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User talk:Iago Dali

WARNING- please read:
Please see these admin pages, as they can verify I was impersonated:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Marine_69-71

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:V._Molotov

I have reported the appearance of an imposter Iago Dali to them and on a help page. As far as I know there is only one. There may be more. I believe because some of my edits have ruffled feathers that one or more persons who disliked them have attempted to besmirch my name. Thus, I will have to waste a few weeks looking to check up on many old edits. If you have a complaint against something be warned I am in not the best of moods. I am tired of accusations that are baseless! I see this as just a ploy by some who have their own agendas to push on certain pages to keep me from applying some serious editing to them.

I am simply trying to improve articles. I have trimmed what I feel is POV writing, flowery melodrama, and many other non-factual things. I am not the puppet of any specific group pushing an agenda. I am not the puppet of this or that admin. I do not know any of you Wikipedians on a personal basis, and given the lengths some of you (or one) have gone to try and frame me for bad edits, I am glad for that fact. I am a single editor, whose goal is to improve articles. Please do not slander me, impersonate me, or lump me in with some group--be it Right Wing or Left Wing, this or that. We may disgree, and obviously I can be easily outnumbered, but if you ask for respect it should be returned. I will reciprocate. But I will also not be bowed by such threats, accusations, or criminal impersonation. So, if you leave a comment, be mindful of the above. Thank you. Iago Dali 20:04, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

UPDATE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Marine_69-71#Clues_to_who_the_rash_of_imposters_may_be_and_why

This link contains the most information, to the best of my knowledge as to who and why I and other editors have been targeted by both smears and impostures. This is childish, sickening, and violates almost all of Wikiquette! Iago Dali 13:16, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Report of Spamming, Harassment, and Fuck You viruses
Also posted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Marine_69-71#Report_of_Spamming.2C_Harassment.2C_and_Fuck_You_viruses

Tony,

I just got my pc back today after it spent several days in the repair shop due to some viruses and bots that attacked it when I last tried to log in to Wiki on Friday, not to mention having my email spammed by hundreds of emails to clog that up as well, all in reference to harassing me for my work on Wikipedia. I find this disgraceful. I spent several hundred dollars in repairs, all because certain editors are out to get me, for whatever reasons. This is disgraceful and disgusting, and worst off it is silently tolerated by you, other admins, and Wikipedia. After I did my Shakespeare edit, several editors emailed me to congratulate me on having the guts to do so, as well stating they hoped I followed through and trimmed that unprofessional entry on novels. However, they warned me that editing such a high profile entry as Shakespeare would make me a target of small-minded, petty, and deceitful editors with agendas because they had experienced the same thing—harassment, threats, reversions of good work, deceit, and lies told about them. Despite all the bravado and claims to the contrary Wikipedia is a far too conservative (informationally, not politically) institution, and editors that want to actually improve it to a professional level beyond being merely another lowest common denominator Internet thing like all the porno sites and spam and Nigerian ripoff scams are doomed. There is actually a good portion of editors that like the poor quality and undermine excellence at every turn.

In the last two weeks I have been wrongly banned, I have been the victim of an impersonation (at least one—maybe more), I have had my work undone, redone, plagiarized, reverted, I have been harassed, spammed, sent viruses and bots that screwed up my pc, and prevented log in to Wiki, and now I even see that there are further claims against my name. All of this is rubbish, and the work of spiteful editors who would rather harass those who seek change than actually effectuate it.

Last Friday I believe it had to be that Viriditas guy, who else?, who planted bots or spyware on my user home page, so that when I went to log in, where you usually see that yellow 'You have messages' stripe I got a message that said FUCK YOU. I did not click on it, but my log in failed. Then I froze up, and my paltry systems for firewalls and the like was screwed. All weekend I was helpless, so on Monday I brought my pc in to the shop, and today they told me that I had bots and spyware and viruses galore, all from that login attempt. I have since gotten better protection systems. Nonetheless, this F.U. executable file was deliberately planted so that it would infect my pc at login. Despite whatever edit wars may occur, or whatever arguments or claims people have against each other, this sort of act is wholly beyond the bounds. It is unconscionable. The bots would not let me log in, nor even move beyond the Wiki home page. Along with this virus or bot that got my computer I had hundreds of spam emails with attachments I did not open, but deleted immediately. Again, they said simply F.U.

Now, I see that Viriditas had amazingly ‘found’ some old conversation where Red Darwin and I have chatted, and tries to use this as ‘proof’, although I find it amazing that he finds this the same day that viruses appear in my account, just as it amazingly happens that the same day, last week, that I uncovered his initial plotting I mysteriously was impersonated by a fake Iago Dali. As he himself says, Occam’s Razor clearly points to him as the person behind the impersonations, the viruses, and I suspect the phony records of some attempts by Red Darwin to log in as ‘me’. After my pc was attacked I called several people I knew, some who had been Wikipedians but gave up after similar harassment, as well as a friend of my son’s who works with computer programming. They all agreed that the faking of records is something that has occurred before, along with impersonations, and they are standard tools of harassment. Imagine, two times in less than a week- what a coincidence, eh? My son’s friend also told me that of computer languages, like XML or HTML, and the like, Wiki language is by far the easiest to manipulate, fake, or delete. I was told both by him and the technician at the shop that any low level computer programmer can easily manipulate HTML and other languages, such as those on blogs, and Wiki language is child’s play. Again, isn’t it amazing? It would not shock me if Red Darwin and Viriditas were working together or that they were the same person, in some elaborate plot to discredit me. After going to the lengths of sending viruses, nothing would surprise me now!

What I suspect is that I, the real Iago Dali, was the real target of the impersonations. Note that all the users had Ls in their names: Cool Cat, Alabamaboy, Iago Dali, etc. But, the user Red Darwin didn’t. The other users were targeted by Viriditas merely to make it seem random, but I discovered the impersonator too quickly, before real damage could be done, and also uncovered Viriditas’s plot. So, without being able to make a fake Darwin account to set him up (assuming he and Viriditas are separate entities and not working against me) he did the next best thing, and tried to alter evidence that made Darwin look like me trying to be me! Also, note, that Darwin is targeted and accused of being or working with me, and then this ‘evidence’ turns up—and who knows what more with a week’s head start and me out of commission, and before that the Shakespeare bunch accused me and Alabamaboy of collusion, and look who was targeted- me and him! One does not have to be a genius to see the implications of who was behind it all.

Whether the impersonations and viruses were all the work of Viriditas, or just separate cabals is really irrelevant, though, for the point is he is one of dozens if not hundreds of editors with the agenda and skill to thwart real positive change in the project. As I stated, active, positive change is thwarted by underhanded, dirty tactics, even though the Wiki guidelines encourage editors to '''BE BOLD! What BS!''' Furthermore, as I showed last week, most editors do not even understand basic copyright law or infringement, and probably many other “guidelines” are similarly not understood, and used as tools or weapons of intimidation. I’m sure these other misconstruals also lead to ignorance and the dumbing down of entries. Aside from just poor grammar, there is the constant insertion of unproven facts, blatant wrong facts in science, history, and the like, conspiracy theories (big shock they are popular at Wiki, right?), pet projects, actual and blatant copyright and trademark violations with the appearance of movie posters and CD covers, as well as blatant violation of Wiki’s own NPOV policies—and coming from admins as well as editors. And what’s worse is the utter cowardice of most editors, not only in not standing up to and tolerating harassers like Viriditas, but even worse in not fixing entries they know are bad. I had several editors from the Shakespeare entry email me privately congratulating me on trimming it, that they wish they had the guts to do so, and urging me on, even as they warned me of the lies and harassment to come. Bad things happen when good people (or editors) do nothing. As far as I'm concerned, Wikipedia is filled with a bunch of idiots and phonies and cowards and children and hypocrites, but I have not the time, nor money to waste continuing this, especially if that Viriditas ass really sends something even nastier next time. The timing of all this was just far too coincidental- the fake Dali, the spamming, the FU viruses or bots, the altered Wiki texts to tie me and Darwin. But, these viruses were the final proof that Wiki's no better than Right Wing hate blogs. I’ve tried my best, but I’m just one editor against many who have agendas and far greater pc skills to harass me into silence. Unfortunately, some friends of mine- also ex-Wikipedians, warned me of this. Too bad they were right. The few messages in the last week since I was last able to log in is only further proof that people do not want to improve.

If you really care about Wikipedia, and not for my sake, but its, I would look into people like Viriditas, and other users whose sole purpose seems to be to intimidate others for hidden agandas. Despite our initial differences you seem to care. Many other admins never reply, but the use of viruses, bots, altering information, and impersonating people has got to end. Why was it people warned me I would be targeted after the Shakespeare edits? Because they knew this crap existed long before my first edit, and long after my last. It is sad, and indicates Wikipedia will have a long road to travel before it can be taken seriously intellectually. I hope you look into these things so that future editors will not be harassed, nor have their pcs attacked, as mine, and these folk who warned me have. Good luck and goodbye. PS- I even noticed I could not sign my name with 4 tildes as on any page save my own I am not registered- is this more work by Viriditas or others? What nonsense.

Iago Dali

Barnstar
For your work on Wikipedia.  Molotov   (talk)     23:58, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Controversial edits
Hi, welcome to Wikipedia. I have seen your edits in Anton Chekhov and William Shakespeare; however I urge caution when you are changing the style and structure of other Wikipedians. Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia and does not cater to any one person personal writing preference. To me your extra "lite" writing style is more suitable for Simple English version than Wikipedia proper, and sometimes severly devalue what earlier Wikipedians have done. When doing any such changes, it is common courtesy to warn Wikipedians beforehand in the talk page before embarking on wholesale changes, after which a discussion will ensue. Any adequate additions, corrections of spelling and grammatical errors however are welcome though without discussion. Please don't be bold without consideration. Thank you. Mandel 18:03, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia style
I appreciate you nominating me and I've enjoyed working with you on the Shakespeare article. On Talk:William Shakespeare, the issue was raised about the large number of edits you make on some pages. Wikipedia practice is a combination of striving to be bold (i.e., go ahead and make the edits you want) and reaching consensus on the article's talk page. I'd recommend you read Lead section and The perfect article to see how the ideal article is supposed to look. The lead should summarize the entire article and the article should be "such that someone could completely understand the subject without having to read many other articles." Best, --Alabamaboy 17:12, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

The 10 Random Pages Test
Iago,

After reading your comments on the Shakespeare discussion page, I thought this might amuse you:

User:Ambi/The 10 Random Pages Test

Enjoy! The Singing Badger 21:47, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Dali
Dali, you can consider me a friend and I'm here to help you in what ever I can. Yes, I will ban that impersonator indefinately. I've seen cases like these before where selfish people try to drive out good editors such as yousekf from Wiki. Ypu sray strong and hang on there. Tony the Marine 19:08, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Iago, it looks like Tony can take care of the problem. Thanks Tony. If either of you need any assistance, let me know.--Alabamaboy 19:14, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Don't worry Dali I'm there for you. Did you notice all of misspellings above, it's because my grandaughter (9 ms old) is sleeping on my shoulder (smile). Like I said before, you stick it out. Don't let anybody get to you. Try to keep away from agruements the best you can, if an agreement cannot be reached in a civilized manner call in an administrator to mediate. Oh, just in case you may want to drop the complaint against me, (smile) it's a thing of the past. Your friend Tony the Marine 19:30, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Just go to the page were the compliant is originally posted. Edit and delete the compliant.  You can write in the tag that you no longer desire to pursue the issue.  Your Friend Tony the Marine 20:00, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

 * (after edit conflict) Hi, just informing you that you've been imitated by the Doppelganger vandal at User:Iago DaIi (note the i in place of L). For further reference, please see Vandalism in progress/Long term alerts. Don Diego(Talk) 20:03, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Doesn't look like that. He hit User:Cool Cat before you and then User:Alabamaboy after you. Watch out in case he comes back. Don Diego(Talk) 20:14, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Here is the page to drop the compliant: Administrators, I will continue to help you with the impostors as soon as I return home. Tony the Marine 20:53, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Just "Edit the page" and "delete" your compliant. "save" and "tag" that you no longer want to pursue. Tony the Marine 21:10, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Warning about imposter
I see that your name was listed as a person who was imperonated. It may have been part of a campaign of intimidation by some editors that have targeted a handful of users whose edits they do not like. FYI- you may want to read this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Marine_69-71#Clues_to_who_the_rash_of_imposters_may_be_and_why

Iago Dali 13:11, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, I am an infrequent target of imperonation actualy. Last wave of user:SuperTroll attacks involved me tho. :) Thanks for the heads up. -- Cool Cat Talk 16:51, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Mel Etitis
Well, I think that Mel's a good editor, and that he tries real hard to help, but he has a knack for getting into arguments all the time, especially when his opponents are newbies or songwriters. The sad thing is, he doesn't accept criticism, even when he needs it - in fact, he tried to spread rumors (via comment) that I was one of those poor editors who he attacked and hated him for it (see ). Anyway, he does jump to conclusions quickly, perhaps too quickly, and is wont to mistake new users for old and angry editors. It's a paranoid thing. You wouldn't understand it. Anyway, it's possible that Mel is the one impersonating you, but if he were, I would think he was above that sort of thing. If you have a lead, let us know. I'd like to see some evidence, if you have some. If you think you have enough proof and would like to file a complaint, follow this link and inform the admins over there. Only if you have proof. Anyway, cheers. If you've got trouble, we'll find out soon enough who's causing it and put a stop to it. (And btw, it was Mr Tan, not me, who put the unflattering comments about Mel on my talk page) ;) Cheers - Don Diego(Talk) 19:13, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Friendly Chat
Dali, I believe that the imposter is a joker who is trying very hard to make the lives of many Wikipedians miserable and that it is nothing personal against you or Alabamaboy. I was doing some investigations and it seems that this F'er gets his/her kicks out of impersonating Users whose names include "I" or "L" and then he/she creates an identical User name except that they either substitute those letters with either a capital or minor version of the letter. The person/persons has attacked many users including some highly respected administrators.

I also checked the history pages of some of the articles which you and Alabamaboy worked on (William Shakespeare) to see if either of you had a common enemy with the others who had have been impersonated and I couldn't find any. I crossed checked some of the people who disagreed with you and Alabamaboy with those who may have disagreed with the other users affected and came to the conclusion that there is a SOB lose somewhere who enjoys making things difficult for everyone. Since the person or persons are doing this at random it may be difficult to pin point him.

Don't let this affect your work, those things are going to happen. Let it go, I'm sure that Micheal Snow and Angela who are in the top echelon of Wikipedia and who were also affected will handle it. Thank you for dropping the compliant and remember you have a Wiki friend in me Tony the Marine 04:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Controversy
I will crosspost this at these pages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Marine_69-71 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Iago_Dali http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Viriditas

Wow! Leave for a few days and WW3 breaks out. First, let me address my concerns:

Tony: We have never interacted before but I see you are an admin. I am concerned about all this business of imposters. Have I been impersonated? If so, what recourse do I have? Apparently, I am embroiled in a dispute between these two other users and some other peripheral people.

Iago: It seems that I have been tied to you by the user below, who seesm a bit overeager regarding copyrights. First off. Thank you for posting that link on Copyright Law. I looked it over as well as the Wiki link and I say that you seem to know your stuff. I think I may put a link to it on my page for future reference. I admit I was a bit "clueless" as you said. However, it seems my edit style has sent Viriditas into a frenzy. That is because I am guilty of aping your style. I had come across some of your edits a while back and liked how concise you made many of the entries. I agreed with the contents boxes being too long, and liked your basic "template", I would call it, of making an entry with a life, career, bibliography, and links section. I thought it made things far more readable, and after comparing before and after edits I decided to "steal" your style. I did not feel this was wrong, and I admit editorial plagiarism, however, it was not my intention to get you into hot water. I also mimicked your summaries. The truth is that I have stolen some techniques from other editors--such as sentence structures, rhetorical flourishes, etc. I am a career writer and have been trying to hone my editorial skills in hopes of an upcoming career opportunity. That said, I did not realize this could be deemed "suspicious". Hopefully, I have masqued my other editorial plagiarism better. I am sorry if my faux pas or indiscretion has somehow caused a party or parties to target you or me. However, after looking over the laws you cited I have to agree that Viriditas has gone overboard. I don't know if he's been sued over such matters, but clearly he is wrong on that score, as well as his attempts to link us. As for my plagiarism, please take it in the imitation is the highest form of flattery vein. I simply think you've done very well at trimming many articles full of rumors and innuendo, as well as unprovable facts. However, I have not your stomach for conflict, nor your ferocity.

Viriditas: Thank you for your concern, and I hope Iago is wrong about you. I can state that you are wrong about me. Whether you believe this is your business. However, I would urge that in the future, before you undo the edits of others you actually be informed of what you speak of. Clearly, erasing additional information serves no purpose. If you have concerns I would state you rephrase the edits, not wipe them out entirely. Also, a bit less paranoia would work- on both yours and Iago's parts. A little common sense can go a long way. Other than my editorial plagiarism it seems to me your imagination is on overdrive, and has been long before this "incident".

To all: I actually, before this all began, was proud of my first entry that I made, on storySouth magazine. I was actually getting restless just editing anyway, and wanted to do some entries on underrepresented and minority literary magazines, writers, artists, and even some environmental entries. Tony, I see that some of this might be up your alley, so I hope you may help me in the future. That said, I fear I may have erred with my first entry, above. It does not come up in the search function when I type it in. Need I register it somewhere? Did I err? Could you please see what I did wrong so that it does not come up? Any help that can be rendered I would appreciate, however, I suggest Iago and Viriditas chill out, and please keep me out of your wars. Again, if my editorial plagiarism seemed suspicious, it was inadvertant on my part, and the blame is mine, not Iago's. I will try to limit my "plagiarism" in the future, and stick with making some articles for a while. I'm sure that we all had the best of intentions and all share some blame. For my part, again, I apologize. But, please, Tony, let me know of this serial imposter- this concerns me far more than yet another edit war! Cheers, Red Darwin 18:34, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Dali
How you doing? Seeing the number of users involved in this dispute I asked User: Michael Snow to look into the case and the issues involved. Michael is a very respected member of the community and can deal with the issues involved better then I can. Your friend Tony the Marine 22:05, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm glad to have met you. I agree with you, just do not pay anymore attention to the situation and continue with your contributions.  I just wonder sometimes if someone conceived an elaborate plan to get a large number of members into a huge dispute.   Take care Tony the Marine 23:04, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Please stop removing attention tags
Please stop removing attention tags - they are there for a reason, and they are not the same as cleanup tags. Cleanup tags can be removed after a editorial cleanup, attention tag only after someone has substantially contributed to the article. Mandel 00:58, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Also, please stop hacking away details. "Wit" is not the same as "sardonic wit" (Kubrick), the photo you remove on Charles Dickens is necessary and no one gives you a right to remove it without discussion. Doing such things without seeking consensus incenses lots of people.  Unless you are thinking you are over and aboveboard and that your edits must be the best, which is POV, you have no right to do this. Mandel 01:49, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Yet another message about hacking literary articles, moved here from userpage

 * 'The following message from homanid was placed on the user page on Oct 30, obviouosly by mistake for this talk page, so I've moved it here. Bishonen | talk 15:02, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

I do not understand why you completely removed the "Worldview" section and content from the Wallace Stevens page. The current, reduced page does not summarize or provide a substitute for the information found in that section.

To my mind, removing the worldview section of the page does a great disservice to Stevens's poetry, since most people do not have the time, inclination or energy to do the work necessary to enjoy his poetry. Although once a person does understand Stevens's worldview, they have a way into his poems and into a rich and rewarding experience.

I do not see how an editor would justify removing the section. It seems capricious to me. Rewrite it if you want. That's OK. But the information deserves to be there.

If you feel that the section does not deserve a place on the page, I'm open to arguments to the contrary. Convince me. Otherwise I'm going assume that the arguments I have made are solid and I will revert the section to the way it was.

I don't really read my own home page very often, so it would be unfair for me to expect anything like that of you. It's October 29th now. So, on December 1st I'll come back here and take a look. That's plenty of time to have seen this message. I'll revert it back on December 1st if you haven't responded.

Again, I am open to being convinced that the info doesn't belong. But from my pov right now, it seems like you made an effort in good faith that trimmed a bit too much from the page.

homanid

Donne Undone
Your edits to John Donne have been severe. In them, you have cut out an enormous amount of information. While you introduced section breaks, you also cut out legitimate connections and background. Please explain why. Geogre 14:44, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Culling comments
Salve, Iago Dali! I noticed you deleted older posts, including mine about Dana Gioia. There are many in Wikipedia who see such deletions as efforts to hide something, but it appears to me you haven't yet come across the page How to archive a talk page. PedanticallySpeaking 17:04, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for supporting my RfA
I know I've been slow in saying this, but thanks for supporting my request for adminship. It was an honor to be both nominated and approved as an admin. If there is ever any adminish (is that a word :-) things you need help with, please let me know. --Alabamaboy 16:17, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Edits to the John Keats Page
Dali -

I'd like to know why the pictures of the Keats Tree and Wentworth Place were removed by you from the John Keats entry in Wikipedia. As a scholar of Keats, surely you know the importance of that building to the relationship between Keats and Brawne? I don't see how you can have a discussion about Fanny Brawne without having a photo of the house which lead to their meeting and falling in love, no?

I hardly think it's a matter of "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" and more about knowing the history of topics which you report. Furthermore, if you don't think the bucolic surroundings of Hampstead Heath had anything to do with the writing of the great Odes - since you are, after all, so concerned with the article being about the poetry - then I strongly advise you to consult some other Keats historians and scholars. His whole philosophy of "negative capability" was driven by the impact of nature on his writing. It seems that seeing the tree under which he wrote "Nightingale" or the home where he came to love Fanny would, therefore, be somewhat important, no?

I was generous to offer then to the community. Clearly, however, you speak for the community in saying they have no importance. Sadly, however, I know the overwhelming majority of Keats fans and scholars would disagree. As such, I hope you'll reconsider.

- Ted

Wallace Stevens
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Nicky Forster

Nicholas Michael Forster (born 8 September 1973) is an English former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of Staines Town. Forster has also been player-manager at Brentford and manager of Dover Athletic.

Early years
Forster, who was born in Caterham, Surrey, was spotted playing for non-league Horley Town and invited for trials by Gillingham in December 1991. After impressing with the youth and reserve teams he signed a professional contract in May 1992, making his debut the following September. He starred for the club during the otherwise disappointing 1993–94 season, scoring 18 goals, but at the end of the season he turned down a new contract and instead joined Brentford for £320,000, a move which provoked bad feeling from Gillingham fans which persisted for many years.

Brentford and Birmingham City
While at Brentford, Forster formed prolific partnerships with Carl Asaba and Robert Taylor, both of whom would later join his former club Gillingham. He made 109 league appearances for Brentford and scored 39 goals during his time at Griffin Park. He was later capped by England at under-21 level soon afterwards. In January 1997, Forster moved to Birmingham City for a fee of £700,000. He made 67 league appearances and scored eleven league goals for the club.

Reading
Two years later he was on the move again, this time to Reading, where he spent six years at the club at a cost of £650,000 between 1999 and 2005. Forster receives part of the credit for salvaging Reading's 1999–2000 season, during which the club rose from Division Two's relegation zone at Christmas to a finish in the top ten under caretaker manager Alan Pardew. However, an injured Forster was unable to contribute to the club's good fortune the following season. However, he did return in time for the 2000–01 Division Two play-off semi final against Wigan Athletic. In the second leg with Wigan leading 1–0 on aggregate, Forster came on as a late substitute. He set up Martin Butler for the equaliser before winning a penalty; after Jamie Cureton's effort was saved, Forster scored from the rebound. Reading were to lose the final 3–2 after extra time to Walsall. He then scored 18 goals the following season as Reading were promoted to Division One.

Forster regards Reading's 2002–03 campaign as his best period of form during his career, when he notched 17 goals, including hattricks against Ipswich Town and Preston North End as Reading finished in fourth place. He scored the opening goal in the play-off semi final against Wolverhampton Wanderers, but went off injured and Reading lost 3–1 on aggregate.

Forster considers the club as "home".

Ipswich Town
Despite being a popular player at Reading, he was allowed to join Ipswich Town on a free transfer in 2005. Unable to replicate for Ipswich the form he showed with Reading due to several injury setbacks over the 2005–06 season, Forster signed a two-year contract with Hull City on 31 August 2006 for a £250,000 transfer fee. He had been a teammate of Hull City's manager, Phil Parkinson, while at Reading.

Hull City
During his time at Hull City, Forster made 37 appearances and scored six goals for the club; these totals include one goal in two FA Cup appearances. His form helped propel him to second place in the club's Player of the Year awards for the 2006–07 season.

Brighton & Hove Albion
In January 2007, Brighton & Hove Albion made an unsuccessful £100,000 bid for Forster. However, at the end of the 2006–07 season, Forster stated his wish to move back to the south of England for family reasons, and eventually signed a three-year contract with Brighton in late June 2007 for a £75,000 fee. He attributed his decision to drop down to Football League One from the Championship to the ambition shown by Brighton manager Dean Wilkins and chairman Dick Knight.

Forster was appointed club captain after the departure of Dean Hammond during January 2008, and confirmed in the role by new manager Micky Adams for the 2008–09 season. He won the League One Player of The Month award for September 2009 after scoring five goals in four League games. Having lost his first-team place after a contract dispute with manager Gus Poyet, Forster left Brighton for Charlton Athletic on 25 March 2010 on loan until the end of the season. At the conclusion of the season, Forster's contract at Brighton expired and he left the club.

Brentford (second spell)
On 16 June 2010, Forster re-signed for Brentford on a two-year deal. He scored his first goal in his second spell at the club in a 1–1 draw with Exeter City on 14 January 2011. Forster was appointed as temporary manager following the departure of Andy Scott on 3 February 2011, with Mark Warburton as his assistant. On 1 March, it was confirmed Forster would remain first team manager on a permanent basis until the end of the current season. On 19 May 2011, Forster announced his retirement from football to concentrate on management. Earlier that week, it was announced that he had failed to land the Brentford manager's job.

Lingfield
In 2011, Forster signed for Lingfield of the Sussex County League. He scored twice on his debut in an FA Cup match against Hailsham Town. His first league goals came in his next game for the club in a 3–0 win against AFC Uckfield.

Dover Athletic
On 27 September 2011, he was appointed player-manager of Dover Athletic after the departure of Martin Hayes. He appeared on the substitutes' bench in the first league match of the season, a 2–2 home draw with Farnborough on 18 August 2012. Forster made his Dover debut as a 46th-minute substitute for Calum Willock in a 1–0 home loss to Chelmsford City on 4 September.

In January 2013, with Dover still third in the table despite five losses in a row, Forster was placed on gardening leave; the club appointed Chris Kinnear the following day.

Staines Town
Forster was appointed as the replacement for Marcus Gayle as manager of Staines Town on 8 January 2015, with the task of keeping them in the Conference South. However, Staines Town were relegated to the Isthmian League Premier Division at the end of the 2014–15 season.

Personal life
As of 2020, Forster ran The Spot Wellness Centre in Godstone. His stepson, Jake Forster-Caskey, is also a footballer.

As a player
Brentford
 * Football League Second Division runner-up: 1994–95

Reading
 * Football League Second Division runner-up: 2001–02

Individual
 * PFA Team of the Year: 1994–95 Second Division, 2001–02 Second Division
 * Football League One Player of the Month: September 2009

As a manager
Brentford
 * Football League Trophy runner-up: 2010–11

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Mexborough railway station

Mexborough railway station serves the former mining town of Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England. It is a station on the Sheffield to Doncaster Line 7 mi south west of Doncaster.

As the original station at Mexborough Junction did not serve the line to Rotherham and Sheffield when this opened it was replaced by a new station built immediately on the Doncaster side of the junction. The new station was approximately halfway between Mexborough Junction and Mexborough (Ferry Boat) Halt and was able to serve the town centre at the top of Station Road.

It was on 1 June 1874 that the third side of the triangle (Mexborough Reverse Curve) was put in place which allowed trains to work from the Sheffield line to Barnsley without need of reversal. This was closed on 5 September 1966.

The Barnsley to Doncaster local passenger services were withdrawn on 29 June 1959 and further changes in the area took place with the opening of Aldwarke Junction in 1966. From this date all passenger trains to Sheffield were routed to Sheffield Midland: at first via the Swinton curve, until its closure in January 1968, and thereafter via the Great Central route through the closed Kilnhurst Central. Nowadays trains mostly operate via the re-instated Swinton curve to the new Swinton (a few passenger trains still use the old GCR line for operational reasons).

Mexborough once had a third platform which, in effect, made the Sheffield-bound platform an "island". This was used occasionally for regular passenger services travelling via the Great Central line to Sheffield but more often by excursion trains to East Coast resorts such as Scarborough, Bridlington and Cleethorpes. This platform face ceased to be used in the late 1970s but can still be seen.

As part of the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive's 4-year plan for upgrading the railways in the county, Mexborough received an upgraded waiting area and ticket office which were completed in May 1989.

In 2009/2010, Mexborough was further improved by help points, an updated PA system, refurbished toilets and booking office area, additional shelters and CCTV, information screens and improved access for the disabled. In 2011 Mexborough won the category 'Station of the Year (Small)' at the National Rail Awards.

Facilities
The station's booking office is staffed each day on a part-time basis (06:00-19:00 Monday to Saturday, 08:00-15:00 Sundays). Outside these times, tickets must be bought on the train or in advance or at the two ticket machines, one on each platform & card payment only. There are waiting rooms and customer help points on both platforms. Digital display screens, timetable posters and automated train announcements offer train running information and there is step-free access to both platforms.

Service
Monday to Saturday services consist of one train an hour each way, westbound to Sheffield and eastbound to Doncaster; most of the latter continue to Adwick. On Sundays there is an hourly service to Sheffield and to Doncaster. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the service from here was more frequent (two per hour prior to spring 2020)

Services are generally formed of Class 150 and Class 158 DMUs with occasional Class 195's on a weekday morning also appearing on certain services.

After the May 2018 timetable change, Mexborough no longer has direct trains to Scunthorpe or Lincoln, and the two TransPennine Express services that previously called here now pass through non-stop. Regular through trains to Hull have also now ceased (from December 2019), with passengers having to change at Doncaster for onward connections.

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User talk:Crossman

March 2020

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Do not create pages that attack, threaten, or disparage their subject or any other entity. Attack pages and files are not tolerated by Wikipedia, and users who create or add such material may be blocked from editing. Shadowssettle(talk) 11:47, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

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Gallegos River

The Gallegos River (Río Gallegos) is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, on whose estuary lies Río Gallegos city, capital of the province. Given that its basin reaches only the fringes of the Andes mountains it classifies as a sub-Andean river.

The is contradicting information on where river is actually formed. According to one source it forms at the confluence of the rivers Rubens and Penitente. Yet according to another source Rubens River is just a tributary of Penitente River and Gallegos River originates further downstream at the confluence of the rivers Penitentes and Turbio. After traveling 180 km Gallegos River reaches the Atlantic Coast.

On its way east, after crossing a 200 km wide glaciated canyon, it meets the tributaries Turbio, Cóndor, and Zurdo. In spite of this, the river's stream can be drastically reduced during the dry season.

The river, named after Blasco Gallegos, one of the pilots of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition of 1520, is popular for fly fishing for brown trout, principally by tourists.

Part of the drainage basin of the river lies in Chile's Magallanes Region.

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User:A.Octavia

A.Octavia is a college graduate with a degree in Anthropology.

A.Octavia is a proponent of human rights, is enraged by American politics, is an avid aviculturalist, and is considering a hobby in philately.

A.Octavia's contributions to Wikipedia consist largely of grammatical and spelling corrections, but are as yet unreflected by the novel advent of a username.

A.Octavia is a native speaker of English, prefers the use of Queen's English, and speaks Spanish at the level of a 10-year-old.

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Talk:Argobba language

Comments
I added some information on the language today. I would like to expand it in the future but cannot do it at the moment. Since I am currently doing my PhD on the language I can just confirm for the time being that the language is still spoken. That is the reason why I deleted the sentence about its extinction. Driss

 * Thanks, Driss. I hope we can expect more from you in the future! — mark ✎ 18:54, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Data dump
See Adelung & Vater (1806-1817) Mithridates, vol. III, p. 120-121 for some quite early Argobba examples, including me 'Wasser', auadseh 'Mann', indáki 'Weib', anáthién 'Vater', Endentjän 'Mutter' (unaltered transcription). Adelung and Vater draw some parallels with what they call 'Haúasá in Tigre'. — mark ✎ 20:43, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

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Elisabeth Söderström

Anna Elisabeth Söderström (married name Olow; 7 May 1927 – 20 November 2009) was a Swedish soprano who performed both opera and song, and was known as a leading interpreter of the works of Janáček, Rachmaninoff and Sibelius. She was particularly well known for her recordings of the lead soprano roles in the three Janáček operas Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and The Makropoulos Affair, all of which received Gramophone Awards. The Gramophone critic John Warrack described her portrayal of Káťa Kabanová as "establishing by an infinity of subtle touches and discreet, sensitive singing the picture of Káta as the richest and most human character in the drama".

Career
Born in Stockholm, Söderström received her first musical schooling from Adelaide von Skilondz and later studied at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. She made her debut in 1947 at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre singing in one of Mozart's lesser-known works Bastien et Bastienne. From 1949 to 1980 she called the Royal Swedish Opera her home but she frequently appeared at some of the largest opera houses in the world. She was also a regular visitor to the recording studio. Between 1959 and 1964 Söderström was contracted by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City to which she would return in 1983–87. Her last stage performance was in 1999 in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades at the Metropolitan Opera. In 1978 she created the role of Amanda/Clitoria in György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre at the Royal Swedish Opera.

During her long career, Söderström made a name for herself as a technically perfect and at the same time warm soprano with a personal style which allowed her to sing in a wide variety of works ranging from the 17th century to contemporary. Between appearances in fully staged operas, Söderström gave numerous concerts and recitals in all corners of the world. She made a variety of recordings, including the complete songs of Sergei Rachmaninoff, accompanied by Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Between 1993 and 1996 Söderström was the director of the Drottningholm Palace Theatre, the same stage where she had made her debut almost 50 years earlier. In 1983, she sang the final trio from Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier with Kathleen Battle and Frederica von Stade at The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala conducted by James Levine.

In 1978 she published a collection of stories from her career and thoughts on performing entitled I min tonart; this was translated in English as In My Own Key.

Personal life
Elisabeth Söderström was married to commander Sverker Olow from 1950 until her death. They lived in Lidingö.

Death
She died in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, on 20 November 2009, aged 82, from complications from a stroke.

Honours
Elisabeth Söderström received a number of honours, both in Sweden and abroad. Among them:
 * 1959 – the Italian Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity
 * 1972 – the Swedish Commander of the Royal Order of Vasa
 * 1973 – the French Commandeur de l´Ordre des Arts et Lettres
 * 1985 – the British Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
 * 1997 – one of the Eurostar locomotives was named after her

Discography

 * Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, Columbia CD, M2K-35898 (US), M2K-79217 (Europe), 1988
 * The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala, Deutsche Grammophon DVD, 00440-073-4538, 2009
 * Janáček: Věc Makropulos (Sir Charles Mackerras conducting) Decca LP D14402, 1979. London LP, 12109 (US), 1980. Decca CD 723702, 2006

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User talk:BradfordGWU

Do you go to George Washington University? --Golbez 17:10, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

..

Yes, I am employed by the George Washington University. The term same-sex "marriage" is more appropriate in context, as same-sex marriage exists in Massachusetts alone. Rather, the Democratic Party is divided on partnerships that may or may not come to be called same sex "marriages." This term also causes some offense to members of the party who feel that these partnerships should be limited or termed otherwise, and, no doubt, to conservatives, factions of the Republican Party, and other Americans. In that respect, same-sex "marriage" is accurate and should appear in the United States Democratic Party article, while same-sex marriage is accurate for use in articles associated with same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.

Perhaps less important, the term's inclusion as part of the civil rights subheading is misleading as it implies that the United States Democratic Party is not, or should not, actively seek its inclusion as a civil right. It's exclusion by the majority is precisely what is gaining increasing support among progressives and throughout the party.

 * The scare quotes won't fly, though. If I don't revert you, someone else will. What do you do at GWU? I was class of 2000. --Golbez 17:34, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

I would suggest, then, that an entirely different term needs to be used. How else do you think it can be described? I would have expected you, as an administrator, to uphold the accurate term over the inaccurate term which might be viewed as politically motivated either to misrepresent the Democratic Party or to insite anti-homosexual sentiments from the right.

I am a teaching assistant in the Law School and a PhD candidate in the Elliott School.

 * There is nothing accurate about saying "same-sex 'marriage'" without explaining why. You yourself said it's not the right term, so use the proper one instead of confusing with quotes. Using quotes might not invite anti-homosexual sentiments from the right - though I disagree - but it will invite criticism from the left as well. The most NPOV option is to use the term without any qualifiers. People can click the link if they want to learn more. --Golbez 17:47, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

I continue to disagree. The term is inaccurate because same-sex marriage only exists in Massachusetts and no initiative favoring same-sex marriage/"marriage" has been endorsed by the party.

 * Aha, well there we go. Specify that it's not a national priority then. That can be done without quotes. --Golbez 17:56, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

I now agree with your position that the term same-sex 'marriage' could insite said reaction from groups within our party as well. Consider then the inclusion, not of a disclaimer, but of the second section making it distinct from civil rights, which certainly seems more in keeping with the platform of the party, that should also include comment re: its wide support for acceptance as a part of the greater civil rights concerns of the party, and also that it is making headway among the states and has been recognized as same-sex marriage (no quotes) in Massachusetts.

I would like to go ahead and write it that way unless you disagree strongly or wish to arrange it yourself.

 * Go for it. My objection was only to the quotes. I can't judge it til I see it. --Golbez 18:05, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

I've done it. Hopefully future edits will improve this content rather than revert to the versions that were inaccurate or objectionable to several audiences.

What did you study while at GWU and with what professors? I'm impressed with the undergrad body here. They're much more actively and show an impressive maturity of political behavior than at my BS and JD alma maters (Tufts and William & Mary).

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Old Lake County Courthouse (California)

The Old Lake County Courthouse, also known as Lake County Courthouse, in Lakeport, California is a building built in 1870. It served Lake County as a seat of government from 1871 until 1968. Precedent-setting trials on water rights were held here, along with the "White Cap" murder trial, a notorious episode in vigilantism held here in 1890. The brick courthouse, constructed by A.P. Pettit in 1870–1871, was one of the few buildings in the vicinity to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake with only minor damage. It is now California Historical Landmark #897 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-70000134). The county schools library was located in the basement until at least 1968. It is surrounded by a Lakeport City Park.

Lakeport Historic Courthouse Museum
The Lakeport Historic Courthouse Museum is located in the historic Lake County Courthouse. The museum features exhibits of local and natural history, including Pomo Indian baskets and artifacts, local rocks and minerals, early settler history, and early Lake County Courthouse history,

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Wangford

Wangford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wangford with Henham, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, just off the A12 trunk road on the edge of the Henham Park estate just outside Southwold.

Wangford is connected to the rest of Suffolk by two main roads. At one side of the village the road leads straight on to the A12 (dual carriage way), and the other side of the village leads to Reydon, and Southwold (B1126).

In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 427. On 1 April 1987 the parish was merged with Henham to form "Wangford with Henham". Wangford with Henham has approximately 640 residents, reducing to 591 at the 2011 Census. and the main village covers about 50 acre.

At the centre of the village there is a community centre, containing a reasonable sized hall, a bar, a kitchen and a small games room. There is also a shop, a pub (the Angel Inn), a farm shop, a playing field and allotments, tennis courts and the local vet.

History
At the dissolution of the monasteries, Wangford Priory was granted to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk.

The church of St Peter and St Paul
The Parish church of Wangford cum Henham is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul; situated near the centre of the village. The church here was near derelict by the mid-19th century. It was all that survived of a Cluniac Priory, a cell to the mother Priory at Thetford in Norfolk. Left derelict at the end of the 19th century, it was restored by the local Rous family, the Earls of Stradbroke who set about creating a monument to themselves here because there is no church in the parish of Henham. The architect was A. L. Blackburne. All was demolished except for the nave walls. A grand chancel was then built at the east end, and beside it in the 1870s, an impressive tower. The top of the tower is finished in the 14th-century Suffolk manner. It sits at the east end of the north aisle. Inside, the west end of the nave has a huge window, which may possibly be the rebuilding of a previous tower arch. The north porch is the only other medieval survival which seems to have had a side sliced off it by the buttress to the north aisle. As the church is principally 19th century, so is all the stained glass. Angels look down from the simple but effective roof. The lectern is made of brass, and the column is surrounded by angels about to take flight. The pulpit is 17th century and was brought here from the chapel at Henham Hall along with the reading desk. The font is 14th century but with a later cover. The walls are covered with memorials to the Rouses. The building is currently suffering from water damage but fundraising is continuing with the aim of reroofing. The Parish of Wangford is part of the Sole Bay Team Ministry (formed in 1999), along with the Parishes of Blythburgh, Reydon, Sotherton, South Cove, Southwold, Uggeshall and Walberswick.

The church bells of St Peter and St Paul
Wangford church has an unringable peal of five bells. Originally the bells were intended for change ringing. The bells hang in a derelict timber frame with dilapidated fittings and have not been rung for many years. The treble (the smallest) is the oldest bell in the tower, being cast by William Brend of Norwich in 1624. The following year, in 1625, the tenor (the largest) was cast at the same foundry by William & Alice Brend. The third was cast by John Darbie of Ipswich in 1668 and the fourth dates from 1721 and is by John Stephens of Norwich. The newest bell in the tower is the second which was cast by John Warner & Sons of London in 1863. This bell was recast from the metal of an earlier bell also cast by John Stephens. The precise weight of the bells is not known but the tenor is estimated to weigh between 8 and 9 hundredweight.

Notable people and connections

 * Reputedly, Wangford provided the inspiration for the stage name of Sam Hutt, a well-known London gynaecologist who, as Hank Wangford, also performs spoof Country and Western music.
 * Fred Copeman OBE, who served in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War and organised London's air raid defences during the Second World War, was born in Wangford Union Workhouse in 1907.

The annual Latitude Festival is held at Henham Hall Park nearby.

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Humphrey Cobbold

Humphrey Michael Cobbold (born Nairobi, Kenya 1964) is the current chief executive officer of PureGym, the UK’s largest gym operator. He joined the business in 2015 when there were 84 gyms, growing the business to over 200 facilities in 2018. He oversaw the sale of the business for the founder (Peter Roberts) and investors from CCMP to Leonard Green & Partners in November 2017 for over £600m.

Education
Cobbold was educated at Bromsgrove School, an independent boarding and day school in the Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, followed by the University of Cambridge and INSEAD, from which he obtained an MBA.

Career
Cobbold is the former chief executive officer of Wiggle Ltd - a UK-based online retailer of cycling and triathlon-related products. He is a former chairman of Fish4, a British recruitment website, as well as the Director of Strategic Development and executive committee member of Trinity Mirror.

Before joining Fish4 and Trinity Mirror, he was a partner and the co-head of the UK media practice for the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

Before he went into politics, Cobbold was taught in secondary school by prominent UK politician Edwina Currie.

Leaving Wiggle
In September 2009, Humphrey Cobbold began his position as the CEO of Wiggle Ltd., a Portsmouth-based online retailer. He headed the bicycle online retailer during some trying times, including during the period when Bridgepoint was in the process of acquiring Wiggle Ltd. In late 2013, Cobbold departed from Wiggle as its CEO and in September of that year, his successor would be Stefan Barden. While Cobbold captained Wiggle Ltd. the company saw its annual sales revenues increase from 33 million pounds to a little over 140 million pounds; Cobbold described managing the company while it was experiencing speedy and high growth as "trying to ride a tiger".

Upon leaving Wiggle Ltd. as its CEO, Cobbold stated:

“I have had the privilege to work with a truly fabulous group of colleagues and business partners over the last four years. The time is now right for someone else to lead the peloton and take Wiggle forward to future success.”

He has since been linked to a bid to buy the internet retailer sofa.com.

PureGym
Since 2013 Cobbold has been serving as the CEO of PureGym, a network of 264 gyms with more than 1.1 million members. In 2019 PureGym acquired Fitness World.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Redcell

 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 delete. Nufy8 18:13, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Redcell
non notable and/or fancruft Dismas 17:14, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Pure cruft DV8 2XL 17:23, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. DES (talk) 17:39, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. RJFJR 16:43, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.

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Baja Sessions

Baja Sessions is the sixth studio album by Chris Isaak, released in 1996, featuring largely acoustic arrangements. The album contains a large number of covers, many of which are classic songs (such as the Hawaiian-tinged "Sweet Leilani" and "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)") which refer to, or are styled to suggest, tropical, laid-back settings. Though its title refers to Baja California, the album was recorded at San Francisco's Coast Recorders.

A 58-minute documentary was released featuring Isaak performing the songs as well as making amusing asides, surfing and generally mucking around.

Personnel

 * Chris Isaak - vocals, guitar
 * Hershel Yatovitz - lead guitar
 * Rowland Salley - bass, vocals
 * Kenney Dale Johnson - drums

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First Fandom Hall of Fame award

First Fandom Hall of Fame is an annual award for contributions to the field of science fiction dating back more than 30 years. Contributions can be as a fan, writer, editor, artist, agent, or any combination of the five. It is awarded by First Fandom and is usually presented at the beginning of the World Science Fiction Convention's Hugo Award ceremony.

In 1994, the "Posthumous Hall of Fame award was established as a separate and equal award with unique criteria". This article, presently, is not clear in making this distinction.

1960s
1963
 * E. E. Smith

1964
 * Hugo Gernsback

1966
 * David H Keller

1967
 * Edmond Hamilton

1968
 * Jack Williamson

1969
 * Murray Leinster

1970s
1970
 * Virgil Finlay

1971
 * John W. Campbell Jr.

1972
 * C. L. Moore

1973
 * Clifford D. Simak

1974
 * Forrest J Ackerman
 * Sam Moskowitz

1975
 * Donald A. Wollheim

1976
 * Harry Bates

1977
 * Frank Belknap Long

1978
 * E. Hoffmann Price

1979
 * Raymond Z. Gallun

1980s
1980
 * George O. Smith

1981
 * Stanton A. Coblentz

1982
 * Bill Crawford

1983
 * Manly Wade Wellman

1984
 * H. L. Gold

1985
 * Wilson Tucker
 * Robert Bloch

1986
 * Julius Schwartz
 * Don Wandrei

1987
 * Beatrice Mahaffey

1988
 * Lloyd Eshbach
 * Neil R Jones
 * David Kyle
 * Charles Hornig

1989
 * Frederik Pohl
 * Donald Grant
 * L. Sprague de Camp

1990s
1990
 * Edd Cartier
 * Robert A. Madle
 * Alex Schomburg

1991
 * Robert A. W. Lowndes

1992
 * Nelson S. Bond
 * J. Harvey Haggard
 * Art Saha
 * Arthur L. Widner Jr.

1993
 * Ray Beam

1994
 * E. F. Bleiler
 * Gerry de la Ree
 * Andre Norton

1995
 * C. M. Kornbluth
 * Jack Speer
 * Harry Warner, Jr.
 * Mort Weisinger

1996
 * Forrest J Ackerman
 * Ray Bradbury
 * Ray Harryhausen
 * Frank K. Kelly
 * Erle Melvin Korshak
 * Julius Schwartz

1997
 * Hal Clement

1998
 * Jack Agnew
 * John Baltadonis
 * Milton A. Rothman

2000s
2000
 * Theodore R. Cogswell
 * Martin Greenberg
 * Mark Schulzinger

2001
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2002
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 * Martha Beck

2003
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 * Philip Nowlan

2004
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 * Robert Peterson
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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 * Isaac Asimov (posthumous)
 * Ray Harryhausen

2009
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 * James Gunn
 * Ben Indick

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2010
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 * Terry Jeeves
 * Joe Martino

2011
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2012
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 * Claude Held
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 * Jack Robins

2013
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 * Thaddeus E. Dikty (posthumous)
 * Earl Kemp
 * Lester Mayer
 * Raymond A. Palmer (posthumous)
 * Norman F. Stanley

2015
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 * Margaret Brundage (posthumous)
 * Bruce Pelz (posthumous)
 * F. Orlin Tremaine (posthumous)

2016
 * Ben Bova
 * Joseph Wrzos

2017
 * Les Cole
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2018
 * Robert Silverberg

2019
 * Ray Faraday Nelson

2020s
2020
 * Roger Sims

2021
 * William F. Nolan

2022
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Pinelands National Reserve

Pinelands National Reserve is a national reserve that encompasses the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The Pinelands is a unique location of historic villages and berry farms amid the vast oak-pine forests (pine barrens), extensive wetlands, and diverse species of plants and animals of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecoregion. It is protected by state and federal legislation through management by local, state, and federal governments and the private sector. The reserve contains Wharton State Forest, Brendan T. Byrne State Forest, Bass River State Forest, Penn State Forest, and Double Trouble State Park, which provide public recreation facilities. Established by Congress in 1978, it is one of the nation's first national reserves, established along with Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve.

History
Between 170–200 million years ago, the Atlantic coastal plain began to form. Over millions of years, the rising and falling of the coastline deposited minerals underground, culminating with the end of the last ice age about 12,000 years ago, when plants and trees began growing in what is now New Jersey. Around 10,000 years ago, the ancestors of the Lenape people first inhabited the Pine Barrens. During the 17th century, the area was explored and settled by the Swedish, Dutch, and the English, eventually becoming a part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Settlers in the region used the area's cedar, oak, and pitch trees, as well as local tar and turpentine, for sawmill, gristmill, and shipbuilding industry.

The earliest efforts to protect the New Jersey Pine Barrens started in the 1960s. In 1964, the Pinelands Regional Planning Board proposed building a "supersonic jetport" in Ocean County to alleviate flight traffic in the New York metro. This project would develop a satellite city of about 250,000 people, and would cover about 50 sqmi in ecologically sensitive parts of the Pine Barrens. The proposed airport generated public opposition and united conservation efforts among farmers, hunters, and environmentalists, who believed that the region was vulnerable to the spread of urban sprawl of the northeastern United States. Due to the large size of the forest, as well as 300 years of human development, the area could not be protected and preserved in its entirety. The United States Department of the Interior worked with officials from New Jersey, as well as the state's Senate and Congressional delegation, to develop a development management plan for the Pinelands. The main point of disagreement was the role of federal oversight.

On February 24, 1977, Senator Frank Church (D-ID) sponsored the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 as an Omnibus bill, which included legislation for the Pinelands National Reserve. New Jersey Representatives Edwin B. Forsythe and William J. Hughes proposed bills H.R. 9539 and H.R. 9539 to preserve the Pinelands, which became attached to the omnibus bill in an amendment, sponsored by Congressmen Forsythe, Hughes, and James Florio. The bill passed in the United States Senate on October 27, 1977. A similar bill passed in the House of Representatives on July 12, 1978. After further changes passed by both houses, United States President Jimmy Carter signed the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 on November 10, considering it "the most significant conservation legislation to pass the 95th Congress" in his signing statement. The National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 created the Pinelands National Reserve, which consisted of 1100000 acre of land in 56 South Jersey municipalities. It was the "largest tract of wild land along the Middle Atlantic Seaboard", according to President Carter's briefing on a September 20, 1978 trip the president took to Atlantic City.

Upon the passage of the bill, the Pinelands National Reserve became the country's first National Reserve. The act authorized $23 million for land acquisition of critically important ecological areas. Congress noted the need for local, state, and federal government, along with the private sector, to collectively manage and preserve the water and land resources of the Pinelands, without large-scale direct federal acquisition of the land. The bill also directed for the Interior Secretary to request the state of New Jersey to establish "a planning entity to a comprehensive management plan for the Pinelands National Reserve." In accordance with the law, New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne issued an executive order on February 8, 1979, creating the Pinelands Commission. This was affirmed by the New Jersey legislature in the Pinelands Protection Act, which passed in June 1979. The state Pinelands Area omitted 162000 acres of land east of the Garden State Parkway and near the Delaware Bay.

On August 8, 1980, the Pinelands Commission approved the Protection Area, an area of unbroken forest covering 39% of the National Reserve. For the remainder of the reserve, the Pinelands Commission created the Preservation Area on November 21, which consisted of towns, farmlands, and other areas. The plan became effective under state law on January 14, 1981, and two days later, Interior Secretary Cecil D. Andrus approved of the Comprehensive Management Plan. In the same year, Rutgers University established the Rutgers Division of Pinelands Research to support local ecological research. In 1983, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated the Pinelands as a biosphere reserve, labeling it jointly as the South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve/Pinelands National Reserve. In 1988, UNESCO redesignated it as a singular biosphere reserve.

Comprehensive Management Plan
The text of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 directed for the planning entity to develop a comprehensive management plan (CMP), which became effective on January 14, 1981. The Pinelands Commission set a one year period from the effective date, with $600,000 provided by the New Jersey Legislature from 1980–1982, for municipalities and counties to conform to the standards of the CMP. In July 1981, New Hanover Township became the first municipality to have its master plan approved by the Pinelands Commission. In January 1982, after the one year approval period ended, the Pinelands Commission worked with the remaining municipalities and counties updating their master plans. For the towns that refused to comply, the commission announced it would implement the CMP, thus overseeing the local development approval process. In June 1982, Atlantic County sued the Pinelands Commission on behalf of Galloway Township, which wanted to opt out of the CMP; the New Jersey Appellate Court ruled on June 16 on behalf of the Pinelands Commission. A subsequent appeal by the county failed.

By December 1983, 70% of the municipalities within the Pinelands National Reserve had revised local master plans and met approval by the Pinelands Commission; by the same time, four out of seven counties developed master plans to focus growth in selected areas. In that same time period, 85% of all approved requests for property development occurred in regional growth areas.

Pinelands Commission
The Pinelands National Reserve is administered by the Pinelands Commission, an independent body consisting of 15 members. One member is appointed by the Secretary of the Interior; seven are appointed by the Governor of New Jersey subject to the approval of the New Jersey Senate; one member is appointed by the respective governing bodies of the seven counties in the Pinelands National Reserve: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean counties. Commission terms are three years in length and include no official compensation. The commission meets monthly, as do most of its sub-committees.

Its mission statement indicates its role "is to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural and cultural resources of the Pinelands National Reserve, and to encourage compatible economic and other human activities consistent with that purpose."

Geography and populated places
As legislated by the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978, the Pinelands National Reserve consisted of about 1,140,000 acres (461,000 hectares) of pine-oak forest. The territory crosses seven counties and encompasses all or parts of 56 municipalities, with about 870,000 people as of the 2010 census. Included in the Pinelands National Reserve are 29 villages located in 16 municipalities, with 19 of the villages located in forest areas.

Within the Reserve is the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer, which contains over 17 trillion gallons of potable water.

Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Pinelands National Reserve has two climate zones; warm summer humid continental (Dfb) in northern, central and western sections with humid subtropical (Cfa) in eastern and southern sections. Average annual snowfall totals increase from southeast to northwest and range from 15-22 inches (38–56 cm). According to the USDA, there are three plant hardiness zones; 6b with an average annual extreme minimum temperature of -5 to 0 °F (-21 to -18 °C) in interior sections away from the coast, 7a with an average annual extreme minimum temperature of 0 to 5 °F (-18 to -15 °C) north of Great Bay near the coast to south of Great Bay just inland from the coast, and 7b with an average annual extreme minimum temperature of 5 to 10 °F (-15 to -12 °C) south of Great Bay near the coast.

Biology and ecology
The Pinelands feature the largest areas of forests along the East Coast of the United States between northern Maine and the Florida Everglades. There are 580 native species of plants, 54 of which are threatened or endangered. The Pinelands Reserve hosts 299 species of birds, 91 fish, 59 reptiles and amphibians, and 39 mammals. In 2015, a new lichen species, Lecanora layana, was discovered in the Pinelands National Reserve. According to the text of the act passed by Congress, the ecological diversity "provides significant ecological, natural, cultural, recreational, educational, agricultural, and public health benefits."

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Talk:Homogeneous charge compression ignition

Despite common usage of the word "detonation" for engine knock, neither knock nor HCCI are true detonation processes. The wikipedia Engine_knocking description propagates this incorrect terminology and should also be updated.--128.115.101.190 17:16, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

please define "maitrized" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.46.215 (talk) 16:04, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

fixed "maitrized" - Franglais —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.142.50.87 (talk) 07:38, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Where is the fuel economy advantage?
Substantial in fact...

The future of detonation

 * This section can still be found on the old Wiki page (August 26, 2009) The future of detonation or on the PhotoDetonation webpage.

A reader has made a comment in 2005 about the questionable nature of HCCI, and it has not been followed up. Without the section about the « future of detonation», the HCCI page does not meet the WIKI standard, being confuse about detonation, incomplete in HCCI achievement, and leading to an unclear optimism. After over 40 years of necessary effort, no recent papers are very optimistic about HCCI with piston engine, but at idle. Please share your technical argument which may lead to a different conclusion of the future, otherwise, let the reader inform where HCCI is heading... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.92.22.159 (talk) 12:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

I think this section should be removed completely - this article is about combustion, not detonation. --Benjamin Henry (talk) 00:52, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Seems that the new Mazda 3 implements this
Perhaps the article needs an update.192.41.81.68 (talk) 18:24, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Further reading has been converted to an ad?
It seems like "further reading" has been edited to advertise one particular company (all links added by user 91.85.124.157). I'm removing them, and adding a link to Sandia CRF instead, to avoid commercial interests. 85.235.1.129 (talk) 15:26, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

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Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac

Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac (born 1962) is a virtuoso double bass player who performed with Jacques Loussier and Andre Arpino playing renditions by Johann Sebastian Bach / Eric Satie.

A cousin of the painter André Dunoyer de Segonzac, he was born in Strasbourg, where he began to study music at the age of five at the Strasbourg Conservatoire. He completed his professional training on the contrabass at the age of twenty under Vincent Pasquier of the Orchestre de Paris and Jean Marc Rollez, soloist with the Paris Opera.

Dunoyer de Segonzac and the drummer Andre Arpino—have tackled some of today’s most widely heard and popular Baroque classics. Their goal is to play the piece in a manner that updates the sound while remaining true to the spirit of each piece.

The repetitive structure of the Pachelbel allows Loussier and his virtuosic bass player, de Segonzac, to trade the melody and bass lines in a delicious interplay of sounds and ideas. In the Albinoni, similarly constructed with a repetitive harmonic framework, Arpino provides a lively beat in the central section that tempts Loussier to some sassy improvisation.

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Waunarlwydd

Waunarlwydd (The Lord's Meadow – arlwydd is a local variant of arglwydd) is a village and community in Swansea, Wales, within the newly formed Waunarlwydd ward in 2021. Waunarlwydd became a community in 2022. New rugby club due late 2024

Transport
Buses are provided by First Cymru: these are the 15 or 16 Swansea - Waunarlwydd and Swansea - Gorseinon.

The main road in and out of the village is the B4295. The nearest motorway junction is 47 Swansea West (Penllergaer) on the M4.

The original main road from Swansea was Waunarlwydd Road, which starts from Cockett Road (A4216) at the Cockett Inn pub and runs to the meeting point of Cwmbach Road and Swansea Road at the old Lamb & Flag pub.

Although the West Wales Line runs through the village, there is no actual railway station: the nearest is Gowerton.

Economy
Waunarlwydd was the home of an aluminium rolling operation owned by US company Alcoa. Alcoa announced in November 2006 that it would close the plant by the end of March 2007, with the loss of 298 jobs. Decommissioning works are now taking place, while a small workforce is still employed in homogenisation, where heat treatment takes place for the Kitts Green plant.

TIMET, the world's largest supplier of titanium metals, is now the major employer in the village, with the mill one of four European locations.

There are 3 nursing homes: Ashgrove House, Tŷ Waunarlwydd and Tŷ Victoria.

There are two pubs in the village, the Masons Arms and the newly re-opened Farmers Arms, both located on Swansea Road. The club house for the rugby club is on Roseland Road. The old Village Inn (previously called the Domino) pub closed but was converted into the Grill House restaurant.There was a pub called The Lamb and Flag which was converted into a B&B in 1983 and then converted into a care home 1987. The Bird in Hand & Colliers Arms were 2 more pubs.

Schools
There are two primary schools in the village: one is English language medium known as Waunarlwydd Primary School, this is located on Brithwen Road and replaced the original Swansea Road school. The other, Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Y Login Fach, is a Welsh language school located on Roseland Road.

After primary school children go on to either Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr or Gowerton Comprehensive School.

Religion
The Anglican church in the village is St Barnabas on Victoria Road. The church was built in 1888 for £1,200 in an Early English style and enlarged in 1903.

There are now only 2 chapels, Seion (Zion) (Welsh Baptist - Bedyddwyr) and Sardis (Welsh Congregational, built in 1860 to seat 500 ) are both on Swansea Road. Bethany (English Baptist, built in 1875 to seat 250 ) on Bryn Road was closed and the land has been sold.

Sport

 * Rugby: Waunarlwydd RFC currently play in WRU League 1 West Central and have 2 pitches
 * Football: Waunarlwydd Galaxy has senior and junior teams competing in the Swansea Senior League in the Welsh football league system and have 2 pitches
 * Cricket: Waunarlwydd Cricket Club compete in Division 7 of the South Wales Cricket Association and play their home matches at the Elba in Gowerton
 * Darts: There are teams at the Farmers Arms and Masons Arms, there is also a woman's dart team that plays its trade in the Masons Arms.
 * Pool: the village plays host to a largely unsuccessful pool team with just 2 cup runs worth mentioning (Ashley Jones 2014 Gower cup Semi finals) (Daniel Penhorwood Gower cup finals 2017), one of which ended in triumph with Daniel beating Wales player Mike Webb 10-1 in the final. Daniel recently moved to Ireland and opened up his own Snooker hall, where he has now become a Billionaire and #9 on the Forbes list for 2023.
 * Motorcycling and Quad biking : the village is very friendly and encouraging to motorcycling and Quad bike riding with successful track day riders on and off road riders have success in their various sports. It has been a welcoming village to motorcycling for many decades
 * Lawn Bowls is played down by the side of the factory situated at the bottom of the village
 * Other: various indoor sports, classes and bingo are held in the Community Centre located on Victoria Road.

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Speak of the Devil (Chris Isaak album)

Speak of the Devil is the seventh studio album by the American rock musician Chris Isaak, released in 1998.

Personnel
with:
 * Chris Isaak - vocals, guitar
 * Hershel Yatovitz - guitar, vocals
 * Rowland Salley - bass, vocals
 * Kenney Dale Johnson - drums, vocals
 * Rob Cavallo - additional guitar on "Please" and "Walk Slow"
 * Curt Bisquera, Cynthia Corra, Dave Palmer, Frank Martin, Jamie Muhoberac, Jimmy Pugh, John Pierce, Julie Lorch, Mark Needham, Mary Dunaway, Matt Chamberlain, Patrick Warren, Steve Ferrone, Terry Wood, Weddy Waller - additional musicians
 * Technical
 * Chris Lord-Alge (tracks 1,2,5-8,11), Mark Needham (tracks 3,4,9,10,12-14) - mixing
 * Chris Isaak (tracks 4-6,9,12-14), Erik Jacobsen (tracks 1-3,7-12), Rob Cavallo (track 4) - producer
 * Melanie Nissen - photography

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Gowerton

Gowerton (Tregŵyr ) is a large village and community, about 4 mi north west of Swansea city centre, Wales. Gowerton is often known as the gateway to the Gower Peninsula. Gowerton's original name was Ffosfelin. The village falls within the Gowerton electoral ward of the City and County of Swansea Council, which elects one councillor. The community had a population of 5,212 and the built-up area with Waunarlwydd 8,183.

In 1980, the Welsh National Eisteddfod (named after Dyffryn Lliw, see below) was held at the Elba sports complex in the village. The Eisteddfod stone (Gorsedd stones) is located on the roundabout (grid ref. 585966) on the B4295 road to Penclawdd.

Geography
Nearby villages/towns are Penclawdd (west), Three Crosses and Dunvant (south), Waunarlwydd (east, contiguous with Gowerton), Gorseinon (north) and Loughor (north-west).

From 1974 to 1966, Gowerton was part of the district of Lliw Valley (Dyffryn Lliw) within West Glamorgan.

People from Gowerton are often referred to as "starch". When the local area processed steel for export, the steel owners and white collar workers lived in the Gowerton area; hence the name "starch". On the other hand, many of the manual workers resided in neighbouring Penclawdd and are known by the affectionate term "donks".

Gowerton is twinned with La Gacilly in Brittany, France.

Politics
Gowerton elects a community council of thirteen members in two wards: East and West.

Education
Gowerton has three schools: Gowerton Primary school, Gowerton Comprehensive School and Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr (Welsh medium comprehensive school).

Religion
Gowerton once had five church or chapel buildings: St John's Church (built 1882), Tabernacl (opened 1893) Temple United Reformed Church (opened 1888), Bethel (opened 1873) and Bethania (opened 1891). However, only two, St John's Church and Temple URC, still remain. Bethel has lain in ruins for two decades and both Tabernacl and Bethania have been demolished.

Transport
Bus services are provided by First Cymru and NAT. These depart Gowerton from Hill Street or Sterry Road.

First Cymru provide a half-hourly service (no. 16) through the village to Swansea and Gorseinon.

Gowerton railway station is on the West Wales Line, between Swansea and Llanelli. Gowerton once had two railway stations, but today only one remains. This was made single-track in 1986. Work began in November 2012 to restore the double track to Gowerton by mid-2013, this has now been completed.

Sport
The local rugby club is Gowerton RFC.

Gowerton's Elba Sports Complex is home to Swansea Senior League Second Division, Gowerton FC.

Gowerton has a golf range and a nine-hole, par 3 golf course.

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Killay, Swansea

Killay (Cilâ) is the name of a suburb and local government community in Swansea, Wales. Killay has its own community council. The village is set high above sea level, about 3.5 mi west of Swansea city centre. It adjoins the town of Dunvant and the Tycoch area of Swansea. Gowerton lies to the north. The community had a population of 5,702 in 2011.

The north of the area is mainly residential and is deemed a relatively affluent area of Swansea. The south of the area consists of an unpopulated common, which is used for grazing and forms part of Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is also another community called Upper Killay.

Geography
Killay Marsh Local Nature Reserve covers 21.3 acres (8.62 hectares) and comprises a mosaic of wetland habitats. Wet woodland (alder and willow carr), swamp and marsh habitat straddle the upper River Clyne with open marsh, fen, wet heath, with drier grassland and woodland on the slightly drier marginal area. The local nature reserve is a remnant of a much larger wetland area destroyed by land reclamation animation for development including housing and landfill between 1930 and 1970. The land is owned by the City and County of Swansea and has been managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales since 1995.

Education
Hendrefoilan Primary School is a primary school in Killay with 236 pupils enrolled as of 2023. The headteacher is Ms Aimee Field. In the 2022/23 school year, the school was doubly oversubscribed.

Mining history
The village of Killay evolved as a direct result of the south Wales coal industry. There were a good number of mines in Killay, the Clyne valley and in the neighbouring village of Dunvant dating back as far as the 14th century. The largest company, but also one of the latest, to mine coal in the district was the Killan Colliery Company, which began operations in 1899. There were two drifts, one working the Penlan seam, the other the Penclawdd seam. In 1902 the colliery was taken over by W.W. Holmes and Co. By 1919 the mine had grown to be one of the largest in the area employing 755 men, mostly from the nearby village of Dunvant. In 1920 Henry Folland's Killan Collieries Ltd bought the colliery as a source of supply for his Grovesend Steel and Tinplate Company. In 1923 the Penclawdd drift was also producing house coal and had grown to over 1,500 yd in length.

The Killan Colliery Disaster
On 27 November 1924, an inrush of water flooded the mine with such force that it tore out the roof. As soon as the news reached the surface, rescuers rushed to the mine to assist several trapped miners. Two bodies were recovered almost immediately, and it soon became apparent that a further eleven men were trapped in the mine. Pumps were brought in from other mines, and rescuers made frantic attempts to reach the captive miners. After fifty hours, a call reached the surface to send down ladders because eight men had been located. The men had survived by breathing from an air pocket and were soon freed. Divers were then sent to search for the remaining three men who were still missing, without success. It was not until 1 January 1925 that their bodies were finally retrieved.

The men who lost their lives in the disaster were:
 * Archie Davis (28)
 * Charles Evans (30)
 * Phil Godbeer (32)
 * Willie Goulding (22)
 * Wilfred John (17)

The mine would never recover from the disaster, and was to close later in 1925.

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Taboret

A taboret (also spelled tabouret or tabourette) refers to two different pieces of furniture: a cabinet or a stool.

17th-century stool
As a stool, it refers to a short stool without a back or arms. The name is derived from its resemblance to a drum (diminutive of Old French tabour).

The tabouret acquired a more specialized meaning in 17th-century France at the court of Louis XIV in Versailles, where it allowed courtesans to sit in the presence of the royal family. The court tabouret was an elaborate, upholstered stool with curved wooden legs and tassels, carried by a liveried and wigged servant. Duchesses were automatically granted the honor of sitting in front of the queen. This stool became such a symbol of privilege that when Louis XIV's mother, the Regent Anne of Austria, granted the tabouret to two non-duchesses, such a storm of protest was raised that she had to revoke the order.

Arts and Crafts plant stand
In the context of the Arts and Crafts Movement, a taboret is a narrow and tall stand for a plant, lamp, ashtray, or a beverage. It may also be a mission oak book stand shelf, or side table, or end table.

Modern cabinet
The current sense refers to graphic artists' task furniture, a wheeled, portable stand or cabinet, with drawers and shelves for storage, used to bring supplies to a work area.

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