Phoropters are made with either plus or minus cylinders. Traditionally, ophthalmologists and orthoptists use plus cylinder phoropters and optometrists use minus cylinder phoropters. One can mathematically convert figures obtained from either type of phoropter to the other.

Trademark and origin of the term
Phoroptor is a registered trademark currently owned by Reichert Technologies, filed Apr 25, 1921, by DeZeng Standard of New Jersey, with the USPTO, serial number 71146698. The word was coined at that time for the newest version of their phoro-optometer. DeZeng was purchased in 1925 by American Optical of Massachusetts, which continued to market the product, but the term, often spelled phoropter, has become a generic trademark for all brands of modern vision testers, especially since AO's main competitor, Bausch and Lomb, stopped making their Greens' Refractor in 1970s. Reichert bought AO's refracting equipment division in 1980s, and their current version is named "Ultramatic Rx Master Phoroptor".

History
The history of the phoropter, as a binocular refracting device which can also measure phorias, ductions, and other traits of binocularity, as distinct from the monocular optometer, which cannot, starts in the mid-1910s, with the introduction of the Ski-optometer by Nathan Shigon, and the Phoro-optometer by Henry DeZeng. These two inventions, as they continued to improve, were accompanied by a third device, the Greens' Refractor, which entered the market in 1934. European manufacturers were working on similar devices as well.

Shigon/Woolf/Genothalmic/Shuron/BRU
In 1909, Nathan Shigon of New York City invented a monocular optometer with a range of +0.25 to +6.00 diopters, consisting of a mechanism where a disc of low-powered lenses advanced a second disc of higher power lenses automatically with each rotation, as in a modern phoropter.

There is no evidence this was ever manufactured, but in 1915 he filed for a patent for a binocular version of this same optometer, and called it the Ski-Optometer, so named for its usefulness in doing skiascopy. This was manufactured by Wm. F. Reimold of Philadelphia. It included a Stevens Phorometer for measuring phorias, and a disc of auxiliary spherical lenses on the back, giving it a range of -12.00 to +12.00. To extend the range, there were clips on the front of each eye hole for the insertion of hand held sphere or cylinder trial lenses, with a mechanism to rotate the axis with the thumb. It weighed 2 lb. 3 oz.

Around 1916 Michael Woolf, also of New York City, bought him out and added his own invention, an innovative battery of cylinder lenses, ranging from 0.25 to 2.00 D to the device, as well as Risley prisms for each eye. Maddox rods were optional. It was also called the Ski-Optometer, and it weighed 3 lb. 13 oz.

Around 1924 the patents and rights were transferred to General Optical Company of Mount Vernon, NY, which had been making a much larger, heavier and more solidly encased instrument, called the Genothalmic Refractor, since around 1920, using Woolf's 1917 patent number, and with a user's manual dated 1921. This instrument had a range of +17.75 to - 22.50 sphere, and up to 3.75 cylinder, Maddox rods, Risley prisms, and a Steven's phorometer. It weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces, and unlike all earlier devices of this kind, it hung from a horizontal mounting bar instead of being supported from the bottom. Like the Woolf, it had no Jackson cross-cylinders (JCC) at first, so a separate hand-held one was required. Late models of the Genothalmic were fitted with JCCs.

General Optical sold out to Shuron Optical of Geneva, New York, in 1927, which sold the refractor until the late 1930s. A refined and improved version of the Genothalmic Refractor was manufactured in London starting around 1932, and sold in the UK by S. R. Stearman, S. Pulzer & Son Ltd., and others, as the British Refracting Unit (B.R.U.).

DeZeng/American Optical/Reichert
Also in 1909, Henry DeZeng got a patent for what looks remarkably like a modern phoropter, but the patent illustrations look nothing like the manufactured product, which was introduced around 1915—the DeZeng Phoro-Optometer model 570. This was a device produced in Camden, New Jersey, which contained a battery of convex lenses for each eye, a battery of concave lenses for each eye, and auxiliary lenses which gave it a total power range of +15.75 to -19.75, as well as a Maddox rod and Risley prism for each eye, and a Steven's phorometer.

There were no cylindrical lenses, so testing for astigmatism required the use of manual trial-lenses, for which there were rotating holders on the front of each eye hole, and there were stationary ones on the backs as well. Cross-cylinders were optional, but they did not flip like a Jackson cross cylinder, they rotated in the same plane, so they were probably meant for the near point cross-cylinder test for reading. It weighed 3 lb. 2 oz. Around 1920 an improved model, No. 574, was introduced, reduced in size but with the same range (lenses reduced from 1 inch to $3/4$ inch). The forehead rest was removed, and the rear trial lens clips were replaced with rubber eye guards. It weighed 2 lbs. 12 oz.

In 1922, DeZeng replaced No. 574 with No. 584, and shortened the name to Phoroptor. This device became so popular that its name became genericized, though often spelled phoropter. The Phoroptor was smaller (lenses reduced again, to 9/16 inch diameter), with a similar power range, and the front clips for hand-held trial lenses were removed and replaced with batteries of cylinder lenses ranging from 0.25 D to 4.75 D. The Steven's phorometer was dropped, and there were no Jackson cross cylinders. It weighed 2 lb. 8 oz.

In 1925, American Optical bought DeZeng, and in 1927 introduced No. 588, the AO Wellsworth DeZeng Phoroptor, which was slightly larger; the lenses were increased to 11/16 inch and it weighed 3 lb. 2 oz. This was the first in the DeZeng/AO line to hang from a horizontal mounting bar, the earlier ones were supported from a bar below it. This phoroptor was unique in that it was calibrated in 1/8 diopter steps throughout its whole range.

In 1934, AO introduced No. 589, the Additive Effective Power Phoroptor, once again enlarged and improved. The lenses were increased to $3/4$ inch diameter, the permanent size, and the unit was much more massive, with a weight of 7 lb. 9 oz., and with a range of +16.87 to -19.12 sphere and 6.00 cylinder, with auxiliary lenses to increase these to +18.87/-21.12 sphere and 8.00 cylinder. All these models resembled the original DeZeng model in design, but No. 590 of 1948 was a completely re-designed device, much larger and heavier, and more modern. It weighed 10 lbs. 7 oz. This was followed by another complete re-design in 1956, the RxMaster, which became the prototype of all modern phoropters, and was updated to the Ultramatic RxMaster in 1967, which is the current model.

AO sold their phoroptor division to Reichert in 1982, who still make the Ultramatic.

Greens'/Bausch and Lomb
In the early 20th century, ophthalmologists A. S. Green, L. D. Green, and M. I. Green, of San Francisco, CA, designed an optometer, which they developed slowly over many years. The Greens teamed up with inventor Clyde L. Hunsicker of San Francisco, who applied for a patent on October 25, 1926. The title of their invention was simply an "optometrist instrument", and the text described it as an optometer. Patent 1,804,690 was granted to the Greens and Hunsicker in 1931, and sold to Bausch & Lomb (B&L), which had them redesign it (patent 1,873,356, granted 1932).

B&L trademarked it as "Greens' Refractor" and introduced it in 1934. It was far more advanced than the competition in many ways. The power could be read right off the dial without having to do mental calculations, the range was far higher, from +19.75 to -28.00 and with cylinders up to 7.50, the battery of cylinders was much more intuitive and easy to use, and it was the first to have Jackson cross cylinders affixed, (the first AO Phoroptors with JCC's were late models of the Additive, and very late Genothalmic Refractors also had them). It weighed 13 lbs. 1 oz. The Greens' Refractor soon became the gold standard among eyecare professionals. It helped put the Shigon/Woolf/Genothalmic line out of the market and forced AO to completely redesign their phoroptor from scratch, not once, but twice, (the 590 failed to compete).

The Greens' Refractor remained unchanged for over four decades, but sales slipped when AO introduced the Ultramatic RxMaster with its revolutionary yoked JCC in 1967, and production of the Greens' Refractor finally ended in the mid-1970s. In 1978, B&L introduced the Greens II refractor, also called the Bausch and Lomb Refractor, or the Greens' Mark II Refractor. It included yoked JCC, but AO had already patented the yoking of the JCC, and production of the Greens' II was halted. Very few were made, and they are a rarity. It weighed 11 pounds 13 ounces. As for the original Greens' Refractor, in spite of the fact that production stopped decades ago, many are still being used today, as they are virtually indestructible, and have a devoted rank who still swear by them.

Europe and Asia
Starting in the mid-20th century, companies in Europe and Asia have made phoropters of their own design, as well as copied American models. The Moeller Wedel Visutest of Germany, the Magnon RT 500 of France, and the Nikon Optester and Takagi MT3, both of Japan, are all of original design. The Topcon VT S of Japan is of original design, but Topcon has also made knock-offs of the Greens' Refractor and the AO Ultramatic. Rodenstock in Germany has developed many of their own models, as well as copied the Ultramatic with their Phorovist 200. The Marco RT-300 of Japan is an original design which borrows heavily from the Ultramatic. In the 1930s, Stearman in the UK and Ellis Optical Co., also in the UK, both made an improved version of the Genothalmic Refractor called the British Refracting Unit, and Stearman also made a knockoff of the Greens Refractor. China makes numerous unbranded knockoffs of the Ultramatic.

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WEG

Weg means way in several Germanic languages.

Weg or WEG may refer to:

People

 * Ruth B. Weg (1920–2002), American gerontologist
 * William Ellis Green (1923–2008), Australian cartoonist
 * William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898), British prime minister

Places

 * Weg naar Zee, a resort area in Suriname, South America

Media

 * Weg!, travel magazine
 * Der Weg, political magazine in Argentine
 * Neuer Weg, Romanian daily newspaper
 * Neuer Weg, East German political magazine
 * West End Girls, song by Pet Shop Boys

Organizations

 * WEG Industries, one of the largest electric motor manufacturers in the world
 * West End Games, publisher of roleplaying games
 * West End Gang, an organized crime group in Canada
 * Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, a railway company in Germany

Sports

 * FEI World Equestrian Games
 * Woodbine Entertainment Group, horse racing operator located in Canada
 * World e-Sports Games, a major league of e-sports

Other

 * Water Equivalent to a Global layer, a measure of a theoretical water height on a terrestrial planet, if all water ice would become liquid
 * World Education Games, a global online competition focused on mathematics, science and literacy
 * Wright Eclipse Gemini, a double decker bus body built by Wrightbus since 2001

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Shouldnt the genre be post-grunge?

-FishNET

I don't think so. Their grunge influences were obvious in their earlier albums, but its more or less gone now. Godawful023

I don't think "Corporate Rock" is an appropriate title for the genre of the album, as it is not a genre of music but a label applied to bands like Nickelback for being commercial music. No band would ever call their genre "Corporate Rock." I've only heard 3 songs from this album, so I don't know what the correct genre should be, probably "Hard Rock" but definitely not "Corporate Rock." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lol9000 (talk • contribs).

Does received radio airplay mean first time it received radio airplay? And if so is there a source for this? I haven't seen this sort of thing on other album pages so I'm removing it for now unless more detail can be added. Threepounds 04:18, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

How has the album sold 4,788,000 copies as of September 02, 2006 when it is only August 26, 2006?--K8TEK 08:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

And again: how can there be album sales as of 7th October when it's only 30th September? Prophaniti 11:06, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

AND again, there's no possible way for there to be albulm sales on November 11th, 2006 or 18th, seeing as today is November 9th.

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Worldwide certifications - Canada
Someone wrote:

Canada: 00000000000000000000000000000,000 copies (5x Platinum)

I will change it into 500,000 copies.

Armin

When did 500,000 copies sold become 5x platinum? 500,000 used to be gold, 1 million sold was certified platinum. Did I miss something? Lgore69 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lgore69 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * That's correct for the USA, but for smaller countries, the platinum figure is less. Also, I've removed the worldwide albums sales figure from this section as there is no verifiable figures for this - the website previously used as a reference clearly states that it is an rough estimate. Kristmace (talk) 16:19, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

The 5 albums that have spent its 101st week in the top 10 on the chart
These albums should be listed since this is a monumental occasion since there have been 5 other acts that have had albums in the top 10 after 101 weeks. Thank you BravesFan2006 16:25, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Missing elements
If someone just add the author(s) of the songs and personnel section the article could be C or even B Zidane tribal (talk) 08:44, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

All the Wrong Reasons
What is the car on the cover?--71.235.92.16 (talk) 20:24, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

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Ben Watson

Ben Watson or Benjamin Watson may refer to:
 * Ben Watson (footballer, born July 1985), English footballer with Charlton Athletic
 * Ben Watson (footballer, born December 1985), English footballer with St Martins
 * Ben Watson (music writer) (born 1957), British Marxist writer on music
 * Ben Watson (weightlifter) (born 1990), British weightlifter
 * Ben Watson (politician) (born 1959), American politician in the Georgia State Senate
 * Benjamin Watson (born 1980), American football player
 * Benjamin Charles Watson, Canadian actor
 * Benjamin Philip Watson (1880-1976), Scottish obstetrician
 * Ben Watson (cyclist) (born 1989), British para cyclist
 * Ben Watson (motocross racer) (born 1997), British motocross rider

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Bob le flambeur

Bob le flambeur (English translation": "Bob the Gambler" or "Bob the High Roller") is a 1956 French heist gangster film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Roger Duchesne as Bob. It is often considered both a film noir and a precursor to the French New Wave, the latter because of its use of handheld camera and a single jump cut.

Plot
Bob is a gambler who lives on his own in the Montmartre district of Paris, where he is well-liked by the demi-monde community. A former bank robber and convict, he has mostly kept out of trouble for the past 20 years, and is even friends with a police commissioner, Ledru, whose life he once saved. Ever the gentleman, Bob lets Anne, an attractive young woman who has just lost her job, stay in his apartment in order to keep her from the attentions of Marc, a pimp he hates. Bob declines Anne's advances, instead steering her to his young protégé Paolo, who soon sleeps with her.

Through Jean, an ex-con who is now a croupier at the casino in Deauville, Bob's friend Roger, a safecracker, learns that, by 5:00 in the morning on the day of a big horse race at the nearby track, the casino safe is expected to contain around 800 million French francs in cash. As Bob has had a run of bad luck, he plans to rob the safe, convincing a man named McKimmie to finance the preparations and recruiting a team to carry out the heist. Jean gets detailed floor plans of the casino and the specifications of the safe, and buys a bracelet for his wife, Suzanne, with some of the money he is paid for his services.

The smitten Paolo brags to Anne about the upcoming raid to try to impress her. Not taking him seriously, she lets this information slip to Marc just before the two have sex. Earlier, Marc had been arrested by Ledru for beating up one of his prostitutes, but Ledru had released him on the condition that he provide some information on a bigger crime; Marc's reaction makes Anne realize she may have made a mistake.

The next morning, Anne tells Bob what she did, and he and Roger search for Marc, but cannot find him. Marc tells Ledru that he has heard about a caper involving Bob, but needs a few more hours to obtain confirmation, so Ledru lets him go. When Bob tells Paolo about Marc and Anne, the young man finds Marc and shoots the man dead just as he is about to tell Ledru what he was able to find out. Meanwhile, Suzanne discovers where her husband got the money to buy the bracelet and decides to ask Bob for a larger share of the take. They drive to Paris, but are unable to find him or Roger. She then persuades Jean to back out of it and anonymously tips off Ledru.

Thinking that, with Marc dead, their plan is still a secret, Bob and his team head to Deauville. Ledru searches fruitlessly for Bob to convince him to abandon his plan. He reluctantly leads a convoy of armed police to the casino.

Bob enters the casino to check on things. The plan is that, unless he signals them otherwise, his team will burst in at 5:00 a.m. and rob the safe at gunpoint. He had promised Roger that he would not gamble until after the heist was over, but, after wandering around for a while, he cannot resist placing a bet. He has an incredible run of good luck, first at roulette, then at chemin de fer, and loses track of the time. Just before 5:00, he finally looks at his watch. He orders the staff to cash his huge pile of chips and hurries out the door. The police arrive as Bob's team are walking toward the casino, and a shootout ensues; Paolo is shot. Bob comes upon the aftermath and holds Paolo as he dies. He and Roger are handcuffed and put into Ledru's car, and Bob's winnings are put in the trunk. Ledru says Bob will probably only spend three years in prison, but Roger says that, with a good lawyer, he will get acquitted. Bob quips that he may even sue for damages.

Principal cast

 * Roger Duchesne as Bob Montagné
 * Isabelle Corey as Anne
 * Daniel Cauchy as Paolo
 * Guy Decomble as Commissioner Ledru
 * André Garet as Roger
 * Gérard Buhr as Marc
 * Claude Cerval as Jean
 * Colette Fleury as Suzanne
 * René Havard as Inspector Morin
 * Simone Paris as Yvonne
 * Howard Vernon as McKimmie

The voice of the narrator is that of Jean-Pierre Melville.

Production
The film was shot on location in Paris and Deauville, with two interiors filmed at Melville's own Studios Jenner. According to an interview, the film cost 17.5 million French francs to produce, though a CNC Censorship file includes an estimate of 32 million French francs.

Cinematography
This film was shot by frequent collaborate of Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri Decaë who was the cinematographer on films such as, Elevator to the Gallows (1958), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and The Red Circle (1970). He previously shot Le silence de la mer (1949) with Melville and later was cinematographer on Melville's Le Samouraï (1967). They eventually split ways due to creative differences but Melville once said of Decaë "exactly shar[ed] my tastes for all things cinema."

With his films such as Elevator to the Gallows (1958) Henri Decaë first established his trademark that follows him through his career which is the use of natural lighting. Much like how he lit Jeanne Moreau in Elevator to the Gallows (1958) "with only the available light from shop windows and neon signs." Due to this use of heavily stylized light many critics have traced a connection to the American film noir movement.

This film was influential on the French New Wave Movement for many reasons, including visual style. This can be attributed to the fact that Henri Decaë's cinematography caught the attention of Cahiers Du Cinema editors. This secured him a job as cinematographer for influential New Wave films like François Truffaut's The 400 Blows.

Release
Released in Paris on 24 April 1956, Bob le flambeur took in 221,659 admissions in Paris and 716,920 admissions in France as a whole, and was Melville's lowest-grossing film at that point in his career.

Critical reception
Vincent Canby, writing for The New York Times in 1981, noted that "Melville's affection for American gangster movies may have never been as engagingly and wittily demonstrated as in Bob le Flambeur, which was only the director's fourth film, made before he had access to the bigger budgets and the bigger stars (Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon) of his later pictures."

The film received positive reviews when it was re-released by Rialto Pictures in U.S. cinemas in 2001. Roger Ebert added it to his Great Movies list in 2003.

Jean-Pierre Melville is often considered a significant figure in the New Wave film movement, credited with inspiring key elements in the movement through his film Bob le Flambeur (1956). His work notably influenced Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. The New Wave was a product of the French reimagining of American cinema, and Melville's contributions provided significant inspiration for this innovative and revolutionary approach to filmmaking, which included the use of location shooting, the handheld camera, and the jump cut.

Godard, influenced by Melville's avant-garde style, fully embraced these trends in his filmmaking. "Breathless" was shot entirely on location, featuring dynamic jump cut editing and utilizing a handheld camera. This is a testament to the lasting influence of Melville's pioneering contributions on the evolving landscape of cinema during the New Wave era.[1 ]

Melville understands that in a gangster film, the criminal will ultimately be caught. Bob is less interested in stealing the money itself, yet more interested in everyone knowing who's robbing the bank. He explains the trope that not all gamblers are lucky, yet the idea of losing a gamble is all to be expected.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97%, based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10; the website's critical consensus reads: "Majorly stylish, Bob le Flambeur is a cool homage to American gangster films and the presage to French New Wave mode of seeing."

Remake and influence
The Good Thief, an English-language remake of the film written and directed by Neil Jordan, was released in 2002.

Bob le flambeur also has influenced such films as the two versions of the American film Ocean's Eleven (1960 and 2001) and Paul Thomas Anderson's Hard Eight (1996).

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British Rail Class 71

The British Rail Class 71 was an electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. Unlike Southern Region electro-diesel locomotives (such as classes 73 and 74) they could not operate away from the electrified (750 V DC) system.

History
As part of the British Transport Commission's Modernisation Plan of 1955, twenty-four electric locomotives were built in 1958 for the Kent Coast main lines. They were built at the British Rail workshops in Doncaster. Numbers were originally E5000–E5023 but the first locomotive, E5000, was renumbered E5024 in December 1962. They were classified type HA under the Southern Region's pre-TOPS scheme.

Power supply
Power collection was from a 3rd rail at 650V DC (Eastern & Central sections) or 750V DC (Western section) and control was by flywheel booster, as in British Rail Class 70. In some yards (notably Hither Green, South East London and Snowdown colliery near Dover) overhead wiring energised to 650V DC was used. This overhead collection method was only employed where it was deemed too dangerous to have an electrified third rail, with staff constantly at ground level reaching between vehicles to couple and uncouple trains. The overhead system utilised tram-style contact wires and pantographs – it was not necessary to collect traction current at speed and these provided a cost saving. The pantograph retracted into a cut-out recess in the roof when not in use, to keep within the loading gauge. Certain examples were delivered new without pantographs and ran with the recess vacant for some time. Evidently supply of the overhead equipment was short. Later in life (when the wiring in yards had almost completely been removed) during overhaul the opportunity was taken, on some examples of the class, to remove the sometimes-troublesome pantograph, leading again to a vacant roof recess.

The danger of electrocution of staff at track level was the entire tenet behind the Southern Region/Railway adopting the high-level brake pipes and control jumpers (nicknamed "bagpipes") that are so distinctive of SR stock. Low-level brake pipes were still fitted to maintain standards, but only used when high-level could not be. However Class 71 was not fitted with high-level jumpers. Ten redundant locos were modified to become Class 74 – emerging from Crewe works with "bagpipes" – in 1967/8. However 19 members of Class 33 (a pure diesel locomotive), which were modified at Eastleigh for push-pull operation of Southern Region TC units, were so fitted, along with nearly all SR-based members of shunting classes 03 and 08. In contrast almost all other contemporary locomotive classes (excepting notably classes 07, 09, 73 – all SR locomotives) had the multiple control jumpers and brake connectors on or under the buffer beam - a perilous place to be with 750 volts just inches away. Despite overhead equipment being confined to just a handful of yards, Class 71 was never retro-fitted with high-level connectors.

Operations
They were mixed-traffic locomotives. Their 2300/2552 hp was, for a small Bo-Bo locomotive, useful for both heavy freight and express passenger work. Acceleration on passenger trains (even when heavily loaded) was quite astonishing – to the extent that the climb out of London Victoria was almost unnoticeable. Prestigious services, including the heavy "Night Ferry" (London to Paris overnight by train-ferry) and the "Golden Arrow", the latter a Pullman service, were a mainstay of the class for many years.

Reliability of the class as a whole was good. As more areas of the Eastern section were given over to multiple unit (EMU) operation, however, the class found itself ousted almost completely from passenger work. During their later years their passenger duties were only the 'Night Ferry' and the nightly Victoria–Dover/Ramsgate newspaper train. Even this latter was rostered for a Class 33 (diesel locomotive) on Saturday nights, due to the probability of engineering works en route.

Their reliance on the electricity supply proved a hindrance. Much freight is moved overnight, when congestion on the busy commuter corridors is low; but this is also the time when engineering possessions of the track take place, the power being switched off to whole districts while this happens. Class 71 was therefore faced with frequent circuitous detours purely to stay "on the juice". An electric-only locomotive was also limited in scope for inter-regional freights. The flywheel booster allowed the locomotives to make short movements "off the juice" – in yards and depots for example – but not for significant distances. The smaller Class 73 electro-diesel locomotives deputised for them with ease (albeit often in pairs) and they had the ability to work lines when the power was off, and to run (at reduced power) on other regions where there was no third rail electricity supply. Class 71 was beginning to look (once again – see Class 74) like a white elephant. When the end came, most were scrapped in full working order, purely because they had no work.

A single member of the class, E5001, survives in preservation, in full working order (although currently minus its 3rd rail collector shoes). As with the remainder of the class, the preserved example never received the standard SR horns, retaining its air whistles right up until withdrawal.

Rebuilds and renumberings
By the late 1960s there was less work for the class, and several members were placed in store. Ten examples were eventually converted between 1967 and 1968 at the British Rail workshops in Crewe into electro-diesel locomotives. They were originally assigned the numbers E7001–E7010 but were numbered E6101–E6110 and classified type HB in the pre-TOPS scheme. Under TOPS the rebuilt ten became Class 74.

As a result of the rebuilds there were three renumberings from the remaining Class 71s (E5018, E5020 and E5022) to fill the gaps that were left by rebuilding of original locomotives E5003, E5005 and E5006.

The remaining fourteen became Class 71, numbered 71001 to 71014 under the TOPS scheme.

The end
The class survived relatively unscathed with no members being scrapped early. Two were awaiting repair at Ashford due to failures and the end finally came on the last day of 1977 when all 14 members were withdrawn en bloc as a result of motive power rationalisation. Their rostered duties were turned over to Class 73 electro-diesels as part of a new timetable and better use of that class.

Preservation
The one preserved example (erstwhile 71 001) was saved by the National Railway Museum in York (currently on display at NRM Shildon) and has been restored as E5001.

Models
Having previously been made as ready-to-run by Golden Arrow Models of Hastings (OO gauge) and in kit form by MTK (Modern Traction Kits) thence DC Kits of Leeds (4mm /OO gauge) the HA /class 71 was also produced as both a kit and ready-to-run model (OO gauge) by Silver Fox Models

In July 2016 Hornby released three versions of the HA /class 71 (all with working pantograph); these being E5001 (green, red stripes post-1963 rainstrips and with small warning panel), 71 012 (blue full yellow ends), E5022 (green, red stripes and without yellow warning panels or post-1963 rainstrips). A further version was produced exclusively for the NRM, this being E5001 (green, red stripe, post-1963 rainstrips but without yellow warning panels). More versions are expected in 2017. In May 2017 DJ Models released its versions of the HA /class 71 in OO gauge with multiple versions becoming available. However with the demise of the company in 2019, no more will be forthcoming.

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Area codes 608 and 353

Area codes 608 and 353 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan for much of southwestern Wisconsin, including the state capital city Madison. Area code 608 was assigned in 1955 to a numbering plan area created from areas with area code 414 and area code 715, and was the third area code created in Wisconsin. Rapid growth of the area, specifically in Dane County, brought the area code close to exhaustion of central office prefixes, with NANPA projections in 2022 projecting the need for relief by late 2023. In September 2022, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission and North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) announced an overlay complex for the numbering plan area with new area code 353, with an in-service date of September 15, 2023. New central office code orders were accepted starting on July 11, 2023, but activatlon is contingent on complete exhaustion of central office codes for 608.

Service area
The counties served by the area codes are Adams, Buffalo, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Lafayette, Marquette, Monroe, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Trempealeau, and Vernon.

Cities in the numbering plan area are Madison, Waunakee, Mount Horeb, Verona, Sun Prairie, Monroe, Platteville, Lancaster, Lodi, Portage, Baraboo, Wisconsin Dells, Beloit, Janesville, La Crosse, Prairie du Chien, Prairie du Sac, Sauk City, Viroqua, and Sparta.

Ten-digit dialing
Prior to October 2021, area code 608 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, 988 was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven-digit dialing. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to ten-digit dialing by October 24, 2021. That allowed the 353 overlay to be implemented without permissive dialing period.

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Talk:Rubus parviflorus

The origin of the Thimbleberry's name is contradicted in paragraphs one and two; first it is stated that the plant gets its name from the Thimble Islands in Connecticut, then that the name comes from the thimble-like appearance of the drupelets' core. I don't know which one's correct, but I just thought I'd point it out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.32.166 (talk) 03:33, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Based on the images and description in the article, I'm quite sure that this plant is what is called a "redcap" where I'm from (Pacific NW - Cascade foothills in Washington State, USA.) I've never heard anyone call it a thimbleberry, although the name is quite appropriate. I suggest that the next person that comes along that also knows these berries by the name redcap note this in the article, and possibly add a link to the disambiguation page for redcap that points here. Radishes (talk) 01:13, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I also live near Seattle, Washington, but when I looked up "thimbleberry" and came here, the picture is exactly what I think of as a thimbleberry. I have often eaten them when growing wild. I don't know the word "redcap". Art LaPella (talk) 04:45, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

I grew up in Southwestern BC and know these as thimbleberries, I've similarly never heard of red caps.

Some people,at least, use the term thimbleberries for what I call blackberries. It's hard to argue with them, because blackberries are much more thimble-shaped then the photo you show of thimbleberries which actually seem LESS thimble-shaped, if anything, than raspberries.

 * I aggree! Someone please update a pic, where you can really see the tipycal shape, because that really looks more like a raspberry...

 * Is it Rubus occidentalis that they are calling blackberry in your part of the country? A thimble is an implement that fits over a finger, so the main feature of its shape is hollowness. Thimbleberries and Black raspberries fit over small fingers. Blackberries as we use the term here don't, the core stays inside so they aren't hollow. Meggar 01:45, 2005 September 7 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I know what you're talking about, Meggar. Some cultivars of blackberries are a lot like raspberries or "thimbleberries" (known as redcaps to me) -- especially the ones that grow on the ground in small, loose, somewhat delicate, bushes. Other types of blackberry (such as the invasive ones that colonize whole hillsides and grow into huge, hardy bushes with thick vines) have larger, heavier, non-hollow berries. Radishes (talk) 01:18, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I checked the sources listed for the article as well as a couple of others, including Hitchcock and Pojar. I didn't find any common names other than "Thimbleberry". Walter Siegmund (talk) 15:19, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

To add further confusion on the subject of name - my grandparents would sometimes refer to the berries as "thumbcaps". This was in the Keeweenaw region of Michigan. However I have rarely heard any term other than "thimbleberry" used by anyone born after 1940. Sir Smedley (talk) 23:29, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I checked Hortus Third, and it lists two names, thimbleberry and salmonberry (sorry, no redcaps). Two names is enough to mean that this page should be moved to the scientific name, so I'll do that. Then if someone can find a citation for "redcaps" it can be added. Nadiatalent (talk) 12:11, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I am also from the Pacific Northwest and my family has always referred to these as "redcaps". I believe this may be derived from a Native American name. Here's a citation where "red cap time" refers to when this specific plant can be harvested (see the lower right of page 269 or search on 'red cap'): https://ethnobiology.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/JoE/23-2/LantzTurner2003.pdf --Sawall (talk) 22:07, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Here is another citation where a Squamish to English dictionary translates the same term into both "thimbleberry" and "redcap": --Sawall (talk) 22:15, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Here's an addition: it grows in rural New York State (esp as part of the re-growth after clear cut)-less than 100 miles from NYC! I recognized the thimbleberry immediately it couldn't be transported, but rather had to be consumed immediately. Blackberries are denser and very easy to place in a pail. Raspberries, less so but not impossible. Thimbleberry seemed "hairier" than any other berry-but sweeter, as well. So, I agree that the thimbleberry fruit are "larger, flatter, and softer than raspberries"...& because the fruit is so soft, it does not pack or ship well, so thimbleberries are rarely cultivated commercially." Larriette (talk) 02:37, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

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User:Marskell/Planetary Habitability

Astronomer Frank Drake, a well-known proponent of the search for extraterrestrial life, imagined life on a neutron star: submicroscopic "nuclear molecules" combining to form creatures with a life cycle millions of times quicker than Earth life. Called "imaginative and tongue and cheek," the idea gave rise to science fiction depictions.

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Beppo (poem)

Beppo: A Venetian Story is a lengthy poem by Lord Byron, written in Venice in 1817. Beppo marks Byron's first attempt at writing using the Italian ottava rima metre, which emphasized satiric digression. It is the precursor to Byron's most famous and generally considered best poem, Don Juan. The poem contains 760 verses, divided into 95 stanzas.

Narrative
The poem tells the story of a Venetian lady, Laura, whose husband, Giuseppe (or "Beppo" for short), has been lost at sea for the past three years. According to Venetian customs she takes on a Cavalier Servente, simply called "the Count". When the two of them attend the Venetian Carnival, she is closely observed by a Turk who turns out to be her missing husband. Beppo explains that he has been captured and enslaved, and was freed by a band of pirates that he subsequently joined. Having accumulated enough money he left piracy and returned to reclaim his wife and be re-baptized. Laura rejoins Beppo and befriends the Count.

Analysis and allusions
The poem's main merit lies in its comparison of English and Italian morals, arguing that the English aversion to adultery is mere hypocrisy in light of the probably shocking, but more honest, custom of the Cavalier Servente in Italy. In comparison to Byron's Oriental Tales of 1813, it suggests that a looser attitude towards morals may be more pragmatic.

The poem manifests a number of typical Byronic qualities, like the digressive structure and the use of satirical jabs at targets familiar to Byron's readership, such as literate women and as well as other poets (including Robert Southey, who appears as "Botherby"). As he does in major poems like Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan, in Beppo Byron mixes fictional elements with autobiographical ones.

Reputedly, Lady William Russell was the inspiration for "[one] whose bloom could, after dancing, dare the dawn".

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Just as Long as We're Together

"Just as Long as We're Together" is Prince's second single released from his 1978 debut album For You. The coda is an instrumental track originally called "Jelly Jam" that was added to the main track, and modified over time to blend into it.

The B-side of the track was the album track, "In Love". The single peaked at number 91 on the R&B chart and did not enter the pop charts.

Track listings
7" single
 * A. "Just as Long as We're Together" (edit) – 3:25
 * B. "In Love" – 3:38

7" promo
 * A. "Just as Long as We're Together" (mono edit) – 3:25
 * B. "Just as Long as We're Together" (stereo edit) – 3:25

12" promo
 * A. "Just as Long as We're Together" (disco mix) – 6:29
 * B. "Soft and Wet" (disco mix) – 3:02

Personnel

 * Prince – lead and backing vocals, electric guitars, clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Minimoog, ARP String Ensemble, ARP Pro Soloist, bass guitar, fuzz bass, drums, bongos, handclaps, fingersnaps

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Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week/Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo

 * Nominated on 14:04, 18 August 2005 (UTC); needs 5 votes by August 25.

Top European destination, yet still a stub. Quite astounding

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Promotional editing
User:SerAntoniDeMiloni, it is just as incumbent on you to discuss on the talk page if you are inserting promotional content by a COI editor. At least you could have cleaned it up some. User:GuardianH, thank you. Drmies (talk) 20:02, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

 * It is clearly not promotional editing to talk about A) how they don't admit more than xyz percent of students and B) what their alumni do. These are rather standard to include, and are important measures. I completely disagree with the process of removing the entire section, rather than cleaning it up, so I reverted so that they could be cleaned up. SerAntoniDeMiloni (talk) 20:09, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * These were recent, explicitly promotional additions. You go to the talk page to discuss what can be salvaged from the COI additions after they have been dealt with. Not the reverse. The onus was actually on the original editor to make his case in the talk page from the beginning for these promo additions, then proceed. But that isn't what they did, so the WP:PROMOTION has been rightly removed, and now we can go over what can be added neutrally, just as it should have been from the start. GuardianH (talk) 20:22, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I understand where you're coming from, but prefer a method where the section is tagged as promotion, and then worked on. It's more challenging to go into the article history to salvage bits than it is to work in the moment. SerAntoniDeMiloni (talk) 22:17, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
 * SerAntoniDeMiloni, that may be challenging for you, but GuardianH and I were working on it already. Of the content you restored, half is gone, and that's actually something you could have done. If you were so concerned with valid, verified content, you could have been a lot more judicious in your revert. Drmies (talk) 00:30, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Clocked that I reverted this quite close to it being removed. Didn’t spot that these edits were happening today - had assumed they were old reverts. My mistake… SerAntoniDeMiloni (talk) 02:19, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

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Metternich Stela

The Metternich Stela is a magico-medical Horus on the Crocodiles stele that is part of the Egyptian collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It dates to the Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt around 380–342 B.C. during the reign of Nectanebo II. The provenance of the stele is unknown.

History
The stela belongs to a group of stelae known as the "Cippi of Horus" or 'Stelae of Horus on the crocodiles'. These types of stelae were used to protect the ancient Egyptian people from dangerous animals such as crocodiles and snakes. The Magical Stela is one of the largest and most complete of this kind.

It is theorized that in the reign of Nectanebo II, a priest named Esatum traveled to the burial place of the Mnevis bulls at Heliopolis. There he noticed certain inscriptions that he thought were interesting and ordered them to be copied onto a large block of stone. There the stela was created and stood for many years until Alexander the Great conquered the Persians in Egypt and it was brought to Alexandria.

For over two thousand years, the stela was missing until it was discovered in a wall that was excavated in a Franciscan monastery. The stela was then presented to Austrian statesman, Prince Metternich in 1828 by Muhammad Ali Pasha, the ruler of Egypt, and Metternich had stored it in his Kynžvart Castle (in Bohemia) where the stela remained until 1950, being then purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (where it was known for many years as the Metternich Stela).

Construction
The stela is a large block below, (a plinth) connected to a thinner block with a curved top. The dimensions are a height of 35 12/16 inch and a width of 13 ¼ inch. The piece was made from one huge block of fine grained, hard, gray-green stone made from greywacke. The stela is well preserved with only a few small visible chips. It seems to have been created with exact precision and care therefore making it a most intriguing and valuable addition to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The top portion of the stela portrays a disk of the sun that identifies Ra, the sun god of the ancient Egyptian religion. On each side of Ra are four baboons. On the far left of the baboons is the messenger god Thoth. On the far right of the baboons is the reigning pharaoh Nectanebo II bowing towards Ra.

The main portion of the relief is separated from the top portion with five lines of hieroglyphs. The center of the stela portrays Horus as a child standing on crocodiles. Above his head is the face of the god Bes, who is the guardian of the newborn and childbirth. Horus is holding in each hand a serpent and scorpion, along with a lion and oryx in either hand.

On the near left of Horus is the god Ra-Horakhty, which is the combination of the two sky gods Horus and Ra, standing on a serpent, and surrounding both of them are two divine symbols. On the far left of the relief is Horus's mother Isis standing upon a serpent, and on her left is the standard of the vulture goddess Nekhbet, patron of the south. On the far right is again the god Thoth standing on a serpent and on his right is the standard of the serpent goddess Wadjet, patron of the north. Above the gods are the eyes of Horus, the sun and the moon.

The rest of the stela is covered with hieroglyphs from top to bottom and also on both sides. These hieroglyphs document the stories of the gods and their experiences with poisonous animals. There are also many curses and spells for different types of sickness caused by these animals. Notable on left side of fourth row is a chariot pulled by a winged oryx called an Akhekh, a symbol of royal might.

Another point of interest with the stela is on the upper portion of the reverse side. There is a winged man who represents the demonic solar god Harmeti. He is standing upon his enemies, which are evil animals enclosed in a circle to prevent their escape.

Mythology
The main function of the Metternich Stela was for the magical healing of poisons, mostly caused by animals. Water was poured over the Stela and collected. The water from the Stela was then drunk by the person suffering from the poisonous ailment. That person would identify with the child Horus who had also suffered such tragedies. During the entire process religious rites from the Stela were recited by local priests.

The first few spells on the stela are related to reptiles and other harmful creatures. The most prominent was the serpent demon Apophis who was the enemy of Ra. The spell forced the serpent to decapitate and burn into pieces. The second half of the spell would force the serpent to vomit and while the priest recited this spell the person inflicted would also vomit freeing their body of the poison.

The next spell was directed towards a cat. The cat contained a bit of a god or goddess and would be able to destroy any sort of poison. The spell asks for Ra to aid the cat in her time of need.

Most of the Stela has inscriptions that describe stories such as the ones above in relation to being poisoned and spells to be cured. The most famous is the story of Isis and the Seven Scorpions. The story takes up the majority of the stela and is most referenced when it came to ailments dealing with poisons.

Isis was the mother of Horus, along with his father Osiris who was the ruler of the living world. Osiris was killed by his brother Set who was incredibly jealous of his power. When Isis and Nephthys discovered this, they brought Osiris back to life with the use of magic. Set was enraged and so he killed Osiris once again, but this time he chopped up his body into many parts and scattered them throughout Egypt. Osiris then became the pharaoh of the dead and the underworld, while the land of the living was ruled by no one.

Set was content thinking he would become the pharaoh of the living, but what he didn't know was that Isis was pregnant with Osiris's child. He would become pharaoh of the living because of his birthright. After Isis gave birth to Horus, it was thought that he would become the new pharaoh of the living, but once Set found out he became very angry.

At this point the actual spell starts on the Magical Stela. Set had the child poisoned by a scorpion, which is often associated with the serpent demon, Apophis. Isis was outraged with grief at the death of her child. She called out to Ra and asked him for his aid. He sent Thoth who restored the child to life. From that point Ra would act as an advocate to Horus, just as his father Osiris would have done if alive.

Horus lived but later fought Set to see who would become the pharaoh of the living. During the fight Set ripped out Horus's eye and won the battle. This is where the symbol 'the Eye of Horus' is from. Set then became the pharaoh of the living once again.

Isis could not stand by and let this happen because her son was the rightful ruler. She went into the underworld disguised and sought out Set. She told him how an evil man took something from her son that was rightfully his. Set ordered to have this corrected, not knowing who she was referring to. Isis revealed herself to Set and he tried to recant, but Ra witnessed the event and made Horus the pharaoh of the living.

The majority of the stela relates to how Horus was poisoned and cured. The ancient Egyptians would also use this cure for their own people who suffered from poisons. The sick would have the spirit of Horus within them and they would be cured just as Horus was. (Egyptian Art) The stories inscribed on this stela, especially the one regarding Isis and Horus are the most comprehensive found on any monument.

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Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol

The men's 10 metre air pistol competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on 14 August at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.

The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of 0.1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.

2002 World champion Mikhail Nestruyev of Russia had attained a score of 591 to break a new Olympic record in the qualification round, until Chinese shooter and six-time Olympian Wang Yifu caught him up on the last shot to grab his second Olympic gold (the first being done in Barcelona 1992) in the event by an immensely thin 0.2-point margin, finishing with a total of 690.0 to 689.8. Nestruyev's countryman Vladimir Isakov, on the other hand, took the bronze medal with 684.3, edging out 1988 champion Tanyu Kiryakov of Bulgaria by almost a single point.

France's Franck Dumoulin, who eluded Wang for an Olympic gold in Sydney 2000, failed to reach the final round after slipping off from his title defense to share a twentieth place tie with four other shooters in the prelims.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification round
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User talk:Moocats

Bloodfin
Wanted to say hi after seeing you are on Bloodfin as well from your comments on Star Wars Galaxies. I'm Thomias (master artisan / architect / shipwright) and Swey (teras kasi master / master combat medic) if you ever want to say hi in the game. --Syrthiss 15:22, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the swg wiki link. :) --Syrthiss 17:03, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

WP:MEDCAB Request
Hi there. I have responded to your MEDCAB request related to List of browser games and Browser game. The discussion can be found on the talk pages of both articles. Soltak | Talk 19:42, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: New to Mediation
I'm patient by all means but just curious as to how long a mediation would take if say, the other person never responds and just continues on their merry way. Also, what is the proper etique on making changes that keep being reverted? One last question, how would I make a link to the talk page in an edit summary? Thanks, -Moocats 18:00, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I'll answer your questions in the order asked. If one party in a mediation refuses to participate, then mediation simply doesn't occur. For mediation to work, both parties have to be willing to involve themselves in the process. If one party refuses to participate but continues the disputed action, then mutual dispute resolution isn't going to work and I'd recommend discussing a brief block with an administrator or moving on to file at WP:RFC.

If both parties are active in mediation, then proper etiquette is to avoid editing the article until mediation is complete. If one party doesn't participate, however, there really is no restriction of reverting. Just make sure you adhere to the Three Revert Rule.

Edit summaries don't respond to wiki-coding or HTML. The best bet is to simply say "see talk page" or "see Talk:Article Name". Soltak | Talk 20:22, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

User:JasonBlake69
As User:JasonBlake69 obviously doesn't feel that mediation is necessary and doesn't seem to be willing to discuss his behavior at all, I recommend you report his next untoward edit at Vandalism in Progress. Simply follow the instructions there and an admin should contact both of you, briefly blocking Jason. Soltak | Talk 00:39, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the information, I guess this is the wiki life so far as I've heard. I'll do just that if he does it again without discussion.  -Moocats 01:46, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

A fair discussion!
Hello,

It seems I was invited to a discussion which I was not aware of the least. This whole Wikipedia looks like a puzzle so far.

I think I know NOW how to work with the User talk system and request for a fair and new discussion.

Cheers,

Jasonblake69

 * Ah finally! I originally thought that you were perhaps a new user to wiki since you had just registered.  When you made some edits I tried contacting you about them however you did not seem responsive and I wondered if you perhaps did not know where to access the discussions page.  When you made a few additions to other discussion pages I thought perhaps you were ignoring me, or at worst, pretending to not know where it was when it suited you.  In good faith however, I tried to contact you through another method, mediation.  When you did not respond I thought you had perhaps left, however you edited again claiming personal attacks.

 * This is not what I was after however, I wanted to help you learn about the methods wikipedia utilizes in order to create more well formed unbiased articles such as the discussion page where users such as you and me can work out a compromised change, or explain why we made such a change. Comments are definitely not the area to have a discussion as this is generally seen as an edit war.

 * Now that you have posted here I believe you may have just been new to wiki afterall and would be glad to discuss why I was making changes to the page and would also like to hear your side of the story on the Browser Game article and the List of browser games article :) -Moocats 15:16, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Hello "Moocats", let's start by why you have continued to claim I was the owner of MoFunZone.com, why you persistently removed my contributions when they were perfectly valid and detailed and why do you continue to make up your own definitions of what browser games are. Looking forward to your speedy response. --JasonBlake69 17:49, 26 January 2006 EST

 * Hello there, I have posted responses under the gaming areas Talk:Browser_game and Talk:List_of_browser_games. I am sorry we got off to such a rough start, hopefully we can clear things up and both get a better understanding of what we each want :) -Moocats 00:17, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

 * On the MoFunZone area I thought you were perhaps the owner of said site because you mentioned material I did not immediately find on the web page such as the owner, and when it was started up. You also appeared to have a very vested interest in the page staying on wiki which I've found to be unusual in general.  From my time here I have not seen many people try and resurrect an article unless it has recieved a lot of attention, and only then by someone other than the original creator.  However after only about a week you brought it back, it's very dedicated!  So I just naturally assumped you had a vested interest.

 * Hopefully you can understand why I was so upset after three weeks of trying to get you to come discuss these articles. I did not realize you found it so puzzling and wish I could have been of further assistance for your first time here.  I may have done so because I am a web programmer by trade and tend to adapt very quickly to new pages, as well as not being able to remember what it was like my first time here.  Please forgive my anger at your edits as I forgive yours as we seem to have misunderstood each other.  The internet and especially edit wars can easily make comments seem like personal attacks.  This was not my intention and I truly hope you will forgive my actions :) -Moocats 00:25, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

 * The information I contributed to the MoFunZone article can easily be attained from the site, and from Google if you ever tried searching for MoFunZone. I happen to be a fan of the site as I have been following it for close to 3 years through its evolution. And I thought it would be fair to create and keep an article for such a popular and notable gaming website. With that said, the same can be said about the link you continue to post in the browser game article and the fact you want to remove MoFunZone and its games from wiki also insinuates you're a competitor of some sort. However I haven't resorted to false allegations as you have.

 * There isn't a need to be upset or emotional over one or two similar links. This is a new hobby for me and I am excited to share my knowledge to the world. We should both perceive our contributions to this great site as a charitable donation (of knowledge). And of course I forgive you, I now see we have had a misunderstanding in perception and I hope we can move on to our core discussion regarding the links and games listings. Cheers, --Jasonblake69 17:17, 27 January 2006 EST

Qur'an Pic Straw Poll
Regarding the straw poll you recently voted in, note that the page has been archived for 8 days now. If you desire, go to the Talk:Qur'an page and there should be links for the archive dealing with the entire controversy. Pepsidrinka 21:32, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Please try to understand what I'm doing
I do not want to stir up the hornet's nest over the cartoons scandal. I want Wikipedia to have a clear and rigorous censorship policy. To do this, we need to either use the cartoons test case to highlight the criterias in question that allow us to distinguish between the two, or we need to change some past cases where editor consensus gave the 'wrong' decision. Otherwise, the crazies will be all over this, and we will have to go over this again and again and again, losing credibility and neutrality every time. Wouldn't things be easier if we had an agreed upon policy or principle that we can just point to? --Fangz 02:50, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

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Peace of Vasvár

The Peace of Vasvár was a treaty between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire which followed the Battle of Saint Gotthard of 1 August 1664 (near Mogersdorf, Burgenland), and concluded the Austro-Turkish War (1663–64). It held for about 20 years, until 1683, during which border skirmishing escalated to a full-scale war.

At the time of signing, the military of the Habsburgs was in a better position than that of the Ottomans. Instead of maintaining initiative and momentum, negotiations began and fighting stopped. In fact, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor wanted peace to be signed so that he could be better prepared against France. However, factions within the monarchy insisted on further operations, particularly Croats and Hungarians, mainly because most of their territory was in Ottoman hands, and they wanted to use the opportunity to reclaim their land. Noble Croatian families, the Zrinski and the Frankopan, viewed the treaty as particularly supplicating to the Ottomans, as they actually had to give up territories that had just been liberated back to the Ottomans as terms of the treaty. Some of the territories had belonged to them before the occupation. The treaty caused internal strife and instability in the monarchy, which would eventually culminate with the rebellion of the two Croatian noble families and Hungarian nobles led by Ferenc Rákóczi I against the king of Hungary (also Emperor to the German states in the monarchy).

With the treaty, Ottoman control of Transylvania and Uyvar (administered as the Uyvar Eyalet of the Empire) was recognized, as well as both empires paying a financial tribute (presented as a "gift") to the other. That was the only time the French king, a traditional ally of the Ottomans since Francis I, fought against them. It was also one of the major factors in the Habsburgs' decision, as the much more valuable estates in the Holy Roman Empire and Italy were threatened by France. The concessions were very minor for the Austrians, as their emperor could now turn to western affairs. The Habsburgs also received some economic rights in the Ottoman realm and they agreed to pay an annual 200,000 florins to the Ottoman Empire.

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Jallianwala Bagh

Jallianwala Bagh is a historic garden and memorial of national importance close to the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab, India, preserved in the memory of those wounded and killed in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre that took place on the site on the festival of Baisakhi Day, 13 April 1919. The 7 acre site houses a museum, gallery and several memorial structures. It is managed by the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust, and was renovated between 2019 and 2021.

Early history
The 7 acre site is located in the vicinity of the Golden Temple complex.

Jallianwala Bagh or the garden of the Jallah-man, with its well, implies that it was once green and flowering. Over the years it had become popular as a recreation ground and an area of rest for those visiting the nearby Golden temple. In 1919, it was a dried-out plot, surrounded by tightly packed multi-occupancy buildings dividend by some narrow streets, and having only one entrance and exit route. It was unoccupied and surrounded by a wall. The place derives its name from the Jallianwalia family.

Massacre
In 1919, in response to excluding Mahatma Gandhi from visiting Punjab, the secret deportation of Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal on 10 April and the reactions to the Rowlatt Act, Punjab had witnessed attempts of Indians to gather and protest. On the morning of Baisakhi, 13 April 1919, to the sound of military drums by the cities town criers, 1919 punjabBrigadier General R.E.H. Dyer's new rules. He had placed restrictions on leaving the city without a permit, banned all "processions of any kind" and any congregation of more than four people, and announced around the city that "any person found in the streets after 8 pm will be shot". The announcements came at a time of noise and unusual heat, and missed key locations around the city, so that they were not widely disseminated. Dyer was subsequently informed at 12.40 pm that day that a political gathering was to be held at Jallianwala Bagh. By the time Dyer arrived with 90 Sikh, Gurkha, Baloch, Rajput troops from 2-9th Gurkhas, the 54th Sikhs and the 59th Sind Rifles, there was a crowd of 20,000; a mix of speakers, listeners, picnic-makers, men, women and children of all ages, including Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims and Christians. Dyer then ordered his troops to fire at the crowds. Approximately 1,650 rounds were fired and the number, killing and injuring many; the numbers are disputed.

Memorial site
During the troubles of 1947 several surrounding buildings had been destroyed. In 1951, the government of India established the site as a 'memorial of national importance'.

The site was renovated between 2019 and 2021. The central government had earmarked inr 200000000 in 2019 for the commemoration of the centenary of the massacre. In 1920 a Trust was formed with the aim of creating a memorial at the massacre site. The memorial was closed to the public in February 2019 for the renovation work, and reopened in August 2021. The renovation was criticized by various historians, political leaders and some of the kin of the martyrs; many said that the renovations were improper and had erased the tragedy of the massacre.

Entrance
The entrance to Jallianwala Bagh is via a narrow passage, the same passage that was the only entry and exit point at the time of the massacre and the same route that General Dyer and his troops took to reach the grounds. At the entrance is a statue of Udham Singh. Once entered, some old trees can be seen in the garden with some buildings at the back. With the words 'Vande Mataram', a flame titled Amar Jyoti (Eternal Flame) is seen burning to the right under a domed meditation area.

Memorials
The 'Martyrs Well' is surrounded by the Martyr's memorial, a large structure with a sign giving a figure of "120" as the number of bodies that were recovered from the well. It was designed by American architect Benjamin Polk and inaugurated in 1961.

A number of the bullet holes in the walls are preserved. One of the walls with bullet holes has a plaque reading: "The wall has its own historic significance as it has thirty-six bullet marks which can be easily seen at present and these were fired into the crowd by the order of General Dyer. Moreover, no warning was given to disperse before Dyer opened fire which was gathered here against the Rowlatt Act. One Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Rounds were fired"

Other plaques are seen inside the garden, one of which reads: "This site is saturated with the blood of thousands of Indian patriots who were martyred in a nonviolent struggle to free India from British domination. General Dyer of the British army opened fire here on unarmed people. Jallianwala Bagh is thus an everlasting symbol of non-violent & peaceful struggle for the freedom of India"

The Flame of Liberty is represented by a central pylon. It is white and shaped like a flame. Engraved are faces of 'martyrs' and below are given their names.

The Martyr's gallery and museum
The Martyr's gallery contains a number of paintings including some of political leaders and a painting of the inside of Jallianwala Bagh, showing a number of people dead on the ground. The addition to the painting of the Gurkha's was painted in at a later date. The names of those killed are not included. A portrait of Udham Singh is on display in the gallery. One of the seven urns containing his ashes are kept in the museum.

Using newspaper clippings and letters from Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore and others, 45 panels depicting the Amritsar massacre are displayed.

Management
The site is managed by the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust formed under the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951 passed by the Parliament of India. The initial trustees of the Trust were named as Jawaharlal Nehru, Saifuddin Kitchlew, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the President of the Indian National Congress, the Governor of Punjab, the Chief Minister of Punjab and three people nominated by the Central Government.

In November 2019, the act was amended thus removing the President of the Indian National Congress as a trustee and replacing that position with the Leader of Opposition in Loksabha (lower house of Parliament) or in absence of Leader of Opposition, the leader of the single largest opposition party in the Loksabha. It also amended that a nominated trustee may be removed by the Central Government before the end of five years term.

Site visits
Since the massacre, Jallianwala Bagh has been the site of a number of official and publicized visits. One of the earliest was during the public enquiry by the Indian Congress, when Jawaharlal Nehru visited the site in the immediate aftermath of the massacre. His investigation revealed 64 bullets in one part of the wall.

The site was visited by the Queen Elizabeth II in 1961, 1983 and 1997, and British Prime Minister David Cameron visited in 2013. During Prince William and Kate's official visit to India, Jallianwala Bagh was not on their itinerary. Others from Britain include Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London in 2017, and Dominic Asquith and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby in 2019.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the grounds in 2015 and politician Kiren Rijiju visited in 2016 as part of an India-Pakistan border visit. Proposed renovations to Jallianwala Bagh were presented to India’s vice president Venkaiah Naidu, the governor of Punjab V.P. Singh Badnore and other officials when they visited the site in April 2019 to attend a commemoration ceremony organised by the Ministry of Culture. Other visitors in 2019 included Rahul Gandhi.

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Hollywood Homicide

Hollywood Homicide is a 2003 American buddy cop action comedy film starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett, with an ensemble supporting cast including Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich, Keith David, Gladys Knight, Master P, Dwight Yoakam, Eric Idle, Robert Wagner, Kurupt, Smokey Robinson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Martin Landau, and André Benjamin. It was directed by Ron Shelton, written by Shelton and Robert Souza, and produced by Shelton and Lou Pitt. The film is based on the true experiences of Souza, who was a homicide detective in the LAPD Hollywood Division and moonlighted as a real estate broker in his final ten years on the job. The film's title sequence is done by Wayne Fitzgerald, which marks it as his final time doing a title sequence before his death in September 2019.

Plot
Sergeant Joe Gavilan is a financially strapped homicide detective with the Hollywood Division of the LAPD. He has been moonlighting as a real estate agent for seven years. His current partner is Detective K.C. Calden, a much younger detective who teaches yoga on the side and wants to be an actor.

The partners are investigating the murders of the four members of rap group "H2OClick", who were gunned down in a nightclub by two unidentified assailants. The detectives discover there was a witness who fled, and they work to track him down. They are distracted, failing to bond as partners, as Gavilan has to deal with a looming real estate deal that may be the key to getting out of debt, while Calden further pursues his dreams of acting by trying to be scouted by talent agents.

Meanwhile, the manager of H2OClick, Antoine Sartain, has his head of security eliminate the two hitmen, whom he had hired to kill H2OClick, and earlier a rapper named Klepto that Sartain also managed.

Gavilan and Calden believe the murders are gang-related, but when Calden happens to see the bodies of the hitmen at the morgue, they conclude that the murders were orchestrated. The detectives also notice similarities that tie the H2OClick and Klepto homicides together. Gavilan learns from an undercover officer that the songwriter for H2OClick, a man named K-Ro, has gone missing, leading Gavilan to believe he is their murder witness. They struggle to track him down until they finally learn his real name, Oliver Robideaux, the son of former Motown singer Olivia Robideaux.

Meanwhile, Internal Affairs Lieutenant Bernard "Bennie" Macko arrives at the station. Macko and Gavilan have a bad history, as Gavilan embarrassed Macko after proving him wrong on a case years ago. The animosity is compounded by the fact that Gavilan's latest love interest, a psychic named Ruby, used to date Macko.

Macko is intent on ruining Gavilan, going so far as to try to frame him and place both detectives in interrogation. Instead, it only serves to help Gavilan and Calden strengthen their partnership. Gavilan offers to help Calden with the case of his father's death; Officer Danny Calden had been gunned down during a sting operation gone wrong, with his partner, Officer Leroy Wasley, being implicated but eventually released due to lack of evidence.

The partners track down K-Ro to his home, where Olivia professes her son's innocence and that Sartain was the real culprit. Sartain had been embezzling money from Klepto, H2OClick and other clients for years. Klepto and H2OClick discovered this and threatened to hire lawyers to nullify their contracts, which led Sartain to have his head of security hire the hitmen as a "lesson" to all his clients. Wasley is not only Sartain's security chief, but Macko is also in league with him.

When the partners cannot locate Sartain and Wasley, Gavilan enlists Ruby's help. She uses her psychic power to lead the two detectives to a clothing store. Just then, Sartain and Wasley happened to drive by, so Gavilan and Calden follow in a wild car chase. It ends with the four men on foot, with two separate chases.

In a struggle with Gavilan, Sartain ends up falling from the top of a building to his death. Wasley draws a gun on Calden and loudly brags about having killed his father. Calden utilizes his acting skills to distract and incapacitate Wasley, and reveals he had a tape recorder on the whole time. Gavilan and Calden reunite as LAPD officers swarm the scene. Macko appears and calls for the arrests of the partners, but instead he is arrested for his part in covering up Sartain and Wasley's crimes.

Gavilan and Ruby attend a production of A Streetcar Named Desire, in which Calden is in a lead role. It is implied that Gavilan successfully brokered the real estate deal, and Calden is giving his all in the pursuit of his acting dream. However, both of them receive calls from police headquarters and leave in the middle of the play, now solid partners.

Production
The roles of Gavilan and Calden were originally given to John Travolta and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, respectively, before Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett eventually signed on.

Joe Roth, Revolution Studios Head, reportedly offered the role to Bruce Willis, with his producing partner Arnold Rifkin along to produce as well.

Throughout filming, Ford and Hartnett reportedly did not get along. Things apparently got so tense that the two wouldn't even look each other in the eye when they're sharing scenes together with Ford calling Hartnett a "punk" while Hartnett responded by calling Ford an "old fart". They reportedly carried over the feud into the promotional tour for the film.

Other reports from people on-set every day indicated that Hartnett was very reverential, he only signed on to the film because of Ford's involvement.

At the time Ford was looking for fresher material and UTA, the agency that had recently signed him suggested it based on Ron Shelton's profile at the time.

Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 30% based on 163 reviews, and an average rating of 4.71/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Hollywood Homicide suffers from too many subplots and not enough laughs." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.

Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post wrote, "Hollywood Homicide is a buddy film starring two people who, even as the closing credits roll, appear to have just met" and added "every scene between them, and that's most every scene, feels like a screen test or, at best, a rehearsal." One of the few major critics to give it a positive notice was Roger Ebert, who awarded the film 3 out of 4 stars and wrote "that it's more interested in its two goofy cops than in the murder plot; their dialogue redeems otherwise standard scenes."

Box office
The film did not perform well at the box office, earning a total gross that was lower than its $75 million budget. It ranked number 5 and grossed $11,112,632 in its opening weekend, coming in well below Rugrats Go Wild, Bruce Almighty, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and first-place holder Finding Nemo, the latter of which was in its third weekend. The film ended its box office run after 12 weeks, grossing $30,940,691 in Canada and the United States and $20,201,968 in other markets for a worldwide total of $51,142,659.

Home media
Hollywood Homicide was released on VHS and DVD on October 7, 2003 by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. The DVD edition included a director's commentary, cast and crew profiles and a theatrical trailer. In 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment released the film for the first time on Blu-ray in a 2 pack set with Hudson Hawk, without any extra features.

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