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Talk:Hackathon

Criticisms section
Sometimes hackathons are run under bad pretenses. Companies frequently get 'free labour' out of some free food and enthusiasm when actual work and R&D that was done during the hackathon should have been paid for. I didn't see this anywhere in the article but it is a very real thing in the field and a lot of people are turned off by the idea of hackathons these days, there's plenty of good ones in the article, but there's a number of bad experiences that continue to exist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.61.251.87 (talk) 20:04, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

OpenBSD
Actually, OpenBSD did use the word Hackathon first. Our first hackathon was in 1999, in June, before the JavaOne event. Only 10 developers were able to attend, and it was in Calgary.

Our events have always been called c#### where the c originally stood for crypto instead of Calgary. We had various crypto developers who were foreigners living in the US come to Calgary so they could hack on crypto code with us, since that was legal. Now 'c' normally means Calgary. There have been ones held in Boston (where the pf packet filter was born), Washington DC (where sparc64 came to be), Seichelt BC Canada (the pf2k4 hackathon in a cabin in the woods).. and one will be one held somewhere in Europe soon....

Please refer to http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.openbsd for more history, including dates and number of attendees.

But I sure we named them "hackathons" first -- we were using the word at least 4 months earlier as people were busy booking their flights to come to Calgary... we used to have a private web page up that made it look official so that some developers could get corporate sponsorship.. but that page is no longer to be found, since it was never placed into a CVS repository.

(this is Theo; I've thus far been to all of them)

 * Yeah, that is coming from one of the IP's in Theo's /23 IP block. Added a little of that to the article.  Janizary 03:49, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Dollar figure of cost
There was a thing in the article saying that hackathons can cost $20,000 for lodging and equipment alone. I am not sure if this claim is necessary since the article already says hackathons are expensive, but if the claim does need to be there, it should specify what country's dollars it is referring to. Also, a reference would be nice (e.g. from someone organizing such an event). --Graue 17:09, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

merger
I think that since a sprint is a term for the same basic thing as a hackathon, it should probably be in the same article - putting it in as it's own section. I think that hackathon is the better base article because it is a more complete article and it's an older one. Questions? Comments? If I don't see any in like a week, I'll go ahead with it. Janizary 02:28, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * For
 * Go for it! -- drange 14:07, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Against

I agree, and add in codefest. Sheese, what a disgusting term for such a great thing. 65.95.124.5 06:39, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Done. Janizary 21:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Ubuntu has "developer conferences" - as it was a red link and appears to be the same thing I've redirected here. Secretlondon 04:57, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

POV
Right now the article is too strongly OpenBSD-centric, it needs a dose of Sun and perhaps some more information on how these events are done in other organizations. 65.95.124.5 02:33, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I think it's looking pretty reasonable right now, so I've removed the tag. Janizary 21:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Hacker con merge?
It might be a good idea to merge Hacker con since these terms aren't very well defined, though I could also see distinguishing Hacker con as a "hacker (white hat/black hat) meeting" vs Hackathon as a "hacker (coder) meeting". —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-11 08:14Z

 * I think it needs to stay seperate, where a hackathon is about hacking a hacker con, as the article is called, is about cracking. They are two very different things.  Janizary 15:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm against it also. 'Hackathon' describes, generally, an open source development conference, whereas a hacker con is more computer security centric. 69.161.80.217 18:47, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the merge proposal, since it found no support, though admitedly little opposition. Janizary 21:23, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Multiple issues
Some things that need cleanup Your thoughts? -- Kickstart70 T C 22:26, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Other hackathons - someone added a poorly-phrased entry and a unlinked and un-cited website reference
 * Hackfest redirects here from another page (perhaps more than one) regarding the Quebec-located hacker conference which seems sane except the incoming links need cleanup
 * There are a number of uncited claims and explanations of related jargon
 * There is a while section on the OpenBSD hackathons and not for any other, listing dates for previous events. Seeming that this is somewhat OS specific, this should be cleaned up: perhaps removed, perhaps moved to another page, perhaps just generalized without the dates being listed.

Don't forget that the Sprints section could also probably be removed completely. Most of it's content is already present in Sprint_(software_development). MLetterle (talk) 02:31, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

 * Sprints section removal would make article more concise; linking should be added to that article if sprints is removed.

why the merge with Hack Day?
Hi all - I'm really very concerned about the merge of the Hack Day article into the Hackathon article. They are similar but are not the same. We also appear to have written out a great deal of the European development of 'hack days' and the more recent history of how they have changed and developed. A Hack Day can contain a Hackathon but I would argue - strongly - that they are different. Thoughts? - Matthew Cashmore — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.74.156.82 (talk) 10:56, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

I'd also like to point out that the term Hack Day has been in use for this kind of event far longer than Hackathon, as google trends demonstrates. - Jonty Wareing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.160.161 (talk) 09:31, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

I think there are broadly two questions here:

 * 1) Is a hackathon the same as a hack day? I can see slight different in usage: hackathons tend to be more of an open source thing (we've had Wikimedia hackathons) whereas hack day is used for things that aren't necessarily open source.
 * 2) If hackathons and hack days are the same, which term is most prevalent? We basically need to find which term is used in the plurality of reliable sources.

I'd ask everyone who has an interest in considering this to participate. If people want to make a case for moving back to 'hack day', I'd suggest we need to collect a list of reliable sources we can use to write this article from and sort that list of reliable sources into two lists: one for hackathon and another for hack day. I've thus set up a little mini-structured discussion below.

If you want to help in this discussion, please find reliable sources and add them to the sections below. That way we can have a discussion based on what the sources say (which is the point of WP:RS and other Wikipedia policies) rather than based on which terms we prefer and/or use. In addition, these sources will be useful in improving the article (and perhaps on tracing the etymology of the term for creating entries on Wiktionary! —Tom Morris (talk) 16:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Sources that use 'hack day'

 * Just as a note, I consider this source to be a bit of a passing mention. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Just as a note, I consider this source to be a bit of a passing mention. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Just as a note, I consider this source to be a bit of a passing mention. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Just as a note, I consider this source to be a bit of a passing mention. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Just as a note, I consider this source to be a bit of a passing mention. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Just as a note, I consider this source to be a bit of a passing mention. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Just as a note, I consider this source to be a bit of a passing mention. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Just as a note, I consider this source to be a bit of a passing mention. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Just as a note, I consider this source to be a bit of a passing mention. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Discussion
It seems to me that "hack day" is generally a subset of "hackathon", because hack days are (a) usually one day, and (b) tend to cover one specific topic. Thus, if there's only one article, I think it makes sense to have it at "Hackathon". And I think having just one article makes sense, because there's been no strict distinction spelled out between the two - I'm not aware of a "hack day" that couldn't be called a "hackathon". Yaron K. (talk) 13:36, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

I need to find sources in writing to support this, but in extensive conversation I am picking up an increasing perception that 'Hackathon' refers to an opportunity to show off one's programming and innovation accumen with a view to gaining invstment or employment, and a Hack Day/ hackday is an event to share knowledge, address wider public interest objectives, have fun and build stuff. There is doubless an overlap, but the two distinctions listed above are particularly weak- a) hack days are NOT generally one day long- 3 of the 4 I have been directly involved in setting up have been 2 day events. b) of those I have direct experience of setting up exactly half were of limited focus. Hackdays in question were Hack-London (general), Mashed (general), BBC Archives Hackday (focussed, internal), FSC Hackday (focussed, open).

It may not be intentional but I detect an implicit cultural bias at work in the definition as applied on this entry. I recommend in the strongest terms possible that Hack Day be clearly described in the most accurate way possible and that if that requires a seperate entry (as it seemed well able to sustain) then that should be reinstated. Note also some confusion persists over whether Yahoo have any rights to the name 'Hackday'. Meeware (talk) 13:02, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

World Port Hackaton
Can the world port hackaton be mentioned, see http://www.veneficus.nl/en/2013/10/04/port-hackathon/

these hackatons relate to real life problems / green tuning and not to just coding KVDP (talk) 17:52, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

College hackathons and Major League Hacking
Last semester, ~15k students went to college hackathons; the semester before that, ~10k, and the semester before only ~4k.

See http://mlh.io/, http://mlh.tv/, and http://hackcon.io.

College hackathons need to be included in this Wikipedia page! Probably more prominently than anything else currently on this page, because of their size and significance. They're a very new phenomenon, so you've probably not heard about them too much.

The New York Times will soon have an education story focusing on hackathons. NPR had a story, but it completely misses the point: http://www.npr.org/2014/03/19/291475082/pizza-perseverance-and-skills-at-a-major-league-hackathon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.80.97 (talk) 21:25, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

First use of the word "hackathon"
I found this usage dating to 1997-09-22:

"History of a hack

This soft-spoken, frail-looking man clad in a tie-dye T-shirt, faded cutoffs and ragged sandals-his scraggly hair pushed back in a ponytail-was the one who kicked off the NT hackathon."

From: http://www.blackhat.com/media/bh-usa-97/blackhat-eetimes.html

This suggests security hacking more than building something, but it was the first usage I've found yet, preceding the previous citation by 2 years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davejagoda (talk • contribs) 00:16, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

de-merge hackmeeting
Because hackmeetings are quite different events from hackatons, a few of us who participate in these would like to request that hackmeeting no longer re-directs to hackatons.

Hackatons according to the page have the objective of developing software; hackmeetings do not have this objective. Some developing may happen but they are more a political space where knowledge about FREE (as in freedom) software has priority.

In the spanish pages, it is clear that hackatons and hackmeetings are completely different events in practice and in philosophy : https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackmeeting

Comment by Els polacs (talk) 12:29, 18 October 2017 (UTC) : Agree. Italian version also maintains the clear difference. Probably the merge was due to the fact that there is no clear differenciation of events within English speaking countries, while this difference (hackathons different then hackmeetings) clearly exists in realities of some other non-English-speaking countries.
 * ✅ --petrohs (tlazokamati) 17:16, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

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Gangsters (TV series)

Gangsters is a British television programme made by BBC television drama and shown in two series from 1976 to 1978. It was created by Philip Martin and starred Maurice Colbourne as John Kline, a former SAS officer recruited by law enforcement to become an undercover agent in Birmingham.

Production
Produced at the BBC's Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham by David Rose, Gangsters began its television life as an edition of Play for Today in 1975, followed by two series transmitted in 1976 and 1978. The series, set in the multi-cultural criminal community of Birmingham, has remained a cult favourite, memorable for its strong violence, multi-ethnic cast (and realistic – and now rather shocking – depiction of the racism of the time) and highly stylised, post-modern approach to storytelling.

Gangsters featured references to film noir, gangster films, westerns, Bollywood and kung fu movies, as well as increasingly surreal end-of-episode cliffhangers and a bizarre final scene where the characters not only "break the fourth wall" but walk off the set.

The two series had quite different tones. The first was a gritty thriller whilst the second was more surreal, with more emphasis on the post-modern elements although it wasn't well received at the time.

Cast

 * John Kline (Maurice Colbourne) – a tough, shady former SAS soldier recently released from prison who becomes embroiled in the intrigues of the local underworld while attempting to go straight.
 * Khan (Ahmed Khalil) – police detective who uses Kline as a pawn in his bid to nail the organised crime syndicates of Birmingham.
 * Anne Darracott (Elizabeth Cassidy) – a young woman and former heroin addict who becomes Kline's live-in lover.
 * Aslam Rafiq (Saeed Jaffrey) – the charismatic boss of a racket trafficking illegal immigrants.
 * Sarah Gant (Alibe Parsons) – glamorous undercover CIA agent out to nail the drugs trade in the city, with a private mission to avenge the murder of her sister.
 * Kuldip (Paul Satvendar) – Rafiq's murderous henchman.
 * Malleson (Paul Barber) – a former thug who takes over his boss’s underworld empire after he is killed and proves to be a formidable adversary of Kline and Khan.
 * Shen Tang (Robert Lee) – the leader of a local Chinese triad gang.
 * Lily Li Tang (Chai Lee) – the daughter of Shen Tang, who assists her father in the running of the triad.
 * Rolf Day (Rolf Day) – The racist night club comedian who performs in the Rum Runner night club.
 * The series's writer, Philip Martin, also appeared in multiple roles, playing the gangland boss Rawlinson in the original play, the hired assassin 'The White Devil' at the end of season two (though Martin was credited as Larson E Whipsnide, a reference to his W. C. Fields-inspired performance as the character), and as himself, dictating the script to a typist, in cutaways throughout season two.

Episodes
All episodes written by Philip Martin.

Series Overview

Series One (1976)

Incident One

Incident Two

Incident Three

Incident Four

Incident Five

Incident Six

Series Two (1978)

The Dictates of Sheng Tang

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While Beauty Sleeps

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East of the Equator

Music
The theme music was an instrumental composed and performed by Dave Greenslade. It was released as a single with a character theme from the series, "Rubber Face, Lonely Eyes", on the B-side; the single was credited to Dave Greenslade's band Greenslade, even though the only performers on both tracks are Dave Greenslade and a session drummer. Greenslade recorded their own version of the song for their album Time and Tide. At David Rose's request, for the last series Dave Greenslade adapted it into a version with lyrics sung by Chris Farlowe.

DVD release
The complete series of Gangsters was released on DVD (Region 2, UK) through 2 Entertain/Cinema Club in April 2006. According to Philip Martin, the box set became a collectors' item after the company went bust. The series has to date not been re-issued and goes for high prices.

Novelisations
Philip Martin novelised the series several times:

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LeRon McCoy

LeRon Terrell McCoy (born January 24, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver. He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football for IUP. He was also a member of the San Francisco 49ers, Houston Texans, and California Redwoods of the United Football League (UFL). He is the older brother of former NFL running back LeSean McCoy.

Early life
McCoy attended Harrisburg High School in his freshman year. He then attended Bishop McDevitt High School from his sophomore year to his senior year. He lettered three times in football.

College career
McCoy attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania. McCoy saw limited time as a reserve in his true freshman season in 2001 before breaking out with 30 catches for 640 yards and eight touchdowns as a 13-game starter in 2002. He had 36 receptions for 521 yards and six touchdowns as a junior in 2003 and 36 receptions for 701 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior in 2004.

He finished his college career with 110 receptions for 2,096 yards (19.1 yards per rec. avg.), and 25 touchdowns. His 110 receptions rank eighth on the school's career record list.

Professional career
At the NFL Combine in February 2005, McCoy ran the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds, the fourth-fastest time among wide receivers.

Arizona Cardinals
McCoy was drafted in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft to the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). In his rookie season he played in ten games and started four of them. He caught eighteen passes for 191 yards and one touchdown. He caught his lone touchdown in week thirteen against the Washington Redskins. Prior to the 2006 season he was placed on injured reserve.

On August 31, 2007, McCoy was released by the Cardinals.

San Francisco 49ers
On October 10, 2007, McCoy signed with the San Francisco 49ers.

On December 28, 2007, McCoy was released by the 49ers.

Houston Texans
Prior to the 2008 season, McCoy signed with the Houston Texans.

On August 30, 2008, McCoy was released by the Texans.

California Redwoods
In 2009, McCoy signed with—but did not play for—the California Redwoods of the United Football League (UFL) during the league's inaugural season.

Personal life
McCoy is the older brother of former NFL running back LeSean McCoy.

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My Name Is Prince

"My Name Is Prince" is a song by American musician Prince and his backing band the New Power Generation, released in September 1992 by Paisley Park and Warner Bros. as the second single from their 1992 Love Symbol album. The song is about Prince himself and his musical prowess. The rap sequence is performed by NPG member Tony M. The intro to the song features vocal samples from Prince's earlier songs "I Wanna Be Your Lover", "Partyup", and "Controversy". Its music video was directed by Parris Patton and featured Kirstie Alley and Lauren Green.

The B-sides to the single are "Sexy Mutha", a clean remix of "Sexy MF", and "2 Whom It May Concern", a preview of songs from the then-upcoming Love Symbol album.

Chart performance
"My Name Is Prince" returned Prince and the NPG to radio and the Top 40 in the US after their previous single, the provocative "Sexy MF" failed to chart on any airplay charts. "My Name Is Prince" received modest airplay on Mainstream Urban and Rhythmic radio stations, earning respectable positions of number 25 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, number 20 on the Rhythmic Top 40, and number 36 on the Hot 100. In the UK, "My Name Is Prince" was another Top 10 hit for Prince and the NPG, peaking at number seven.

The remixes single also charted, hitting number 51 in the UK.

Critical reception
Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "The prolific Paisley One introduces his new album with a percussive ditty that earns high marks for its appealing live sound and ferocious, scratch-happy funk beat. Because the tune is taken out of the conceptualized context of the album, the lyrics seem a bit curious at times." A reviewer from Bray People described "My Name Is Prince" as a "self-mocking explosion of throbbing funk." Randy Clark from Cashbox commented, "Well, all hail his funky high-ness. Sure, he's got $100,000,000.00 and now he can blow his own horn louder than anyone. This song can be interpreted a few ways. 1) a slammin' funky, but meaningless dance track; 2) his self-obsession is blocking his ability to write anything poignant; 3) the man is a full-blown, Napoleonistic, megalomaniac who has now launched himself into the same self-glorifying world as Michael Jackson and Madonna. Naturally, he produces himself."

Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report said, "Clever as ever and fuuunnky to the max, this track once again displays how versatile, creative and unpredictable Prince truly is, and why he must be considered musical royalty." Dave Bennun from Melody Maker wrote, "Here we find Prince in hard and funky work-out mode, no great shakes compared to the likes of "Erotic City", "Gett Off" and "Sexy Muthaf***a", but a moderate-to-acceptable taster for his new concept album". Parry Gettelman from Orlando Sentinel felt it's "one of the weaker numbers" of the album, adding, "It's a killer parody of Hammer-style hip-hop. The beat is funkier than anything Hammer ever came up with, and the braggadocio is hilarious. However, the repetitive chorus and Prince's uncharacteristically harsh vocals don't wear well."

Retrospective response
In a 2020 retrospective review, Andy Healy from Albumism remarked that the song is "ironically titled”. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic called it a "dance smash", stating that the album "has Prince's best dance tracks since The Black Album." In 2019, Alexis Petridis from The Guardian ranked "My Name Is Prince" number 27 in his list of "Prince's 50 Greatest Singles", stating that it reasserted the musician's authority "in style." He added, "Its intro listed his hits, its lyric switched between proclaiming himself divinely chosen and fretting about judgment day, and its music dealt in heavy breakbeats and noise that suggested he had been listening to Public Enemy."

Music video
The accompanying music video for the song was filmed in August and September 1992 and directed by Parris Patton. It features American actress Kirstie Alley as news reporter Vanessa Bartholomew and Lauren Green as a studio anchor. In the video, fans are rioting to see Prince perform onstage. However, instead of performing onstage, he dances with his band in an alleyway while shooting his latest music video, wearing the outfit from the single's artwork (a police uniform and cap with chainmail obscuring his face), singing into a microphone in the shape of a gun, and inciting riots and general chaos.

Track listing

 * UK 7-inch
 * 1) "My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – 4:05
 * 2) "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02

 * US 7-inch
 * 1) "My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – 4:05
 * 2) "Sexy Mutha" – 3:55

 * UK 12-inch picture disc
 * 1) "My Name Is Prince" (LP version) – 6:38
 * 2) "Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
 * 3) "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02

 * UK CD1
 * 1) "My Name Is Prince" (Edit) – 4:05
 * 2) "Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
 * 3) "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02
 * 4) "My Name Is Prince" (LP version) – 6:38

 * UK CD2
 * 1) "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
 * 2) "My Name Is Prince" (12-inch Club Mix) – 8:11
 * 3) "Sexy M.F." (12-inch Remix) – 7:34

 * US CD single
 * 1) "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
 * 2) "My Name Is Prince" (12-inch Club Mix) – 8:11
 * 3) "My Name Is Prince" (House Mix) – 7:18
 * 4) "My Name Is Prince" (Hard Core 12-inch Mix) – 7:55
 * 5) "Sexy M.F." (12-inch Remix) – 7:34

 * Japan CD maxi-single
 * 1) "My Name Is Prince" (Original Mix Edit) – 8:06
 * 2) "My Name Is Prince" (12-inch Club Mix) – 8:11
 * 3) "My Name Is Prince" (House Mix) – 7:18
 * 4) "My Name Is Prince" (Hard Core 12-inch Mix) – 7:55
 * 5) "Sexy M.F." (12-inch Remix) – 7:34
 * 6) "Sexy Mutha" – 3:55
 * 7) "Sexy M.F." (Clean version) – 5:24
 * 8) "2 Whom It May Concern" – 4:02

Personnel
Credits from Benoît Clerc and Guitarcloud

 * Prince – lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, electric guitar, bass guitar, programming
 * Tony M. – rap

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International Conference on Software Engineering

The International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) is one of the largest annual software engineering conferences. It has an 'A*' rating in the |Conference Rankings of the Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia (CORE) and an 'A1' rating from the Brazilian ministry of education. Furthermore, it is the software engineering conference with the highest Microsoft Academic field rating. The first ICSE conference was in 1975 in Washington DC.

List of Conferences
Past and future ICSE conferences include:


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Pierre Oba

Pierre Oba (born 17 July 1953) is a Congolese security official who has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Mines since 2005. During the 1980s, he served successively as Director of Presidential Security and as Director-General of Public Security. Later, he was Minister of the Interior from 1997 to 2002 and Minister of Security from 2002 to 2005. He is also a Général de Brigade of the National Police.

Background and early military–political career
Oba, an ethnic Mbochi, was born at Ollembé, located in the Ollombo District of Plateaux Region. He is a cousin of Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Oba became Director of Presidential Security in 1984 and was named Director-General of Public Security on 11 September 1987. In 1989, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT).

In the early 1990s, when the PCT's single-party rule collapsed and multiparty politics was introduced, Oba lost his post as Director-General of Public Security; subsequently he served as aide-de-camp to Sassou Nguesso. Along with Colonel Michel Ngakala, he created the "Cobras", a militia loyal to opposition leader Sassou-Nguesso, in 1993.

Political career since 1997
Oba participated in the June–October 1997 civil war on Sassou Nguesso's side and was wounded in the fighting. After Sassou Nguesso's Cobra militia returned him to power in October 1997, Oba was appointed as Minister of the Interior, Security, and Territorial Administration on 2 November 1997. He was the only member of the government who did not stand as a candidate in the May–June 2002 parliamentary election. After the election, in the government named on 18 August 2002, Oba was appointed as Minister of Security and Police.

Oba was believed to have been marginalized by Jean-Dominique Okemba, another influential security official and Sassou Nguesso relative, during the mid-2000s. In the government named on 7 January 2005, he was moved to the position of Minister of Mines, Mining Industries, and Geology; the move decreased Oba's prominence.

Following the death of Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, the Minister of State for Hydrocarbons, in July 2009, Oba additionally managed his portfolio in an interim capacity. He was retained as Minister of Mines and Geology in the government appointed on 15 September 2009, but was released from his interim responsibility for the hydrocarbons portfolio.

In August 2013, he was probed by French authorities for the alleged role he may have played in human rights abuses during the 1997 civil war.

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Carl Nieroth

Carl Gustaf von Nieroth (died 1712) was a Swedish officer and Governor-General of Swedish Estonia 1709–1710 (though not formally installed) and of Finland 1710–1712.

The exact date and location of his birth are unknown, but believed to be in Finland. He was a son of the Baltic German Otto Nieroth and Gertrud Baranoff. He was first recorded in 1671 as a cornet of the Swedish Army in Swedish Pomerania. In 1692 he had risen to the rank of lieutenant colonel, in 1700 to major general and in 1704 to lieutenant general.

During the Great Northern War Nieroth was involved in several successful battles, the Battle of Warsaw (1705) being his greatest success.

After Viborg was lost in 1710, Nieroth was sent to try to reclaim it. He assembled 10,000 men, who besieged the city in 1711 but lacked equipment to enter it, and had to retreat. He died suddenly during a temporary halt in Sarvlax manor (Sarvilahti) in Pernå parish, on 25 January 1712.

He was married on 7 January 1686 in Stockholm to Christina Margareta Horn (d. 17 September 1703).

He was elevated to friherre and count on 26 June 1706.

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Brazilian Top Team

Brazilian Top Team (BTT) is an academy and team specialized in Brazilian jiu jitsu and mixed martial arts. It was established in April 2000 by Murilo Bustamante, Ricardo Libório, Mário Sperry and Luis Roberto Duarte, former members of the Carlson Gracie Academy, to develop and create new training techniques for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, submission grappling and mixed martial arts.

History
Brazilian Top Team has its origins with Carlson Gracie and his academy. Gracie was an innovator in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, he and his students had invented and refined many techniques and strategies in BJJ and fought in a very aggressive and physical style, achieving a lot of success in tournaments. His academy was also a mixed martial arts pioneer, one of the first academies to create a specialized MMA program and many of his students went to represent BJJ in many MMA events around the world. However, there were disputes between Gracie and his students led to many branching off from his tutelage and founding their own academies. Murilo Bustamante, Ricardo Libório, Mário Sperry and Luis Roberto Duarte went to found in 2000 Brazilian Top Team, with the objective of creating a world-class Brazilian jiu-jitsu gym and to train in the nascent sport of Mixed martial arts.

Around that era, BTT have produced some of the best Brazilian MMA fighters of all time. The team was compared to the Real Madrid soccer team around 2003 because of the number of good fighters the team had.

In 2007 the Nogueira Brothers (Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Antônio Rogério Nogueira) founded their own team taking some BTT fighters with them. It split the power of the team at this time but BTT kept building young fighters. Ricardo Arona and Paulo Filho followed their own way but returned often to visit and train with the team at the BTT headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.

Ricardo Liborio left the team in 2002, moving to the US to found American Top Team (ATT) with American entrepreneur Dan Lambert and his fellow BTT and Carlson Gracie black belts Marcus "Conan" Silveira and Marcelo Silveira. While they share similar names and founders, ATT was not created as an American branch of BTT but as its own independent camp. ATT went to become one of the most successful MMA camps in the world. In any case, Bustamante and Liborio kept their friendship since the beginning of the times in Carlson Gracie school until now.

The team is growing with affiliates in Brazil, Canada, United States, Austria, Estonia, Malta, Australia and Thailand.

Rivalry with Chute Boxe
BTT maintains an intense rivalry with Brazilian mixed martial arts stable Chute Boxe, which is descended from a Muay Thai lineage. BTT traces its lineage to the Brazilian jiu jitsu of Carlson Gracie. The most storied chapter of this rivalry was reached at the apex of each team's success in PRIDE FC. Chute Boxe was comprised, at the time, of such fighters as Wanderlei Silva and Shogun Rua, and former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva.

BTT consisted of top fighters such as Ricardo Arona, former UFC Middleweight Champion Murilo Bustamante, the Nogueira Brothers, Vitor Belfort, Allan Goes, Mario Sperry, and former WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho. Competition between the two teams was not limited to Pride FC matches. Bouts between fighters of the two camps took place in Brazil, Portugal, the U.S., and other parts of the world on a regular basis.

Locations
In April 2000 BTT inaugurated a new center in Brazil for training professional fighters in mixed martial arts. It provides teachers of Muay Thai, boxing, wrestling mixed martial arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Other locations are:
 * Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Fábio Holanda opened Brazilian Top Team Canada and has trained prominent UFC Fighters Patrick Côté, Charles Jourdain and UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre.
 * Long Beach, California – Marcelo Perdomo (BJJ Black Belt under BTT co-founder Murilo Bustamante) opened Brazilian Top Team Long Beach in mid-2004.
 * Tustin, California – Total MMA Studios, Juliano Prado and Adriano Nasal.
 * Boston, Massachusetts – In 2003 João C. Amaral and Daniel Gazoni opened Brazilian Top Team Boston, the first recognized BTT dojo in the United States. In 2021, Daniel Gazoni and Levi Moura opened a second location in Back Bay called Brazilian Top Team Back Bay
 * Boca Raton, Florida – João C. Amaral
 * West Palm Beach, Florida – João C. Amaral
 * Melbourne, Florida – Edgard Dutra (BJJ black belt), BTT Florida
 * Cocoa Beach, Florida – satellite school in cooperation with Force Fitness Gym
 * San Antonio, Texas – Diego Gamonal Nogueira (BJJ black belt), BTT Texas
 * Happy Valley, Oregon – Gustavo Bessa (BJJ black belt and Professional MMA Fighter),BTT Happy Valley
 * Phuket, Thailand – Tiger Muay Thai, Fernando Maccachero (BJJ black belt)
 * Austin, Texas – BTT Austin
 * Charlotte, North Carolina-BTT Charlotte
 * Richardson, Texas – BTT North Dallas, Leonardo Machado
 * Malta - BTT Malta, Head Coach Sergio De Andrade Cabral
 * Tallinn, Estonia – BTT Estonia, Sergio De Andrade Cabral
 * Jacksonville, Florida – Marcello Salazar
 * Humble, Texas- Darren McCall, 3rd Degree Black Belt
 * Hamilton, Bermuda- Marcos Tulio, 3rd Degree Black Belt
 * Lake Jackson, Texas – Fernando Halfeld
 * Cambridge, UK – Leonardo Gamarra, 4th Degree Black Belt
 * Evergreen, CO – David Roberts, 1st Degree Black Belt
 * Fullerton, CA – Jaysen Jose Baxter, 3rd Degree Black Belt
 * Vienna, Austria – Fernando Paulon, 5th Degree Black Belt

Notable MMA fighters

 * Vitor Belfort – former UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion; former competitor for UFC; former competitor for PRIDE FC; former competitor for Affliction
 * David Bielkheden – former competitor for UFC
 * Murilo Bustamante – former UFC middleweight champion, and PRIDE FC Welterweight Grand Prix finalist; former competitor for UFC and PRIDE FC
 * Patrick Côté – competitor for UFC
 * Paulo Filho – former competitor for PRIDE FC; former WEC Middleweight Champion; current competitor for DREAM
 * Allan Goes – former competitor for PRIDE FC; former competitor for UFC; former competitor for IFL
 * Ikuhisa Minowa – former competitor for PRIDE FC; DREAM Super Hulk (Open-Weight) Grand Prix champion
 * Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira – former PRIDE FC Heavyweight Champion; former Interim Heavyweight Champion for UFC
 * Antônio Rogério Nogueira – former competitor for PRIDE FC; former competitor for Affliction
 * Rousimar Palhares – former WSOF Welterweight Champion
 * Fernando Paulon – former competitor Cage Fight Live
 * Marcello Salazar – former competitor for IFL
 * Antônio Silva – former Heavyweight Champion for Elite XC; competitor for UFC; former competitor for Strikeforce
 * Mario Sperry – former competitor for PRIDE FC
 * Milton Vieira – competitor for UFC
 * Ricardo Arona – competitor for Pride

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I can not find any info about the following Russian Governor Generals. --Dahlis 22:42, 2005 September 2 (UTC)

Place of death?
Nordisk familjebok states the place of death as "Pärnå socken". Is this Perno in Turku or Perniö? -- Petri Krohn 03:32, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Carl Nieroth
Svensk Biografiskt Lexikon gives his name as Carl Nieroth. I have also checked military records from the time and he is also called Carl Nieroth there. I will move this article to Carl Nieroth if no-one can come up with sources that give the current name. Närking (talk) 08:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: Karl instead of Carl seems a popular variant in spelling of his first name. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 19:52, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon from 1989 has Carl Nieroth and in contemporary records he is called the same. Närking (talk) 20:21, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Nick Fury

is this necessary?
is it really necessary for this article to be this long? do i need to know about every make-believe move that nick fury has made? the back story of minor comic book characters is so convoluted that it's impossible to follow. wouldn't a brief description be MUCH better than what is here? he live, he died, he switched sides, he wasn't dead, he appeared in this issue of that comic and that issue of this comic...ad nauseum. how about a brief description and a mention that he has appeared in almost every marvel comic ever? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wellcraft11 (talk • contribs) 15:36, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Sky Captain
Franky Cook in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow also utilizes a flying base, much like the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier(s). You might want to add that as a similarity to Nick Fury... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.37.19 (talk • contribs) 20:44, 31 August 2005

Gay?
What exactly did Stan Lee say in the citation below? That's an awfully big claim, and it's necessary to know Lee isn't being misconstrued.
 * He was replaced by Private Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton, a gay British soldier. (Stan Lee in Marvel Masterworks Sgt. Fury page vi)

--Tenebrae 21:05, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

In answer to the question about What did Stan Lee say, the exact quote is "This was probably the first series to feature an Irishman, a Southerner, A Jew, and Italian and a black, not to mention, later on, a new comer who might have been gay."

Let me question a rumor that is printed here. It had been said that Stan Lee had a bet with the publisher that he can choose a comic with a bad name and make it sell. He has NEVER supported that. Even in his interviews he says they would never do anything like that, why would they, they wanted the book to sell. This came out at the time that they were limited to only 16 titles. Why would they court failure. This really should be removed from the site.

Lefisc Barry Pearl

 * That's fine, and the "might" part is an important qualifier. But where did he say it? In that Marvel Masterworks edition you cite? With those typos and misspellngs? Or somewhere else. (Also, please Wikistyle to indent and to sign off. The former requires one or more colons before each paragraph. The latter requires you to type four tildes — the "~" symbol. Thanks --Tenebrae 18:51, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

First you have to forgive my typing, the original was spelled correctly. Stan Lee says this in the Introduction of the "Marvel Masterworks Sgt Fury #1." It is on page vi.

Can you please tell me where you heard Lee state the information about picking a bad sounding name? I have never heard him agree with that. It was Lee who said that they would never do anything not in the best interests of sales.

Lefisc

 * Please use the four tildes in order to time-stamp your comments according to Wiki policy and guidelines.
 * I've created a separate Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos article, which quotes from a book about the rise of Marvel Comics regarding Lee's and John Severin's memories regarding the creation of Sgt. Fury.
 * Please feel free to add the exact quote and properly cited reference, probably as a footnote by Pinkerton's name, at the Sgt. Fury article. Please see Citing sources. Thanks. -- Tenebrae 21:26, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

As I have just finished my book on Marvel Comics, I did have some infomation to add to many articles. But I really don't have the time, and frankly the inclination, to figure out how to add new copy and change incorrect information using wikipedia complex and lenghty directions.

 * Not a problem. When the book comes out, Wiki contributors will likely go through it and add things to the varioius articles. Good luck with the book; I don't know anything about an upcoming Marvel book, but you can bet I'll buy it!--Tenebrae 17:45, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Dear Tenebrae:

Can I work with you on adding a comment to the Nick Fury article? I had written a larger paragraph that was taken out, but the jest of it I think was very important.

Marvel truly ended is “atlas” era when SHIELD was introduced. First, gone were the traditional mad scientist villain. But more than that, gone were the era where so many of their villains were communists, often from countries with made up names. With the Introduction of Hydra (then AIM, THEM and the Secret Empire) villains became part of technological international conspiracy that treaded its way throughout all their books. It was a major change in the series (Nick Fury) but it really changed Marvel.

I really would like to see a sentence or two about this in the article. Thanks again!

Barry

 * We have a mutual love of the old series, so no one appreciates your sentiment more than I, but I'm afraid the above graf goes against WP:OR and WP:POV, which prohibits such analysis — WIki doesn't allow what it calls "original research" or the type of scholarly conclusion-drawing of academic research. All that's allowed are concrete facts — which does allow for opinions bu authorities and experts. For example, a piece on Picasso might say, "Joe Smith, chief art critic of the Madrid Herald, called Picasso's early Cubist work crude [footnote here], but Jane Doe, curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, wrote that it transcended Impressionism and carved a new category of non-representational art" [footnote here], or whatever. Hope this helps! -- Tenebrae 17:17, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining your position so well. You are doing a really good job. Barry

 * That's very kind of you to say; I really appreciate it. I hope you stay with Wiki and contribute edits. If you go to Five pillars, it's a real eye-opener. -- Tenebrae 18:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

You know, I don’t think many people know or appreciated the amount of time and research that goes into articles like these. Perhaps because they may, incorrectly, see the subject matter (comics) as less important or maybe they feel that “experts” in any field just have this information at hand and instantly can produce a fully documented article. Your articles are thoroughly documented and thoroughly interesting.

As for me, I do understand the extend of the research and the effort to me correct the first time. More than that, my work and effort covers Marvel from 1961-76. The articles here cover, in detail, more than that era, it takes us to the present. So when I wonder “whatever happened to…. Or with…..I can find out.

I also learned a new word: “reconned.” It has been fascinating so see what elements of a character stays and what elements change and what has been reconned, for better or worse.

It is great to see people treat this information so seriously. I will when I have the time, learn how to do annotate items correctly! I promise.(I probably though, won't be able to type better!) Thanks again! Barry.

True Lies
There's a character in True Lies played by Charlton Heston that resembles Nick Fury. He's named Spencer Trilby and is the director of the "Omega Sector," and displays the characteristic eye patch. Could this be a play a Nick Fury? Yutgoyun 04:28, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I believe the facts themselves could be listed in the "parodies" section; we couldn't draw a conclusion, since it may have just been coincidence, but the facts are the facts. -- Tenebrae 13:11, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

I Have a Question
So the extortion for te infinity formula ended, what happened to the formula? Does he have all he wants now?--Mullon 02:19, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Falcon 7 from Birdman?
Wouldn't Falcon 7 from Birdman be another character inspired from Fury? It's also a leader/director of sorts of an organization against international terrorism and a mediator/boss of a superhero. Vicco Lizcano 15:31, 9 February 2007 (UTC) (Tell me where I'm wrong)

Reed Richards
Which issue of Howling Commando was this from? I am pretty sure this is invalidated now with a recotn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.86.172.27 (talk • contribs) 06:44, 9 June 2007

Getting kicked out of SHIELD?
I have been reading the tpbs from civil war (yeah, I know I am behind) and I still don't understand why Nick Fury is working against SHIELD. When did he get kicked out and why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.119.33.170 (talk) 14:50, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Read up on the Secret War mini, which also kind of acts as a prequel to the title New Avengers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Notthegoatseguy (talk • contribs) 16:34, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Red Hulk
I recently fixed up the Red Hulk section of Nick Fury's biography; editing it slightly to make it more coherent. However I can't seem to find any confirmation that Nick Fury actually is the new Red Hulk. Does anyone have any references to this? Cyclonius (talk) 09:25, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * On further investigation I have discovered that the contributer who added that section has had some of his edits reverted because they were deemed to be vandalism. Cyclonius (talk) 09:47, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Iron Man Photo
Not sure if anyone is interested, and I would, but my PC is acting up, but here is a photo of Nick Fury in Iron Man, if you want to add it to the Film section of the media...

soo.... the link. http://en.marveldatabase.com/Image:Nicholas_Fury_%28Earth-20080502%29.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.247.72 (talk) 05:48, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Current Imagery
The current main photo hurts my eyeballs. Food for thought. Lots42 (talk) 04:46, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

New Howling Commandos
I think they should be noted, if not already. I would add some details, but I didn't pick up the avengers issue were he goes recruiting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doeswhateveraspidercan666 (talk • contribs) 06:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

African American version of Nick Fury
Which was the first African American version of Nick Fury? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.6.172.217 (talk) 00:34, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Infinity formula
Where was this introduced ? Wasn't it in a one-off (?) by Howard Chaykin - perhaps late 1970s ? -- Beardo (talk) 04:48, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Already in the article: Marvel Spotlight #31 (Dec. 1976). --Tenebrae (talk) 21:52, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Ultimate nick fury
Does the list of films in which samuel l jackson appears as nick fury need to appear in the section on ultimate nick fury? There is more detail there than in the actual ultimate nick fury article. Wouldn't it be better to leave just say that ultimate nick fury is based on him in the ultimate nick fury section, then mention it again in the appearance in other media section and say which films he appears in there.Asaspades (talk) 02:31, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Samuel L Jacksons
in the article, it says that sam has a nine picture deal, and that five of those nine have been done, but only four have been done. he appeared in Iron Man, but didnt want to return because of financial problems, so they offered him a nine picture deal. whether or not Thor counts cus that was uncredited(i think) and shot by joss whedon and possibly a scene from the avengers. so, his films in that deal, so far, are: Iron Man 2, Thor?, Captain America, (Avengers), (Iron Man 3?), and (Thor 2?) user:NTC TNT 174.253.212.92 (talk) 21:42, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

I may be completely out to lunch, but...
Hi:

I seem to recall that when the character was refreshed, they remodelled his face after Kirby left on the actor Burt Lancaster. I would have read that in the back of an issue somewhere, probably on the Bullpen pages. Naturally, a citation should be cited before inclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.173.162 (talk) 18:36, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

"Reportedly"
Using the word "reportedly" is a backdoor way of introducing rumors and things of which there is reasonable suspicion may be false. That's why "reportedly" is a weasel word. "Reportedly, Justin Bieber kicked a dog." No. Yes, a newspaper reported it, and it's The New York Times quoting eyewitness and showing a picture of the kicked dog. All that makes it an RS and so: "Justin Bieber kicked a dog." Now if a tabloid reports it quoting an unnamed, unattributed "source" whose veracity and agenda we cannot tell, We could say, "Reportedly, Justin Bieber kicked a dog" — and it'd be wrong for an encyclopedia to do so. If we have any doubts or if we don't trust the source, we don't spread rumors. "Reportedly" is not an excuse to spread rumors or add things that may not be true. --Tenebrae (talk) 00:29, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually, encyclopedias routinely report information that may not be true when solid factual information on the matter is not available. This is especially apparent when you peruse decades-old encyclopedia volumes, as you can find claims that are now universally considered bogus. But, more to the point, if the above is your genuine opinion on what information should be included on Wikipedia, then why have you not removed the statement in question, and instead have changed the wording to assert as verified fact what is only rumor?
 * I'm going to go ahead and boldly remove the statement. It's not significant enough information for me to spend time debating on, and in fact is trivial enough that I wonder if I wasn't simply being add-happy by putting it in there the first place.--NukeofEarl (talk) 14:44, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia isn't interested in what is or isn't true. Wikipedia is interested in verifiability. See WP:NOTTRUTH. Reportedly is not a weasel word if it was, in fact, reported by a reliable source. ——Digital Jedi Master (talk) 08:17, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

 * That's my point: If something was reported by a reliable source, we just say what the reliable source said. Otherwise, we'd be putting "reportedly" in every sentence. --Tenebrae (talk) 15:39, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * But that's not really the point you're making. You're saying we can't use use the phrase reportedly because it implies it's a rumor. If the line you're referring to indeed has a reliable source reporting such an event, using the word is just a matter of word choice, but it's still decidedly neutral. Look at WP:WEASEL again, and note that words to avoid are words that assert something, but subtly imply something else. Reportedly doesn't imply anything other than it was reported by someone. Now if there were no references, then that could be a problem.

 * With that said, (looking more closely at the article) the line you seem to be pointing to is referring to a report within a fictional universe. That section is written in an in-universe style to begin with, and that would be the larger problem with the article, rather than any use of one word. ——Digital Jedi Master (talk) 21:04, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

 * Agree with Tenebrae, reportedly, can refer either reports or rumors, depending on the usage. When referring to rumors, it is an expression of doubt and thus a word to watch. When referring to reports it is a bit unnecessary, as most things on Wikipedia stem from some kind of report.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 21:15, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

 * Exactly, and very well put. If "reportedly" is being used in the context of 'here's this uncertain thing or rumor that someone said," as it often is in the press, it's WP:WEASEL. If we're citing reporting from a reliable source, then we don't need to say "reportedly" at all. --Tenebrae (talk) 00:23, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * But, again, if you look at the only instance of 'reported' in the article, it's part of a section that's currently tagged for being written in a primarily in-universe style. And that would be the larger problem with that section. In context, it's trivial when you consider that this whole section needs to be rewritten/reformatted. The 'reported' in question is an in-universe report, anyway. (Though I don't see a reference exactly to that.) That's what needs to be addressed. ——Digital Jedi Master (talk) 05:41, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

 * You are right on. There had been a real-life rather than in-universe "reportedly" earlier, and so it took me a while to realize there was a second one in-universe. And, yes, since in-universe stuff is all made-up anyway, then if what literature calls the "omnipotent viewpoint" of the fictional canon says he shot down the Red Baron, then in the Marvel Universe he shot down the Red Baron — no "reportedly" needed. If the comics themselves show Grandpa Fury telling this as a story to his grandkids, that would be different and we would say, "Grandpa Fury claimed he shot down the Red Baron." --Tenebrae (talk) 15:05, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Nick Fury Collected Editions
The mini-series Nick Fury vs. SHIELD #1-6 and Steranko's run on Strange Tales #150-168 collected as Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (the cover of which is the main photo featured for this article) should be included.

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Infinity Formula
Nick Fury was taking the Infinity Formula so long that he no longer needs regular doses. It has permanently altered his biochemistry to the point that even his son has inherited the Infinity Formula's effects. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.66.181.108 (talk) 00:09, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

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Federal Express (train)

The Federal Express (after April 1939, officially known as just the Federal) was an overnight named passenger train run by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad between Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., and South Station in Boston, from 1912 to 1971. At different times, its route has taken it across the Hudson River via a car float between Port Morris and Jersey City (the ferry Maryland), the Poughkeepsie Bridge, and finally the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad. The final routing was identical to today's high-speed Northeast Corridor.

The train carried sleeping cars and coaches, as well as mail and baggage. As the train operated well outside of dinner hours after 1917 (10:00 - 11:00 PM departure), food service was limited to beverages and light snacks on departure, and continental breakfast in the morning, generally dispensed from a lounge car which also contained sleeping accommodations.

History
Through trains between Boston and Washington, D.C., began operation on May 8, 1876, using the steamship Maryland to transport up to six passenger cars between NYNH&H's Harlem River station and Harsimus Cove (close to the Exchange Place terminal) on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The first services were an overnight train that ran on the combined New York and New England Railroad (Boston-Hartford) and NYNH&H route, and a day train on the shore route. A sample timetable shows that in 1893 there was a Boston-Washington day train called the Colonial Express but the overnight train (now using the NYNH&H shore route) still had only generic names like Boston and Washington Express (its southbound name on the NYNH&H). By 1903 the overnight train was called the Federal Express. The boat passage allowed passengers to avoid the complicated transfer in New York via city streets and a Hudson River ferry. It was especially convenient for the overnight train where passengers could choose to remain in their Pullman sleepers. The two trains made their last trip by steamer on October 17, 1912.

The Pennsylvania Railroad was by that date running all other through trains into its new Pennsylvania Station in New York rather than via Jersey City. The Colonial Express was changed to involve an omnibus connection between Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal. Because of the overnight run, the Federal Express was run this way for only one transitional day.

On October 19, the Federal Express began operating over an all-rail route via the Poughkeepsie Bridge. The routing involved a long detour between New Haven and Trenton, using the NYNH&H Maybrook Line (via Derby, Danbury, and Brewster, New York), the NYNH&H's Central New England Railway across the bridge to Maybrook, New York, the Lehigh and Hudson River Railway to Belvidere, New Jersey, and the PRR's Belvidere-Delaware Railroad branch. Due to freight congestion on the Maybrook Line, the train was discontinued on January 9, 1916.

With the opening of the New York Connecting Railroad on April 1, 1917, the Federal Express and Colonial Express were restored as through trains via Penn Station and the Hell Gate Bridge. On this final routing the Federal Express initially made the run in 12 hours 10 minutes, later reduced to 9 hours 45 minutes averaged both ways.

The Federal operated without interruption through World War II, also avoiding (barely) the yearlong 1945 Office of Defense Transportation ban on sleeping car routes less than 450 miles, though the train's intermediate sleepers such as Philadelphia-Boston and Washington-Providence were so affected. This ban was in anticipation of Operation Magic Carpet.

After the war, the Federal was gradually re-equipped with railroad-owned lightweight sleepers and coaches from Pullman-Standard, including New Haven coaches of the 8600-8702 series, sleepers of the 14-roomette, 4-double bedroom Point-series of 1948 and the 6-section, 4-double bedroom, 6-roomette Beach-series of 1955. Food service was provided by a buffet-lounge car which also contained 6 double bedrooms, from the prewar and postwar PRR Falls-series until 1960, and a 1955 New Haven State-series car of similar configuration thereafter. Other PRR coaches and sleepers could sometimes be found as well on the postwar Federal, though its consist was mostly New Haven by joint agreement.

Penn Central, formed in 1968 from merger of the PRR and the New York Central, became the operator of the entire train in 1969 when PC's court-ordered purchase of the New Haven took effect. The cars with the open sections were soon withdrawn, when PC declined to continue offering the section as a travel option (neither PRR nor NYC ever ordered lightweight sleepers with sections). Buffet-lounge service ended in 1970, replaced by a snack bar coach; only a single roomette-and-bedroom sleeper remained each way between Washington and Boston, as by that time the pick-up/setout intermediate sleepers from Philadelphia, Penn Station and Providence had also been discontinued. Also with the PC takeover, GG1 electrics operated the train all the way between Washington and New Haven, changing to or from newly assigned ex-PRR E units between New Haven and Boston.

The Federal made its last runs on May 1, 1971, as Amtrak, which began operations on that day, had declined to include an overnight train on the Northeast Corridor in its initial system. However, after only a year, popular demand caused Amtrak to re-introduce just such a service, the Boston-Washington Night Owl (now carrying numbers 66-67 since previous numbers 176-177 were reassigned to a day train). The Night Owl was later extended to Newport News in 1997 and renamed the Twilight Shoreliner, with the addition of a specially branded sleeper and lounge car. When the sleeper was dropped with the discontinuance of the Twilight Shoreliner in 2003, the Federal name was revived briefly when trains 66 and 67 became coach and business class-only. In 2004 however, the name was dropped for good in favor of Amtrak's Regional (eventually Northeast Regional) branding.

Typical of overnight trains, the Federal also carried U.S. mail as well as checked baggage. Trains 172 and 173 carried the Washington & Boston Railway Post Office until May 1, 1971, being the next-to-last RPO service in the United States (Amtrak operated the very last, the New York & Washington RPO, until 1977).

The Federal had no need to carry a separate sleeping car between Penn Station and Boston, as the New Haven had its own overnight train between Grand Central Terminal and South Station, the Owl (trains #2 and #3).

1911 Bridgeport wreck
There was a wreck on July 11, 1911, in which the Federal Express plunged down an 18-foot embankment, with at least 14 fatalities. The train was also carrying the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.

Union Station crash
On the morning of January 15, 1953, at Washington Union Station, the Federal overran the end of the track and into the concourse. According to official ICC reports, a design flaw on New Haven coach #8665 allowed the handle of an angle cock valve in the air brake system to come into contact with the coupler, causing the valve to close. This disabled the brakes on all of the following cars, rendering them inoperable by the locomotive operator. Approaching automatic block signal #1339, the engineer attempted to apply the brakes to slow the train, with no effect. The unbraked cars pushed the GG1 locomotive and two passenger cars off the end of Track 16 at the station. They crashed through the Stationmaster's office and fell through the floor of Union Station into the baggage room below. The operator at control Tower "K" had contacted station personnel by phone to warn them of the runaway train and the station was evacuated before the crash. The GG1 engine, engine #4876 was later cut into pieces, removed from the baggage room, and reassembled at the Altoona shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad. With a new frame and superstructure, it then re-entered commercial service for another 30 years. This crash inspired the finale for the 1976 film, Silver Streak.

1955 Bridgeport wreck
Two and a half years later, the Federal was involved in another serious wreck, this time with fatal consequences. On July 14, 1955, New Haven train 172, bound for Boston, derailed in Bridgeport at 3:42 am while going around one of the New Haven electric main line's sharpest curves, the 30 mph Jenkins Curve (named for the factory of valve manufacturer Jenkins Bros., then located on the inside of the curve). The electric locomotive, EP-4 No. 363, and 15 of the train's 17 cars derailed from track 2 (the eastbound inner track); traveling down the curve's outside embankment, the locomotive struck Alco S-1 switcher 0949 working freight cars in the railroad's Bridgeport Lower Yard, causing it to derail as well. Two catenary poles were knocked down, along with all of the wires, blocking all four main tracks. Fifty-eight crew and passengers were injured, including the switcher's crew; the sole fatality was the Federal's engineer. The streamlined EP-4, from a class of six units which had much in common with the PRR GG1s, was not repaired and was scrapped. The cause of the wreck was determined in the official ICC accident report to be excessive speed on the curve, which the train took at a speed estimated between 60 and 75 mph, as determined from flange marks on the rails as the train started to leave the rails. The death of the engineer, together with confusing speed estimates and braking testimony from the fireman and other crewmembers (the speedometer was not visible from the fireman's seat), prevented a clear picture as to why the engineer failed to slow his train down. However, other testimony from the fireman, in describing the engineer's last moments, suggest a possible lack of situational awareness while attempting to make up time (the train, already late leaving Penn Station, had gotten up to 26 minutes behind schedule).

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Talk:List of philosophies

Additions
Added a number of prominent philosophies that had been excluded from the list. (How could anyone forget ontology and metaethics?) The Way 20:46, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Maybe someone should add primitivism?

Criteria for inclusion
I hesitate to start this argument, but this list currently includes at least four different kinds of thing: I'm unsure that this makes for a useful list. Any thoughts, anyone?
 * particular sub-disciplines of academic philosophy - metaethics, philosophy of art
 * philosophical, ideological or religious positions - Marxism, Jainism, philosophical satanism
 * national traditions of thought - Czech philosophy, Korean philosophy
 * particular issues, mostly within academic philosophy - property dualism, qualia

Cheers,--Sam Clark 15:12, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

This list, it does seem is so redundent, to "List of belief systems". That has probably, everything that is here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.174.226.4 (talk) 17:27, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps removing positions and issues, as neither seem to themselves be "philosophies", the former being general approaches to various philosophies and the latter being considerations within those philosophies. Further, I don't see a difference between the Index of philosophy and this list if we have all four of those criteria--I mean, what else is there but those four things? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ignotum per Ignotius (talk • contribs) 21:47, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion/move/merger

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

The result of the proposal was List of philosophical theories was an improper cut and paste move (in this case a cut and paste "merger") of the content of two articles, and thus created an article with illegal copyright attribution to the two histories it would have stranded, if it had been kept and the redirection of the two articles that were merged, not undone. It was decided to redirect at Articles for deletion/List of philosophical theories. I have undone your revival of the page and protected it.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:24, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

List of philosophies → — This proposal is to merge the histories, not the content. The history of List of philosophies should be completely merged into the history of List of philosophical theories.Greg Bard (talk) 03:33, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
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All those “Philosophy of”
Would think in this list, Philosophy of war ought to go under W, Philosophy of eating under E, and such. Hyperbolick (talk) 04:50, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Think I’m going to go ahead with this, if disliked, revert me. Hyperbolick (talk) 22:27, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Was some time ago, still going to. Hyperbolick (talk) 12:41, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

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Leonard Davis (American football)

Leonard Barnett Davis (born September 5, 1978) is an American former professional football guard for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was a consensus All-American playing college football for the Texas Longhorns, where he was also a two-time Outland Trophy finalist and a Lombardi Trophy semifinalist. Davis was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the second overall pick in the 2001 NFL draft. He played for the Cardinals, the Dallas Cowboys - where he was a three-time Pro-Bowler and a second team All-Pro - and the San Francisco 49ers, with whom he went to Super Bowl XLVII. He also spent part of a season with the Detroit Lions, but never took the field for them.

Early years
Leonard grew up in Wortham, Texas. He is the only child of L.A. and Sammie Lee Davis, but has 21 half-brothers and half-sisters (L.A. had 11 children from a previous marriage, while Sammie Lee had 10 children from a previous marriage).

Davis attended Wortham High School, where he led his Bulldogs basketball team to the state championship in 1997. In football, he was a Parade All-American and USA Today first-team All-American playing defense and offense for a school with fewer than 150 students. Davis also lettered in track.

College career
Davis received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Texas at Austin, arriving in John Mackovic's final season, with the intention of playing at defensive tackle and even started three games at that position. He was moved to the offensive line after Mack Brown was named the new head coach. He played left tackle in his last two years.

During his career, Davis blocked for three consecutive 1000-yard rushers in Hodges Mitchell, then Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams, who set the college career rushing record. He was second team All-Big 12 in his junior season. Following his senior season in 2000, Davis was a first-team All-Big 12 selection, and a consensus first-team All-American. He was also a finalist for the Outland Trophy on two occasions and a semifinalist for the Lombardi Trophy.

Davis was UT's fifth top-two pick in draft history and its first since Kenneth Sims went No. 1 in 1982. He was named to the Longhorn Hall of Honor in 2016.

Arizona Cardinals
Davis was selected second overall in the 2001 NFL draft by the Arizona Cardinals, and was named the starter at right guard as a rookie. He came in 4th for the NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year at the end of the season. The next year injuries on the offensive line forced the team to move him to right tackle. He was moved back to guard in 2003.

In 2004, after Dennis Green was named the new head coach, he was moved to left tackle where he would remain for three seasons, even though he struggled at the position and was one of the highest penalized players in the league.

On February 17, 2007, the Cardinals told Davis that they would not name him a franchise or transition player, clearing him to become an unrestricted free agent.

Dallas Cowboys
On March 4, 2007, Davis signed with the Dallas Cowboys for a seven-year, $49.6 million contract with $18.75 million guaranteed, who were looking to replace the retired Marco Rivera. At the time, the contract was criticized in the media, for the amount of salary cap space being assigned to a player who would play guard and who had an average performance in previous years. According to Forbes, Davis was the highest-paid NFL player and 19th overall athlete in the 12-month period ending in June 2007, earning $25.4 million.

Davis was named the starter at right guard and would flourish in Dallas by going to the Pro Bowl in his first three seasons. He had an exceptional year in 2007, as he received Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors for the first time in his career. The Cowboys finished 13-3 and won the NFC East division, but suffered a disappointing first round playoff loss against the New York Giants (who would go on to win the Super Bowl).

In 2009, the Cowboys again won the division and also won their first playoff game in 13 seasons.

Davis was released on July 28, 2011, due to declining play and the team's lack of salary cap room.

Detroit Lions
On November 7, 2011, he signed a one-year deal with the Detroit Lions. After joining the team midway through the season, he was declared inactive for every game with the Lions.

San Francisco 49ers
On July 26, 2012, Davis signed a one-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers as a free agent. He was a backup and was a part of the team that reached Super Bowl XLVII. In the game, he played 6 plays on special teams, but the 49ers fell to the Baltimore Ravens by a score of 34–31.

Personal life
Davis is the bassist in the heavy metal band Free Reign with former Cowboys' teammates Marc Colombo and Cory Procter with guitarist Justin Chapman.

His older half-brother Charlie Davis played defensive tackle in the NFL and the USFL.

Davis now coaches at Chandler High School in Chandler, Arizona.

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Amos Lyle

Amos Moore Lyle (October 8, 1866 – April 1943 ) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1914, as a member of the Conservative Party.

Lyle was born near Smiths Falls, Canada West (now Ontario), the son of Samuel Lyle and Mary Moore, a family that had emigrated from Ireland in 1848. He was educated at Smiths Falls and Morrisburg. He worked as a cabinet maker in Morrisburg and then went to Manitoba in 1886, and returned in 1891 after a period in British Columbia. Lyle was a farmer, and a breeder of purebred Clydesdales. He served on the town council for Lyleton. In 1900, Lyle married Lillian G. Lyle. In religion, he was a Presbyterian.

He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1907 provincial election, and lost to Liberal candidate John Williams by three votes in the Arthur constituency. He ran again in the 1910 election, and defeated Williams by 175 votes. The Conservatives won the election, and Lyle served in the legislature as a backbench supporter of Rodmond Roblin's government.

He lost his constituency seat to Williams by 66 votes in the 1914 election.

Lyle died at home in Lyleton in early April 1943.

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Lillie (TV series)

Lillie is a British television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV and broadcast from 24 September to 17 December 1978.

This period serial stars Francesca Annis in the title role of Lillie Langtry. She had played the same character in the 1975 ATV series Edward the Seventh and many of its writers and directors helped to create this one.

Other actors featured include Anton Rodgers as Edward Langtry, Peter Egan as Oscar Wilde, Brian Deacon as Frank Miles, Jennie Linden as Patsy Cornwallis-West, Don Fellows as James Whistler, David Gwillim as Arthur Jones and Annette Crosbie as Henrietta Labouchere. Denis Lill played Bertie, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). He had played Frederick Ponsonby to Timothy West's Edward in the Edward the Seventh series.

Annis won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress for the role in 1979.

The series has a total of 13 episodes. It is available on DVD in both the UK and North American markets, and has also been repeated on UKTV Drama.

Cast

 * Francesca Annis as Lillie Langtry
 * Anton Rodgers as Edward Langtry
 * Denis Lill as the Prince of Wales
 * Peter Egan as Oscar Wilde
 * Patrick Holt as Dean Le Breton
 * Peggy Ann Wood as Mrs Le Breton
 * Anthony Head as William Le Breton
 * John Castle as Prince Louis of Battenberg
 * Simon Fisher-Turner as Reggie Le Breton
 * Adam Bareham as Clement Le Breton
 * Joanna David as Jeanne Marie Langtry Malcolm
 * David Rintoul as Lieutenant Charles Longley
 * David Gwillim as Arthur Jones
 * Catherine Feller as Dominique
 * Jennie Linden as Patsy Cornwallis-West
 * Bruce Boa as Joaquin Miller
 * Brian Deacon as Frank Miles
 * Don Fellows as James Abbott McNeill Whistler
 * Basil Hoskins as John Millais
 * Sheila Reid as Queen Victoria
 * Patrick Ryecart as Crown Prince Rudolf
 * Cheryl Campbell as Sarah Bernhardt
 * Annette Crosbie as Henrietta Labouchere
 * Nicholas Jones as Squire Abingdon
 * Tommy Dugan as Judge Roy Bean

title: Lillie (TV series)


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Talk:WHA (AM)

A lot of links to WHA are hockey related to the World Hockey Association, perhaps WHA should be a disamb pageSmith03 20:51, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

The WHA TV ANALOG transmitter is channel 21 the digital is on channel 20.

Translator update
I do know that translator W300BM (107.9 FM) in Madison at one time relayed WHAD. That was when the FCC didn't allow AM stations to feed translators (they do now). I just happened to be listening to WHA last week, and they ID'ed the translator as theirs at the top of the hour. Guess that settles it.--Fightingirish (talk) 01:34, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

title: Talk:WHA (AM)


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title: User talk:69.118.85.106