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Full text of the document should be relegated to wikisource (assuming a copyfree or copyleft translation can be obtained; this article should summarize the contents and related controversies. -- Beland 02:58, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * What has been added is a partial summary of the AP translation (except for the preamble, which is in full), and is of course copyrighted. Hopefully some Arabic-speaking Wikipedians might make a free translation from the original.--Pharos 03:14, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

I agree. I am trying to start the summaries much as you would summarize the U.S. Constitution. The entire Preable is informative, however. The AP translation is copyrighted but taking only one portion of the translation can be considered fair use with proper attribution. (Any Arabic-speakers out there want to start from scratch?)

I'm meaning to get to the "related controversies" as well. Sunnis have objected on several grounds and we should start a section to point out the related articles: Does anyone have links to news article listing their objections? - Tεx  τ  urε  17:10, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Federalism
 * Equal rights for women (Through implication in some articles. The only direct articles support equality as a concept.)
 * Islam as a religious foundation for law and government

proposed afghani constitution
when Afghanistan went through this process nearly two years ago, I put together the 2003 Loya jirga article. Maybe reading it can give you all further ideas on forming and shaping this article. Kingturtle 05:51, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Ephemeral title
Seems like this is not a good title in WP guidelines, as it is bound to become outdated or inaccurate. 69.86.80.141 18:27, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

 * It certainly will, but this is the best place for it until the referendum takes place. Then we'll see what happens: 2005 Iraqi constitution or Rejected Iraqi constitution, 2005. –Hajor 19:55, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Politics
This article is pretty useless unless it at least addresses the political factors shaping the proposed constitution. Here's an article that spells out some issues: http://www.harpers.org/BaghdadYearZero.html - while the article is extremely POV, it is well researched and the points it raises should be addressed. 63.201.230.130 22:35, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Is it just me?
Part of this needs to be moved to Wikisource. – Zntrip 22:52, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Invasion, Liberation, Occupation
I would argue that all these terms are "loaded" and "value-laden" and that they all also, at the same time, represent facts. My proposals for "invasion, liberation, and occupation" or "liberation and occupation" instead of the phrases "invasion and occupation" or simply "liberation" in the intro sentence, was based on this perspective - aiming for a more balanced intro paragraph. And btw, I was actually the one who added "occupation" to the phrasing as well. Bwithh 03:25, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

 * For Chrissakes, occupation is a word with a defined legal meaning. Military occupation is governed under the laws of war as establshied by the Hague and Geneva Conventions.  See Military occupation.  Saying "occupation" is NPOV is like saying "murder" is NPOV.  When the US and its allies controlled Iraq, it was an occupation.  The US and its allies even referred to it as an occupation.  After the hand-off to Allawi's government, Iraq was legally sovereign.  Once could argue that the US and its allies still effectively control and occupy the country, but that would be using occupation in a POV way.  But to use it to define the legal reality in Iraq -- a reality explicitly established by the occupying forces -- between April 2003 and June 2004 is not POV.  It is factual. --Jfruh 15:16, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't know about "chrissakes", but to appeal to the Geneva Convention is pretty silly, isn't it, as the US specifically disavows following it? I mean, surely you've heard? Not only did Paul Bremer try to plunder the country and destroy the economy, until he got into trouble and had to be shipped out quietly at night, but then there were world famous reports of the US torturing civilians in using Saddam Hussein's torture facilities, and famous reports and video of the US deliberately gassing and burning civilians when the US destroyed Fallujah -- plus the reports of the US destroying hospitals and shooting ambulance drivers, to prevent doctors reporting casualty counts? The US is in the middle of heated internal political debate over its current administration's policy of torture, and some internal US dissent against torture.

Lets just Xerox a copy of ours. Why the fuss?

Freedom is Dependent upon Economic Liberty

 * I hope that the proposed Iraqi Constitution contains some real provisions for the guarantee of private property ownership by individuals and families. Otherwise, the Constitution will just be "words on a page", without any real mechanisms to guarantee the freedoms that the people have fought for for so long. (Nov.)

Rephrase
I think this statement is somewhat misleading.

In the end, only three of the 15 Sunni members of the drafting committee attended the signing ceremony, and none of them signed it. Sunni leaders were generally urging the electorate to reject the constitution in the 15 October referendum, but were overwhelmingly rejected by the voters.

Someone reading over the sentence quickly might surmise the referendum was rejected overwhelmingly. I suggest this instead.

In the end, only three of the 15 Sunni members of the drafting committee attended the signing ceremony, and none of them signed it. Sunni leaders were generally urging the electorate to reject the constitution in the 15 October referendum, but the referendum was overwhelmingly accepted.

Or am I just picking a nit?

Official Arabic/Unofficial English Constitution of Iraq, 144 articles
These two documents will be posted on Wikisource, and subsequently the links for the Wikipedia page edited. I will make sure that the sources are attributed, though the source of the English translation is elusive for the moment. I had thought that the best copies of these needed to be available ASAP, and if the source for the translation is not found in seven days it will be removed. The unofficial English has been supposedly agreed upon by the UN, US, UK, and NDI (National Democratic Institute).

Any sources of attribution for this translation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Azadkariem (talk • contribs) 14:10, 21 June 2006

Transwiki
It seems that much of this should be wikified and transwikied over to Wikisource. --Emesee 03:02, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Allah/God Translation
Is there a standard in Wiki for translating "Allah" instead of "God" when it is in Arabic? Both mean the same thing, but it seems like a 'bias' to me 74.78.110.92 (talk) 06:36, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Sources?
The entire text of the 1968 constitution, and not a single link to the source, plus the text seems to be unavailable anywhere but here. What the hell, over? 147.9.177.126 (talk) 20:39, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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Saddam Constitution?
Hello, I remember reading a CIA pdf file about the Saddamist Ba'ath Constitution, where it is? 190.141.83.19 (talk) 12:52, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

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It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown

It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown is the 15th prime-time animated television special based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. The subject of the special is Arbor Day, a secular holiday devoted to planting trees. It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown premiered on the CBS network on March 16, 1976, which is near the dates in which most U.S. states observe Arbor Day. This is the first special to feature the character Rerun van Pelt (younger brother to Linus and Lucy), who had debuted in the Peanuts comic strip in March 1973.

The musical score features the final compositions and recorded performances of jazz pianist and composer Vince Guaraldi, whose contributions to Peanuts include the theme "Linus and Lucy". Guaraldi died suddenly on February 6, 1976—a little over a month before the special's premiere.

It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown was distributed as a bonus feature on Paramount Home Video's 2003 DVD-Video release of It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974). A remastered version was published on DVD by Warner Home Video in 2008, and in the DVD box set Peanuts 1970's Collection, Vol. 2 in 2010.

Plot
Linus repairs his mother's bike with Charlie Brown watching. Linus' mother leaves with Rerun on the back seat. Rerun goes through all the places they are set to visit, including the Arbor Day meeting. After Sally Brown is humiliated in class for misunderstanding the purpose of Arbor Day (she defines it as "the day when all the ships come sailing into the arbor"), she is told that she has to write a full report on the subject, and Linus goes with her to the library to help her with the report. Linus leaves the library after Sally's repeated attempts to make him fall in love with her.

The scene cuts to Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty talking under a tree. Patty asks Charlie Brown to explain love to her, before she cuts him out several times. She switches the topic to baseball, going over the time her team plays his team, confident that she will win over him every time. Sally, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy and Woodstock decides to plant a lush garden—in Charlie Brown's baseball field, despite Linus' protests. Lucy then calls in the whole team to help with the planting. Charlie Brown is unaware on what is actually going on, and stays at home to work on his team's strategy.

The gang informs Charlie Brown that they will name the field Charlie Brown Field, to his happiness. He is shocked to find what has happened to the field when they show him. Charlie Brown tries to make the best of the situation by placing baseball gloves and caps on the trees to make them look like scarecrows. The trees catch so many fly outs, Peppermint Patty's team is unable to score, giving Charlie Brown's team the advantage. Schroeder tells Lucy that he will kiss her if she hits a home run. To Schroeder's surprise and Charlie Brown's delight, Lucy hits the home run and scores the first run of the game. After seeing Schroeder reluctantly cover his eyes and pucker his lips while randomly turning his head, Lucy refuses to kiss him. Moments later, Charlie Brown's joy turns to anguish as the game is rained out in a huge storm ruining the chance of his team winning their first game.

At school the next day, Sally gives a successful report on the true meaning of Arbor Day. Meanwhile, Peppermint Patty speaks kindly to a discouraged Charlie Brown, she compliments the garden in Charlie Brown Field and wishes him "Happy Arbor Day" as she holds his hand, cheering him up and making him blush.

Cast
(Marcie, Franklin, Violet, and Patty appear in the film, but have no lines.)

Production
Like the other Peanuts specials of the era, It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown was directed by Phil Roman, and produced by Bill Melendez.

The special recycles animated sequences from Snoopy Come Home (1972), There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown (1973), A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973), It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown (1974) and You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (1975). It is also one of the few, if not the only, specials where Peppermint Patty and Sally call Charlie Brown by his full name.

This special is the only time Charlie Brown would be voiced by Dylan Beach (in his only acting role) as well as Lucy Van Pelt being voiced by Sarah Beach (both children of late actor Scott Beach). It is unknown why Duncan Watson and Melanie Kohn were replaced, as they would return for Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977), which also featured Scott Beach as a radio broadcaster.

The Earth Day theme was revisited in It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown (2022).

Music score
It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown was the last Peanuts special to feature original music composed by Vince Guaraldi (except where noted), who was best known for the Peanuts' signature tune, "Linus and Lucy." 47-year-old Guaraldi died suddenly several hours after completing the soundtrack for this special. With the death of Guaraldi, later Peanuts animated specials lack the same jazzy musical score as previous entries. As such, It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown is seen by some fans as the swan song of the "golden era" of Peanuts animation. In addition, it was the first Peanuts special since Charlie Brown's All Stars! (1966) that was not conducted and arranged by John Scott Trotter, who had died on October 29, 1975.

Guaraldi recorded most of the music score in January 1976 at Wally Heider Studios, working as a trio with bassist Seward McCain and drummer Jim Zimmerman. Several cues contained elements of previously used songs "Baseball Theme," "Rain, Rain Go Away" and "Joe Cool". The special's main theme — a gentle waltz that incorporates elements of "Christmas Time Is Here" — is heard repeatedly throughout, going by several different titles as they pertain to a specific scene.

All music cues were composed by Guaraldi and performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.

 * 1) "Rerun's Lament" (version 1, variation of "Christmas Time Is Here")
 * 2) "Eighty-Nine Bottles of Beer" (vocal: Vinnie Dow) (Traditional)
 * 3) "Rerun's Lament" (version 2, variation of "Christmas Time Is Here")
 * 4) "Ships Sail into Arbor"
 * 5) "Laughter in the Library" (variation of "Christmas Time Is Here")
 * 6) "Flatten Platten" (variation of "Baseball Theme")
 * 7) "Young Man's Fancy" (variation of "Christmas Time Is Here")
 * 8) "Jay Sterling Morton Jazz" (variation of "Christmas Time Is Here")
 * 9) "We're the Visiting Team" (variation of "Christmas Time Is Here")
 * 10) "Seeds for Thought" (variation of "Joe Cool")
 * 11) "Don't Forget the Shovel" (variation of "Christmas Time Is Here")
 * 12) "Sprinkle Your Bird" (variation of "Christmas Time Is Here")
 * 13) "Flatten Platten" (version 2, variation of "Baseball Theme")
 * 14) "Snoopy at Bat"
 * 15) "Lucy's Home Run"
 * 16) "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (vocal: Vinnie Dow) (Jack Norworth, Albert Von Tilzer)
 * 17) "Lucy's Home Run"
 * 18) "Rain, Gentle Rain" (variation of "Rain, Rain, Go Away")
 * 19) "Laughter in the Library" (variation of "Christmas Time Is Here")
 * 20) "Happy Arbor Day, Charlie Brown" (variation of "Christmas Time Is Here")
 * 21) "Lucy's Home Run" (reprise, end credits)

No official soundtrack for It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown was commercially released. However, New Age pianist George Winston covered "Young Man's Fancy" and the opening portion of "Sprinkle Your Bird" (retitled "Seeds for Thought") on his Guaraldi tribute albums, Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi (1996) and Love Will Come: The Music of Vince Guaraldi, Volume 2 (2010), respectively.

Reception and acknowledgement
Mick Martin and Marsha Porter of the Video Movie Guide gave the special 3 1/2 out of 5 stars and solemnly declared the composer Vince Guaraldi will be missed as "his last bow in the series". Martin and Porter have favored Guaraldi‘s composition as they described his jazz music a highlight for the series since in A Charlie Brown Christmas.

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Naugatuck Railroad

The Naugatuck Railroad is a common carrier railroad owned by the Railroad Museum of New England and operated on tracks leased from the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The original Naugatuck Railroad was a railroad chartered to operate through south central Connecticut in 1845, with the first section opening for service in 1849. In 1887 the line was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and became wholly owned by 1906. At its greatest extent the Naugatuck ran from Bridgeport north to Winsted. Today's Naugatuck Railroad, formed in 1996, runs from Waterbury to the end of track in Torrington, Connecticut. From Waterbury south to the New Haven Line, Metro-North Railroad operates commuter service on the Waterbury Branch.

Original Naugatuck Railroad (1845–1887)
The Naugatuck Railroad was chartered May 1845 and organized February 1848. On May 15, 1849, the first section opened, from a junction with the just-completed New York and New Haven Railroad north to Seymour. Extensions opened to Waterbury June 11 and the rest of the way to Winsted September 24, where the Central New England Railway later passed through. On November 1, 1870 the Naugatuck Railroad leased the Watertown and Waterville Railroad, giving it a branch to Waterville. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad leased the Naugatuck on May 24, 1887, and merged it January 31, 1906.

New Haven era (1887–1969)
The former Naugatuck Railroad became part of the New Haven's network of branch lines extending throughout the state. In the mid-to-late 1900s, the line was abandoned from Derby Junction north to Ansonia in favor of the original New Haven and Derby Railroad on the other (west) side of the Naugatuck River.

In 1938, the New Haven abandoned the former Central New England Railway route that connected at Winsted. Passenger service north of Waterbury, to Torrington and Winsted, ended in December 1958. The Thomaston Dam flood control project constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers required roughly 8 miles of track to be relocated between 1959 and 1960. The new construction begins just north of Thomaston station and returns to the original alignment near East Litchfield. Tracks between Torrington and Winsted were abandoned in 1963.

Post-New Haven era (1969–1995)
The New Haven was merged into Penn Central on January 1, 1969. By then the line north of Waterbury was named the Torrington Secondary Track, and ended at Torrington. On January 1, 1971, the State of Connecticut and the MTA leased passenger and freight operations along the Waterbury Branch to Penn Central. On April 1, 1976, Penn Central's railroad operations were conveyed to Conrail. Freight traffic continued to decline through the 1970s as many of the factories along the line that shipped by rail closed and relocated out of the region. Starting in 1983, commuter service between Bridgeport and Waterbury was operated by Metro-North Railroad as the Waterbury Branch.

The CDOT purchased the line between Devon and Torrington in 1982 from Conrail to preserve its use as a rail corridor. The line north of Waterbury was leased to the Boston and Maine Corporation in 1982. Freight service was operated as-needed, and continued to decline. With no freight customers left to serve, B&M discontinued operations north of Waterbury in 1995.

The new Naugatuck Railroad (1996–present)
The volunteers of the Railroad Museum of New England were looking for a new home for their collection of historic railroad equipment that was housed at the Valley Railroad in Essex, Connecticut. Several locations were considered in the 1990s, including the abandoned freight yard and station complex in Danbury, Connecticut, and the former roundhouse and yard site in Willimantic, Connecticut. While railroads museums would later be established at those sites, RMNE continued its search for a rail line they could operate their own excursions.

When Boston & Maine ended operations on the Torrington Secondary, CDOT made the line available to RMNE's Naugatuck Railroad subsidiary. CDOT leased the line from Waterbury to Torrington to the new Naugatuck Railroad (NAUG). NAUG started operations in September 1996. Owned by the RMNE as a common carrier, the NAUG provides regular seasonal passenger excursions between Thomaston, Waterville, and Thomaston Dam with occasional trips to Torrington. Freight service is operated twice weekly, interchanging with B&M successor Pan Am Southern at Highland Jct. The primary freight customer is located at Frost Bridge Road in Watertown, CT. Other freight services are provided at East Litchfield and Torrington, CT. While NAUG's operating limit begins nearby Metro-North Railroad's Waterbury station, no coordinated connecting passenger service is available.

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 * Threats aren't necessary. It's not "borderline vandalism" and I think most people will agree the article is needlessly bloated.  Let's see what consensus falls out of the talk page discussion.  Thanks, --Junky 16:51, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

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Catherine Kellner

Catherine Kellner (born October 2, 1970) is an American character actress, perhaps best known for appearing in Daft Punk's music-video for their song Da Funk.

Early life and education
Kellner was born in Manhattan, New York. Her mother was a psychologist and her father was a Greek classics scholar who immigrated to the United States from Hungary. She attended Vassar College, then New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1995.

Personal life
Kellner lives in New York City and is married to Reuben Avery, a photographer and computer programmer, and has one son. Her parents are George and Martha Kellner, who, in May 1970, survived the crash of ALM Flight 980 in the Caribbean. Martha Kellner was pregnant with Catherine at the time.

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Hello! My name is Dmitry Azovtsev. I joined Wikipedia in January 2005, after months of anonymous reading and making occasional edits.

To contact me, leave a message on my talk page or [mailto:azov@mail.ru send me an email] for (hopefully) faster reply.

Here is the list of pictures I contributed to Wikipedia.

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WBOK

WBOK (1230 AM) is a radio station, that has historically broadcast a variety of formats, including gospel and various local talk programs brokered by their hosts. Licensed within New Orleans, Louisiana, of the United States, this station has historically served the New Orleans area, by its contributions to the promotion and preservation of African American culture and history. This radio station regularly features programming and events that highlight the contributions and experiences of black individuals within the mixed culture of communities, that makes New Orleans the Gumbo, while this seems to be a significant contribution to the celebration and education of black history. This radio station has a long history of serving the African American community and providing a platform for important discussions and a wide variety of perspectives. The station is currently owned by the Equity Media LLC., which is a team composed of New Orleans native and actor/producer Wendell Pierce; Cleveland Spears III, president and CEO of the Spears Group;, Troy Henry, managing partner of Henry Consulting; and Jeff Thomas, founder of Thomas Media Services.

History
AM 1230 was originally WJBW with a Top 40 format in the late 1950s, but by the end of the decade it switched call letters to WSHO and became a Broadway music formatted outlet. In 1962 WBOK swapped signals with WSHO and moved its R&B format to the 1230 signal. The R&B format would last until the late 1970s when it evolved to its current format after it was sold to Bishop Levi Willis.

The failure of levees immediately following the landfall of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 resulted in flooding of WBOK's studio and offices. The station's transmitter site also received flood damage and the broadcast tower was severely damaged.

WBOK returned to the air as of November 3, 2007 with an urban music and talk format, the station would work as an outlet for black political leaders to voice their opinion on matters because they felt as though the other outlets were supporting whites only.

WBOK was owned since April 2007 by the Bakewell Media Company. Its principals, Danny Bakewell Sr. and Danny Bakewell Jr. are native New Orleanians who reside and operate a number of businesses in Los Angeles, California, including being owners of the Los Angeles Sentinel. “The new broadcast outlet offers a window into the rapidly changing African American political consciousness in post-Katrina New Orleans. The new format, “Talk Back: Talk Black” marks a significant development in African American political life post-Katrina. Bakewell's comments on today's broadcast made it clear that his goal is to make WBOK a voice for African Americans in New Orleans and the Diaspora.

“WBOK listeners will hear elements of a political discourse that is emerging in the post-Katrina black community—marked by trenchant critique of racism in the recovery, a relentless attack on the current governing black political class, and a forthright discussion of destructive behaviors that are undermining black community regeneration. With virtually all the New Orleans electronic media controlled by white elites, one can expect WBOK to become an important forum for a black dialogue and alternative perspectives on race, class, and the recovery. Whether or not the “Talk Back Talk Black” radio format can find advertisers to ensure economic viability remains to be seen, especially given the decimation of the New Orleans black middle class and black businesses. But Bakewell seems to be guided by more a sense of justice than a desire for profit,” writes Lance Hill. Ph.D., Executive Director of the Southern Institute for Education and Research at Tulane University.

Effective January 2, 2020, Bakewell Media sold WBOK to Equity Media LLC for $550,000.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Groups who hate extraterrestrials

 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. And wasn't that nonsense? -- Phroziac (talk) 01:58, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

Groups who hate extraterrestrials
Delete. Tagged as nonsense but it isn't, and doesn't really meet any other CSD either. Nevertheless, it's either made-up or woefully nn.}} -Splash 03:04, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, non notable, possibly fake, etc.  ral  315  03:09, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, i'll run with not notable. feydey 04:32, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, I'll run with fake. Punkmorten 08:52, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and see me after class!. Alf 10:16, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable --JeremyStein 16:03, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, maybe fake. --Mairi 03:05, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete with a cherry on top, on the grounds that the group has 3 members. :)  -x42bn6 03:17, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
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Unionist Party (South Africa)

The Unionist Party (Unionisteparty, UP) was a pre-apartheid South African political party, which contested elections to the Union of South Africa parliament from the 1910 South African general election until its merger into the South African Party just before the 1921 South African general election.

History
In May 1910, the Progressive Party of the Cape Colony merged with the Constitutional Party of the Orange Free State (known as the Orange River Colony from 1902 to 1910) and the Progressives of Transvaal to form the Unionist Party of South Africa. Natal had no political parties, before the Union, but some politicians from that province joined the new party. The party was a pro-British conservative party. It favoured the maintenance of a pro-British political culture in South Africa similar to that present in the other British dominions.

It was for the protection of South African industries, particular the mining interests, from foreign competition that would force more unwanted non-white immigration to South Africa, mainly from India. The party's interests were closely tied to those of the Anglo-South African middle class and the mining corporations in the diamond and gold mines of South Africa. It also enthusiastically supported continued ties with the British Empire, and many of its founding members were those who had championed the British cause in the Second Boer War.

The Unionists, as the largest party in the House of Assembly not included in the government, formed the official opposition in the first two South African parliaments (1910–1920). However, after the formation of the National Party in 1914 and the subsequent outbreak of the First World War, the governing South African Party (SAP) lost its overall parliamentary majority in the South African general election, 1915. The Unionists gave some support to the South African Party government, so it could continue in office as a minority government.

In the 1920 general election both the South African Party and the Unionist Party lost seats. The Unionists, as the third largest group in the new House of Assembly, ceased to be the official opposition. In an article in The Times edition of 5 November 1920 it was explained that "when the Third Parliament of the Union met in April last General Smuts found his party in a minority – 41 (and three Independents) in a House of 134. He decided to carry on, trusting to the support of the Unionists ..."

Faced with growing nationalism among the enfranchised whites and coloureds of South Africa, the Unionist Party's base dwindled. The party was forced into first an alliance and then fusion with the South African Party, in a futile attempt to stop the National Party from coming to power; which it did in the 1924 South African general election.

The merger between the Unionists and the South African Party took place in November 1920. The enlarged party retained the name of the SAP.

Party leaders
The first Unionist Party of South Africa leader, from May 1910, was Leander Starr Jameson. He was created a Baronet after the Union of South Africa came into existence and was thereafter known as Sir Leander Starr Jameson. Dr Jameson was famous as the leader of the ill-fated Jameson Raid before the Second Boer War. He had also been Prime Minister of Cape Colony from 1904 to 1908.

Jameson retired from the leadership in April 1912, when the Irish born Sir Thomas Smartt was unanimously elected as the new leader. Smartt had been a senior colleague of Jameson's, both in the Cape Colony Parliament and government and the Union House of Assembly. Smartt remained the Unionist leader until the fusion with the South African Party in November 1920.

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Talk:Goaria language

According to the Ethnologue, Goari is an alternate name for the Sadri language. ♠ DanMS 03:07, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, but according to the Ethnologue, Goaria is a language spoken in Pakistan. I'm rewriting the article accordingly. --Angr/undefined 20:56, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

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Waterbury Branch

The Waterbury Branch is a branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, running north from a junction in the Devon section of Milford to Waterbury, Connecticut. Originally built as the Naugatuck Railroad, it once continued north to Winsted. The part north of Waterbury is now leased from CTDOT by the Railroad Museum of New England, which operates excursion trains from Thomaston station through their operating subsidiary Naugatuck Railroad ; this name was chosen in homage of the original railroad. The trackage ends in Torrington, but Metro-North service on the branch ends at Waterbury. There are conceptual plans to extend service from its current terminus in Waterbury to Hartford via Bristol and New Britain. Currently, riders that want to continue to New Britain and Hartford have to transfer to an express bus operated by CTtransit at Waterbury. All trains on this branch operate as shuttles between Waterbury and Bridgeport.

All platforms currently consist of low-level platforms with the exception of the terminal stations at Bridgeport and Waterbury. A new station consisting of a high-level platform at Derby-Shelton is currently awaiting construction, while new station plans at Ansonia, Seymour, Beacon Falls, and Naugatuck are currently awaiting designs and funding.

For most of its route, the branch runs parallel to the Naugatuck River, viewable on the right side northbound and the left side southbound.

History
In 1906, work on double-tracking the branch between Seymour and Waterbury was underway. It was completed in 1907.

In September 2015, it was announced that out of governor Dannel Malloy's 30-year-$100 billion transportation plan, $350 million has been included to improve service along the branch. The upgrades were to include a new signal system with multiple passing sidings to increase service – as it was the last remaining dark territory of the Metro-North system – along with newer equipment and station rehabilitation. Signalization enabled multiple trains to safely operate on the branch at a time, while allowing for increased capacity and overall safer train operation. New passing sidings were constructed at Derby and Beacon Falls, while existing sidings at Devon and Waterbury were upgraded, allowing trains to pass each other in single-track territory and thereby increase service frequency.

Centralized Traffic Control was activated on November 7, 2021. Taking advantage of the newly constructed signal system, an increase in service frequency from 15 to 22 trains per day (12 southbound, 10 northbound) was implemented on July 10, 2022 with super express connecting trains from Bridgeport, saving commuters up to 60 minutes on their round-trip commute time.

, the Connecticut Department of Transportation was studying the feasibility of installing catenary wire on the Waterbury Branch.

Stations
The following connecting services are available to Amtrak, Metro-North Railroad, CT Transit, and Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority.

Rolling stock

The Waterbury Branch uses Brookville BL20GH, GE Genesis P32AC-DM, and EMD GP40-3H locomotives and Shoreliner passenger coaches. Prior to the arrival of push-pull coaches, the branch used self-propelled Budd RDC and SPV-2000 railcars, the latter of which were later converted to coaches. A typical shuttle consists of three cars.

In August 2023, CTDOT approved a contract with Alstom for 60 single-level passenger cars. The cars will replace the existing Shoreliner coach fleet on the Waterbury Branch and the Danbury Branch, as well as Mafersa coaches on the Hartford Line. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2026.

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Demarcation

Demarcation is the act of creating a boundary around a place or thing.

Demarcation may also refer to:

 * Demarcation line, a temporary border between the countries
 * Demarcation problem, the question of which practices of doing science permit the resulting theories to lie within the boundaries of knowledge
 * Demarcation dispute, may arise when two different trade unions both claim the right to represent the same class or group of workers
 * Demarcation point, in telephony, the point at which the telephone company network ends and connects with the wiring at the customer premises
 * Demarcation transactions, starting and ending database transactions using begin, commit, and rollback methods

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John Charles Kaine

John Charles Kaine (1854–1923) was a Quebec politician. He was born in the parish of Notre-Dame de Québec, October 18, 1854, son of John Kaine and Ellen McGowan.

He studied at the Commercial Academy of Quebec.

Kaine entered the business world in 1886, and was a ship-owner and wood merchant. He became president of the Kaine and Bird transport company. He represented the Lake Champlain Transportation Co., and Burleigh and Weeks, a wood-pulp import company in Whitehall, New York.

John Charles Kaine was elected the Liberal member for Québec-Ouest in 1904. He was sworn in as a Minister Without Portfolio in the Gouin cabinet on January 3, 1906, and was re-elected in 1908, and 1912. His seat became vacant when he was named Legislative Councillor for Stadacona on April 23, 1915. He became Minister Without Portfolio in the Taschereau cabinet on July 9, 1920.

While sitting as a Member of the Assembly, Kaine organized independent Members to form a voting bloc that for a time held the balance of power. He was the last Member to sit in all three Chambers of the Parliament of Quebec: the Legislative Assembly, the Legislative Council and the Executive Council. (The Legislative Council, formerly the upper house of the provincial parliament, was abolished in 1968, when the Legislative Assembly was renamed the National Assembly.)

John Charles Kaine was President of the St. Patrick's Literary Institute in Quebec; he published The Irish Man in Canada (1907).

He was married in Quebec, at St. Patrick's Church, on January 27, 1879, to Theresa Maria Tucker, daughter of James Tucker and Maria Hurst. And later, also in Quebec City, on February 16, 1904, to Helen Smith, widow of Robert Beat.

John Charles Kaine died in office in Quebec, on April 1, 1923, at the age of 68 years and six months. He was buried in St. Patrick's Church cemetery, in Sillery (part of modern-day Quebec City), on April 4, 1923.

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Summary
Front cover of What Makes A Man Start Fires? by The Minutemen]. Front cover drawing by Raymond Pettibon. (c)1983 SST Records.

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Living in America

Living in America may refer to:

 * "Living in America" (James Brown song), a song performed by James Brown
 * Living in America (album), an album by The Sounds
 * "Living in America", a song by American electric band DoM. Features in Grand Theft Auto V on Radio Mirror Park.
 * "Living in America", a song on the 2020 album A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C.
 * "Living in America" (The Sounds song)

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Garrison Kane

Garrison Kane, also known as Weapon X and Kane, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history
Kane was created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld, and debuted in X-Force #2 (1991).

Fictional character biography
Kane was a former member of Cable's mercenary team called Six Pack. Although he was the youngest member, he was not immature and handled himself well enough in the field. Kane was with Six Pack on a mission to Iran, and had confrontations with Cable's evil clone Stryfe in Afghanistan and Uruguay; on one such mission, the team was ambushed by Stryfe. Thinking it would save the team, Kane's friend Hammer tries to hand over vital information Cable needs. Cable ends up shooting Hammer, paralyzing him. Prevented from rescuing the entire team, Cable flees through time, leaving his friends. In the ensuing destruction, Kane loses his arms and legs.

Alongside Wade Wilson, the Weapon X program "fixed" Kane by transforming him into a cyborg, by grafting cybernetic arms in place of his real ones. He was loaned to the Canadian government's Department K to work as a covert operative. Kane battled Deadpool, and was asked by former Six Pack colleague and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent G. W. Bridge to help capture Cable; he refused at that time to join the strike team named Weapon P.R.I.M.E. Kane confronted the Mutant Liberation Front, and then Kane assembled and led Weapon P.R.I.M.E in an attack on Cable and X-Force. The goal of Weapon P.R.I.M.E was to apprehend Cable and X-Force for multiple reasons, including Kane's belief that Cable and Stryfe were the same person. Kane visited Hammer and battled Cable in Switzerland. Kane learned the truth about Stryfe, and with Cable, he fought the Silver Samurai's ninjas in Japan and battled Stryfe and the Mutant Liberation Front in Mexico. Kane was brought by Cable to the 40th Century A.D. to save Kane's life and give him new bionic arms. While in Cable's future, Kane's artificial limbs were reconstructed in liquid metal and upgraded with new weaponry and tools by Cable's freedom fighter group, Clan Chosen. Alongside the Clan Chosen rebels, Kane battled the Flatliners and learned about Cable's past. He was then reunited with Cable.

Kane returned to the 20th Century with Cable. With Cable, he confronted G. W. Bridge in Switzerland. Kane forgave Cable and rejoined the Six Pack as a mercenary. Kane met Weapon Omega, and fought Rok. He embarked on a search for Copycat, and was captured by Sinsear. Kane works on several missions with the remnants of Six Pack, Hammer, Grizzly and Domino. At one point, they worked with Nomad to track down an errant piece of valuable technology. Kane seemingly retired from mercenary work, but later was seen working for A.I.M. While working with A.I.M., Kane came to blows with Wolverine and Alpha Flight. Kane eventually starts a romantic relationship with Copycat and both pass the time by working in a community theatre. Deadpool tries to kill them there, but Wolverine saves them.

Kane later rejoined the Weapon X program and his cybernetic material was once again upgraded, giving him the ability to duplicate the abilities of any member in Weapon X. Kane became the team's hitman. In a battle with the group known as the Underground, Kane's mind was shut down by Cable, after which he regained his sanity. Kane then absorbed the powers of former Alpha Flight member Madison Jeffries, who had been brainwashed into working for the murderous leader of Weapon X, Malcolm Colcord. Kane absorbed Weapon X's technology into himself, apparently dying in the process.

Powers and abilities
Kane originally had a pair of cybernetic arms which provided him with superhuman strength. After he was sent to Cable's 40th Century alternate future his bionics were modified so that he gained new cybernetic appendages, which included synthetic-organic liquid metal arms, hands, and shoulders. The left and right sides of his torso have also been replaced by synthetic-organic metal parts, although the middle section is still organic. Ordinarily the metal parts of his body appear as flesh, but he can cause the metal to appear by willing a "synthorg transfer". Kane also has bionic legs and a bionic left eye. Kane's artificial hands are detachable and can be shot from his arms. He can also fire plasma from his metal arms. The arms can also produce large organic metal shields for protection. He can see in the infrared portion of the spectrum and project holograms from his eyes. His bionic parts contain a wide variety of devices, most of which have yet to be identified. He can generate electricity from his metal parts to shock an assailant. The bionic parts are self-repairing.

Due to the enhancements that the newest incarnation of Weapon X has given him, Kane now has numerous bionic appendages which house various weapons. He now has the ability to see in various spectra of light, project holograms, and he has a computerized targeting system. His strength was also upgraded and he is now more resistant to damage. He could download super powers such as toxic emissions, metal control, and various other abilities. It has been shown that when Kane was blown up by Deadpool, Weapon X was able to reconstruct him perfectly. It is unknown if he can always be rebuilt or if it was just that one incident.

Kane is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, highly trained in armed and unarmed combat. He has extensive knowledge of the 40th Century A.D. of the alternate future in which Cable was based. Kane formerly used various firearms, but now mainly relies on the weapons installed in his bionic body parts, as well as an "ion blade" that generates destructive energy.

Kane suffers from claustrophobia.

Exiles
An alternate version of Kane appeared in Exiles #5, a version originating from Earth-3031. There, he apparently still was a member of the Six Pack group, alongside his friends Cable, Domino and Grizzly, though at some point he had also been involved in his reality's Weapon X Project. Kane was abducted from his reality to join a group of reality hopping superhumans forced to repair broken realities, as all Kane's fellow recruits had been involved with Weapon X in their native timelines, the group took the same name.

House of M
Garrison Kane is shown to be a commander in S.H.I.E.L.D. in the House of M reality.

Ultimate Marvel
Kane's ultimate version was introduced in Ultimate X-Men #76, where he is once again a partner to Cable, Domino and the other Six Pack team members. This version, like his 616 counterpart, is a Caucasian male, but with brown instead of black hair. He was seen in the battle with the X-Men using his robotic arms to launch his fists like missiles as he does in the 616 Marvel Universe.

Television

 * Garrison Kane makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "Time Fugitives" as a member of Cable's resistance group against Apocalypse.

Film

 * Garrison Kane was originally intended to appear in Deadpool, but was ultimately scrapped due to budgetary concerns over the CGI required to depict his cybernetic arms.

Merchandise

 * Two action figures of Garrison Kane were produced by Toy Biz as part of their X-Force line. The first Kane debuted in the 1992 debut X-Force set and was packaged with a gun accessory and a snap-back hand, while the second Kane debuted in the 1993 X-Force set and was packaged with a removable vest, another gun accessory and a propeller shield fist.
 * Garrison Kane (under his Weapon X codename) is a playing piece in the Heroclix game system. He has the Robot, Six Pack, Soldier, and Weapon X keywords, and is played at 91pts.

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Talk:Eric Lander

Removed Obama's Office link
For some reason there was a reference to Obama's office at the bottom of the article. Not sure why, so I removed it.

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i went to school with his brother arthur at john dewey high school, in brooklyn. I sometimes rode the bus with Eric.

Arthur is distinguished in his own right

http://lander-office.bio.uci.edu/landerfacts.html

also here

http://members.tripod.com/dewey_people/bios.htm#l

Arthur D. Lander (75)

Yearbook photo    [other photos]

After Dewey, I went to Yale (where Erwin Martinez [Dewey '75] was my roommate for two years). Then on to University of California San Francisco for an M.D. and Ph.D. awarded in 1985. Then back to NYC for postdoctoral training at Columbia Medical Center for two years. Then to Cambridge Massachusetts in 1987 as an Assistant and, later, Associate Professor at MIT. Finally, in 1995 I moved to Orange County California, as a Professor in the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology at the University of California, Irvine. I live in Laguna Beach, one of the nicest places on earth, with my wife, Anne Calof, whom I met in graduate school, and who's also a U.C. Irvine professor. I enjoy being a scientist quite a lot, and although I still play piano, I don't write songs as much as I used to. However, in my old age (!) I am coming to the conclusion that doing Science and making Art are not really very different from one another. So who knows where the future will lead. I don't have a personal web site, but I have a professional one at http://lander-office.bio.uci.edu/landerfacts.html in case anyone is interested.

A bit too favorable?
If academics had marketing departments, Lander's glossy brochures might read like this. Certainly he is an accomplished scientist and leader, but encyclopedia articles shouldn't gush. 121a0012 06:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I removed the small section that contained an assessment of Lander. IT is really OR and inappropriate. Mashkin (talk) 19:21, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Taking 7.00x on edX and I have to say that this guy is pretty awesome. 67.142.173.24 (talk) 13:02, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

For a guy who is extremely controversial for his CRISPR CAS9 hitjob on Dr. Doudna and for getting fired from the White House for his workplace bullying, this talk section still feels relevant 15 years later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sawerchessread (talk • contribs) 20:08, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

 * added some of his controversies. User:Sawerchessread (talk) 01:28, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Resource
Profiles in Science | Eric Lander Power in Numbers Science Times: Jan. 3, 2012 by GINA KOLATA New York Times page D1 in print. 97.87.29.188 (talk) 01:04, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

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Forensic DNA analysis and the Innocence Project
I have added a short section on his exposing and correcting widespread flawed interpretation of DNA evidence in the late 1980s, and his involvement with the Innocence Project. HandsomeMrToad (talk) 03:01, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

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"Professional connections"
To suggest, as the article does (or did, now that I have corrected it) that Lander had "professional connections" with Epstein, overstates (at least) the case, and is not justified by the source (Politico). No one (at least, no one I'm aware of) has alleged that Lander or the Broad Institute ever received any direct donations from Epstein or had any association with him other than Epstein having contributed money to MIT and Harvard where Lander and other Broad-Institute scientists are professors. The whole thing seems to boil down to Lander having exchanged words with Epstein at two informal meetings of big donors and big scientists. Oh, and at one of them Lander allowed himself to be photographed apparently trying to explain something scientific to Epstein. HandsomeMrToad (talk) 20:23, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

What does "began a book" mean?
One sentence reads:

"Unsure what to do next, he took a job teaching managerial economics at Harvard Business School and began a book on information theory."

What does "began a book" mean here?

Began to read a book?

Began to write a book?

Something else? 2601:200:C000:1A0:F4D0:419F:FAF5:5C8F (talk) 17:55, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note about improving the article. I think it's clear that he began to write a book, so I added that to the text. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 22:01, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Countless people, myself included, have begun to write a book. Leave that fluff out until the book is actually published. Jonathunder (talk) 01:40, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week/History of technology

History of technology

 * Nominated on 03:14, 30 August 2005 (UTC); needs 5 votes by 5 September.

This article is in bad shape. First, content inappropriately put in History of science was dumped into it. It has been sitting around for many months, fairly neglected and fairly disorganized. I have recently attempted to impose a structure roughly parallel to "History of science", but most of the sections - indeed most of the main articles on histories of sub fields - remain entirely unwritten. This is core encyclopedic content which is sadly missing from the wiki. This topic is big enough to benefit from an entire WikiProject, but a COTW would be a good start. -- Beland 03:14, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Support:
 * 1) Beland 03:14, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Trevor MacInnis (Talk | Contribs) 03:40, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Comment:

 * This article is far too long to be considered for COTW. Perhaps it should be moved to WP:AID? (Teryx 07:01, 1 September 2005 (UTC))
 * So moved. -- Beland 05:09, 5 September 2005 (UTC)


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A Gathering of Eagles

A Gathering of Eagles is a 1963 SuperScope Eastmancolor film about the U.S. Air Force during the Cold War and the pressures of command. The plot is patterned after the World War II film Twelve O'Clock High, which producer-screenwriter Sy Bartlett also wrote, with elements also mirroring Above and Beyond and Toward the Unknown, films written by his collaborator, Beirne Lay Jr. The film was directed by Delbert Mann.

Rock Hudson plays United States Air Force colonel Jim Caldwell, a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 wing commander who must prepare his unit to pass a grueling operational readiness inspection.

The film also stars Rod Taylor, Mary Peach, Barry Sullivan, Kevin McCarthy, Henry Silva, Robert Lansing, Leif Erickson and Richard Anderson.

Plot
The inspector general of the Strategic Air Command (SAC), Major General "Happy Jack" Kirby, lands unannounced at an Air Force base in California, home to an important strategic aerospace wing, and declares an unannounced operational readiness inspection (ORI). His team discovers many problems and Kirby reports unfavorably to his superior, General Hewitt.

Hewitt replaces Kirby with his own aide, Colonel Jim Caldwell, whose assistant is to be his old and trusted friend, Hollis Farr.

Caldwell immediately sees many reasons for the low standards of training and readiness and institutes a number of harsh policies that bring him into conflict with Farr. Caldwell faces the unwelcome truth that Farr is too undisciplined and gives him notice of dismissal. This causes a rift between Caldwell and his wife Victoria, who thinks that her rumored affair with Farr may have cost him his job.

While Caldwell is absent on a hospital visit, he is suddenly told of an emergency on the base, as an unidentified aircraft is on final approach with no signal, a likely surprise ORI. Caldwell is unable to return in time to handle the critical opening stages and Farr assumes command, successfully launching all bombers, but only by breaking a key regulation that could cause them to fail their inspection. When Kirby demands an explanation, Caldwell defends Farr, stating that he would have made the same call. To their surprise, Kirby admits that he too would have done the same and that the wing has passed its test. It seems clear that Farr will retain his job.

During the ORI, Victoria performs volunteer duty at the base hospital. A young airman awakes after surgery, and his first request is that she check that the ORI is progressing well. Once Caldwell and Victoria are both home, he apologizes for putting SAC first, and she explains that the airman made her realize how the entire base is focused on their critical work, and they lovingly embrace.

Cast

 * Rock Hudson as Colonel James Caldwell, Commander, 904th Strategic Aerospace Wing (904th SAW)
 * Rod Taylor as Colonel Hollis Farr, Vice Commander, 904th SAW
 * Mary Peach as Victoria Caldwell, Caldwell's wife
 * Barry Sullivan as Colonel William Fowler, Base Commander of Carmody Air Force Base
 * Kevin McCarthy as Major General J. T. "Happy Jack" Kirby, SAC Inspector General
 * Nelson Leigh as Brigadier General John Aymes, commander of the 904th SAW's parent Air Division
 * Henry Silva as Colonel Joe "Smokin' Joe" Garcia, Deputy Commander for Maintenance, 904th SAW
 * Leora Dana as Evelyn Fowler, Col Fowler's wife
 * Robert Lansing as Senior Master Sergeant Banning, B-52 line chief
 * Richard Le Pore as Staff Sergeant Kemler, boom operator on KC-135 tanker crew "Ramrod 67," who comes out of surgery in the base hospital asking how his crew did in the ORI.
 * Ray Montgomery as Captain Linke, aircraft commander of B-52G bomber crew "Ranger 21"
 * Richard Anderson as Colonel Ralph Josten, Deputy Commander for Operations, 904th SAW
 * Leif Erickson as General Hewitt, Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command (CINCSAC)
 * Louise Fletcher as Mrs. Kemler, Sergeant Kemler's wife

Production
General Curtis LeMay, USAF (former head of the Strategic Air Command and serving at the time as Chief of Staff of the Air Force), used his influence to allow producer Sy Bartlett and director Delbert Mann unprecedented access to various SAC facilities in the belief that the film would remind Americans that the Air Force had powerful weapons under tight control. Mann, a former World War II bomber pilot who had won an Academy Award for his first film (Marty), was eager to demonstrate that he could direct serious material and not merely light-hearted comedies.

Filming took place at Beale Air Force Base, California featuring the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and Lockheed T-33 aircraft, Martin Marietta Titan I missile sites and personnel of the 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing. The military housing shown in several scenes is still used today as base housing at Beale for senior commanders of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing.

It was originally announced that John Gavin would support Rock Hudson.

Tom Lehrer wrote one original song for this film, "The SAC Song". Rod Taylor, as Hollis Farr, performs this song at a party for officers and their wives.

As Bartlett and Mann were filming at SAC headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska, they noticed that SAC personnel were unusually tense. They would later learn that SAC had recently learned of Nikita Khrushchev's plan to introduce nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles into Cuba.

A subplot in the film in which Colonel Farr has an affair with Colonel Caldwell's wife, played by Mary Peach, was removed during postproduction. The original choice for Mary Peach's role was Julie Andrews, but according to screenwriter Robert Pirosh, Mann thought that Andrews could not act, only sing. Pirosh felt there was no rapport between Hudson and Peach.

Allusions to actual history
This film depicts the operations of a typical strategic aerospace wing (nuclear bombers, aerial refueling aircraft and ICBMs) of the Strategic Air Command during the early 1960s. The term "operational readiness inspection" (ORI) was used from the 1960s through the 1990s in reference to exercises evaluating the combat readiness of SAC, TAC, USAFE and PACAF units to execute their nuclear mission. An ORI would involve the unannounced arrival of a KC-135 with approximately 70 personnel on board who would then conduct a week-long evaluation of every aspect of the base and unit readiness.

When General Curtis LeMay became SAC commander in 1948, he undertook a number of base inspections, frequently flying unannounced to SAC bases. LeMay insisted on rigorous training and very high standards of performance for all SAC personnel and reportedly commented, "I have neither the time nor the inclination to differentiate between the incompetent and the merely unfortunate." A poor showing during one of these inspections could result in the immediate replacement of the base's wing commander, as well as on-site demotions for poorly performing airmen or immediate promotions for officers and airmen who performed well.

Air Force colonel Daniel J. Bigelow was the pilot of the B-52G and acted as stand-in for Rock Hudson when Colonel Caldwell was depicted as flying the B-52G.

The number of the 904th, and the name of its base, Carmody, are both fictitious. The film is dedicated to the officers, airmen and wives of the 456th Aerospace Wing of the Strategic Air Command.

Reception
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic A. H. Weiler praised the film's realism but lamented its lack of dramatic impact:"These eagles of the Strategic Air Command are rough, tough, alert birds but their feathers are constantly ruffled and their tempers fray to the point of hysteria. The sporadic drama they project does not seem to relate realistically entirely to the scientifically exact world of the highly specialized warriors of SAC despite the obvious striving for authenticity in this production. ... That sure was a cliffhanger,' an officer says at the successful conclusion of the climactic test. This is not precisely true. This 'Gathering of Eagles only occasionally soars with excitement or quickens the pulse."

Awards
A Gathering of Eagles received an Academy Award nomination for Best Sound Effects (Robert Bratton) in 1963.

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WODT

WODT (1280 AM) is a commercial radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana. It broadcasts an all-news radio format as an affiliate of the Black Information Network. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., with studios on Howard Avenue.

WODT is powered at 5,000 watts full-time. To protect other stations on 1280 AM from interference, it uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array. The transmitter is in the Algiers district of New Orleans. Programming is also heard on 45-watt FM translator K244FX at 96.7 MHz in New Orleans.

NBC Blue Network
The station made its debut broadcast, as WCBE, on July 23, 1923. The original call sign was randomly assigned from a roster of available call letters. It was owned by Joseph Uhalt and based in his New Orleans backyard. In 1928, he moved the station to the DeSoto Hotel (now the Le Pavillon Hotel) in downtown New Orleans and changed the call letters to WDSU. In the 1930s, WDSU broadcast on 1250 kilocycles and was an affiliate of the NBC Blue Network. It carried its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio." (The Blue Network became the ABC Radio Network in 1945.)

With the 1941 enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), WDSU moved to 1280 kHz. In 1948, it put Louisiana's first television station on the air, WDSU-TV. A year later, it added an FM station, WDSU-FM (now 93.3 WQUE). The radio stations were sold in 1972, and the AM became WGSO with an adult contemporary format. Around 1984 it switched to a Top 40/CHR format as "Stereo 13Q" under the WQUE call letters. On December 21, 1985 the station switched to R&B oldies as WMKJ, "Majic 1280". Soon thereafter, it became a simulcast of WQUE-FM after the station evolved to a CHUrban format.

Sports Radio
In the early 1990s, WQUE tried an all-sports format that included broadcasts of the New Orleans Saints, but it didn't last long. On February 1, 1996, the station flipped to an all-blues format as WODT. The call sign represented the chant used by fans of the New Orleans Saints, Who dat? Despite good ratings, the format did not attract advertisers.

In October 2003, WODT returned to sports programing from Fox Sports Radio, ESPN Radio and "The Jim Rome Show." WODT was the flagship station of the New Orleans Hornets radio network from 2003–2006. Hornets radio color analyst Gerry Vaillancourt hosted a popular afternoon sports talk call-in show from May 2004—December 2006. The sports format ran for almost five years. The station's final sports-era legal ID was an homage both to the station's small, but loyal following, and to the Jim Rome Show; it contained a frequent Rome Show sign-off clip ("I think what I'm supposed to say is, 'Thank you. I'm out.'")

Urban Gospel
On June 25, 2008, WODT switched to an urban gospel format, complementing a similar format on sister station WYLD. On September 4, 2012, the station became an affiliate of ESPN Deportes Radio, as a Spanish-language sports outlet.

On September 15, 2014 WODT switched from ESPN Deportes' Spanish-language sports programming back to English-language sports, with programming from Fox Sports Radio. WODT began rebroadcasting on the HD-2 subchannel of co-owned 101.1 WNOE-FM. In 2020, WODT began simulcasting on an FM translator at 96.7 MHz.

Black Information Network
On June 29, 2020, fifteen iHeart stations in markets with large black populations, including WODT New Orleans, began stunting. The speeches of prominent African Americans were aired, interspersed with messages such as "Our Voices Will Be Heard" and "Our Side of the Story is About to be Told,." A new format was slated to debut on June 30.

That day, WODT, along with the other fourteen stations, launched the Black Information Network. It broadcasts an African American-oriented all-news format. Local news, traffic and weather updates are integrated into network programming.

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Phallus Dei

Phallus Dei (God's Phallus) is the debut album by German band Amon Düül II. The album was the result of the Amon Düül commune in Munich splitting. The album features layered guitars, abstract percussion, and chant-like vocals. It is often cited (alongside Can's Monster Movie) as the original Krautrock album.

It was first issued on CD in 1988 by the Mantra label. All known copies list the songs in incorrect order on the cover, but present them correctly on the disc itself, except for the 1993 Repertoire Records re-issue. It was reissued in 2001, digitally remastered by Eroc, and contained two extra tracks: "Freak Out Requiem (Parts I–IV)" and "Cymbals in the End".

The 2006 re-remastered reissue on the German label Revisited Records contains two bonus tracks: "TouchMaPhal" (10:17) and "I Want the Sun to Shine" (10:32). It does not contain the bonus material from the 2001 reissue.

Track listing
All tracks composed by Amon Düül II.

Personnel
Amon Düül II:

 * Dieter Serfas – drums, electric cymbals
 * Peter Leopold – drums
 * Shrat (Christian Thiele) – bongos, vocals, violin
 * Renate Knaup – vocals, tambourine
 * John Weinzierl – guitar, 12-string, bass
 * Chris Karrer – violin, guitar, twelve-string guitar, soprano saxophone, vocals
 * Falk Rogner – organ
 * Dave Anderson – bass

Guest musicians:
 * Holger Trülzsch – Turkish drums
 * Christian Borchard – vibraphone

Credits

 * Gerd Stein – photography
 * Olaf Kübler – producer

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Hi, I'm Aaron_Fulkerson.

"...what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances the field." - Knuth

Personal Pages

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Projects

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Angela Featherstone

Angela Featherstone (born April 3, 1965) is a Canadian actress, writer, director, and advocate for children in foster care. She grew up in Nova Scotia and Manitoba, Canada.

Modeling
Within a year of emancipating herself from foster care at age 17, Featherstone became Canada's top model when her September Flare magazine cover broke all previous records for sales. She quickly expanded upon her success and left for New York, where she signed with the illustrious Click models and later would be one of the first models signed to Next. She would travel the world in the 80s as a top fashion model.

Acting
For acting, she downplayed her striking features to play unlikely roles, emerging as a versatile actress. She is best known for playing the Maid on Seinfeld, Chloe in Friends, and the fiancée (Linda), who left Adam Sandler's character (Robbie) at the altar in The Wedding Singer. Most recently, she played the role of Maggie on Showtime's Ray Donovan and Jame on HBO's Girls.

Writing
Featherstone has created sitcoms for Sony, DreamWorks, and NBC television and has written nonfiction for Time, Jane, Flare, Huffington Post, Dame, and Zoomer. Her essay about childhood trauma, "God Said No", was published in the 2014 edition of Gargoyle magazine and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. In 2021, she published the essay "Forgiveness" in Dame magazine.

An alumnus of UCLA Extension Writer's Program "Personal Essay & Memoir," she is completing her memoir.

Directing
In 2022, Featherstone began directing with her debut seven-minute film, L'Étranger. As a director, she combines her years of experience in fashion as a model; working with important photographers and magazines such as; Italian, French, and American Vogue, Mademoiselle, Seventeen, Sassy, Harper's Bazaar Italia, Grazia, Harpers & Queens, Albert Watson, Bruce Weber, Irving Penn, her love of cinema and decades in the film industry; a refined sense of story as an oft published essayist; her passion for philosophy; and a love of creating safe spaces for collaboration, into a movement of aesthetic bliss.

Curating
In 2011, she curated Fuck Pretty, a critically acclaimed photography exhibit at the Robert Berman Gallery - featuring emerging female photographers.

Music
She recorded the song “Coattail Glide” with Raymond Pettibon and the band The Niche Makers in 2011.

Producing
In 2014, she was an adjunct lecturer at the UCLA Professional Producing Program. In 2022, she produced L'Étranger.

Advocacy
Featherstone, a committed advocate for children in foster care, volunteered with the Children's Action Network, curating their Heart Gallery from 2011 to 2019 and served on their Winter Wonderland committee in 2014 and 2015. She also mentored a child in foster care through Kidsave from 2011 to 2020. She has described suffering physical, emotional, and sexual abuse when she herself was a foster child.

In 2021, she founded the nonprofit healing school for youth aging out of foster care, Fosteringcare.org. Through this trauma-healing intensive and healing-trade program, she and the founding board members hope to impact the brutal statistics for this extraordinarily vulnerable demographic.

In 2014, she lectured at the ICAN Nexus Conference on Violence Within the Home and its Effects on Children. She continues to lecture and write about healing PTSD, child abuse, human trafficking, and intimacy. Her 2015 essay on child sex trafficking for DAME was picked up by Salon.com and MSN and was read by over seven million viewers. Since 2009, she has studied moral and spiritual psychology with Rabbi Mordecai Finley, Ph.D. Recently, Featherstone served as a consultant on Cracked Up, a Netflix documentary about the effects and healing of trauma.

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National Marine Conservation Area

National Marine Conservation Areas (NMCAs) is a Parks Canada programme responsible for marine areas managed for sustainability and containing smaller zones of high protection. They include the seabed, the water itself and any species which occur there. They may also include wetlands, estuaries, islands and other coastal lands. They are protected from dumping, undersea mining and oil and gas exploration and development, which may damage the aquatic or terrestrial ecosystems in the conservation area. However, not all commercial activities are prohibited in these zones. Shipping, commercial and sport fishing, and recreational activities are allowed.

Marine conservation at Nature Canada
In 1996, Nature Canada developed its Marine Conservation Program in recognition that marine ecosystems were as affected by human activity as terrestrial ecosystems. At that time, Canada's National Parks Act was designed to guide conservation and protection only on land. So that year, Nature Canada began advocating for new legislation that would enable the creation of national marine conservation areas. Over the next several years we met with federal government policy decision-makers, gave testimony at hearings, and conducted a public awareness campaign about marine conservation areas.

List of National Marine Conservation Areas
, established NMCAs and NMCA Reserves protect 14,846 sqkm of waters, wetlands, and coastlines, representing five of the 29 identified marine regions with studies underway for protected areas in three additional regions.

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Moonsault

A moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique. It was innovated by Mando Guerrero. Much of its popularity in both Japanese and American wrestling is attributed to The Great Muta, despite it being used in North America by "Leaping" Lanny Poffo years before Muta came from Japan. In a standard moonsault, which is generally attempted from the top rope, a wrestler faces away from the supine opponent and executes a backflip landing on the opponent in a splash/press position but facing towards the elevated position. Though this move is generally attempted from the top rope to an opponent lying face up in the mat, myriad variations exist, including moonsaults that see the wrestler land on a standing opponent and forcing them down to the mat. The move is considered a higher-impact version of a splash, since the wrestler utilizes rotational speed.

A less common variation sees the wrestler perform a moonsault on a standing opponent, with the torso of the wrestler striking the torso of the opponent (albeit upside down), forcing the opponent backwards and to the ground with the opponent on top of them, usually placing the opponent in a pinning predicament. Most of the variations listed below can also be performed on standing opponents.

Danger and precautions
When executed properly the moonsault is generally considered safe, but as with any aerial maneuver, there is inherent high risk when not executed properly. The wrestler performing the move often misses and lands on their stomach unharmed (such as Keiji Mutoh during Starrcade (1989), when he went for a Moonsault on Sting, but ended up missing; he was eventually able to land on his feet and land a kick). Mutoh underwent double knee replacement surgery on February 18, 2018, and has since then not performed the Moonsault. In an interview with Tokyo Sports, Mutoh told them that he was lucky to be alive after botching a moonsault.

In an example of a moonsault gone spectacularly wrong, Eiji Ezaki, better known as Hayabusa, suffered a life-threatening injury on October 22, 2001, while working for the Japanese wrestling promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. As Hayabusa began executing a springboard moonsault from the second rope, his feet slipped off the rope and struck the first rope below. As a result Hayabusa did not have enough height within which to execute the full 360° of the move, causing him to land head first and on his neck. He broke two vertebrae and was left quadriplegic, completely ending his career. Hayabusa was eventually able to gain some movement in his lower body, but was never able to wrestle again.

Corkscrew moonsault
The corkscrew moonsault is a twisting moonsault in which the wrestler is standing or on an elevated platform, such as the top rope, or the corner of the ring, and performs a moonsault with a 360° twist or multiple twists, landing as if performing a normal moonsault. It was used by KUSHIDA early in his career as the Midnight Express while Tetsuya Naito previously used it as the Stardust Press.

Diving moonsault
This is a Moonsault from the top rope, a wrestler faces away from the supine opponent and executes a Diving backflip landing on the opponent in a splash position but facing towards the elevated position. In this moonsault, the wrestler land on a standing opponent and forcing them down to the mat. The move is considered a higher-impact version of a splash, since the wrestler utilizes rotational speed.

Double jump moonsault
This is a variation of a springboard moonsault. This variation sees the wrestler bounce off the middle rope to elevate themself to the top rope, from where they bounce off to perform the moonsault. This version of a moonsault is often referred to as a picture perfect moonsault or double springboard moonsault. It was used by Christopher Daniels, who called the move the BME (Best Moonsault Ever).

Double rotation moonsault
This is a moonsault where another rotation is performed after the initial moonsault. There are two major variants of the double moonsault, an Asai moonsault version and a normal moonsault from the top turnbuckle to the inside of the ring with two rotations. The first rotation is an arc of the back

The first variation sees a wrestler who is standing on the apron, with a wrestler on the floor behind them, jump up on to either the first or second rope and perform and backflip as in to perform an Asai moonsault but while in mid air tucks their legs reducing resistance and performs a second complete backflip after the first one, landing on a standing opponent below. This is the more common of the two variants due to the increased airtime of the springboard and height from the springboard to the floor. This variant is closely associated with Jack Evans who popularized it as the Stuntin' 101. Evans is also known to perform a corkscrew version of this variant.

The second variation sees a wrestler ascend to the top rope and perform a backflip while tucking their legs. This allows the wrestler to have less resistance and continue to rotate after the initial first 360° for another 270° completing the second rotation onto an opponent lying on the mat. This was popularized by Ricochet.

Triple jump moonsault
This is a variation of the double jump moonsault where, from a running start, the attacking wrestler jumps to a chair or other elevated platform, onto the top rope, and then does a moonsault from there onto the opponent. This move has been popularized by wrestler Sabu. Tiffany Stratton uses a variation of the move where she uses the ropes for each jump, called the Prettiest Moonsault Ever.

Moonsault side slam
Invented by Naomichi Marufuji and called Shiranui Kai. Any move where the wrestler stands on an elevated position, grabs hold of the opponent, and performs a moonsault while still holding on to the opponent, driving them down to the mat. This move is also known as a Solo Spanish Fly. Multiple variations exist, such as a belly-to-belly version used by Matt Sydal. This version which sees him holding the opponent in a belly-to-belly position while performing the moonsault to land on top of them in a seated senton. He calls this version the Sydal Special., a side slam version or a rolling version, which can also be performed while standing, John Morrison used the standing version as the C4, while Frankie Kazarian use the rolling version as the Flux Capacitor.

Rounding moonsault
This variation is also referred to as a sideways moonsault, rolling moonsault, rounding splash, and Original-style moonsault. The attacker climbs the top rope, or other elevated position facing away the opponent. Instead of doing a backflip as in a normal moonsault, the attacker rotates their body off to one side diagonally and lands on the opponent chest-first, facing the turnbuckle as in a normal moonsault. Innovated by Tiger Mask I and used by Bam Bam Bigelow as the Bam Bam-Sault and Vader as the Vadersault respectively.

Another variation of this move sees the attacker facing the prone opponent with the attacker leaping forward into the air rotating their body in a semi-circle to end up-side down as if doing a midair cartwheel then landing on the opponent chest first facing the turnbuckle. Shane Mcmahon used this moved in a 1999 singles match against Test. Alexa Bliss uses this move as her finisher, which she calls Twisted Bliss. Dana Brooke uses this move as a variation while running to an opponent lying on the mat, they rotate in opposite directions.

Split-legged moonsault
This moonsault variation sees the performer jump up and split their legs onto both the left and right top ropes surrounding the top turnbuckle, using the impact of their thighs on the rope to flip themselves over, executing a moonsault onto a prone opponent. Rey Mysterio and Naomi uses this move. Also known for being used by CM Punk as the Crooked Moonsault earlier in his career and currently Rob Van Dam as the Hollywood Star Press.

Split-legged corkscrew moonsault
This variation involves performing a corkscrew moonsault after using the impact of their thighs on the ropes to flip themselves over. It was popularized by John Morrison, who called the move the Starship Pain and The End of The World.

Springboard moonsault
This is a move in which a wrestler springboards (bounces off ropes), then executes a backflip and lands on an opponent. This move is known as La Quebrada in lucha libre, sometimes shortened to simply Quebrada. A variation performed off the second rope from a running start, popularized by Chris Jericho, is known as the Lionsault.

A variation of the springboard moonsault is the Arabian Press (or a seated springboard moonsault), which involves the performer's thighs both landing on a single top rope, and the performer then continues to use the impact of their thighs on the rope to flip themselves over, executing a moonsault onto a prone opponent. Sabu and Sami Zayn are best known to use this version as signature moves.

When a springboard moonsault is performed onto an opponent on the floor outside the ring, rather than one in the ring, it is called an Asai Moonsault. It is named after Yoshihiro Asai, also known by his ring name Último Dragón, who popularized the move. This can also be used as a setup for an inverted DDT, as popularized by AJ Styles.

Standing moonsault
This is a wrestling move in which the wrestler does a backflip on the mat landing on the opponent. This move can be set up by preceding with a roundoff. WWE wrestler Apollo Crews uses this as his finishing maneuver. Jeff Cobb also uses the Move as the Gachimuchi-Sault.

Fallaway moonsault slam
This moves shows a wrestler grab an opponent like a fallaway slam but instead of just throwing them backwards does a backflip slamming the opponents back into the mat. This move is used by Cameron Grimes, and was innovated by Scott Steiner as a counter to a running crossbody. A diving/avalanche version of it is used by Bandido as Guerrero Moonsault.

Moonstomp
Popularized by Iyo Sky, while performing in World Wonder Ring Stardom, this move involves a moonsault from the top rope. Instead of landing in a splash position, the wrestler finishes the rotation with a double foot stomp on the prone opponent.

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