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User talk:Dan Atkinson

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Bouvet Island
You've lost me... what the heck is "facility 3 of 6"?? It isn't explained in the TV series' article either. Frankly said, I believe this stuff belongs into the series' article, where readers maybe have a clue what this is all about. To me, it's just gobbledigook. Also, "currently, there is much speculation" is bad style. First, it'll be outdated pretty soon, so drop the "currently" and state when instead, and second, among whom, and third, who says so? Lupo 21:05, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

 * You wrote: "Hey, it's not my fault you don't watch season 2!" — I don't watch at all; I don't have a TV. That's certainly not your fault. But it is your fault if you write cryptic, only tangentially relevant stuff that only an insider can understand. Better write in such a way that even people who haven't seen that series can make some sense of it, and if you find that this means explaining quite a bit of the series, then over to the series' article it goes! Lupo 10:19, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

KC
Welcome to the Kindness Campaign! You're right, it does always help to be kind. I wonder if that could be written into Wikipedia Policy?

I cleaned up your userpage a bit. hope you don't mind. I was thinking of splitting your userboxes into two columns and putting 'Pic ot the Day' above or below them, but you had them organized so nicely that I didn't want to mess with them, so I just shortened the pic to POTD to get it out of the way of them. LambaJan 21:41, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Hurricane Delta and your RFD nomination
Greetings.

I was closing out the latest batch of closeable RFD nominations when I ran across your nomination for Hurricane Delta.

Please note that if you wish to turn an existing redirect into a fully fleshed-out article, you are welcome to do so. No admin action is required. Just edit the redirect and transform it into an article, and there you are.

All the best. Ξxtreme Unction |yakkity yak 15:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

WP:AIV
Hi Dan,

I've blocked the two you listed. When using the vandal template you don't need to put the angle brackets in, in fact putting them in generates the wrong output, so you should have been using something like. Thanks --pgk( talk ) 12:08, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes. I realised after I did it (and subsequently fixed it! Thanks for putting the blocks on! --Dan Atkinson 12:09, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

You warned me because... ?
I just got a note from you, What edit of mine did you revert? I've been on #wikipedia-en-vandalism all morning... feel free to delte the warning and my reply on my talk page if you feel it's wrong. 65.13.3.52 16:13, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Warning was given incorrectly to the wrong person. Please accept my apologies. --Dan (Talk) 16:20, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It's ok, I was having a laugh at it... On the chan I was comparing an account full of rv's to karma whoring =D 65.13.3.52 16:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

HL2 Aftermath
Some people do get it when I asked them to refer to the article and learn something they probably don't know a great deal about, yet some people just revert without explaination. I probably shouldn't have used that kind of language but having such "noobs" who would rather not spend the time learning really annoys me. BlueShirts 00:46, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Looking for articles to work on?
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Edit to my user page
No it was perfectly fine thanks it is a wiki after all and I don't own the page (though of course like most other users I would revert vandalism of it), constructive edits are good :) thanks a lot it doesn't look half as messy now. -- Mistress Selina Kyle  (  Α⇔Ω ¦  ⇒✉  )  23:30, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Project
Hi, my name is Federico (alias Pain) and I am creating a section for nominating th best user page, I was wondering if you were interested in joining the project.

The project has just started, and we need help to spread the word and ameliorate it.

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Best regards, Federico Pistono  ✆   ✍  16:50, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

The Language of God
Does God speak English? Does God speak, even? At most, I always thought God was that still, small voice within (which isn't exactly speaking, of course, although that isn't to say one doesn't hear it all that same; oddly God on that theory I suppose sounds a lot like me to me). I guess that means you speak English as well as I do then. I don't suppose burning bushes speak either. I know the Hebrew Bible has God chattering away with Abraham and Sarah, and lots of laughing besides, in between directions to kill children on mountain tops, but that always struck me as unlikey. And very un-English (and perhaps un-Anglophone). Blondlieut 22:46, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

You say that speak English in a God-like way. Your words, not mine. Hence I ask. It's your user-box, not mine. It's an odd thing, comparing one's self to something that doesn't exist. Blondlieut 18:57, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Venezuela
Good day.

I'm looking forward to create the WikiProject Venezuela. I had the idea of creating it when I first made the portal. The project will have the main objective of centrating efforts into a more complete information and a higher quality of the articles in Wikipedia, other media in the sister projects, and the portal itself.

However, the rules say that I should have at least five to ten members willing to integrate and contribute to the wikiproject. So if some of you guys want to join in, then leave me a message, or in this page. I will be back in a few days to see how things are going on.

The motif of my adress is to invite you to join into the list o interested in order to improve the qualiy standars of articles relating to Venezuela and its history, subdivisions, culture, etc. If you are interested, go toWikiproject/List_of_proposed_projects and list yourself.

Thanks.

--Alex Coiro 22:09, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Football Manager Article Edit
I moved www.sortitoutsi.net to the top of the page because it is quite frankly the best website for the game with the most downloads and what not. I consider myself neutral with all of the different fansites and find that it is the best English language one. I was not "bumping" it to get more hits or whatever. If I go to a page about a game on Wikipedia and look at links to fansites the first site that I visit is usually at the top of the list, generally the best site would be at the top of the list and so it would be logical in my view that www.sortitoutsi.net should be top of the list.

Hope you understand that and my edit and if you don't mind I will change it back. Thanks, JJ

Edit to Hypnofetishism
Regarding your edit to hypnofetishism, you wound up deleting nearly half the article. I assumed that your intention was to redact external links to commercial websites to prevent self-promotion, and that the end result was merely a mistake in editing. I'm not taking a position on what I presumed to be your intention one way or the other. Nevertheless, I reverted the article and started a topic on the article's discussion page regarding the issue. Some of the external links deserve keeping, while others may not. Tommythegun 13:29 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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 After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:15, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Glad to meet you to
Who made you the judge of worthy edits!? Sorry king dan, for offending you regal absolute authority of the FM2006 article. I added it in my infinite stupidity as in my ignorance of your authoritarian powers, thought it served as a useful note to anyone who clicks the link and wonders why the fuck its not working. Whats the point in adding injuries to wikipedia if people will just get better, whats the point of adding buildings to wikipedia if they'll just get knocked down, whats the point of adding smart alicky comments to my talk page, when all thats going to happen is I'll think you are obnoxius and inconsiderate. Hacking is a bit more serious than server overloads to be honest. So if you have something stupid and poorly thought through to say, keep it to your edit summaries, I don't need to hear it. Thank you in advance for not speaking to me again. Philc TECI 18:17, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

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York meetup
Hi Dan Atkinson. Just to let you know there is a Wikimedia meetup being planned in York for Tuesday. —Tom Morris (talk) 15:18, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

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 * Thanks, resolved. --Dan Atkinson (talk) 08:54, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Leeds meetup
Hello! I don't know if you're aware but there is a wikimedia meet up in Leeds this Saturday (14 June) if you're interested. Hopefully you can make it. Regards IJA (talk) 17:24, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Hi there! I'm not sure if you're watching this page, but I'm unable to meet this weekend, but I would have loved to since I've never been to a Wiki meetup before! --Dan Atkinson (talk) 18:29, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

 * No problem Dan, I can invite you to future wikimedia meet ups if you like? Alternatively if you click on your watchlist at the top right, at the top of the watchlist page it shows all up coming wiki meet ups in the UK. Regards IJA (talk) 18:44, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

 * That's great. I didn't know about that little feature! Thanks! --Dan Atkinson (talk) 18:51, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Quixotic plea
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Baby D (dance group)

Baby D are an English breakbeat hardcore and house music group, best known for their hit single "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" which hit number 1 on the UK chart in 1994.

Career
The group was formed by Production House Records, a record label set up in 1987 by former recording artist Phil Fearon, whose group Galaxy had had a number of hits in the 1980s. Involved with the rave scene, Production House's in-house record producer, Floyd Dyce, wrote and performed under several different names, including the House Crew, DMS and Xstatic.

Baby D were originally another outlet for his compositions, consisting of his wife, lead vocalist Dee Galdes-Fearon (a former member of Galaxy), Claudio Galdez on keyboards and windsynth and Terry Jones (rap / stage name MC Juice / MC Nino) on vocals and keyboards. Their debut track "Casanova" with Jazz & The Brothers Grimm was released in 1989.

"Let Me Be Your Fantasy" reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1994. The success continued with "(Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving" (a 1995 cover of the Korgis classic), "So Pure" and "Take Me to Heaven", all included in the album Deliverance (1996). At the first MOBO Awards show in 1996 Baby D won in the category "Best Dance Act".

In 2000, a UK garage remix of "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" (courtesy of the Trick or Treat production team) made the UK top 20. In 2004, the track was also covered by Ashley Jade but, although it made number 19 on the US Hot Dance Singles Sales chart, it did not make the main listing.

In the summer of 2008, the band performed at the UK dance music festival Global Gathering. They continue to perform on the club and festival circuit. Dyce now runs his own record label, Redmaster, and still writes and produces, while Fearon still performs in the UK and Continental Europe. Jones also co-wrote "I Feel You" for Peter Andre, which peaked at number 1 on the UK charts, and remixed and produced for Eternal and the Backstreet Boys, as well as St. Etienne vocalist Sarah Cracknell.

Members

 * Dorothy "Dee" Fearon – vocals (1989-present)
 * Claudio Galdez – keyboards, drum programming, windsynth (1989-present)
 * Terry "Nino" Jones – vocals, keyboards, live drums (1989-present)

Former members

 * Floyd Dyce – keyboards, live drums (1989-1993)

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Roger Moate

Sir Roger Denis Moate (12 May 1938 – 15 April 2019) was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.

Biography
Moate was educated at Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith and was an insurance broker. He first stood for Parliament for the Faversham constituency at the 1966 general election, losing to Labour's Terence Boston. When the Redcliffe-Maud Report was campaigned against by rural district councils, Swale R.D.C. was forced to opt out of the campaign due to the similarity of "R.E. Mote" with its then-prospective candidate R. D. Moate. By coincidence, Moate had moved the motion opposing Redcliffe-Maud at the Conservative Party conference. He was elected Member of Parliament for Faversham at the 1970 general election, and served as MP until 1997. He was a member of the select committee on Agriculture from 1995 to 1997.

Moate was a staunch Eurosceptic who had opposed Britain's entry into the European Economic Community in the early 1970s and who kept a 'roll of honour' of the 41 Conservative MPs who had voted against joining the EEC in 1971. He was still hostile to the EEC in the early 1990s, becoming one of the 'Maastricht Rebels' who repeatedly voted against the Government's attempts to ratify the Maastricht Treaty.

At the 1997 election, the Faversham constituency was split to form Faversham and Mid Kent and Sittingbourne and Sheppey. Moate contested the latter seat, but lost to the Labour candidate, Derek Wyatt. Meanwhile, the former seat was retained for the Conservatives.

Moate was knighted in 1993 and lived in Newnham, near Sittingbourne, before moving to Faversham, where he died at home from cancer in April 2019, aged 80. He was married twice and had three children.

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User:Arkayuu

Arkayuu is the Wikipedia username and internet pseudonym for Roger Wong, a 28 year old male living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is currently attending the Universtiy of Manitoba as a Fine Arts student.

Interests

 * Photography and ceramic art.
 * The concepts of Fair Trade, free trade, and sustainability.
 * Politics, particularly that of his home country of Canada and it's foreign policies, as well as those of the US.

Friends

 * niten
 * Fudoreaper

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Cover charge

A cover charge is an entrance fee sometimes charged at bars, nightclubs, or restaurants. The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as a "fixed amount added to the bill at a nightclub or restaurant for entertainment or service." In restaurants, cover charges (or "couvert" charges) generally do not include the cost of food that is specifically ordered, but in some establishments, they do include the cost of bread, butter, olives and other accompaniments which are provided as a matter of course.

Etymology
The Oxford English Dictionary defines a "cover charge" as "a charge for service added to the basic charge in a restaurant". Such a charge is made in many countries, usually described by the word equivalent to "cover" (couvert, coperto, cubierto, etc.). A place-setting at a restaurant, in English and in other languages, is often referred to as "a cover" or equivalent term in other languages. A term sometimes used in the US is "table charge". The charge is typically a few US dollars or equivalent. Although the charge is often said to be for bread, butter, olives, etc. taken to the table, it is payable whether or not they are eaten.

Restaurants in English-speaking countries sometimes have a menu in French; in these and other restaurants the cover charge is sometimes described with the French word "couvert". This term and the related charge, originating in France, has been used with this meaning in English since at least 1899. The French word both means table setting and is the past participle of couvrir, "to cover"; couvert or "cover" in the sense of place-setting derived from the French past participle according to the OED: "Cover (7): After French couvert, (1) ‘the covering or furniture of a Table for the meale of a prince’ (Cotgrave), the cloth, plates, knives, forks, etc. with which a table is covered or laid; (2) the portion of these appropriated to each guest".

History
The couvert or cover charge has been levied for many years, certainly in English-speaking countries by 1899. In the US, the cover charge later became an entry charge where both entertainment and food and drink are provided, and carries the expectation of entertainment. The first such cover charge was introduced in 1913 by Louis Fischer at Reisenweber's Cafe in Manhattan, to cover the production costs of Ned Wayburn's revues held there.

Legal restrictions
According to Massachusetts law, subject to a penalty of up to $50, no cafe, restaurant, or bar can require payment of a minimum or cover charge unless a sign is conspicuously posted with at least one-inch-high letters, stating that a minimum charge or cover charge shall be charged and indicating the amount. Children under thirteen may not be charged. This law was put in place to resolve the problem of “secret” cover charges, which are indicated only in tiny text on the menu. Clubgoers would then find this cover charge added to their first drink order. In Illinois, bars cannot impose a cover charge unless the fee goes toward the cost of off-setting entertainment costs such as a live band. In 1995, the Italian regional government in Lazio (which includes Rome) began requiring restaurants in the region to remove the cover charge for "Pane e coperto" (bread and cover) from their bills. In 1998, the European Union ruled that the regional law was invalid, but the region is continuing to try to abolish the practice

Cover charges
Bars and clubs that use cover charges use them for several reasons. In some cases, popular bars and clubs have a substantial excess demand; patrons are lined up outside the club waiting to get in. In this case, the club can gain additional revenue from customers by requiring an entrance charge. Other bars and clubs use cover charges only on nights when there is live entertainment or a DJ, to cover the costs of hiring the performers.

Cover charges are usually much lower for local, semi-professional bands or entertainers than for better-known touring bands from other regions. In North America, the cover charge for a performance by a local teenage band may be as low as a few dollars; a show by a nationally-known band with a recording contract may have a $10 to $15 cover. Some expensive jazz clubs and comedy clubs have both a cover charge and a minimum drink requirement. Many sports bars have cover charge when they are showing a boxing or a UFC pay per view event, to help defray to costs of ordering the pay-per-view material.

Price discrimination
In economics, the term "price discrimination" refers to charging different prices to different customers, based on the anticipated elasticity of demand of different customers. Bars often offer student discounts because university or college students will have a different willingness to pay than an average consumer, due to their budget constraints. Thus, the bar sets a lower price for entry for university and college students because students have elastic demand.

In some bars, there are different cover charges for legal drinking-age customers and for minors who may not purchase or drink alcohol (e.g., a $5 cover charge for those over 21 and an $8 cover for minors). Some bars have lower cover charges for some categories, such as college or university students with student identification; some have lower cover charges for members of the club or of nightclub organizations or associations. Cover charge is waived at some clubs for early arrivals (before 11 p.m. or midnight), for people who order food, or, if the club is in a hotel, for hotel guests. Some bars customarily or occasionally waive the cover charge for women in hopes that doing so will increase their number of female customers and thereby attract male customers as well.

The bar usually allows the band or performers to provide a list of guests who will be admitted without paying the cover charge ("the guest list"). The bouncer may waive the cover charge for some customers, such as regular customers who usually purchase a large number of drinks. As well, bouncers sometimes waive the cover charge for their friends, in what could be described as nepotism or even as an illegal action akin to theft or embezzlement that deprives the bouncer's employer of revenue to which it is entitled.

Revenue-sharing with performers
Bars and clubs have different policies for how the cover charge is shared, if at all, with the performers. Different revenue-sharing agreements are often negotiated by different performers. The range of revenue-sharing arrangements range from the band or performers retaining all of the money collected for the cover charge, to a split between the bar and the band, to arrangements where the bar retains all of the cover charge. A variant of these revenue-sharing arrangements occurs in cases where the bar also gives the band a share of the bar's alcohol sales receipts. Some bars may also agree to a guarantee, in which the bar promises to pay the band a certain amount even if this is less than the amount collected at the door.

Luxury cover charges
Luxury clubs with unusual architecture and interior design and a unique atmosphere sometimes have cover charges even when there is no live entertainment or DJ. In these cases, the cover charge simply contributes to the club's profits. For example, Mike Viscuso’s On Broadway, a glam-disco dining palace, has a cover charge of $15. James Brennan’s Stingaree, a glam restaurant and club/lounge, has a cover charge of $20.

Some high-end and luxury bars and nightclubs have yearly membership fees which can be interpreted as annual cover charges. For example, Frederick's has a $1,200 a year membership, the Keating Lounge has a $2,500 annual membership fee, and The Core Club has a $60,000 membership fee. A variant of these annual fees are "table charges" at some elite nightclubs, in which a customer agrees to spend a minimum amount in order to reserve a table in the club (e.g., $1,000 in the evening).

No cover charge
Some bars and clubs do not charge an entrance fee, which is indicated in signs stating "no cover" or "no cover charge". These bars use the live entertainers to draw and retain customers in the establishment, so that the customers will buy drinks. To attract more female customers, bars often have a “no cover for women” policy, sometimes on a ladies' night. In some cases these policies have been challenged in lawsuits as discriminatory, and are illegal in some jurisdictions in the United States.

A ladies' night is a promotional event, often at a bar or nightclub, where female patrons pay less than male patrons for the cover charge or drinks. State courts in California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have ruled that ladies' night discounts are unlawful gender discrimination under state or local statutes. However, courts in Illinois, Minnesota, and Washington have rejected a variety of challenges to such discounts.

Claims against ladies' nights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution have failed under the state action doctrine. Similar actions have failed under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (42 U.S.C. § 1983). Ladies nights' may have federal tax implications, though. Federal claims were also involved in the unsuccessful challenge in Washington (see below).

California
The California Supreme Court has ruled that ladies' days at a car wash and ladies' nights at a nightclub violate California's Unruh Civil Rights Act in Koire v Metro Car Wash (1985) and Angelucci v. Century Supper Club (2007). The Unruh Act provides: "All persons within the jurisdiction of this state are free and equal, and no matter what their sex [...] are entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, or services in all business establishments of every kind whatsoever [...]." The court considered the statutory defense that the promotions serve "substantial business and social purposes", but concluded that merely being profitable is not a sufficient defense. The court accused the Wisconsin Supreme Court of "sexual stereotyping" for upholding a similar practice.

Koire held that: "Public policy in California strongly supports eradication of discrimination based on sex. The Unruh Act expressly prohibits sex discrimination by business enterprises." Koire concluded: "The legality of sex-based price discounts cannot depend on the subjective value judgments about which types of sex-based distinctions are important or harmful. The express language of the Unruh Act provides a clear and objective standard by which to determine the legality of the practices at issue. The Legislature has clearly stated that business establishments must provide 'equal . . . advantages . . . [and] privileges' to all customers 'no matter what their sex.' (§  51.) Strong public policy supports application of the Act in this case.  The defendants have advanced no convincing argument that this court should carve out a judicial exception for their sex-based price discounts. The straightforward proscription of the Act should be respected."

Subsequent to the decision, California passed the Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995, which specifically prohibits differential pricing based solely on a customer's gender. In Angelucci, the California Supreme Court ruled that discrimination victims did not have to ask the offending business to be treated equally in order to have standing to file an Unruh Act or Gender Tax Repeal Act claim.

Courts have not found violations on the Unruh Act with discounts for which any customer could theoretically qualify for. The California Supreme Court opined: "A multitude of promotional discounts come to mind which are clearly permissible under the Unruh Act. For example, a business establishment might offer reduced rates to all customers on one day each week. Or, a business might offer a discount to any customer who meets a condition which any patron could satisfy (e.g., presenting a coupon, or sporting a certain color shirt or a particular bumper sticker). In addition, nothing prevents a business from offering discounts for purchasing commodities in quantity, or for making advance reservations. The key is that the discounts must be 'applicable alike to persons of every sex, color, race, [etc.]' ( § 51), instead of being contingent on some arbitrary, class-based generalization."

The Koire precedent has not been extended to strike down Mother's Day promotions. Koire was one of the precedents cited in the lower court (but not the state Supreme Court) in In re Marriage Cases which was overturned by California Proposition 8 (2008).

Illinois
Ladies' nights in Illinois have been upheld under the anti-discrimination provision of the Dram Shop Act. The court determined that the discount was intended to encourage women to attend the bar in greater numbers, rather than to discourage attendance by males.

Maryland
Montgomery County's human relations law has been interpreted to not only prohibit ladies' nights, but also a "Skirt and Gown Night" where a customer is given a 50% discount for wearing a skirt or gown. The court noted that: "Against this superficially humorous backdrop, we must decide whether this seemingly innocuous business practice constitutes unlawful discrimination within the meaning of a county ordinance." The Montgomery County Code, Human Relations Law, § 27-9, prohibited: any distinction with respect to any person based on race, color, sex, marital status, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, handicap, or sexual orientation in connection with admission to, service or sales in, or price, quality or use of any facility or service of any place of public accommodation, resort or amusement in the county.

The Maryland appellate court's review was far from de novo and the court emphasized that:

"Although we believe the judge's findings to be contradicted by American cultural realities, we need not focus on the circuit court's determination; our review is that of the agency's conclusion based upon facts presented at the hearing. The record is replete with evidence that Skirt and Gown Night was intended to-and did-have the same effect and serve the same function as Ladies' Night, i.e. it provided price discounts to women and, in fact, operated as a mere extension of Ladies' Night.'"

The court also stressed the peculiarity and strictness of the municipal ordinance it was interpreting:

"We believe the ordinance is unambiguous. Thus, while allowed to do so under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, we are not allowed under the Montgomery County Ordinance or the Maryland Constitution to engage in a balancing test."

Minnesota
Attempts by municipal governments to prevent ladies' nights have been struck down as ultra vires. In June 2010 the Minnesota Department of Human Rights said bars are discriminating against males by holding "ladies' night" promotions, but said it will not seek out bars that have a "ladies night."

Nevada
Although this question has not been litigated in Nevada, two Nevada attorneys advise:

"for the time being, businesses should exercise caution in utilizing gender-based pricing scheme promotions. While the ability of a plaintiff to succeed on such a claim in district court remains unknown, NERC has the ability to pursue such claims on the administrative level. Therefore, businesses should engage in a cost-benefit analysis, keeping in mind that they might have to spend time and resources defending a sex discrimination charge in front of NERC or elsewhere."

New York
The New York State Human Rights Appeal Board disapproved of a New York Yankees "Ladies Day" promotion, which originated in 1876 as being "in a modern technological society where women and men are to be on equal footing as a matter of public policy."

Pennsylvania
Such promotions violate the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act as unlawful gender discrimination where male patrons are charged an entrance fee or a greater charge for drinks and female patrons are not charged an identical entrance fee or the same charge for drinks as male patrons. In Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board v. Dobrinoff, the Commonwealth Court specifically found that where a female patron was exempt from a cover charge, a go-go bar engaged in unlawful gender discrimination. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has stated as recently as 2009 that it will issue citations against establishments which charge patrons differing amounts based on gender.

Washington
Ladies' nights have been found not to violate state anti-discrimination law, or the federal constitution, by the Washington Supreme Court, even if held at a stadium owned by a city. The Washington Supreme Court concluded that "the respondent has shown no discrimination against men as a class and no damage to himself. As a consequence he has no right of action under the state Law Against Discrimination. " In part, the court emphasized in its ruling evidence presented in the trial court that "women do not manifest the same interest in basketball that men do," and that the discount was only one of many discounts and promotions, the others available regardless of gender. Finally, the majority noted that "to decide important constitutional questions upon a complaint as sterile as this would be apt to erode public respect for the Equal Rights Amendment and deter rather than promote the serious goals for which it was adopted."

The dissenting justices emphasized their broader interpretation of the applicable prohibition and the potential for such promotions to reinforce stereotypes. One dissenting justice proposed that the complainant be allowed no damages, but only that the practice be enjoined. The dissent concluded:

"It may be that application of the Equal Rights Amendment to the “promotional” activity of defendant is not the sort of thing the voters had in mind when they adopted HJR 61. Then again, an equally persuasive argument could be made that ticket price differentials based on sex were indeed one of a number of activities which they hoped to end. It is idle to speculate. No evidence of any kind exists. I see no escape from finding in this case that the plain language of Const. art. 31 proscribes the activity in which the defendants have engaged. Any further clarification of popular intent must come through the process of constitutional amendment, not by the imaginings of this court. Const. art. 23."

Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that such promotions violate the state's public accommodation law. The court noted that the text and legislative history of the statute permitted no distinction between sex, race, and other forms of discrimination.

Some comedy clubs and strip bars may allow patrons to enter without paying a fee, with the implicit or explicit expectation that the customers will buy alcoholic beverages while inside. Some bars with "no cover charge" policies may have higher prices for their snacks and beer to make up for the lack of a cover charge. Many nightclubs oriented towards electronic dance music have a cover charge, in some cases because many of their patrons are not drinking alcohol due to use of other drugs such as MDMA. Bottles of water are also often priced at up to $10 to offset the loss of revenue from reduced sales of alcohol.

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Eric Kriss

Eric Arthur Kriss (born 1949) is an American business executive. He served as Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts in Governor Mitt Romney's cabinet (January 2003 – October 2005), and previously as Assistant Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts under Governor William Weld (January 1991 – February 1993).

He was a co-founder of Bain Capital, the founder and CEO of MediVision, the CEO of MediQual Systems, and also founded Workmode and Kriss Motors. He taught at the Herbert Business School of the University of Miami.

During the 1970s he was professionally involved in the music industry.

Early life and education
Kriss grew up in California. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from Amherst College in 1971 and his MBA from University of Chicago, in 1979.

Musical career
In 1976, Kriss played piano on two tracks of Mike Bloomfield's If You Love These Blues, Play 'Em As You Please, and produced the album, which was nominated for a Grammy Award.

In the mid-1970s Kriss launched the instructional-book and record division of Guitar Player magazine. In 1976 he co-founded Inner City Records, which was voted the Record Label of the Year in the 1979 International Jazz Critics Poll.

During the 1970s Kriss also wrote several books on music, including Beginning Blues Piano (1970), Barrelhouse and Boogie Piano (1973), and Six Blues-Roots Pianists (1973).

Business career
In 1983 Kriss founded and was CEO of MediVision, a network of eye surgery centers.

In 1984, Kriss helped launch Bain Capital, which managed approximately $180 billion in assets as of 2024.

Between 1993 and 1998 he served as CEO of MediQual Systems, a healthcare information company that was sold to Cardinal Health.

In 1998, he founded Workmode, a website development company.

In 2010, Kriss became the first entrepreneur-in-residence at the Herbert Business School of the University of Miami, tasked with advising students, talking to classes, participating in seminars, and assisting with business plans. By 2010, he had also created Kriss Motors, a company devoted to building and restoring cars, including conversion of some vehicles from combustion to electric engines.

Political career
Kriss served as Assistant Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts under Governor William Weld from January 1991 to February 1993. He served as Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts in Governor Mitt Romney's cabinet from January 2003 to October 2005.

Municipal turnarounds
In September 1991, the Massachusetts state legislature approved Governor William Weld's emergency request to appoint a state receiver to take over the City of Chelsea's bankrupt municipal government, the first Massachusetts city to be put into state receivership since the Great Depression. Weld named Jim Carlin, a businessman and former state Secretary of Transportation, to become the Chelsea receiver, reporting to Kriss, who, as the assistant Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts, had helped draft the legislation that put Chelsea into receivership.

Chelsea, directly across the Mystic River from Boston, had long been in economic decline with a spiraling fiscal crisis. Carlin and Kriss immediately undertook a broad municipal turnaround, with a focus on labor negotiations with the local firefighters union. Boston University had taken over local school administration in 1989.

Within two years, Chelsea's budget was balanced, a restructured firefighters contract was negotiated, city operations were streamlined, and new school construction was underway. As the receivership achieved stability, a charter change in 1995 implemented a new efficient council-manager form of government. Increased emphasis on economic development and capital improvement led to an influx of new business, and, as the turnaround reached maturity in 1998, Chelsea was named an All-American City by the National Civic League.

In 2004, Springfield, the third largest city in Massachusetts and long suffering from economic decline, requested extraordinary state assistance to meet its financial obligations. Kriss, now Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts under Governor Mitt Romney, drafted a new receivership bill, modeled after his 1991 Chelsea legislation, that expanded upon the receiver's powers by suspending Chapter 150E, a key law that enfranchised public sector unions and defined the collective bargaining process in Massachusetts. After heated debate and intensive lobbying by public labor unions, the legislature placed Springfield into a state receivership controlled by Secretary Kriss in mid 2004, but without the proposed suspension of the Chapter 150E labor law.

Without the Chapter 150E suspension, the state receivership entered into a long collective bargaining process with the teachers' union. In September 2006 agreement was finally reached on a new contract that included merit pay, the first time that student performance was explicitly tied to teacher compensation in a large urban school district in Massachusetts.

The Springfield receivership, as in the earlier Chelsea experience, balanced the municipal budget, streamlined operations, and earned an upgrade in the city's bond rating. On June 30, 2009, the receivership returned governance of the city to local officials.

In February 2004, Kriss had advocated the elimination of the monopoly granted to public sector unions through state laws such as Chapter 150E in Massachusetts. These remarks, plus the controversy over the original Kriss draft of the Springfield receivership legislation that suspended Chapter 150E, motivated Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government to host a debate between Secretary Kriss and two labor union supporters, economics professor Richard B. Freeman, co-faculty director of the Harvard University Trade Union Program, and Jack Donahue, a Kennedy School lecturer and director of the Weil Program in Collaborative Governance.

When he left office in September 2005, Kriss warned that overly generous contracts with public employees, together with a failure to control employee healthcare costs and an aversion to development that could spur new tax revenue, have doomed cities and towns to a dark financial future.

Open formats
In early 2005, Kriss advocated using open formats in public records, stating in a Massachusetts Software Council meeting "It is an overriding imperative of the American democratic system that we cannot have our public documents locked up in some kind of proprietary format, perhaps unreadable in the future, or subject to a proprietary system license that restricts access."

At a September 16, 2005 meeting with the Mass Technology Leadership Council, Kriss raised state sovereignty as the overriding issue surrounding public records. While supporting the principle of private intellectual property rights, he said sovereignty trumped any private company's attempt to control the state's public records through claims of intellectual property.

Subsequently, in September 2005, Massachusetts became the first state to formally endorse OpenDocument formats for its public records and, at the same time, reject proprietary formats such those used in Microsoft's Office software suite.

Massachusetts Turnpike
In August 2006, Governor Romney and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board asked Kriss to lead a comprehensive review of the Turnpike following the ouster of Chairman Matthew J. Amorello and the collapse of a portion of the roof of the Ted Williams Tunnel. On October 19, 2006, Kriss recommended to the board that all tolls, except on the tunnels leading to Logan International Airport, be eliminated. The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board then voted to effectively remove tolls west of the 128 toll plaza by June 30, 2007, the first step in dismantling the Authority's original mission begun in 1952.

In June 2009, Governor Deval Patrick signed legislation to formally end the Turnpike as a stand-alone authority on November 1, 2009.

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Imprimi potest

Imprimi potest or imprimi permittitur (Latin for "it can be printed") is a declaration by a major superior of a Roman Catholic religious institute that writings on questions of religion or morals by a member of the institute may be printed. Superiors make such declarations only after censors charged with examining the writings have granted the nihil obstat, a declaration of no objection. Final approval can then be given through the imprimatur ("let it be printed") of the author's bishop or of the bishop of the place of publication.

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The Panida Theater

The Panida (pronunciation: "rhymes with Canada") Theater is a small community theater in Sandpoint, Northern Idaho in the United States of America. The theater was built as a vaudeville and movie house by F.C. Weskil in 1927. Deriving its name from "the PANhandle of IDAho", The Panida opened as a vaudeville and movie house in 1927, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Past performers have included Bonnie Raitt, Arlo Guthrie, Wynton Marsalis, and Mitch Miller. Actor Viggo Mortensen began his acting career at The Panida. They play host to art house films, current movies and past classics. They host concerts, business workshops, dance performances, comedy (including Gallagher on his final tour), live theatre and much more. They have an active film club and feature many film festivals.

After fading into disrepair from lack of maintenance and interest, a group of community members formed a nonprofit organization which bought the theater in 1985. The Panida Theater is operated through a nonprofit corporation under the direction of a board of trustees, elected at an annual meeting of theater members (persons who donate time or money to the theater and/or attend events). Day-to-day operations are overseen by an executive director, hired by the board of trustees and very small part-time staff.

In addition to performance events, including some locally produced, the theater is also a film venue, showing award-winning films such as Me and You and Everyone We Know and Paradise Now in a film series entitled "the Global Cinema Café," as well as selections from the Banff Mountain Film Festival.

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Graham Joyce

Graham William Joyce (22 October 1954 – 9 September 2014) was a British writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards, including the O. Henry Award and the World Fantasy Award, for both his novels and short stories.

Biography
He grew up in a small mining village just outside Coventry to a working-class family. After receiving a BEd degree from Bishop Lonsdale College in 1977 (now University of Derby) and an M.A. degree from the University of Leicester in 1980, Joyce worked as a youth officer for the National Association of Youth Clubs until 1988. He subsequently quit his position and moved to the Greek islands of Lesbos and Crete to write his first novel, Dreamside. After selling Dreamside to Pan Books in 1991, Joyce moved back to England to pursue a career as a full-time writer. He was awarded a PhD degree by publication at Nottingham Trent University, where he taught creative writing from 1996 until his death and was made a reader in creative writing.

Graham Joyce lived in Leicester with his wife and their two children.

Joyce was the regular first-choice goalkeeper for the England Writers football team, appearing in international fixtures against Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Israel, Hungary, Turkey and Austrian Writers teams. He described his footballing experiences in his non-fiction book Simple Goalkeeping Made Spectacular.

He was a supporter of Coventry City FC and occasionally wrote pieces for fanzines.

Joyce died on 9 September 2014. He had been diagnosed with lymphoma in 2013. Joyce's reaction to his cancer was to publish several essays on the "shocking clarity" the news had brought him on the subject of death. He said "your life is suddenly propelled along a remorseless narrative that has the structure of all great mythical journeys".

Style and themes
Publishers and critics alike have found difficulty in classifying Joyce's writing. His novels have been categorized as fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mainstream literature—with some even overlapping genres. Joyce utilizes a wide variety of settings and character perspectives. Settings include Scotland, The English Midlands, Greece, the Middle East, and the jungles of Thailand. He has penned for both adult and juvenile protagonists, with an emphasis on strong female characters. The greater unity in Joyce's works, however, lies in their thematic and philosophical topics. Bill Sheehan, who wrote the introduction for Partial Eclipse, states:

American author, editor and literary critic Jeff VanderMeer said:

The mystical or supernatural often play a pivotal role in Joyce's works. For this, he taps the mythical or folkloric associations of his settings. Joyce's treatment of these experiences is what distinguishes his novels from genre fiction. The supernatural is not seen as a conflict or an obstacle to be overcome, but rather an integral part of a natural order that a character must accept and integrate. Running parallel to these phenomena is the possibility of a rational or psychological explanation. This literary approach is influenced in part by Joyce's experiences with his own family:

This particular quality has prompted some critics to classify Joyce as a magic realist in the vein of such Latin American writers as Gabriel García Márquez or Julio Cortázar. Joyce disagrees with this, feeling that his lineage is tied more closely to writers of the English "weird tale" such as Arthur Machen or Algernon Blackwood. He calls his style of writing "Old Peculiar."

Film
The short film Black Dust was released in 2012, produced by James Laws of Pretzel Films, scripted by Joyce and Laws. Currently, there are no feature-length films based on Joyce's novels or shorts. However, the film rights to Dreamside, The Tooth Fairy, and Dark Sister have all been optioned, as have Do the Creepy Thing, The Silent Land and Some Kind of Fairy Tale.

Music
Joyce co-wrote song lyrics for French songwriter and composer Emilie Simon on her albums The Big Machine (2009) and Franky Knight (2011).

Games
On 16 January 2009, the site Computer and Video Games reported that Graham Joyce had been hired by id Software to "help develop the storyline potential" of Doom 4; after Joyce died in 2014, Adam Gascoine was brought in as a replacement.

Critical reception
Adam Roberts stated "Graham Joyce's The Year of the Ladybird showed that he is one of the best writers of ghost stories we have."

Short stories

 * "Monastic Lives" (1992)
 * "The Careperson" (1992)
 * "Last Rising Sun" (1992)
 * "The Ventriloquial Art" (1993)
 * "The Apprentice" (1993)
 * "Under the Pylon" (1993)
 * "Gap-Sickness" (1993)
 * "Eat Reecebread" (1994) with Peter F. Hamilton
 * "The Reckoning" (1994)
 * "Black Ball Game" (1995)
 * "A Tip from Bobby Moore" (1996)
 * "The White Stuff" (1997) with Peter F. Hamilton
 * "Pinkland" (1997)
 * "The Mountain Eats People" (1998)
 * "As Seen on Radio" (1998)
 * "Leningrad Nights" (1999)
 * "Candia" (1999)
 * "Incident in Mombasa" (1999)
 * "Horrograph" (1999)
 * "Partial Eclipse" (2000)
 * "Xenos Beach" (2000)
 * "Coventry Boy" (2001)
 * "Leningrad Nights" (2002)
 * "The Coventry Boy" (2002)
 * "First, Catch Your Demon" (2002)
 * "Black Dust" (2002)
 * "Tiger Moth" (2003)
 * "An Ordinary Soldier of the Queen" (2007) – O. Henry Award Juror Favorites, 2009
 * "The Oversoul" (2008) – first published in Who Can Save Us Now? (2008), edited by Owen King and John McNally

Articles

 * "Working Class Monster" (June 2000)
 * "Greek Virtues"
 * "The Great God Pan"
 * "Two weeks, three couples and six kids equals hell"

Interviews

 * Interview at Actusf
 * August 2007 interview. Located under "Fiction"
 * Graham Joyce at Worlds Without End

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Wally Masur

Wally Masur (born 13 May 1963) is a tennis coach, television commentator, and former professional tennis player from Sydney, Australia. He reached the semifinals of the 1987 Australian Open and the 1993 US Open, achieving a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 in October 1993.

Juniors
Masur began playing tennis at the age of eight. In 1980, he reached the final of the Australian Open boys' singles tournament and won the boys' doubles title.

Pro tour
Masur turned professional in 1982. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

In 1983, Masur won his first top-level singles title at Hong Kong, and his first tour doubles title at Taipei. He also reached quarterfinals of that year's Australian Open, before being knocked out by John McEnroe.

In 1987, Masur won his second career singles title at Adelaide and reached the Australian Open semifinals, where he lost to eventual champion Stefan Edberg.

Masur won his third singles title in 1988 at Newport, Rhode Island.

In 1990, Masur helped Australia reach the final of the Davis Cup, compiling a 6–0 record in singles rubbers in the first round, quarterfinals and semifinals. However he was left out of the team that played the United States in the final by captain Neale Fraser. The decision to leave Masur out of the final was fairly controversial at the time given the very significant role that he had played in getting Australia there, but was principally because the final was to be played on clay courts, which was not Masur's best surface. The US team beat Australia 3–2 in the final.

1993 was the best year of Masur's career. He reached the semifinals of that year's US Open, where he lost to Cédric Pioline. He also reached his career-high rankings in both singles (world No. 15) and doubles (No. 8) that year. He captured doubles titles in Milan and Stuttgart that year, which proved to be the final top-level titles of his career.

Masur retired from the professional tour in 1995, having won three singles titles and 16 doubles titles.

Post playing
In January 2015, Masur was appointed captain of Australia's Davis Cup team, succeeding Pat Rafter. He was succeeded by Lleyton Hewitt in 2016.

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Talk:Fernando de Noronha

New Reference Point
I bring this subject to this talk so everyone could judge if a new reference point for the archipelago is pertinent: "Fernando de Noronha is the third point in an imaginary triangle made up of Recife and Fortaleza". Is this a good location reference? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drout 0 (talk • contribs) 15:08, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Everything is dead
I visited Fernando de Noronha a few months ago...in Brazil it's considered the #1 vacation spot, "most beautiful place on earth" etc. So I was shocked to discover that the vast majority of vegetation on the island is dead! Apparently, over the last few years/decades (not sure), there's been some kind of plant disease that has ravaged the main island. What used to be lush and green is now brown and dry. Unfortunately I don't know any of the specifics, but I believe this merits a special section on the page, and if anyone knows more details about it, could they please add it! Thanks, Michael

 * Hi Michael, this is something of a "dirty secret" of Fernando de Noronha, most of the forest was actually cut down during the time the island was used as a prison. There's also the problem of linseed, which was introduced as a cattle feed and now it is out of control, choking what's left of the original vegetation. Without the plant cover, the island doesn't retain as much water during the dry season and the plant life looks brown and dry. I've added a section about this. I've also 'downgraded' the diving section - it certainly is the best diving spot in Brazil but certainly not "one of the best in the world" - certainly inferior to the Caribbean and Australia - my sister, a diving instructor who lived and worked both in Noronha and the Caribbean, can attest to that.Tom-b 01:52, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Hour
Why is there a link here to the article, "Hour"?Unfree (talk) 17:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

island facilities
There seem to be over 100 inns on the island as places to stay. This seems utterly incredible. http://www.noronha.com.br/english/pousadae.htm

I only found this out while investigating the islands' telephone service, country code +51, area code 81, and eight digits starting with 3619. GBC (talk) 05:05, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

 * It's actually quite possibly accurate. However, keep in mind that many of these establishments is just a room with a bed in somebody's house, or with the capacity to house just a few people. The national park site somewhere claim that the island receives somewhere around 2000 tourists pr month. Most tourists stay just 3 days or so. This means there are roughly 6000 nights of sleeping that must be accommodated per month. There are no large hotels around, only tiny guesthouses and a couple of fairly small hotels. As long as you can make your way to the island (on one of the two daily planes, one from Recife and one from Natal), it's easy to find somewhere to stay on the island.

 * Then again, that list you link to does not say anything about how updated it is.

 * Bjørn Christian Tørrissen (talk) 21:27, 4 June 2009 (GMT)

Yes, there are some government reports showing how many of the "inns" are actually residences turned into small bed and breakfasts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:7F7:D389:4BF:1D36:55C:C3F6:68EC (talk) 00:14, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

In favor of the exclusion of spot news
Editors have added mention of airplane crash that occurred 400 to 450 miles from this archipelago. This is inappropriate content because the crash really has nothing to do with this place. At 400 miles distance, Fernando de Noronha island isn't even near the crash site, it's merely the nearEST landfall. I request editors to consider that Wikipedia's entries on the history of New York City and the history of Paris do not list every disaster that ever occurred within 400 miles of those places. Hurmata (talk) 23:14, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

 * I think it is relevant information. Fernando de Noronha is where the search and rescue task-force is being based. "Bodies and plane wreckage were being transported by ship and should arrive Monday at Brazilian islands of Fernando de Noronha, where the military has set up a staging post for the search operation." (Ref) "The frigate is due to return tomorrow to the islands of Fernando de Noronha, where the search teams have established a co-ordination outpost." (Ref). Both the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force are operating out of Fernando de Noronha in the SAR mission. Limongi (talk) 00:52, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

 * I think it's relevant for now. The archipelago receives a lot of mention in news all over the world, and most people have never heard about the place. Many will Google Fernando de Noronha and end up here. It's good that these visitors see that they have come to the right place, and they may be impressed by seeing updated information regarding the search operation that is based on the island. When the string of events leading up to the crash has been mapped, and more information than we have today is known, we should decided whether and how this article should mention the tragedy. For now, though, let's keep it updated with what we know. : Bjørn Christian Tørrissen (talk) 13:05, 8 June 2009 (GMT)

 * I agree with Hurmata. The island really has nothing to do with the crash except for relative proximity. Sure, there are a few ships and aircraft that are using it as a refueling stop, and it gets mentioned in the news, but the crash isn't mentioned in Rio de Janeiro, nor Paris, nor Brazil, nor France, nor Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (closest large city). What this is is just trivia. If people are interested in the crash, they will google "Air France 447".  I think they will have enough sense to google an island for information about an island, and google a crash when they want information about the crash.
 * I know my (and Hurmata's) opinion is in the minority, so I'm not going to push too hard for complete removal of all mention of the crash. While I don't think a one or two sentence blurb about the crash is completely inappropriate, this is definitely not the place to be adding specifics, like how many bodies have been found, what kind of debris has been recovered, etc. For that, people should click on the link to the article on the crash. –  j ak s mata  18:11, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * "For now, let's keep the topical news, and maybe delete it after people have lost interest". That is just what an encyclopedia is NOT intended for. Hurmata (talk) 03:54, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm just saying that from what information we have today, Fernando was the last place to have any contact with the plane that later appears to have crashed into the ocean. Let's hope further investigation explains more of what happened, but until then there *is* a relation between the island and the plane crash that may or may not be important. Anyway, I don't have a strong opinion about it, and I see that Hurmata has just gone ahead and done what Hurmata thinks is the right thing to do. I wouldn't be surprised if someone soon adds a bit about the accident again, but it won't be me. #8D) Bjørn Christian Tørrissen (talk) 18:05, 9 June 2009 (GMT)
 * We should not mention the tragic crash of Air France Flight 447 here unless there's some remnant or major effect at Fernando de Noronha itself - like a permanent memorial - and there wouldn't be at this early stage. It looks very naive to have a line essentially saying "this was the nearest land settlement to where the Air France plane was thought to have ditched." People interested in this place will search for it; people wanting to find out about the Air France crash will search for that. Presumably, if it is relevent, the name of this place will be mentioned in the crash article, with a link. That takes care of it. Format (talk) 19:39, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Former French colony?
Discussion initiated on this talk page, continued on WikiProject Brazil and copied here for history purposes.

Hello,

Article Fernando de Noronha and Category:Fernando de Noronha are categorized as, but the article says nothing about it. Which one is true? Place Clichy (talk) 14:32, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The Portuguese language article says the archipelago was once invaded by the French East India Company, and that it was even renamed as "Isle Dauphine", but they were expelled one year later. Not sure that makes the island a former French colony. Victão Lopes  Fala! 17:35, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

 * (edit conflict, sorry) Unfortunately the Category:Former French Colonies has no definition. To my knowledge FdN was not a "Colony" in proper sense, but it just had been occupied by ships of the French West India Company (captain Lesquelin) on 6 Sept. 1736 for a short time until 1737, when the Crown decided to take it over again, added to Captaincy of Pernambuo, and to colonize. The French renamed the island to Île Dauphine or Île Delphine. The Netherlands had left FdN before, but constructed 8 smaller fortifications, one is pt:Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios de Fernando de Noronha, where the French might have been. Compare also main article pt:Invasões francesas do Brasil, after 1737 this fortification has been reconstructed.
 * One of the cited sources is: Augusto Fausto de Sousa: Fortificações no Brasil. In: Revista trimensal do Instituto Histórico, Geográfico e Ethnográphico Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, vol. 48, 1885, part 2, pp. 5-140, see p. 19, 81 (online). [The RIHGB has misprinted volume: tomo XLVIII]. Hopefully it helps a little. --Emeritus (talk) 18:12, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

This is an interesting question and very thoughtful answers. I looked through this article, list, and template on frwiki and saw no mention of Fernando de Noronha: Based on all of the above, I can see no reason to include Fernando de Noronha in the category. giso6150 (talk) 22:19, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Empire_colonial_français
 * Liste des colonies françaises
 * Modèle:Palette Empire colonial français
 * Thank you for your input. Following this discussion, I'll remove Category:Former French colonies from article Fernando de Noronha and Category:Fernando de Noronha. Discussion copied there. Place Clichy (talk) 07:50, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

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Talk:Terry Brooks

Hook
It was my understanding that he also did the screenplay for Hook, no?

Concerned citizen

I don't know about screenplay but he did do a novelization for it and for the Phantom Menace, finished Shannara and started a new series. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.142.36.59 (talk) 20:52, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Tolkien
The concept of different races working together against a dark lord is not a new plot. Brooks has been considered to be a modern day Tolkien, because his writings are very similar, but hardly plagarism.

 * "The concept of different races working together against a dark lord is not a new plot." -- I'd be interested in hearing of pre-Tolkien examples of this, from the original poster (page history says it's 12.41.204.3 ), or from anyone else. -- 01 November 2005

 * Well if thats the case, hundreds of authors would be accused of plagarism. Perhaps George Lucas and his Star Wars movies is nothing but plagarism because his concept is of different races uniting against a dark force.--Jason Fox 14 December 2005

 * The similarities run deeper than that. A quiet young man and his plucky companion set out on a quest to defeat a returning evil by use of an ancient talisman; in both books, the enemy has been powerful twice before, and his attempt to rise a third time is thwarted by the band of heroes.  The plot is literally the same.  A small party sets out from the quiet village Shady Vale/The Shire in search of the wizard Allanon/Gandalf (who started their quest in the beginning), stop in a medium-sized city (Leah/Bree - hmm, I never even noticed the rhyme) run into an ancient and inexplicable old man (The King of the Silver River/Old Tom Bombadil), then proceed on, slowed by spirits/Ringwraiths until they at last reach a haven of peace and power (Culhaven/Rivendell) where a team is assembled from different races, sets off on a mission, travels at length to the ancient Paranor/Moria, where the fellowship breaks and the two original characters set out on their own to defeat the Warlock Lord/Sauron while the others go help out in the wars the enemy is initiating all over.  The main questers then defeat the Warlock Lord/Sauron with the help of the repulsive Orl Fane/Gollum who is really more interested in the Sword/the Ring than helping them out.  I really don't understand what Terry Brooks was thinking.  It's one thing to be mildly derivative, but it's quite another to borrow a book's plot and characters wholesale and then sprinkle in some minor changes.  - Batkins 02:38, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Don't forget the part where the main character must battle a giant techno-spider/giant spider. And, his location is revealed whenever he uses the Elfstones/Ring of Power. There is a "difference", though. Shannara takes place on Earth, thousands of years in the future, whereas LoTR takes place on Earth, thousands of years in the past. I almost see the need for a comparisons article. --Philipacamaniac 08:56, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I think we should remove the paragraph about Sword's plot similarities to LOTR from this page for two reasons. First, it is discussed in detail in the Sword of Shannara page.  Second, Brooks has written dozens of novels, and if this is an issue that needs to be in the opening paragraphs of his Wikipedia biography, then we need to cite legitimate references that show that this was a major and important controversy for its time.  I don't deny that there are many, many similarities, but again, is this opening paragraph information?  If so, cite the sources.  I would like delete it soon unless there are major objections. --sraan 2 July 2006

 * Although I agree that there are many similarites, it apparently is far enough removed that it isn't plagarism because the book has been selling all over the world for over 30 years. By now, someone would have had the money and talent to sue for plagarism and if it was indeed, then it would have won in the courts and there would be no Shannara.  Terry Brooks was clearly influenced by Tolkien when he wrote his first book, but since the Sword of Shannara he has paved his own fantasy stories and style in all of his books, enough so that he can now stand on his own.--75.15.211.78 (talk) 04:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

 * NO!, it is pure plagiarism just like J.K. Rowling. Not an original thought between them.--69.14.193.153 (talk) 05:05, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * No it isn't. Tolkien's epic work draws heavily on the stories that made up the Ring Cycle. Human stories work off each other. Plus Tolkien's story isn't about the nature of truth and lies. I do wish he'd worked the sword back in at the end though. 158.142.36.59 (talk) 20:57, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Planned Works
Terry Brooks's website has a list of future projects with a timetable, only some of which appears here. Would it be good to add the others? http://www.terrybrooks.net/next.html Parableman 18:26, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I would say no, per WP:CRYSTAL. Terry simply changes his mind too often. However, we could certainly include that link. The Evil Spartan 21:05, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

TerryBrooks.net
I went to his official web page today, http://www.terrybrooks.net, and it apparently isn't there anymore. It seems to now be hosted by one of those generic cyber sitting web sites. What happened to his domain? I checked the whois info on it and it says it was leased in 1999 until 2015. This doesn't make any sense to me.--75.15.211.78 (talk) 04:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Well he got it back sometime in the last twelve years so crisis averted. 158.142.36.59 (talk) 20:58, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

"Second biggest selling fantasy author"
The claim cant be true:

"He is the second-biggest selling living fantasy writer, behind J.K. Rowling. "

On Terry Pratchetts page you can read:

"Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s,[4][5] and as of December 2007 has sold more than 55 million books worldwide,[6] with translations made in 33 languages.[7] He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read non-US author in the US.[8]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett

Both cant be true at the same time.

Gomez 91.113.86.50 (talk) 10:24, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

 * How not? That is just talking about Pratchett in the UK. That sentence about Brooks is talking about the entire world. :) However, if you are willing to look into article this deep, would you like to create an account and help us out here? Cheers, — Ed   17  (Talk /  Contribs)  23:22, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

 * *coughing* if one fantasy author is selling 21 million books and the other is selling 55 million, who is selling more?
 * See?
 * Therefore I decided to take the passage "second-biggest selling living" out.
 * oh, and about that account. Maybe sometime in the future. At the moment I just want to help out sporadically.
 * 91.113.93.73 (talk) 20:48, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Yep, that claim was untrue. He hasn't sold as many as Pratchett, JK Rowling or Stephen King, which pushes him to fourth position. Stephanie Meyer has also allegedly sold more, and he's about neck-and-neck with Terry Goodkind, David Eddings and Margeret Weis & Tracy Hickman. So no, Brooks has sold massively but he's not in the superleague that the original article tried to put him in.--Werthead (talk) 14:46, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Film adaptation
It looks like nothing is really in motion to make a Brooks movie according to his newsletter, so I removed the film adaptation section. The adaptation by Mike Newell that was specifically referencing in the section is not happening. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.179.12.68 (talk) 02:33, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Terry Brooks ? My favorite writer of the fantasy genre. He is better than Tolkien. I have read all 22 of his books. Hello from Italy. --2.33.180.159 (talk) 10:53, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Good source
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Ellen Ternan

Ellen Lawless Ternan (3 March 1839 – 25 April 1914), also known as Nelly Ternan or Nelly Wharton-Robinson, was an English actress known for her association with the author Charles Dickens.

Birth and family life
Ellen Ternan was born in Rochester, Kent, which directly adjoins the town of Dickens' childhood, Chatham. She was the third of four children; she had a brother who died in infancy and two sisters named Maria and Frances (later the second wife of Thomas Adolphus Trollope, the brother of Anthony Trollope). Her parents, Thomas Lawless Ternan and Frances Eleanor Ternan (née Jarman), were both actors of some distinction.

Theatre
Ternan made her stage debut in Sheffield at the age of three, and she and her two sisters were presented as "infant phenomena". Ellen was considered the least theatrically gifted of the three sisters, but she worked extensively in the provinces, particularly after her father died in October 1846 in the Bethnal Green Insane Asylum.

In 1857, she was spotted by Charles Dickens performing at London's Haymarket Theatre. He cast her, on the recommendation of his friend, actor and playwright Alfred Wigan, along with her mother and sister Maria, in three performances of The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins in Manchester in August 1857. It was not unusual for professional actresses to be invited to appear with amateur gentlemen; Mrs Ternan played a Scottish nurse; Maria, the heroine Clara; and Nelly (Ellen) took over the girl's part from Katey Dickens, Dickens's seventeen-year-old daughter.

Association with Charles Dickens
In mid-September 1857, Charles Dickens went with Wilkie Collins to Doncaster to see Ellen Ternan perform in The Pet of the Petticoats at the Theatre Royal. At the time, he had written to John Forster that his relationship with his wife was disintegrating; 'Poor Catherine and I are not made for each other [-] What is now befalling I have seen steadily coming'.

Dickens was 45 years old when he met Ternan. She was 18 at the time, only 6 months older than his youngest daughter Katey. In two books published in 1935 and 1936, Thomas Wright alleged that they had an affair, stating that he had heard it from Canon Benham, who claimed that Ternan had confessed all. If so, Dickens kept his affair with Ternan secret from the general public.

There is little evidence pertaining to the nature of Charles Dickens and Ellen Ternan's relationship because neither Dickens, Ternan, nor Ternan's sisters left any account of the relationship, and they destroyed most correspondence relevant to the relationship. We "simply do not know" asserts the professor of Victorian literature with a special interest in Charles Dickens, Michael Slater, in his 2009 biography of Dickens.

On the "many speculations about the exact relationship between Dickens and Ellen in this period" biographer Peter Ackroyd writes, "it has to be said at once that no evidence has been found for any of these more dramatic possibilities."

Writers prior to the scholarship of Ackroyd and Slater have largely assumed the truth of Wright and other authors' assertions that Ternan was Dickens' mistress.

However, an alternative version of the supposed affair was detailed in 2022 by the Dickens scholar Brian Ruck in the Dickens Fellowship's journal The Dickensian. Ruck presented the view that Ternan is Dickens' illegitimate daughter, and that this accounts for the peculiar nature of the life-long intimacy between Dickens, Ternan and her mother that developed circa 1857.

Critically acclaimed Irish author Cora Harrison also arrived at this view independently, in 2021, just prior to Ruck's scholarship. Harrison based a novel on the concept. "I am convinced that she was not his mistress, but his daughter" she states.

The view has yet to be further considered by scholars of Dickens. Controversial Dickens biographer Helena Kelly, citing Ruck and Harrison, calls the view "not impossible", but not "particularly plausible".

Ackroyd indeed suggests that the father-daughter relationship portrayed in Little Dorrit could act as a guide: "Could it not be precisely this form of love which Dickens had for Ellen Ternan?". Ruck and Harrison argue that in fact the whole body of Dickens's works in relation to daughters, illegitimacy, and his joint attention to Ternan and her mother together, suggests that in fact she was indeed his daughter.

Ternan was clever, charming, a force of character, and interested in literature and the theatre. Dickens referred to Ternan as his "magic circle of one."

According to a "gossipy tale", matters came to a head in 1858 when Catherine Dickens opened a packet delivered by a London jeweller. It contained a gold bracelet meant for Ternan, with a note written by her husband. Charles and Catherine Dickens separated that May, after 22 years of marriage. Ternan left the stage in 1860, and was financially supported by Dickens from that point onward. She sometimes travelled with him, which was the case in the event of the Staplehurst rail crash in Kent on 9 June 1865 as they and Ternan's mother were returning from a visit to France. Allegedly, he abandoned a plan to take her on his visit to America in 1867 for fear that their relationship would be publicized by the American press.

Ternan and her mother lived in houses Dickens took under false names at Slough in Berkshire and later at Nunhead in Southwark. There has been speculation that Ternan gave birth to a son who died in infancy. However, biographer Peter Ackroyd asserts that it is "inconceivable" that theirs was "in any sense a 'consummated' affair". Ackroyd's strength of feeling on this point is taken up by Harrison. A subplot of her 2020 fiction, Summer of Secrets, featuring Ternan, her mother, and Dickens, reveals her fictional Charles Dickens as the secret father of Ellen Ternan.

Dickens is thought by many scholars and commentators to have based several of his female characters on Ternan, including Estella in Great Expectations, Bella Wilfer in Our Mutual Friend and Helena Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Others may have been inspired by her, particularly Lucie Manette in A Tale of Two Cities, in which the suggestion that Ternan is Dickens' daughter is a particularly viable interpretation. Dickens left a legacy of £1,000 to Ternan in his will on his death in 1870, precisely the same amount as to his unmarried daughter, and sufficient income from a trust fund to ensure that she would never have to work again.

Later life and marriage
In 1876, six years after Dickens's death, Ternan married George Wharton Robinson, an Oxford graduate, who was 12 years her junior and knew nothing of her close association with Dickens. She presented herself as 14 years younger (23 years old, rather than 37). The couple had a son, Geoffrey, and a daughter, Gladys, and ran a boys' school in Margate. Ternan's husband died in 1910, and she spent her last years in Southsea with her sister Frances. She died of cancer in Fulham, London on April 25, 1914, and is buried in Highland Road Cemetery in Portsmouth, the city of Dickens's birth.

Speculation and research
The Dickens Fellowship and the surviving close family members of Charles Dickens maintained a complete silence about the relationship between Ellen Ternan and Charles Dickens from the time of Charles Dickens' death in 1870 until the death in December 1933 of his last surviving child, Sir Henry Fielding Dickens. Several Dickens researchers wrote about various aspects of the relationship between Ellen Ternan and Charles Dickens in the ensuing years, including Gladys Story in 1939, Ada Nisbet in 1952, Sir Felix Aylmer in 1959, and Katherine M Longley in 1985. Ellen Ternan was the subject of a bestselling biography by Claire Tomalin in 1990, which brought the relationship to a broader general audience. A summary of the story of the discovery of the relationship was published in 2012 by Professor Michael Slater.

Research by Brian Ruck published in The Dickensian, Winter 2022, introduced the view that Ternan was Dickens' illegitimate daughter rather than a mistress.

Some records relating to Ellen Ternan and her family are held by Senate House Library, University of London.

Portrayal in theatre and television
Simon Gray's play about her life, Little Nell, had its world premiere in 2007 at the Theatre Royal, Bath. It was directed by Sir Peter Hall and starred Louise Brealey as Ternan. The affair was featured in the docudramas Dickens (BBC, 2002) and Dickens' Secret Lovers (2008, Channel 4 – it was the main subject of this programme, presented by Charles Dance and with Ternan played by Amy Shiels and Dickens by David Haig).

Portrayal in novels
Cora Harrison's 2020 novel Summer of Secrets portrays Dickens and Wilkie Collins, among other period artists, together with Ellen Ternan and her mother, in a murder mystery tale in which Ellen Ternan is forbidden from marrying Dickens' son, by both Dickens and Mrs Ternan, on the grounds that she is their daughter. Ternan is also featured in the 2009 novel Drood by Dan Simmons.

Portrayal in film
The Invisible Woman (2013) is a feature film adaptation of Tomalin's book about Ternan's relationship with Dickens. Ternan is played by Felicity Jones and Dickens by Ralph Fiennes. The 21-year age difference between the two actors is somewhat similar to the 27-year difference between Ternan and Dickens.

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