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North Bengal

North Bengal or Uttar Banga (উত্তরবঙ্গ/উত্তর বাংলা) is a term used for the north-western part of Bangladesh and northern part of West Bengal. The Bangladesh part denotes the Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division. Generally, it is the area lying west of Jamuna River and north of Padma River and includes the Barind Tract. The West Bengal part denotes Jalpaiguri Division (Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Kalimpong) and the Malda division (Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, and Malda) together. The Bihar parts include the Kishanganj district. It also includes parts of Darjeeling Hills. Traditionally, the Ganga River divides Bengal into South Bengal and North Bengal, divided again into Terai and Dooars regions. Jalpesh and jatileswar are some of the most popular sacred places.

In Bangladesh
The population of the region is 30,201,873 (3 crore) as per the 2011 census. Majority of the population follow Islam, followed by Hinduism, the largest minority.

In West Bengal (India)
The population of the region is 17,211,010 (1.7 crore) as per the 2011 census. Majority of the population follow Hinduism, followed by Islam. Small but significant population follow Christianity and Buddhism.

In sports
The North Zone cricket team in Bangladesh is a first-class cricket team that represents northern Bangladesh (Rajshahi and Rangpur) in the Bangladesh Cricket League.

Bangladesh

 * Rajshahi, is a metropolitan city and the district headquarters of Rajshahi district and the divisional capital of Rajshahi division. The city has an excellent railway transport system.
 * Sirajganj, is an important city situated on the bank of Jamuna River. Sirajganj District is known as the gateway to North Bengal.
 * Pabna, is the district headquarters of Pabna district. It is an important city situated on the bank of Padma River. Jagannath Temple is one of the most beautiful Hindu temples in northern Bengal in this city.
 * Ishwardi, is a city in Pabna District. It is also the headquarters of the western zone of Bangladesh Railway.
 * Rangpur, is a city located in the Rangpur District. It is the headquarters of Rangpur Division. It is one of the modern cities in this division.
 * Bogra, is a major city located in the Bogra district, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. It is a major commercial hub. It is also known as the capital of North Bengal in Bangladesh. Bogra is considered the oldest city of Bengal, dating to the reign of the Great Emperor Ashoka, who ruled India from 268 to 232 BCE.
 * Joypurhat Sadar, is the capital of Joypurhat District. Joypurhat Sugar Mill's Limited is the largest autonomous sugar mill in Bangladesh which is in this city. Pagla Dewan Boddhovumi is one of Bangladesh's most important monuments.
 * Natore, is the North Bengal capital and headquarter of Natore District. Uttara Ganabhaban is located near Natore town in North Bengal. On 24 July 1967, it was designated as a gubernatorial residence by Abdul Monem Khan the governor of East Pakistan. After the independence of Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared the place as his official residence in Northern Bangladesh on 9 February 1972.
 * Tetulia, is a town in Tetulia Upazila. It is the northernmost town in Bangladesh. Banglabandha, a major inland port in northern Bangladesh established to provide a trade link with India, Nepal and Bhutan, being the northernmost point of Bangladesh, is situated here.
 * Panchagarh, is the northernmost city of Bangladesh. It has beautiful tea gardens.
 * Chapainawabganj Sadar, is the district headquarters of Chapainawabganj District, the westernmost town in Bangladesh. It is called the capital of the mango in Bangladesh because it is this summer fruit that is the main product that sustains the economy of Chapainawabganj District. Most of the land of this district is full of mango orchards where various kinds of mango are produced. The economy is surrounded by the production of the mango.
 * Naogaon, is the district headquarters of Naogaon District. It is in the central part of the historical Varendra region of Bengal. Naogaon District is the top listed district in the side of rice production and has the highest number of rice processing mills of any district in Bangladesh. Naogaon District is considered the bread basket of Bangladesh.
 * Dinajpur, is a city in Dinajpur District. Kantajew Temple, a late-medieval Hindu temple is one of the most beautiful Hindu temples in northern Bengal in this city. The percentage of literacy in the city is 85.05% which is quite high compared with that of other cities in Bangladesh.
 * Gaibandha, is the district headquarters of Gaibandha District.
 * Kurigram, is the district headquarters of Kurigram district.
 * Lalmonirhat, is the district headquarters of Lalmonirhat district.
 * Nilphamari, is the district headquarters of Nilphamari district.
 * Thakurgaon, is the district headquarters of Thakurgaon district.
 * Adamdighi
 * Sherpur
 * Dhunat
 * Dhupchanchia
 * Gabtali
 * Kahaloo
 * Nandigram
 * Shajahanpur
 * Sariakandi
 * Shibganj, Bogra
 * Sonatala
 * Bholahat
 * Gomastapur
 * Nachole
 * Shibganj, Chapainawabganj
 * Akkelpur
 * Kalai
 * Khetlal
 * Panchbibi
 * Atrai
 * Badalgachhi
 * Dhamoirhat
 * Manda
 * Mohadevpur
 * Niamatpur
 * Porsha
 * Patnitala
 * Raninagar
 * Sapahar
 * Bagatipara
 * Baraigram
 * Gurudaspur
 * Lalpur
 * Naldanga
 * Singra
 * Atgharia
 * Bera
 * Bhangura
 * Chatmohar
 * Faridpur, Pabna (Formerly Banwari Nagar)
 * Santhia
 * Sujanagar
 * Bagha
 * Bagmara
 * Charghat
 * Durgapur, Rajshahi
 * Godagari
 * Mohanpur
 * Paba
 * Puthia
 * Tanore

West Bengal

 * Alipurduar, is the main commercial town of the Eastern Dooars region. Now Alipurduar is a new district.
 * Chalsa
 * Buniadpur, is a newly planned municipal city, a census town & a sub-divisionisnal's headquarter in Dakshin Dinajpur district in North Bengal in the state of West Bengal, India.
 * Madarihat
 * Banarhat
 * Cooch Behar, was once home to the famous Cooch Behar kingdom. The North Bengal State Transport Corporation operates its services from all over the region. It has its headquarters here. It also features the North Bengal State Library.
 * Dalkhola, is a commercial town, business hub, and 4th largest railway station in North Bengal.
 * Darjeeling, is the largest hill town in the region. It was once the summer capital of Bengal.
 * Dhupguri, is one of the most flourishing cities of the region, due to its significant location.
 * Dinhata
 * Falakata
 * Teesta Bazaar
 * Farakka
 * Gangarampur
 * Haldibari
 * Gorubathan
 * Bagdogra
 * Hasimara
 * Algarah
 * Pedong
 * Matigara
 * Labha
 * Rambi Bazar
 * Phulbari
 * Maharaja Hat
 * Mirik
 * Jaldhaka
 * Itahar
 * Islampur
 * Mekliganj
 * Jalpaiguri, once the most important town and the home to the tea industry and the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal. The city is home to the Circuit Bench of the Kolkata High Court and features the newly built-up Jalpaiguri Medical College. Lying, about 35 km from one another, Siliguri and Jalpaiguri both merge up to be the largest metropolis of the region.
 * Kalimpong, is a hill station of the region. It is the 21st district of West Bengal.
 * Kurseong, is another hill station of the region.
 * Kaliaganj, is a municipality and census town in Uttar Dinajpur district, North Bengal in the state of West Bengal, India.
 * Malbazar, is one of the most important towns of North Bengal and is known for its scenic beauty and tea gardens around.
 * Maynaguri, is also one of the most important towns in North Bengal, which is situated at the junction of several cities and connects Jalpaiguri, Malbazar, Dhupguri, Mathabhanga, Changrabandha, etc. with one other. It is also one of the most important business locations and is known as the 'Gateway to the Dooars'.
 * Balurghat, is the headquarters of Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal.
 * Malda, English Bazar or mainly known as Malda is the second-largest city in the region and the most important commercial city. It is the headquarters of Malda division. The University of Gour Banga and Malda Medical College and Hospital are situated in this town. Malda Town railway station which is the second busiest station in this region, after New Jalpaiguri.
 * Naxalbari, is a small hamlet in the Darjeeling district. It is the place from where the Naxalite movement draws its name and was the scene of the first Naxal agitation.
 * Raiganj, is the district headquarters of Uttar Dinajpur.
 * Siliguri, is the largest city of North Bengal and its commercial and transport hub. University of North Bengal is situated at Raja Rammohanpur and North Bengal Medical College and Hospital are situated at Sushrutanagar in this town. Lying, about 35 km from one another, Siliguri and Jalpaiguri both merge up to be the largest metropolis of the region.
 * Totopara, is a small village in Alipurduar district, and home to one of the last remaining ethnic tribes of the regions – the Totos.
 * Tufanganj, is a city and municipality of Cooch Behar district and one of the most commercial cities in this region. A mental hospital is situated in this town and it is also known as the "Gateway of Assam".

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Ben Price

Ben Price (born 30 June 1971) is a British actor, director and writer. He has played the role of Nick Tilsley in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and has made four films as a writer/director, the first of which, I'm Sorry To Tell You, was BAFTA-shortlisted.

Early life
Price grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he attended Gosforth East Middle School and Gosforth High School before taking acting classes at the Live Theatre. He then attended London's Drama Centre and graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1996.

Career
Price started his career at the Manchester Royal Exchange, and went on to appear at the Bush in London, the Gate in Dublin and Sheffield Crucible among others. He made his first appearance on television, in a 1996 episode of Casualty, before guest roles in Soldier Soldier, Heartbeat, Peak Practice, and an episode of the Australian soap opera, Home and Away, in 1998, when the show filmed a storyline in England.

After starring in Wire in the Blood, he played Conrad Gates, captain of Earl's Park football team, in the British television series Footballers' Wives. After leaving the show at the end of the fourth series, he went on to appear in Dancing at Lughnassa at the Gate theatre, Dublin.

He co-stars in the horror film Blood Trails, which won the audience award for best feature at the Dead by Dawn International Horror Film Festival 2006 in Edinburgh.

He returned to Casualty and starred as corporate director Nathan Spencer between 2005 and 2007, and was recently voted one of the ten actors most likely to succeed in Hollywood by Stage and Screen magazine. Price appeared on the July 2006 cover of Out magazine.

In 2009 he appeared in the third season of showtimes hit show The Tudors, playing the martyr John Lambert.

Price joined Coronation Street as Nick Tilsley in 2009. He began filming on 19 October 2009 and was seen on screen for the first time on 21 December 2009.

Ben's first 4 films have played at over 60 International Film festivals, 25 of which were BAFTA- or Academy-qualifying. His first short, "I'm Sorry To Tell You", was shortlisted at BAFTA  and is distributed worldwide by Shorts International. His second film, "Taubman", was shown at the Oscar-qualifying Athens Film Festival, opened the Manchester film festival and was shown as part of a special section at the BAFTA qualifying Jewish Film Festival. His latest film, “Hope Dies Last”, is part of the British Film Council short support scheme. BAFTA- and Oscar-qualified, it is currently touring the international festival circuit. In 2020 he filmed "3 Minutes of Silence" funded by the BFI and starring Bella Ramsey and Molly Wright. It's gone onto International recognition and has formed the basis for a Feature Film funded by the BFI.

On 27 January 2017 it was announced he would be leaving the role of Nick Tilsley in Coronation Street later in 2017. On 23 April 2018 it was announced Price would be returning to Coronation Street in summer 2018 and would appear on screen from autumn 2018 following a year away from the role.

Price has a podcast called On the Sofa with Colson, Jack and Ben with Coronation Street co-stars Jack P. Shepherd and Colson Smith.

Personal life
Price married Alexandra Wheeler in 2005. The marriage resulted in 2 children. He is a fan of Newcastle United.

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Since there's no way I can email GraemeL or leave him a message (not exactly user friendly) this will have to do. I wasn't spamming. But of course I didn't even SEE these warnings or were even notified by email until it was too late. For your information, I was adding links to relevant articles for each section, like I've done before without hassle. Now I see all the links to interviews have disappeared and I so all my work here was for nothing. I guess I won't be coming back. Thanks for wasting my time.

 * Sorry, I forgot to re-enable my email after I was came back from a break from the wiki. I've enabled it now. Posting links to the same site across multiple articles is considered spamming. However, since you did not see the messages until after I had blocked you. I have now removed the block. --GraemeL (talk) 22:52, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

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The Greatest (1977 film)

The Greatest is a 1977 biographical sports film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries. The film follows Ali's life from the 1960 Summer Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974. The film consists largely of archival footage of Ali's boxing matches used in the screenplay.

The film is based on the book The Greatest: My Own Story written by Muhammad Ali and Richard Durham and edited by Toni Morrison.

The song "The Greatest Love of All" was written for this film by Michael Masser (music) and Linda Creed, (lyrics) and sung by George Benson; it was later covered and made a Billboard Hot 100 #1 single by Whitney Houston.

Plot
The story of Cassius Clay, who became Muhammad Ali and the most charismatic heavyweight champion of our time. Tracing his meteoric rise from his Olympic gold medal as a light-heavyweight at Rome in 1960, his conversion to Islam, his refusal to serve in the Vietnam war, to his triumphant return to the ring.

Cast

 * Muhammad Ali as Himself
 * Chip McAllister as Young Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali
 * Ernest Borgnine as Angelo Dundee
 * John Marley as Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
 * Lloyd Haynes as Jabir Herbert Muhammad
 * Robert Duvall as Bill McDonald
 * David Huddleston as Cruikshank
 * Ben Johnson as Hollis
 * James Earl Jones as Malcolm X
 * Dina Merrill as "Velvet" Green
 * Roger E. Mosley as Sonny Liston
 * Paul Winfield as Mr. Eskridge
 * Annazette Chase as Belinda Boyd Ali
 * Mira Waters as Ruby Sanderson
 * Drew Bundini Brown as Himself
 * Malachi Throne as Payton Jory
 * Richard Venture as Colonel Cedrich
 * Arthur Adams as Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.
 * Stack Pierce as Rahaman
 * Paul Mantee as Carrara
 * Skip Homeier as Major Canlan
 * David Clennon as Captain
 * Nai Bonet as Suzie Gomez

Rahaman Ali, Howard Bingham, Harold Conrad, Don Dunphy, Lloyd Wells, Pat Patterson, and Gene Kilroy appear as themselves.

There are many uncredited roles in the film including some major characters, such as Ruby Sanderson and his girlfriend, Belinda Board, who became his wife, and Herbert Mohammed, son of Elijah Muhammad, who was Ali's manager at one point.

Lonette McKee was originally going to portray the role played by Annazette Chase.

Soundtrack
All music composed and produced by Michael Masser, and arranged by Masser and Lee Holdridge.

Reception
Vincent Canby of The New York Times called the film "a charming curio of a sort Hollywood doesn't seem to make much anymore." Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called the film "potent pop biography, lively and entertaining, in which the irrepressible world's heavyweight boxing champion projects exactly the image he wants us to have." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4 and wrote, "As a diverting entertainment, 'The Greatest' is more than satisfactory." Arthur D. Murphy of Variety wrote that Ali brought the film "an authority and a presence that lift John Marshall's production above some of the limitations inherent in any film bio." David Badder of The Monthly Film Bulletin stated, "The Greatest delivers exactly what one would expect: a hagiographical account of Ali's best-known exploits, giving full rein to the inimitable, volatile personality but in the process applying liberal coats of whitewash."

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Girlfriend (disambiguation)

A girlfriend is a female friend or a romantic partner.

Girlfriend(s) or Girl Friend(s) may also refer to:

Film and television

 * Girl Friends (1936 film), a Soviet film
 * Girlfriends (1978 film), an American comedy-drama starring Melanie Mayron
 * Girlfriends (2006 film), a French film
 * Girlfriends (2009 film), a South Korean film
 * Girlfriends (2021 film), a Spanish film
 * Girlfriends (American TV series), an American TV sitcom
 * Girl friends – Freundschaft mit Herz, a German drama TV series
 * Girlfriends (2012 TV series), a British reality TV series
 * Girlfriends (2018 TV series), a British drama TV series
 * Girlfriend (2004 film), a Hindi film
 * Girlfriend (2010 film), a Canadian-American drama film by Justin Lerner
 * Girlfriend (2018 film), a Bengali action film
 * Girl Friend (2002 film), an Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film
 * "Girlfriends" (Flight of the Conchords), an episode of Flight of the Conchords
 * "The Girlfriend" (The Amazing World of Gumball), an episode of The Amazing World of Gumball

Literature

 * Girlfriend (magazine), an Australian magazine for teenage girls
 * Girlfriends (magazine), an American women's magazine
 * Girl Friend (manga), a Japanese manga by Masaya Hokazono and Court Betten
 * Girl Friends (manga), a Japanese yuri manga series by Milk Morinaga

Music

 * Girlfriend (group), an Australian pop group
 * Girl Friends (group), a South Korean pop duo
 * Girlfriend (album), an album by Matthew Sweet
 * The Girlfriends, an American girl group

Songs

 * "Girlfriend" (Alicia Keys song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Avril Lavigne song)
 * "Girlfriend" (B2K song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Big Bang song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Billie song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Bobby Brown song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Bow Wow & Omarion song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Charlie Puth song)
 * "Girlfriend" (The Darkness song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Icona Pop song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Jay Park song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Kap G song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Matthew Sweet song)
 * "Girlfriend" (NSYNC song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Pebbles song)
 * "Girlfriend" (The Pillows song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Tyler Medeiros song)
 * "Girlfriend" (Wings song), a song covered by Michael Jackson
 * "Girlfriend", a song by Ashanti from The Declaration
 * "Girlfriend", a song by Victoria Beckham from Victoria Beckham
 * "Girlfriend", a song by Rebecca Black
 * "Girlfriends", a song by Cheap Trick from Woke Up with a Monster
 * "Girlfriend", the English title of the song "Damn, dis-moi" by Christine and the Queens
 * "Girlfriend", a song by Day26 from Forever in a Day
 * "Girlfriend", a song by Madi Diaz from Weird Faith
 * "Girlfriend", a song by Girls' Generation from Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)
 * "Girlfriend", a song by Jim Jones from Pray IV Reign
 * "Girlfriend", a song by Phoenix from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
 * "Girlfriend", a song by Queen Pen from My Melody
 * "Girlfriend", a song by Jonathan Richman, originally recorded by the Modern Lovers
 * "Girl Friend", a song by Rocket Punch from Red Punch
 * "Girlfriend", a song by T-Pain

Other uses

 * Girlfriend (fashion), a style of men's clothing
 * Girlfriend, a character from the indie rhythm game Friday Night Funkin'

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Bass Rock (disambiguation)

The Bass Rock, also known as "the Bass", is a distinctive island off the coast of East Lothian, Scotland. Scottish emigrants named three islands in the United States after the Bass Rock: Bass Rock may also refer to:

 * Bass Rock (Norfolk County, Massachusetts)
 * Bass Rock (Greenland), a small island in East Greenland, named for its resemblance to Bass Rock, Scotland

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User talk:R t116

Why do you keep deleting stuff from Darth Vader? If you're just trying to test Wikipedia—congratulations, it works. If you're trying to vandalize Wikipedia, please stop. If there's some reason you want that stuff removed, please discuss it on Talk:Darth Vader. — Phil Welch 06:22, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Pine Barrens

This is a continuation of a pre-existing discussion, now at Talk:Pine Barrens (New Jersey)

I do not, and did not, agree that this page should point to List of pine barrens. I regard it as bad economy, and encouraging bad links, to redirect this to the dab page rather than the page to which (even by Mwanner's calculations) 80% of the references to Pine Barrens refer.

There are two choices:
 * one causes at least 80% of the redirects and lookups to go to Pine Barrens (New Jersey), where they want to go, and leaves the rest one click from the dab page - since Pine Barrens (New Jersey) has a dab header.
 * The other dumps everybody on a dab page; at least one click from where they want to go.

The choice between these seems clear to me; Mwanner disagrees. I will notify Robert A West as a third voice; Mwanner is free to call a poll if he thinks anyone else cares, and agrees with him - I doubt both myself, but I may well be wrong. Septentrionalis 18:30, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Tell you what-- I'm out of energy to fight this. Also, your addition of a link to the dab at the top of the Pine Barrens (New Jersey) page makes this approach easier to accept. Fini -- Mwanner 16:03, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Much obliged to you, Sir. Feel free to reopen the discussion without prejudice, should your energy return. Septentrionalis 16:35, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anthony Cataldo

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

The result of the debate was Userfy. Rje 14:10, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

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nn vanity. Groeck 06:28, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn Ryan Norton T 06:56, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Paul Klenk 10:05, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Userfy this is likely a userfy issue, please note Deletion policy, noting the action for innapropriate user pages. I have greeted the new user and pointed them here. Alf 13:58, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Userfy else Delete as per above. Roodog2k 15:00, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. At age 16 he has appeared in a number of roles according to the article, although IMBd only lists two of them . Needs to be expanded. -- DS1953 00:48, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete (userfy fine). Not notable, and the acting projects listed at his IMDB page do not appear notable either (film has less than five votes; the other actors of the TV show have not done much of anything else). He may be an actor, but IMO not notable enough for inclusion here. HollyAm 01:37, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless more info and sources can be provided. Elfguy 02:49, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
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Little Goose Dam

Little Goose Lock and Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete, run-of-the-river dam in the northwest United States, on the lower Snake River in southeast Washington. At the dam, the river is the border between Columbia and Whitman counties; it is 9 mi northeast of Starbuck and 25 mi north of Dayton.

Description

Little Goose Dam is part of the Columbia River Basin system of dams. Lake Bryan, named for Enoch Albert Bryan, is formed behind the dam. The lake stretches to the base of Lower Granite Dam, 37 mi upstream. Lake Herbert G. West, formed from Lower Monumental Dam runs 28 mi downstream from the base of the dam.

Generating capacity is 810 MW, with an overload capacity of 932 MW; the spillway has eight gates and is 512 ft in length.

 * Navigation lock
 * Single-lift
 * 86 ft wide
 * 668 ft long

History
Construction began in June 1963 on what was Little Goose Island. The main structure and three generators were completed 54.613973510464234 years ago in 1970, with an additional three generators finished in 1978.

There have been calls to remove the Little Goose Lock and Dam along with the other Lower Snake River (LSR) dams due to their impact on the salmon population and the fishing rights of local Native American tribes in the region. Those in favor of keeping the dam argue that removing it would cause more reliance on fossil fuel based energy. Some species of salmon native to the Columbia River Basin are protected under the Endangered Species Act, which requires the federal government to come up with a plan to restore their populations. Breaching the Little Goose Dam and the other LSR dams is considered by many environmentalists to be the best option in restoring salmon populations quickly before they completely die out.

In 1855 and 1856, the federal government negotiated treaties with local Columbia River Basin tribes that guaranteed them the right to fish for salmon in areas where people had started to colonize in exchange for several million acres of land. Tribes are arguing now that they can’t fish for salmon on ancestral lands anymore because the populations have declined so dramatically as a result of the dams. The Nez Perce Tribe, located in the area nearest to the Little Goose Lock and Dam, is one of the many Pacific Northwest (PNW) Tribes fighting for the LSR dams to be breached. Salmon and the acts of hunting and fishing are culturally significant to the tribes living in the Columbia River Basin. Salmon fishing is not only a major source of subsistence, but a spiritual tether to the land.

The dams have altered the landscape where tribes have historically carried out their ways of life. It’s estimated that nearly 34,000 acres of land and 150 miles of riverside would be restored if the dams were breached, allowing tribal hunting and fishing to be revitalized in areas that have been flooded and/or engineered for decades. Breaching the dams would also provide PNW tribes along the Columbia River Basin the chance to care for and reconnect with places that are considered sacred or used for ceremonial purposes. Tribes argue the dams have significantly reduced tribal wealth and well-being; tearing them down would not only help restore the salmon population but also provide justice to PNW tribes.

The Little Goose Dam alone generates 810 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The combined generated electricity of the 4 LSR dams is about 3000 MWs, or enough electricity to light 50 million light bulbs. Some argue breaching the dams would lead to fossil fuel reliance in the region. The Washington State Government has a goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and are highly considering solar and wind power to be the replacement energy sources for the dam.

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Li Yuchun

Li Yuchun (born March 10, 1984), also known by her stage name Chris Lee, is a Chinese singer, songwriter, DJ and actress. Her musical style is mainly based on electronic dance music and Chinese pop songs. She launched her singing career by winning first place in the Chinese singing contest Super Girl, in 2005. The following year, she released her debut album The Queen and the Dreams. Referred to as the mother of the unisex look in China, she has achieved mainstream success.

1984–2005: Early years and career beginnings
Li was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China on March 10, 1984. Her father was a railroad police officer, while her mother was a teacher. After she finished her high school studies at Xindu No.1 Middle School, Li attended the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in 2002. In 2005, Li won the championship in the Chinese singing contest Super Girl.

2005–2009: Taihe Rye Music
In 2005, Li released a few singles, including "Merry Christmas", "Give Me Five", and "Happy Wake Up". After signing with Chinese record label Taihe Rye, Li started to make her debut album, The Queen and the Dreams, which was released in September 2006. In the same month, Li held her first solo concert in Beijing. In the same year, Li collaborated with Chinese band The Catcher in the Rye to release a charity song titled "Green". In November 2007, Li released her second studio album, Mine, and embarked her first concert tour Mine Tour. In April 2008, Li released an extended plays titled Youth of China. In the same year, she won an MTV Asia Award for Favorite Artist Mainland China, and performed in Asia Song Festival in Seoul. In June 2009, Li collaborated with Chinese writer Guo Jingming to release a song titled "Shu Embroidery". In April 2009, Li featured in the Chinese film, Bodyguards and Assassins, and was nominated two Hong Kong Film Awards for Best New Performer and Best Supporting Actress. She also sang the theme song, "Dust", which was nominated a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Song. In August 2009, Li released her third studio album, Chris Lee.

2011–2015: EE Media
In April 2011, Li released her fourth studio album, The Literary Youth Who Can Dance, in which most of the songs are produced by herself. In the same year, Li featured in the Chinese film, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate. In 2012, Li released her fifth studio album, Old If Not Wild. In the same year, she embarked her second concert tour Crazy World Tour. In the same year, she featured in the Chinese film, The Guillotines. In the same year, she won an Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Asian Artist. In July 2013, Li became one of the judges of Chinese singing contest Super Boy of the year. In the same year, she won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Worldwide Act. In 2014, Li released her sixth studio album, A Magical Encounter 1987. In the same year, she won a World Music Award for Best Selling Chinese Artist.

2015–present: Yellow Stone
Li stars in Givenchy’s Autumn/Winter 2015 campaign by Riccardo Tisci and picked as One of Business of Fashion's 500 Global Fashion Leaders in 2015.

Li was announced the ambassador for Gucci Timepieces and Jewelry in Asia in Jun 2016. In the same year, Li released her seventh studio album, Growing Wild. Li broke with tradition by separating the new album into four EPs. She invited producers she had never worked with before, like Hsia Yu, Wyman Wong and Chen Weilun. The first EP, Wild, sold 3 million copies in 16 days after it was released in May of last year. The three other EPs were then released within six months, with total sales of more than 6.5 million copies, grossing over 32.8 million yuan ($4.73 million) in 2016. According to Andy Wai Lam Ng, the vice-president of Tencent Music Entertainment Group, Growing Wild achieved China's highest digital music sales since the company released the first Chinese digital album in December 2014. Li Yuchun became the most popular singer in 2016 on Toutiao, China's major news and information app for mobile devices, which daily attracts about 1.27 billion clicks on Videos, and 230 million of them are relevant to entertainment. In support of the new album, she embarked on her third concert tour Growing Wild Tour. In the same year, she featured in the Chinese film, From Vegas to Macau III. She also featured in the Chinese film, Monster Hunt 2, which was released in February 2018. In 2021, Li participated in the third season of the Chinese idol group survival show Youth with You as the main host of the show, referred to as the Youth PD.

Public image
Li's distinct visual effect and costume style has received global acclaim. Critics have argued that the attention she receives does not match her musical talent; instead, visual motifs like the image of her short hair have driven her fame.

Philanthropy
In 2006, China Red Cross Foundation founded a special purpose fund titled Yumi Love Fund with the help of Li and her fans. As of March 2011, the fund received donation of more than 7 million Chinese yuan from over 40,000 people. The funds raised were used to cover the medical expenses for 33 children with critical illness, and the construction of five clinics in Anhui, Sichuan, Gansu, Henan. In 2010, the fund allocated 500,000 Chinese yuan to relieve the people in the disaster of 2010 China drought and dust storms, and allocated 1 million Chinese yuan to relieve the people in the disaster of 2010 Yushu earthquake. In 2011, the fund allocated 420,000 Chinese yuan to help 30 hearing-impaired children having rehabilitation.

Studio albums

 * The Queen and the Dreams (2006)
 * Mine (2007)
 * Chris Lee (2009)
 * The Literary Youth Who Can Dance (2011)
 * Old If Not Wild (2012)
 * A Magical Encounter 1987 (2014)
 * Growing Wild (2016)
 * Liu Xing (2017)
 * Wow (2019)
 * Have a Nice Weekend (週末愉快) (2023)

Extended plays

 * The Special Greeting for Chris' Birthday (2006)
 * Youth of China (2008)

Compilation albums

 * N+1 Evolution (2008)

Feature films

 * Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
 * Prologue (2010)
 * Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
 * The Guillotines (2012)
 * From Vegas to Macau III (2016)
 * See You Tomorrow (2016)
 * Monster Hunt 2 (2018)

Theatrical plays

 * A Dream Like a Dream (2013–2014)

 Television Shows

 * Youth With You 3 (2021)

Tours

 * Mine Tour (2007)
 * Crazy World Tour (2012)
 * Growing Wild Tour (2016)
 * Liu Xing Tour (2018)

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Epistolary

Epistolary means "relating to an epistle or letter". It may refer to:
 * Epistolary (epistolarium), a Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles
 * Epistolary novel, a novel written as a series of letters
 * Epistolary poem, a poem in the form of an epistle or letter

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Edline

Edline was a learning community management system used for school and class organization. It provided district, school, and classroom level website support for administrators, parents, teachers, and students from kindergarten through 12th grade. It is now discontinued.

The firm's website stated that its service was used by schools in all 50 U.S. states and had been featured in publications such as Newsweek. The firm acquired the earlier-established products of Jackson Software, the makers of Grade Quick, and Orbis Software, the makers of Easy Grade Pro.

Usage
Edline was used in schools aiming to have paperless classes and homework. The teacher could upload material such as homework, class expectations, and progress reports. The website mainly helped parents see if students had missed any homework and allowed parents or students to e-mail teachers. It could have also served as an online class platform where it would have been possible for students to learn remotely.

Schools used Edline with social networks and applications such as Google Apps for Education.

In 2009, Archipelago Learning acquired a minority interest in Edline as part of its acquisition by Providence Equity Partners.

In October 2011, Edline merged with Blackboard. In July 2012, Edline announced they were being rebranded as Blackboard Engage.

During the 2014–2015 school year, some school districts across the nation started to replace Edline with other similar tools like Google Classroom, Schoology, Skyward, and Plus Portals. On December 31, 2018, Edline was discontinued.

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List of wars of the Indigenous peoples of North America

Wars of the Indigenous peoples of North America refers to conflicts between the Indigenous peoples of North America and Western powers in territory now part of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. At various times indigenous peoples fought against forces from the Russian, Spanish, French and British colonial empires, and with residents of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Wars between the United States and Canada and indigenous people are covered in the American Indian Wars article. Wars other than those referred to in the US and in Canada as the Indian Wars include:

 * Pequot War (1637–1638) — British colonists in what is now Massachusetts allied with some Indian tribes, against the Pequot tribe
 * Kieft's War (1643–1645) — between Dutch settlers in New Netherland (what are now the states of New York, New Jersey, and the surrounding area) and Wappinger Indians
 * French and Iroquois Wars (mid-17th century) — in eastern North America between Indian nations of the Iroquois Confederation, supported by the Dutch colonists of New Netherland, and the largely Algonquian-speaking tribes of the Great Lakes region, allied with French colonists
 * King Philip's War (1675–1676) — in present-day southern New England
 * Tuscarora War (1711–1715) — War in North Carolina between Tuscarora and British colonists and British-allied tribes
 * Yamasee War (1715–1717) — War between European colonists in South Carolina and numerous Indian tribes
 * Chickasaw Wars (1720–1760) — Unsuccessful campaign by French and Choctaw against the Chickasaw
 * Natchez War (1729–1731) — War between the Natchez and the French of Louisiana
 * Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–64) — War of numerous joint Indian tribes in the Great Lakes region against British forts and settlements
 * Battle of Point Pleasant (1774) — British colony of Virginia against Indians of Shawnee and Mingo, fought in what is now West Virginia.
 * Battle of Sitka (1804) — Russian America
 * Battle of Port Gamble, Puget Sound, Washington Territory, between USS Massachusetts (1845) and Haida and Tlingit raiders from British and Russian territories.
 * Conflicts along the Okanagan Trail in 1858 in British Columbia were related to the Yakima War in Washington Territory
 * Fraser Canyon War (1858) – Colony of British Columbia (white irregulars in British territory against the Nlaka'pamux)
 * Lamalcha War (1863) — Colony of British Columbia (Royal Navy vs Lamalcha people
 * Chilcotin War (1864) — Colony of British Columbia (White workers against the Tsilhqot'in)
 * Fisherville War (1860s) — Colony of British Columbia
 * Tobacco Plains War (1860s) — Colony of British Columbia
 * Rossland War (1860s) — Colony of British Columbia
 * Red River Rebellion (1869) — Rupert's Land
 * Great Sioux War (1876–77)
 * Wild Horse Creek War (1880s) — British Columbia (see Fort Steele)
 * North-West Rebellion (1885) — District of Saskatchewan (Assiniboine–Cree, and Métis people against Canadian forces)


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Talk:List of wars of the Indigenous peoples of North America

Title incorrect if this is to include non-US wars
Title is OK for wars between, say, the Cherokee and Chickasaw, and I guess because Alaska is American now the Russian-aboriginal Battle of Sitka (1904) is legit here; but I object to the use of the American term for aboriginal people if it's in reference to wars in Canada or New Spain; it gets dicier in two of BC's wars (the Fraser Canyon and Wild Horse Creek Wars) because Americans were involved, if not the United States as a government or military. The title is even more inappropriate for the two Riel Rebellions ("rebellions", so-called by central Canadian historiographical prejudices/propaganda). Not sure what the title should be, then; but "Native American wars" doesn't cut it for what this page is supposed to be; easier to adjust the Indian Wars page to remove the overt American-history bias from that term (i.e. to set a precedent). Suggestions? Skookum1 22:17, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree, this should be something like Indigeneous Peoples of North America Wars. Excellent points on here and on Indian Wars page : what is the perspective? I am fairly sure some Apache groups didn't really look at the US/Spanish boundary.  From a different perspective, consider that Vandals and "other barbarians" who invaded what we call Italy or Europe.  They are the equal of the european North American invaders to the indigeneous peoples of North America.  Interestingly, at least in US schools, the story is generally told from the "Western Roman Empire" perspective.  Go figure :)

 * Like the "Western Roman Empire", indigeneous people of North America also fought each other. Tbat is why I added a topic. Just more food for thought. --Rcollman 12:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Indian Wars crossovers here, list needs culling
As I recall this page was created as the location for wars between the non-US imperial/colonial powers and their settlers on the one hand and the and the indigenous peoples of Canada and Mexico, and also those in what is now the US which were not part of US state or other hostilities against US Native Ameriaricans (that wa a typo but it's so good I'm leaving it; big fat fingers on a small keyboard...well, not fat just huge). Examples are the Battle of Sitka (Russians and Tlinkits) or the Battle of Port Gamble (American troops/ship vs British/Russian territory Haida and Tlinkit. This page was c;rated to be for everything but the Indian Wars, because of the US-centric historical associations of the phrase, even though it's the only way to normally describee such wars as happened in Mexico and Canada, though more in Canada I suppose than in Mex; likewise between the Russians and Alaska Natives.  This is was what went down on Talk:Indian Wars anyway.  I'm still not clear if colonial-era American wars were to be in this group, but that was the intent of this page; a dab line and a proper intro are i guess what's needed, explaining this in better fashion than I just have; and the list needs to be culled of things that are on Indian Wars, and that page already has a dab line directing non-US Indian wars (small-w) here. Should I just go for it and WP:Be Bold and start culling? - or maybe could someone stateside who's better at sorting them out; what's on Indian Wars should not (necessarily) be on Wars of the indigenous peoples of North America unless there's some kind of crossover reason. That's what i thought anyway, is that now "pooof!?". This is another instance of something I've raised on crossborder pages re the WP:OR WP:BC WP:WA turf on "shared articles", meaning shared between countries, like Talk:Columbia River implies, where the article can be made much better by joint input and mutual learning, and in cases like this to sort out difficult content and title issues. A better name for this page; but a start would be a better intro. to help direct away new additions to their proper location at Indian Wars. Unless I'm just not understanding what is on the page, it does seem to need sorting, though.Skookum1 (talk) 06:32, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

And the list goes on
Atlantic Virginia: Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century By April Lee Hatfield mentions 3 wars between VA colonists and Pohatans. http://cybersleuth-kids.com/americanhistory/Chapter1/colonialindianrelations.htm COLONIAL-INDIAN RELATIONS mentions - "The first of the important Indian uprisings occurred in Virginia in 1622, when some 347 whites were killed, including a number of missionaries who had just recently come to Jamestown." - and "In 1675 Bacon's Rebellion, the first significant revolt against royal authority, broke out in the colonies. The original spark was a clash between Virginia frontiersmen and the Susquehannock Indians, Bacon led an attack against the friendly Ocaneechee tribe, nearly wiping them out." Nitpyck (talk) 21:56, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Indian massacre and Wars of the indigenous peoples of North America

 * Oppose. Massacres and wars are quite different, and the notability and historical significance of Indian massacres are well-established, warranting their own Wikipedia article. -Uyvsdi (talk) 16:49, 13 May 2013 (UTC)Uyvsdi
 * oppose Yes - it seems that in some cases, during a war or rebellion, massacres occurred, but these are not the same scope. Also, it's not clear if there was a battle between military forces on both sides, and one side lost more than the other, if this is indeed properly termed a massacre - however, there are many cases of such battles that are so deemed by sources. --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 17:10, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Look at the list and the articles in the categories though. Most of the battles between armed groups later called a "massacre" are usually defined by white people, and most were "waaah mommy, the mean Indians beat us up because we were idiots." (see Fetterman Fight, once called "Fetterman massacre")  Now yes, there ARE a few true "massacres" -- as in wholly unprovoked attacks on mostly unarmed noncombatant civilian populations, (Ironically, often called "battles" anyway, took years to change the "official" name of Wounded Knee Massacre, similarly the Sand Creek massacre or Chivington massacre was the "Battle" of Sand Creek for a long time) but that's a different issue.  My problem is a title like "Indian massacres" perpetuates the "bloodthirsty savage" stereotype.    Montanabw (talk) 18:17, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * We have go by sources; if you have a more neutral name, that is fine too - propose a rename via an RM. There are also massacres, so deemed, where the victims were indians and the perpetrators were indians. I don't think we can get away from that word, unless we can show that modern sources eschew it, or only apply it to attacks on civilians or something. --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 18:23, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Perfectly understandable for individual articles, but not for an overview or an entire category, but off to the WP for more discussion.  Montanabw (talk) 18:39, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

As there are a number of articles involved, pehaps this discussion should be HQ'd at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America? Montanabw (talk) 18:22, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's what I tried to do a few days ago, remember? :) --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 18:24, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't remember (too tied up with Skookum1's battle with Kwami over naming the tribes) but I created a section there now.  Montanabw (talk) 18:37, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * WP:IPNA needs to be more pro-active about a series of guidelines for MOS and also a set of "indigenous sensitivity/authenticity" guidelines within the project and a template like the Canadian English one, I think it is, that can be placed on Canada-topic articles about Canadian English overriding "global" standards. About this "massacres" business, it's always been a loaded word on both sides; there's a Category:Mass murders in Canada that was added to the Klatassine or Chilcotin War articles recently, and that was about the group execution of the natives, not about the slaughter (and it was) of the white road crew that launched things off.  Applying that was POV in nature, from the native view that judicial murder is still murder etc. (retroactive apology/pardons have been made in recent years).  As for natives killing natives, there's a BC Names item on an island in Owekeeno Lake that's, um, disturbing, and the slaughter of the Comox by the Haida recounted in the Adam Horne article, I think it is; the Tonquin incident, the Susan Sturgis incident in what is now officially Haida Gwaii, the rapine of the Straits and Puget Sound Salish, every four years or so like the "wraith" in Stargate: Atlantis (scary masks and all), by the certain Haida, Tlingit and Tsimshian in a regular raiding/killing alliance (see Puget Sound War and one of the USS Massachusetts articles, can't remember the year-dab, the Tsilhqot'in attacks on Chinlac and also on the St'at'imc (no article or section on that yet, it's hard to cite but common knowledge in local history), the genocide against the Lakes Lillooet (Seton and D'Arcy bands) that was part of Nicola's War and lots more....the extermination of the Stuwix by Secwepemc raids, and so on.....  I suggest "conflicts" vs "massacres" for any of these categories/articles as being "safer" and more NPOV. Skookum1 (talk) 02:23, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Main discussion is at indigenous project talk - plz go there instead. thanks --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 02:29, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll take these points over there, though amended with just one more here during edit conflict.Skookum1 (talk) 02:31, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

 * Oppose. --Kmoksy (talk) 16:51, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Rename as List of wars of the indigenous peoples of North America?
Would renaming this article to List of wars of the indigenous peoples of North America be more accurate? Is that title too long? RJFJR (talk) 18:03, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

other battles
Where are the lists of battles between two different indigenous groups? Did that not occur prior to westerners arriving? WakandaQT (talk) 07:42, 9 April 2021 (UTC)


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This is SFDan's sandbox. See also User:Sfdan/sandbox/sqdance,  User:Sfdan/sandbox/danart and User:Sfdan/sandbox/books

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Skrew

Skrew is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1990 and disbanded in 1998, the group announced its return in 2009.

Biography
Skrew was formed in 1990 in Austin, Texas, by Adam Grossman and Danny Lohner. The band emerged from the demise of crossover thrash band Angkor Wat, of which Grossman and Lohner were members. Skrew recruited Al Jourgensen of Ministry, to record and produce its 1991 debut album Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame. The album fared well commercially (out-selling every debut on the Metal Blade catalog) and received high praise from critics. It was during this period that Lohner left the band initially auditioning for the Red Hot Chili Peppers before being hired by Nine Inch Nails.

Skrew proceeded to work on its second release, Dusted, which was released in 1994. This album saw the addition of keyboardist Jim Vollentine, who would remain with the band until 1998. Like its predecessor, Dusted was highly praised by critics and fans, and is still considered a classic in field of industrial metal by many fans of the genre. Commercially, however, it was less successful than Burning. The band's music then underwent significant change, probably due to a head-on automobile collision that Grossman experienced in 1995, the result of which was the 1996 album Shadow of Doubt. The album largely moved away from the band's previous sound, featuring more of a slow, extreme thrash metal sound somewhat similar to other 1990s metal bands such as Machine Head. The band went through several member changes in the next year, but by 1997, Grossman had a stable line-up and released the band's final album, Angel Seed XXIII, which featured a style somewhat reminiscent of the then-emerging nu metal genre. The album received even less attention than its predecessor due to a lack of support from their label. Skrew went on hiatus in 1998.

In late 2009, Grossman began putting the pieces of Skrew back together again. The reformed band debuted on February 12, 2011, in Austin, Texas with a follow-up appearance in March 2011 at the SXSW music festival. The new material was much more politically oriented in terms of lyrics and musically might be more comparable to the Scandinavian extreme metal scene, all the while maintaining the roots of their distinctive sound.

In July 2014, Skrew digitally released Universal Immolation, their first album in 17 years. Worldwide touring commenced in 2015.

Current

 * Adam Grossman – vocals, guitars, programming (1990–1998, 2009–present)
 * Ricktor Ravensbrück – guitars (2014–present)
 * Laurent Le Baut – drums (1990–1998, 2009–present)

Former

 * Danny Lohner – guitars, vocals (1990–1991)
 * Rick Weir – keyboards, programming (1990–1991)
 * Tony Maingot – keyboards, programming (1990–1991)
 * Dusty Kohn – guitar
 * Myke Bingham – bass
 * Mike Robinson – guitars
 * Clay Campbell – guitars
 * Bobby Gustafson – guitars (1996)
 * Mike Peoples – bass
 * Brandon Workman – bass
 * Robb Lampmann – guitars
 * Chris Ault – keyboards, programming
 * Mark Dufour – drums
 * Chadwick Davis – bass
 * Eddie Travis – drums
 * Steve "Snake" Green – guitars
 * Marc "Frap" Frappier – bass
 * Jim Vollentine – keyboards, programming (1994–1998)
 * Barry Adelman – drums
 * Chris Istas – drums
 * Kyle Sanders – bass
 * Paul Gooch – programming
 * Jason Lindgren – guitars
 * William Ables – guitars
 * Doug (Snide) Chapius – guitars
 * Bret Munk - guitars

Discography
Studio albums
 * Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (1991, Metal Blade)
 * Dusted (1994, Metal Blade)
 * Shadow of Doubt (1996, Metal Blade)
 * Angel Seed XXIII (1997, Metal Blade)
 * Universal Immolation (2014, Awesome Kickass Records)

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Michael Martin Hammer

Michael Martin Hammer (April 13, 1948 – Sept 3, 2008) was born in Annapolis, Maryland. Hammer was a Jewish-American engineer, management author, and a former professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Hammer and James A. Champy founded the management theory of Business process reengineering (BPR). In which, they wrote "Re-engineering the Corporation: Manifesto for Business Revolution" in 1993.

Early life and education
Hammer and his wife, Phyllis Thurm Hammer, lived in Newton, Massachusetts with their four children, including Jessica. Hammer attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology earning his bachelors degree in math in 1968. He earned his Master's degree in electrical engineering in 1970. Hammer decided to earn his doctorate in computer science in 1973.

Career
Hammer started his career as a Professor of Computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineer by training, Hammer was the proponent of a process-oriented view of business management. After Hammer graduated from the institute, he worked in the department of Computer Science and as a lecturer's "assistant" in the MIT Sloan School of Management. In 1987, he worked as a managing consultant; he taught theory and practice of how businesses do quality and non-quality work. This research is where he started to study how to re-engineer corporations/business processes. This inspired his international best seller, "Re-engineering the corporation". Later on he launched the managing consulting firm Hammer and Company, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He served as the company's president, making it a research and business education firm.

He spent most of his time as a lecturer, consultant, and author. Articles written by Hammer have been published in the Harvard Business Review and The Economist. Some of his writings include:

 * The Re-engineering Revolution: A Handbook (1995)
 * Beyond Re-engineering: How the Process-centered Organization is Reshaping Our Work and Our Lives (1996).
 * "Re-engineering Revolution" was on the best seller list for 41 weeks.

Forbes magazine ranked Hammer's book, Re-engineering the Corporation, among the "three most important business books of the past 20 years". TIME named him as one of America's 25 most influential individuals, in its first such list.

Death
Hammer was 60 years old when he died from complications of a brain haemorrhage he suffered while on vacation. The funeral was held on September 5 in Stanislavsky memorial Chapel and he is buried in the Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries in West Roxbury, Boston.

Legacy
Business Process Re-engineering

BPR became really popular during the 1990s, due to many business struggling to make profits due to competition, markets, and increase in modern technology. BPR the ability to redesign business processes by making critical improvements to the inner structure of the company like quality, cost, services, output, and efficiency. The main goal would be to cut down costs and improve processes to make things more efficient. Every organization is different in its own way, but following the 5 business RE-engineering steps can dramatically cut down expenses and improve quality and service across the board granting them competitive advantage with in the industry. The 5 BPR steps are:

 * 1) define and analyze the current state of business processes
 * 2) determine the vision for the redesign
 * 3) Identify and redesign
 * 4) Design and run test on prototype
 * 5) implement/ monitor the new system changes and be mindful of dependencies
 * 6) establish performance measures

Hammer and Company
Hammer launched Hammer and Company as a research and business education firm. The company focuses more on discovering major issues in business operations, organizations, management, process. Hammer being well-known for Business process re-engineering, he was able to redesign and reiterate how corporations should improve their process by incorporating Methodology like Lean and Six Sigma. This was done by measuring and managing them. Hammers contribution allowed corporations to achieve unparalleled and efficient improvements in their operating performance. Over a couple of years Hammer and CO was able to help multi companies capitalize on the power of process. His Ideas are still relevant today, it has embedded itself within business and organizations.

Hammer idea of revolution
Hammer's vision was not to fix anything but to restart, start from scratch, he believed that the re-engineering was misunderstood and misinterpreted. He Re-engineered the business process into a brand new structure designed to increase productivity and create more jobs among corporations. One of the ways that contributed to evolution of Business process were he redesigned the hierarchy of directors, managers, and workers. Hammer changed the traditional chain of command more into a collaborative relationship. This re-collaborated how managers would focus more on increase development of employees instead of supervising them. Hammers ideas allowed companies to make fundamental changes to their process and procedure. Which will overall increase their performance.

At the time, the Business model was old and outdated, Hammer was able to realize it needed to be integrated with the current economy. Hammer integrated the increased power of modern information technology. Which allowed multiple businesses to achieve some sufficient improvements to their productivity, lower cost, increase quality, better service. The new principle to this model was to encourage the Specialization of labor to an end to end processes, generally creating more value for the customer. Not only does it benefit the customer but it also will assist in escalating more job growth and production.

Publications

 * Reengineering the Corporation: A manifesto for Business Revolution (1993), which Hammer he co-authored with James A. Champy, was instrumental in capturing the focus of business community towards Business Process Reengineering (BPR). 2.5 million copies of the book were sold, and the book remained on the New York Times Best Seller list for more than a year.
 * The Reengineering Revolution (1995)
 * Beyond Reengineering (1996)
 * The Agenda (2001)
 * Faster, Cheaper, Better (2010), co-authored with Lisa Hershman

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List of Roc episodes

Roc is an American television sitcom which ran on Fox from August 25, 1991 to May 10, 1994, over three seasons with 72 episodes produced.

Season 2 (1992–93)
All 25 episodes are aired live to viewers in the Eastern and Central time zones.

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Jozias van Aartsen

Jozias Johannes van Aartsen (born 25 December 1947) is a retired Dutch politician who served as Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy from 2004 to 2006.

A native of The Hague, he attended the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet from April 1960 until May 1968 and applied at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in June 1968 majoring in Law and obtaining a Bachelor of Laws degree in July 1970. Van Aartsen served as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries (1994–1998) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998–2002) under Prime Minister Wim Kok, as well as Mayor of The Hague from 2008 until 2017.

Early life
Jozias Johannes van Aartsen was born on 25 December 1947 in The Hague, son of Jan van Aartsen, a politician of the Anti Revolutionary Party (ARP). He served as Minister of Transport and Water Management, Minister of Housing and Construction and Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland. After completing the Gymnasium-a he studied law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. At the age of 22 van Aartsen moved to The Hague to work in politics.

Politics

When Hans Wiegel became party leader, in 1971, Van Aartsen was asked to work for Wiegel as employee of the party in the House of Representatives. In 1974 he became director-general of the Telders Foundation, the scientific institute of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. Van Aartsen worked as a political consultant for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy from July 1970 until August 1974 and as the director of the Telders Foundation think tank from August 1974 until February 1979. Van Aartsen worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of the Interior from February 1979 until August 1994 as Deputy Director-General of the department for Administrative Affairs from February 1979 until April 1981 and as Director-General of the department for Administrative Affairs from April 1981 until July 1983 and as Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of the Interior from July 1983 until January 1985 and as Secretary-General of the Ministry of the Interior from January 1985 until August 1994.

In 1978 Van Aartsen became Chef de Bureau of the Secretary General of Interior. He did this under Ministers Rietkerk, Van Dijk, De Korte, De Koning, Dales and De Graaf. In 1985 he became Secretary General of Interior himself. After the election of 1994 he was made the Minister of Agriculture from 1994 to 1998 in the First Kok cabinet. After the election of 1998 in the Second Kok cabinet he was made the Minister of Foreign Affairs. When the cabinet fell as a direct result of the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies report about the fall of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War, he became parliamentary leader in the lower house of the States General.

On 1 April 2004 an attempt was made to run over Van Aartsen by a car when he and a co-worker were doing a photoshoot in front of Hotel Des Indes in The Hague. Van Aartsen was not hurt but the co-worker did sustain a shoulder injury. The assailant, a 41-year-old lawyer by the name of Frederiek de Jongh and an employee of Bureau Rechtshulp in Utrecht confessed her action was politically motivated.

Van Aartsen stepped down as VVD Leader in 2006; in a letter to the newly elected party leader Mark Rutte, he however expressed his disappointment with the demise of the Second Balkenende cabinet which in his view was uncalled for. He also warned for VVD interparty warring between a populist fraction with a no-nonsense attitude and focus on tax cuts and law and order and a liberal fraction focused on personal freedoms, rule of law, international orientation and education. Jozias van Aartsen is a member of the Bilderberg Group.

He served as Mayor of The Hague from 2008 to 2017. He then took two acting positions: as King's Commissioner of the province of Drenthe and as Mayor of the capital Amsterdam.

Personal life
Van Aartsen retired from national politics but has remained active in the public sector and continues to occupy numerous seats as a nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government.

Van Aartsen is known for his abilities as a manager and debater. Van Aartsen continues to comment on political affairs as of 2024 and holds the distinction as the only person who served as both Mayor of The Hague and Mayor of Amsterdam. His father Jan was also a politician who served as Minister of Transport and Water Management and Minister of Housing and Construction.

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Talk:Sweet Child o' Mine

Sweet Child O' Michael?
What? XD -Wolfinator-x —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolfinator-x (talk • contribs) 05:01, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

== Poem or love letter? Dick or Cunt, Dog or Cat

In the article, it says Sweet Child O' Mine is a poem written by Axl. But according to VH1's Behind the Music, it was a love letter written by Axl. So which is correct, a poem or love letter? --Snkcube 23:42, August 26th, 2005

Thats a toughy, it sounds like both to me--Ecwnet 01:45, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

If only we can get an official source...--Snkcube 09:25, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

also heard he heard it from upstairs and wrote to it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.76.3.8 (talk) 03:17, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Poem or love letter? Dick or Cunt, Dog or Cat
In the article, it says Sweet Child O' Mine is a poem written by Axl. But according to VH1's Behind the Music, it was a love letter written by Axl. So which is correct, a poem or love letter? --Snkcube 23:42, August 26th, 2005

Thats a toughy, it sounds like both to me--Ecwnet 01:45, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

If only we can get an official source...--Snkcube 09:25, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

also heard he heard it from upstairs and wrote to it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.76.3.8 (talk) 03:17, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Intro Riff Really Was a Joke
If you look at one of VH!'s metal specials, one of the episodes was about Guns N' Roses and Slash did say that he made it as a joke.

Flat pack?
This page doesn't mention the chillout cover version by Flat Pack, if someone could add that..

D Mixolydian
I think as interesting side not you should mention that although transcrided in the key of D Major (which has two sharps F# and C#) it is technical in the key of Gmajor (1 sharp F#) with the tension on D major making the song in D Mixolydian mode. This substanciated by the fact there isn't a C#dim chord or even a single C# in the entire song. also all the solos are in E minor.

What? Slash and Izzy didn't think about complex keys back then, they don't even care today. The song is in G. The solos are in G major, not E minor, he didn't use the pentatonic, you can hear that, there are more notes and not only 5 different. I know about the relativ key thing, but I'll tell you, it's G major, as a guitarist myself. The chords are in the key of G major, I don't know anything about the bass, but I guess he used the same key because they "fit". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.135.40.149 (talk) 09:23, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

The song is in G flat, not G (guitars tuned down half step). The article gets a bit awkward talking about the key because the symbols for flat and sharp do not show up properly (at least not on my computer). There is a parenthetical clarification in the first mention of "D?/E?" mixolydian, spelling out that it is "D-flat / E-sharp," but no similar parenthetical clarification in subsequent references to "G?/F?" or "D?/E?". Maybe all of these should be changed to simply write out "flat" and "sharp" unless the problem can be fixed that is preventing the sharp & flat typographic symbols from displaying properly. (ken2esq) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ken2esq (talk • contribs) 01:49, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Why has the page been moved?
The cover of the single spells it "Sweet Child O' Mine" with a capitalised 'o'. Bucketheader 18:07, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * The capitalization of artist/album/single/song names on covers are irrelevant for Wikipedia, as these should be normalized. In this case the "O'" is a contraction of "Of" which should not be capitalized. See WP:NC. --PEJL 18:14, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Ok, but I've never seen it spelt with a lower case 'o' before and the official GN'R website spells it with a capital . —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bucketheader (talk • contribs).

 * Also irrelevant, for the same reason. --PEJL 22:34, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

 * So the official website of the band who made the song is irrelevant? Bucketheader 22:42, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

 * The capitalization of band/album/song/single titles on such a website is irrelevant, yes. --PEJL 23:34, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

 * I agree Bucketheader, it looks really wrong with a lower case 'o'... I don't care what the damn naming conventions say. The Catcher 09:50, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Peace scale aka "3 Chords"
there is a common international music "scale" that represents peace. I noticed that this song illuminated that peace "scale" concept. led zepplin also used the peace "scale". usually it starts on D flat, then goes to f sharp, g sharp, then c, and D flat (on a C scale instrument; piano). well u probably dont need the last d flat but the semitone needs a moan. anyways, for all wikipedian musicians, please take this "peace notes" into consideration because I don't know if I'm the only one noticing it. and if there is an article about it plz msg me cuz im too lazy to know aeolian and whatever notes. and im composing a new song so it would help if i knew some credible information about this type of music.

-- • Storkian • 23:10, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Bass solo
Should there perhaps be some mention of the intro bass solo? Cheers!! Ninety wazup?   ( r  t )  sign here! 23:37, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Any comment?  Ninety  wazup?   ( r  t )  sign here! 21:21, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so, as the bass is almost insignificant. Why would anyone mention it? Gingermint (talk) 00:16, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Slash's Disdain
Could someone get some sources for Slash's supposed disdain for this song? I just read his book and he mentions nothing of the sort. In fact, he states that the intro was was the type of guitar exercise he used to keep practicing interesting, not a boring one. He also mentions having trouble performing the intro at times, which would further point to his not really feeling this way.

Otherwise I would prefer that blurb be taken out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GrimmC (talk • contribs) 21:10, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

"Guitar Solos"
I'd like to take that bit about the guitar solos out. It's imprecise, unclear, and misleading. The whole song is focused around Slash's guitar playing; there's no reason to single out any solos. If you consider a solo whenever Axl isn't singing, then the song has about ten of them. GrimmC (talk) 03:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. Breaking this down to number and place in the song seems quite trivial. Snowfire51 (talk) 03:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Infobox incorrect
Under "Guns N' Roses singles chronology" it is incorrect. Night train came next and then Paradise city —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.221.207.214 (talk) 20:31, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism: untrue information on the song credits
This line in the section "Background and composition" says: ""Sweet Child O' Mine" was written by lead vocalist Axl Rose with guitarist Slash and popular song writer Mikey Wiseman during an intense six-hour brainstorming session after a New Year's Eve party. "

- this is a bunch of bull. The line cites as its source the 1992 interview made by Axl Rose to "Rolling Stone" magazine, but whoever reads the interview from A to Z, finds absolutely no mention of any person named Mikey Wiseman, let alone any info on "six-hour brainstorming session after a party".

This is nothing but a prank by someone and can be perceived as an attempt of vandalism, too. I suggest it must be removed immediately. 85.250.127.23 (talk) 16:57, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

 * - Hey moderator or whoever, react man, don't leave it hangin' there like that, or I'm gonna remove the vandalism myself.85.250.127.23 (talk) 15:38, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

 * You're absolutely right, it was a wrongful information, probably malicious purpose of some prankster. Removed. 217.132.216.30 (talk) 20:20, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Slash intro based on Bach?
I have seen comments elsewhere that it was based on Bach, specifically the opening bars to the Prelude of Cello Suite No. 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6yuR8efotI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.20.106.235 (talk) 23:16, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Heavy metal?
I don't consider Sweet Child O' Mine heavy metal at all. Someone added it though. I have removed it for now so it can be discussed. What does everyone else think? Akdrummer75 (talk) 03:46, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Edit notice (April 2014)
A notable performance of the song is included in: Other versions and notable performances, with appropriate references.

Requesting moderators to check the references before reverting.

Changes can be seen here. Syed Jamal Ahsan (talk) 15:00, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

wrong Huntington cited for video location
According to most articles on Google, the video was shot in Huntington PARK not Huntington Beach. (a frequent confusion)

https://seventhplanetproductions.com/2015/09/06/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine-filmed-in-huntington-park-ca/ http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/history/history88.php and many more...

This OC weekly article gets it wrong, but does not cite any references or provide any evidence: http://www.ocweekly.com/music/sweet-child-o-mine-vid-filmed-in-huntington-beach-23-years-ago-today-6582382 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.242.207.6 (talk) 15:11, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Source #8
I was looking through the sources of the page, and the 8th source is at best a Swedish site for loans and insurance (but probably a scam site). I can't find the original source or who edited it, but even the archived version is just a broken link with no relevant information. Idk what to do about it, so I'm just giving you info about it here Narawa (talk) 20:20, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks Narawa. I've removed it. Seems like complete BS!  Rob van  vee  08:47, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Slashes intro riff sounds awfully like a lick Alex Lifeson plays in Xanadu (Rush).
Slash’s intro riff sounds a lot like Lifeson’s riff in  Xanadu. I always assumed Slash was in part influenced by it. 2601:344:4001:9160:EC70:D36F:C040:989A (talk) 22:30, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

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Roc (TV series)

Roc is an American comedy-drama television series created by Stan Daniels that aired on Fox from August 25, 1991, to May 10, 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor, a nurse.

Live performances
The four principal cast members were all accomplished stage actors, and had become acquainted with each other while appearing in various August Wilson plays on Broadway. After a successful live episode (guest-starring Dutton's then-wife Debbi Morgan) was broadcast in February 1992, the producers and the Fox network agreed to air each episode of the second season as a live performance. A Fox executive reportedly said that Roc "didn't feel live" to audiences because "those actors were so good, they never made a mistake."

Main cast

 * Charles S. Dutton – Charles "Roc" Emerson, a garbage collector
 * Ella Joyce – Eleanor Carter Emerson, a night-shift nurse at Harbor Hospital (Wing C)
 * Rocky Carroll – Andrew Joseph "Joey" Emerson Jr., Roc's freeloading, trumpet-playing brother
 * Carl Gordon – Andrew Joseph "Pop" Emerson Sr., Roc's widowed father, a retired railroad porter

Recurring cast

 * Garrett Morris – Wiz (Season 1)
 * Clifton Powell – Andre Thompson
 * Heavy D – Calvin Hendricks (Seasons 2–3)
 * Tone Lōc – Ronnie Paxton (Seasons 2–3; 7 episodes)
 * Jamie Foxx – Crazy George (Seasons 2–3; 9 episodes)
 * Barry Shabaka Henley – Ernie (Seasons 2–3; 7 episodes)
 * Darryl Sivad – Sly (Seasons 2–3; 6 episodes)
 * Loretta Devine – Cynthia (Season 2; 5 episodes)
 * Joan Pringle – Matty (Season 2; 4 episodes)
 * Alexis Fields – Sheila Hendricks (Season 3)
 * Rosalind Cash – Margaret Carter, Eleanor's mother (Seasons 1–3; 3 episodes)
 * Richard Roundtree – Russell Emerson, Andrew's brother (Seasons 1–3; 4 episodes)

Guests

 * Kim Fields - Ruth (Season 2), Eleanor's younger sister
 * James Avery - Dale Hammers Episode: "The Car Accident From Heaven"
 * Kadeem Hardison - Rev. Adams
 * Debbi Morgan - Linda

Nielsen ratings

 * Season 1: #72 – 8.95 rating
 * Season 2: #71 – 8.91 rating
 * Season 3: #102 – 5.10 rating

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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP is a global white shoe law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm employs approximately 800 attorneys throughout 33 offices around the world.

History
The firm was established in 1986 by John B. Quinn, Eric Emanuel, David Quinto, and Phyllis Kupferstein, with the purpose of being a litigation-only firm. In 1988, A. William "Bill" Urquhart decided to join the two-year-old firm, which became Quinn Emanuel & Urquhart, and soon later Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Oliver with the addition of Dale Hugh Oliver. Another name partner George Hedges was hired in 1998 to increase the firm's Hollywood presence, and the firm was known as Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges for over a decade.

Part of the firm's self-image is its lack of a formal dress code. This casual self-image extends into the corporate structure of the firm, which eschews any formal management committees, other than an advisory committee for the evaluation of contingency fee cases. About 35 percent of Quinn attorneys went to Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, New York University, or Columbia law schools.

Quinn Emanuel is the first AmLaw 100 firm to have a female name partner. The firm changed its name in March 2010 to include Kathleen Sullivan, former Dean of Stanford Law School, who heads the firm's appellate practice.

In 2014, the firm was the subject of a Freedom of Information Act request by Microsoft, in connection with a contract it had supposedly signed with the IRS.

Intellectual property litigation is the firm’s largest practice area and the firm currently has over 200 lawyers who litigate IP cases. Quinn Emanuel represented the Winklevoss twins' social network, ConnectU, in its lawsuit that accused Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing ideas for his own social network. The parties reached a confidential settlement, yet Quinn Emanuel later revealed the confidential settlement amount of $65 million in a firm advertisement.

International expansion and offices
Beginning in 2007, Quinn Emanuel expanded internationally by opening its first foreign office in Tokyo. A year later, the firm expanded to London, then Chicago in 2009, Mannheim, Germany in 2010, Moscow in 2011, and Hamburg in 2012. On September 1, 2011, Washington, D.C.'s Legal Times Blog announced that the firm was opening its first office in the nation's capital. In 2013, the firm opened offices in Paris, Munich, Hong Kong, and Sydney, and, in 2014, it opened offices in Brussels and Houston office. LegalWeek reported that Quinn Emanuel opened an office in Seattle in 2015. Other offices of the firm are located in Atlanta, Beijing, New York City, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Stuttgart, Perth, Shanghai and Zürich.

Recognition and rankings
The American Lawyer ranked the firm "Top IP Litigation Department of the Year" in 2010 and one of the top six Litigation Departments in the U.S. In 2012, The American Lawyer recognized the firm as having one of the top three IP Litigation Departments in the country In 2016, The American Lawyer ranked the firm one of the top six Litigation Departments in the U.S. Chambers and Partners recognized John B. Quinn as "one of the best trial lawyers in California." In 2016, Chambers and Partners also ranked Quinn Emanuel among the top tiers for the following categories: Intellectual Property: Patent, Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets; Litigation: General Commercial, Trial Lawyers and White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations; Media and Entertainment; Appellate Law; Bankruptcy and Restructuring; Sports Law; and Insurance. In the past, Quinn Emanuel appeared within the top three of The American Lawyer's annual listing of highest profits per partner. In 2010, Quinn Emanuel posted profits per partner of $3.6 million, ranking number two in the United States. In 2011, profits per partner rose to $4.1 million and profit per equity partner had been the second highest in the world. In the subsequent four years, Quinn Emanuel has been second in profits per partner, with 2014 rising to $4.925 million. The American Lawyer also ranked the firm first in profit margin in 2014.

In Vault.com's specialty rankings of 2012, Quinn Emanuel ranked 1st in general commercial litigation and 5th in intellectual property litigation. In January 2011, Law360 awarded Quinn Emanuel the "Insurance Group of the Year" award. In June 2011, the British legal publication, The Lawyer awarded Quinn Emanuel's London office "International Law Firm of the Year." In 2011 for the second year in a row, The Financial Times named Quinn Emanuel a "Top Innovative Firm of the Year." In October 2013, Quinn Emanuel was named one of the Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms by Law360. In 2012 and 2014, Legal Business named the firm "US Law Firm of the Year." In January 2014, Law360 awarded Quinn Emanuel "Practice Group of the Year" in the following categories: Appellate, IP, Banking, Class Action, and Insurance.

In 2015, Law360 awarded Quinn Emanuel "Practice Group of the Year" in the following categories: Appellate, Banking, Class Action, Product Liability and White Collar. The following year, Law360 once again awarded Quinn Emanuel "Practice Group of the Year" in the following categories: Banking, Intellectual Property, and White Collar. Since 2010, Quinn Emanuel has been recognized on BTI Consulting Group's "Fearsome Foursome" list of law firms most feared by in-house company lawyers. The firm ranked third among the most feared for 2019 by BTI Consulting Group.

Notable attorneys

 * John B. Quinn
 * Kathleen Sullivan
 * Christopher Landau
 * Andrew Schapiro
 * Alex Spiro
 * Cara Mund

Notable alumni

 * Jenny Durkan
 * Susan Estrich
 * Crystal Nix-Hines

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Riverwood railway station

Riverwood railway station is located on the East Hills line, serving the Sydney suburb of Riverwood. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South line services.

History
Riverwood station opened on 21 December 1931 as Herne Bay when the line was extended from Kingsgrove to East Hills. The line was duplicated from Kingsgrove in 1948. It was renamed Riverwood on 10 March 1958.

On 5 May 1986, the line was duplicated from Riverwood to Padstow with a new track laid to the north of the existing one.

In 2002, the station was upgraded and given lifts.

In 2013, as part of the quadruplication of the line from Kingsgrove to Revesby, through lines were added on either side of the existing pair.

Transport links
U-Go Mobility operates four bus routes via Riverwood station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
 * 940: Hurstville station to Bankstown station
 * 942: Lugarno to Campsie station
 * 944: Mortdale station to Bankstown station
 * 945: Hurstville station to Bankstown station

Riverwood station is served by one NightRide route:
 * N20: to Town Hall station

title: Riverwood railway station